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Gregory C Fu

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1 Palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of aryl chlorides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002 3.51
2 Enantioselective alkyl-alkyl Suzuki cross-couplings of unactivated homobenzylic halides. J Am Chem Soc 2008 2.35
3 Catalytic asymmetric Hiyama cross-couplings of racemic alpha-bromo esters. J Am Chem Soc 2008 2.33
4 Asymmetric nickel-catalyzed Negishi cross-couplings of secondary alpha-bromo amides with organozinc reagents. J Am Chem Soc 2005 2.27
5 Suzuki cross-couplings of unactivated secondary alkyl bromides and iodides. J Am Chem Soc 2004 2.09
6 Catalytic enantioselective Negishi reactions of racemic secondary benzylic halides. J Am Chem Soc 2005 2.06
7 Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric negishi cross-couplings of secondary allylic chlorides with alkylzincs. J Am Chem Soc 2008 2.03
8 Pd/P(t-Bu)(3): a mild and general catalyst for Stille reactions of aryl chlorides and aryl bromides. J Am Chem Soc 2002 1.96
9 Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of piperidine derivatives through the [4 + 2] annulation of imines with allenes. J Am Chem Soc 2005 1.94
10 Amino alcohols as ligands for nickel-catalyzed suzuki reactions of unactivated alkyl halides, including secondary alkyl chlorides, with arylboronic acids. J Am Chem Soc 2006 1.87
11 Synthesis of functionalized cyclopentenes through catalytic asymmetric [3+2] cycloadditions of allenes with enones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006 1.76
12 Phosphine-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of oxygen heterocycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009 1.67
13 Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric cross-couplings of racemic propargylic halides with arylzinc reagents. J Am Chem Soc 2008 1.65
14 Asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formation gamma to a carbonyl group: phosphine-catalyzed addition of nitromethane to allenes. J Am Chem Soc 2009 1.59
15 Cross-couplings of unactivated secondary alkyl halides: room-temperature nickel-catalyzed Negishi reactions of alkyl bromides and iodides. J Am Chem Soc 2003 1.58
16 Asymmetric alkyl-alkyl cross-couplings of unactivated secondary alkyl electrophiles: stereoconvergent Suzuki reactions of racemic acylated halohydrins. J Am Chem Soc 2010 1.58
17 Catalytic asymmetric γ-alkylation of carbonyl compounds via stereoconvergent Suzuki cross-couplings. J Am Chem Soc 2011 1.52
18 Academic cross-fertilization by public screening yields a remarkable class of protein phosphatase methylesterase-1 inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.52
19 Nickel/bis(oxazoline)-catalyzed asymmetric Kumada reactions of alkyl electrophiles: cross-couplings of racemic alpha-bromoketones. J Am Chem Soc 2010 1.52
20 Suzuki cross-couplings of alkyl tosylates that possess beta hydrogen atoms: synthetic and mechanistic studies. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002 1.51
21 Catalytic asymmetric cross-couplings of racemic alpha-bromoketones with arylzinc reagents. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009 1.47
22 Asymmetric Suzuki cross-couplings of activated secondary alkyl electrophiles: arylations of racemic alpha-chloroamides. J Am Chem Soc 2010 1.46
23 Toward an improved understanding of the unusual reactivity of Pd0/trialkylphosphane catalysts in cross-couplings of alkyl electrophiles: quantifying the factors that determine the rate of oxidative addition. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2003 1.40
24 A versatile method for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions of nitrogen heterocycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006 1.39
25 Stille cross-couplings of unactivated secondary alkyl halides using monoorganotin reagents. J Am Chem Soc 2005 1.38
26 Stereoconvergent amine-directed alkyl-alkyl Suzuki reactions of unactivated secondary alkyl chlorides. J Am Chem Soc 2011 1.36
27 New directing groups for metal-catalyzed asymmetric carbon-carbon bond-forming processes: stereoconvergent alkyl-alkyl Suzuki cross-couplings of unactivated electrophiles. J Am Chem Soc 2012 1.34
28 Palladium-catalyzed negishi cross-coupling reactions of unactivated alkyl iodides, bromides, chlorides, and tosylates. J Am Chem Soc 2003 1.32
29 Enantioselective Staudinger synthesis of beta-lactams catalyzed by a planar-chiral nucleophile. J Am Chem Soc 2002 1.30
30 Alkyl-alkyl suzuki cross-couplings of unactivated secondary alkyl halides at room temperature. J Am Chem Soc 2007 1.29
