The generation of five-membered hetarynes balanced on the edge of accessibility

Hindson, M. J.; Popescu, M. V.; Alisauskas, E.; Fresia, M.; Holmes, S.; Petropavloskikh, D.; Paton, R. S.; Burton, J. W.; Smith, M. D. in revision 2026

TagC-RED: An Infrared-Triggered Retro-Ene Reaction for Deep-Tissue Bioconjugation

Suh, S. M.; Ben-zvi, B.; Talbott, J. M.; Manoj, N.; Nelson, B. M.; Hughes, R. R.; Haug, G.; Koide, S.; Paton, R. S.; Raj, M.; Diao, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 19738–19749

Enantioconvergent Chan-Evans-Lam C(sp3)–O Coupling: Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Benzyl- and Allylborane Oxidation

Schubert, T. J.; Carpentier, A.; Li, Y.; Hubbell, K. C.; Oh, J.; Zheng, S.-L.; Paton, R. S.; Dong, Y. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 20694–20704

Electrophilic Amination–Induced 1,2-Boronate Migration for the Modular Synthesis of β-Amino Boronic Esters

Shen, H.-C.; Sandvoss, A.; Hughes, W. B.; Tyler, J. L.; McCormick McPherson, L. J.; Paton, R. S.; Aggarwal, V. K. Nat. Chem. 2026, accepted

Fundamental Study of Density Functional Theory Applied to Triplet State Reactivity: Introduction of the TRIP50 Dataset

Hughes, W. B.; Popescu, M. V.; Paton, R. S.  J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2026, 22, 3530–3542

Potassium Metabisulfite’s Role in Developing a Robust Platform for Enantioenriched N-Alkylpyridinium Salts as Piperidine Precursors

Selingo, J. D.; King, J. R.; Pio, B.; Neel, A. J.; Lam, Y.-h.; Paton, R. S.; Maddess, M. L.; McNally, A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 8621–8633

Direct additive-free bioconjugation to selenoproteins

Bedding, M. J.; Barter, I. K.; Maxwell, J. W. C.; Byrne, S. A.; Popescu, M. V.; Klem, H.; Becker, W.; Franck, C.; Mackay, A. S.; Ayoub, A.; Harrison, K.; Kambanis, L.; Ford, D. J.; Adair, L. D.; Lewis, W.; New, E. J.; Nebl, T.; Larance, M.; Paton, R. S.; Corcilius, L.; Payne, R. J. in revision 2026

Non-Classical Carbocations Enable Hexa-Substituted Benzene Synthesis

Mollaert, G.; Tu, H.-F.; King, J.; Popescu, M. V.; Li, Z.; Palomo, E.; Paton, R. S.; Suero, M. G. in revision 2026

Overturning Redox Potential Control in Single-Electron Transfer: Selectivity Emerges from Indiscriminate Photoreduction

Edgecomb, J. M.; Sau, A.; Manoj, N.; Resmini, M. D.; Meyer, A. F.; Paton, R. S.; Damrauer, N. H.; Wickens, Z. K. in revision 2026