Reductively Induced Aryl Transmetalation: An Alternative Catalytically Relevant Ni-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling Mechanism

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Enantioconvergent Nucleophilic Substitution of Alkyl Halides with Potassium Fluoride via Synergistic Phase-Transfer Catalysis

Dooley, C.; Ibba, F.; Botlik, B.; Goult, C.; Gao, Y.; Lister, A.; Paton, R. S.; Lloyd-Jones, G. C.; Gouverneur, V. Nat. Catal. 2025, 8, 107–115

Photocatalytic C‒F bond activation in small molecules and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Liu, X.; Sau, A.; Green, A. R.; Popescu, M. V.; Pompetti, N. R.; Li, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Paton, R. S.; Damrauer, N. H.; Miyake, G. M. Nature 2025, 637, 601–607

Photooxidation of Polyolefin to Produce Materials with In-chain Ketones

Liu, X.; Hu, Z.; Portela, B. S.; Rettner, E. M.; Pineda, A.; Miscall, J.; Rorrer, N. A.; Krummel, A. T.; Paton, R. S.; Miyake, G. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202418411

Enantioconvergent Cross-Nucleophile Coupling: Cu-Catalyzed Deborylative Cyanation

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Modular synthesis of aryl amines from 3-alkynyl-2-pyrones

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Combined Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Insights Into a General Method for Photosensitized Alkene Aziridination

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