31 Elucidating reactivity differences in palladium-catalyzed coupling processes: the chemistry of palladium hydrides. J Am Chem Soc 2004 1.24
32 Boronic acids: new coupling partners in room-temperature Suzuki reactions of alkyl bromides. Crystallographic characterization of an oxidative-addition adduct generated under remarkably mild conditions. J Am Chem Soc 2002 1.24
33 Umpolung of Michael acceptors catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes. J Am Chem Soc 2006 1.23
34 Intramolecular Heck reactions of unactivated alkyl halides. J Am Chem Soc 2007 1.23
35 Nickel-catalyzed Negishi arylations of propargylic bromides: a mechanistic investigation. J Am Chem Soc 2014 1.22
36 Phosphine-catalyzed formation of carbon-sulfur bonds: catalytic asymmetric synthesis of gamma-thioesters. J Am Chem Soc 2010 1.22
37 Nickel-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions of unactivated tertiary alkyl halides: Suzuki arylations. J Am Chem Soc 2013 1.21
38 Cu(I)/bis(azaferrocene)-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of beta-lactams via couplings of alkynes with nitrones. J Am Chem Soc 2002 1.18
39 Enantioconvergent cross-couplings of racemic alkylmetal reagents with unactivated secondary alkyl electrophiles: catalytic asymmetric Negishi α-alkylations of N-Boc-pyrrolidine. J Am Chem Soc 2013 1.17
40 Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of oxindoles and benzofuranones that bear a quaternary stereocenter. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2003 1.17
41 Phosphine-catalyzed asymmetric additions of malonate esters to {gamma}-substituted allenoates and allenamides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.17
42 Nickel-catalyzed coupling reactions of alkyl electrophiles, including unactivated tertiary halides, to generate carbon-boron bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2012 1.17
43 Enantioselective alkenylation via nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling with organozirconium reagents. J Am Chem Soc 2010 1.16
44 A new copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition: enantioselective coupling of terminal alkynes with azomethine imines to generate five-membered nitrogen heterocycles. J Am Chem Soc 2003 1.15
45 Application of a new chiral phosphepine to the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of highly functionalized cyclopentenes that bear an array of heteroatom-substituted quaternary stereocenters. J Am Chem Soc 2011 1.14
46 Catalytic asymmetric Staudinger reactions to form beta-lactams: an unanticipated dependence of diastereoselectivity on the choice of the nitrogen substituent. J Am Chem Soc 2005 1.13
47 Hiyama reactions of activated and unactivated secondary alkyl halides catalyzed by a nickel/norephedrine complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007 1.13
48 Alkyl-alkyl Suzuki cross-coupling of unactivated secondary alkyl chlorides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010 1.12
49 Kinetic resolutions of azomethine imines via copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloadditions. J Am Chem Soc 2005 1.10
50 Copper-catalyzed asymmetric N-H insertion reactions: couplings of diazo compounds with carbamates to generate alpha-amino acids. J Am Chem Soc 2007 1.10
51 Nickel/bis(oxazoline)-catalyzed asymmetric Negishi arylations of racemic secondary benzylic electrophiles to generate enantioenriched 1,1-diarylalkanes. J Am Chem Soc 2013 1.09
52 Transition-metal-catalyzed alkylations of amines with alkyl halides: photoinduced, copper-catalyzed couplings of carbazoles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013 1.08
53 Nickel-catalyzed enantioselective cross-couplings of racemic secondary electrophiles that bear an oxygen leaving group. J Am Chem Soc 2012 1.08
54 Photoinduced Ullmann C-N coupling: demonstrating the viability of a radical pathway. Science 2012 1.07
55 Method for palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings of simple alkyl chlorides: Suzuki reactions catalyzed by [Pd2(dba)3]/PCy3. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002 1.07
56 Catalytic enantioselective cross-couplings of secondary alkyl electrophiles with secondary alkylmetal nucleophiles: Negishi reactions of racemic benzylic bromides with achiral alkylzinc reagents. J Am Chem Soc 2012 1.06
57 Catalytic enantioselective O-H insertion reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2006 1.05
58 Asymmetric synthesis of highly substituted beta-lactones by nucleophile-catalyzed [2+2] cycloadditions of disubstituted ketenes with aldehydes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004 1.05
59 Nickel-catalyzed cross-couplings of organosilicon reagents with unactivated secondary alkyl bromides. J Am Chem Soc 2004 1.05
60 Kinetic resolutions of indolines by a nonenzymatic acylation catalyst. J Am Chem Soc 2006 1.04
61 A straightforward and mild synthesis of functionalized 3-alkynoates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004 1.04
62 Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of quaternary stereocenters via intermolecular C-acylation of silyl ketene acetals: dual activation of the electrophile and the nucleophile. J Am Chem Soc 2003 1.03
63 Photoinduced, copper-catalyzed alkylation of amides with unactivated secondary alkyl halides at room temperature. J Am Chem Soc 2014 1.02
64 A new family of nucleophiles for photoinduced, copper-catalyzed cross-couplings via single-electron transfer: reactions of thiols with aryl halides under mild conditions (O °C). J Am Chem Soc 2013 1.01
65 Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of secondary nitriles via stereoconvergent Negishi arylations and alkenylations of racemic α-bromonitriles. J Am Chem Soc 2012 1.00
66 A mild, palladium-catalyzed method for the dehydrohalogenation of alkyl bromides: synthetic and mechanistic studies. J Am Chem Soc 2012 1.00
67 A versatile approach to Ullmann C-N couplings at room temperature: new families of nucleophiles and electrophiles for photoinduced, copper-catalyzed processes. J Am Chem Soc 2013 0.99
68 Parallel kinetic resolution of 4-alkynals catalyzed by Rh(I)/Tol-BINAP: synthesis of enantioenriched cyclobutanones and cyclopentenones. J Am Chem Soc 2003 0.99
69 Catalytic asymmetric C-N bond formation: phosphine-catalyzed intra- and intermolecular γ-addition of nitrogen nucleophiles to allenoates and alkynoates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013 0.98
70 Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of tertiary alkyl chlorides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007 0.98
71 Room-temperature Stille cross-couplings of alkenyltin reagents and functionalized alkyl bromides that possess beta hydrogens. J Am Chem Soc 2003 0.95
72 The first applications of carbene ligands in cross-couplings of alkyl electrophiles: sonogashira reactions of unactivated alkyl bromides and iodides. J Am Chem Soc 2003 0.94
73 Enantioselective nucleophilic catalysis: the synthesis of aza-beta-lactams through [2+2] cycloadditions of ketenes with azo compounds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008 0.94
74 Catalytic asymmetric couplings of ketenes with aldehydes to generate enol esters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005 0.94
75 Enantioselective Carbon-Sulfur Bond Formation: γ Additions of Aryl Thiols to Allenoates Catalyzed by a Chiral Phosphepine. Chem Sci 2011 0.93
76 Nucleophile-catalyzed asymmetric acylations of silyl ketene imines: application to the enantioselective synthesis of verapamil. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005 0.93
77 Enantioselective synthesis of protected amines by the catalytic asymmetric addition of hydrazoic acid to ketenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007 0.90
78 Application of a new family of P,N ligands to the highly enantioselective hydrosilylation of aryl alkyl and dialkyl ketones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002 0.90
79 Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of tertiary alkyl fluorides: Negishi cross-couplings of racemic α,α-dihaloketones. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.90
80 Nickel-catalyzed Negishi cross-couplings of secondary nucleophiles with secondary propargylic electrophiles at room temperature. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2008 0.89
81 Stereoconvergent arylations and alkenylations of unactivated alkyl electrophiles: catalytic enantioselective synthesis of secondary sulfonamides and sulfones. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.89
82 Asymmetric [3 + 2] annulations catalyzed by a planar-chiral derivative of DMAP. Chem Commun (Camb) 2006 0.88
83 Pd/P(t-Bu)(3)-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Couplings in the Presence of Water. Adv Synth Catal 2010 0.87
84 A novel rhodium-catalyzed reduction-oxidation process: reaction of 4-alkynals with phenol to provide cis-4-alkenoates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002 0.87
85 Biphenyl-derived phosphepines as chiral nucleophilic catalysts: enantioselective [4+1] annulations to form functionalized cyclopentenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014 0.86
86 Competitive activity-based protein profiling identifies aza-β-lactams as a versatile chemotype for serine hydrolase inhibition. J Am Chem Soc 2012 0.86
87 Cross-couplings of alkyl electrophiles under "ligandless" conditions: Negishi reactions of organozirconium reagents. J Am Chem Soc 2004 0.86
88 Catalytic enantioselective construction of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters: synthetic and mechanistic studies of the C-acylation of silyl ketene acetals. J Am Chem Soc 2005 0.86
89 PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ALKYL-ALKYL SUZUKI CROSS-COUPLINGS OF PRIMARY ALKYL BROMIDES AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE: (13-CHLOROTRIDECYLOXY)TRIETHYLSILANE [Silane, [(13-chlorotridecyl)oxy]triethyl-]. Organic Synth 2010 0.85
90 A unique rhodium-catalyzed rearrangement process: isomerization of an alkyne to a 1,3-diene with concomitant migration of a formyl group. An expeditious route to dienals from readily available 4-alkynals. Chem Commun (Camb) 2002 0.84
91 Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of esters from ketenes. J Am Chem Soc 2005 0.84
92 Enantioselective synthesis of cyclopentenones via rhodium-catalyzed kinetic resolution and desymmetrization of 4-alkynals. J Am Chem Soc 2002 0.83
93 Enantioselective nucleophile-catalyzed synthesis of tertiary alkyl fluorides via the α-fluorination of ketenes: synthetic and mechanistic studies. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.82
94 Enantioselective addition of amines to ketenes catalyzed by a planar-chiral derivative of PPY: possible intervention of chiral Brønsted-acid catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2002 0.82
95 Nonenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols via enantioselective acylation: synthetic and mechanistic studies. J Am Chem Soc 2012 0.82
96 NICKEL-CATALYZED ENANTIOSELECTIVE NEGISHI CROSS-COUPLINGS OF RACEMIC SECONDARY α-BROMO AMIDES WITH ALKYLZINC REAGENTS: (S)-N-BENZYL-7-CYANO-2-ETHYL-N-PHENYLHEPTANAMIDE. Organic Synth 2010 0.81
97 Catalytic enantioselective cyclization/cross-coupling with alkyl electrophiles. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.80
98 Room-temperature Hiyama cross-couplings of arylsilanes with alkyl bromides and iodides. J Am Chem Soc 2003 0.80
99 Catalytic asymmetric cycloaddition of ketenes and nitroso compounds: enantioselective synthesis of alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid derivatives. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009 0.80
100 NICKEL-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC NEGISHI CROSS-COUPLINGS OF RACEMIC SECONDARY ALLYLIC CHLORIDES WITH ALKYLZINCS: (S,E)-ETHYL 6-(1,3-DIOXOLAN-2-YL)-4-METHYLHEX-2-ENOATE. Organic Synth 2010 0.80
101 Ligands for palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings of alkyl halides: use of an alkyldiaminophosphane expands the scope of the Stille reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2003 0.79
102 1,2-azaborolyls, isoelectronic analogues of the ubiquitous cyclopentadienyl ligand: synthesis of B-heteroatom-substituted 1,2-azaborolyl complexes and an assessment of their electronic features. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002 0.77
103 Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of beta-lactams: intramolecular Kinugasa reactions and interception of an intermediate in the reaction cascade. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2003 0.77
104 Highly enantioselective desymmetrization of anhydrides by carbon nucleophiles: reactions of Grignard reagents in the presence of (-)-sparteine. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002 0.77
105 Rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of cyclohexenones via a novel [4 + 2] annulation. Org Lett 2002 0.77
106 Copper-catalyzed asymmetric [4+1] cycloadditions of enones with diazo compounds to form dihydrofurans. J Am Chem Soc 2007 0.75
107 Stereoselective phosphine-catalyzed synthesis of highly functionalized diquinanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010 0.75
108 SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL PYRIDINE BIS(OXAZOLINE) LIGANDS FOR NICKEL-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC NEGISHI CROSS-COUPLINGS OF SECONDARY ALLYLIC CHLORIDES WITH ALKYLZINCS: 2,6-BIS[(4S)-4,5-DIHYDRO-4-(2-PHENYLETHYL)-2-OXAZOLYL]-PYRIDINE. Organic Synth 2010 0.75
109 Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Alkylation of Amines: A Mechanistic Study of the Cross-Coupling of Carbazole with Alkyl Bromides. J Am Chem Soc 2017 0.75
110 Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of diethylzinc to acyclic enones in the presence of planar-chiral phosphaferrocene-oxazoline ligands. Org Lett 2002 0.75
111 Synthesis, resolution, and aldol reactions of a planar-chiral Lewis acid complex. J Am Chem Soc 2005 0.75