Publications

  1. F. Sha and H. Alper, Ligand and Additive-Controlled Pd-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Alkynes with Aminophenols: Highly Chemo- and Regioselective Synthesis of alpha, beta-Unsaturated Amides, ACS Catalysis , 7, 2220 (2019)
  2. T. Xu, F. Sha, and H. Alper, Ligand-Controlled Regioselective Pd-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Styrenes with Aminophenols,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138 , 6629 (2016).
  3. M. Amezquita-Valencia and H. Alper, Regioselective Alkoxycarbonylation of Allyl Phenyl Ethers by Pd/dppb Under Syngas Conditions, J. Org. Chem., 81 , 3860 (2016).
  4. T. Xu and H. Alper, Synthesis of Indoliizine Derivatives by Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation, Org. Lett., 17, 4562(2015).
  5. M. Amezquita-Valencia, G. Achonduh, and H. Alper, Pd-Catalyzed Alkoxycarbonylation of 1-Alkenes Using a Lewis Acid and a Phosphine, J. Org. Chem., 80, 6419 (2015).
  6. T. Xu and H. Alper, Synthesis of Pyrido[2,1-b]quinazolin-11-ones and Dipyrido[1,2-a;2’,3’-d]pyrimidin-5-ones by Pd/DIPBB-Catalyzed Dearomatizing Carbonylation, Org. Lett., 17, 1569 (2015).
  7. J. Xuan, T.T. Zeng, Z.J. Feng, Q.H. Deng, J.R. Chen, L.Q. Lu, W.J. Xiao and H. Alper, Redox-Neutral alpha-Allylation of Amines by Combining Palladium Catalysis and Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 1625 (2015).
  8. G. Achonduh, Q. Yang, and H. Alper, From Alkenes to Alcohols by Cobalt-catalyzed Hydroformylation-Reduction, Tetrahedron, 71, 1241 (2015).
  9. M. Amezquita and H. Alper, Palladium Iodide-Catalyzed Regioselective Cyclocarbonylation of  2-Allyl Phenols to Dihydrocoumarins, Org. Lett., 16, 5827 (2014).
  10. T. Xu and H. Alper, Pd-Catalyzed Chemoselective Carbonylation of Aminophenols with Iodoarenes: Alkoxycarbonylation vs. Aminocarbonylation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 16970(2014).
  11. T. Xu and H. Alper, Palladium-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Aryl Iodides Using Aqueous Ammonia, Tetrahedron Lett., 54, 5495(2013).
  12. J. Ferguson, F. Zeng, N. Alwis, and H. Alper, Synthesis of 2(1H)-Quinolinones via Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclocarbonylation of 2-Vinylanilines, Org. Lett., 15, 1998(2013).
  13. F. Zeng and H. Alper, Pd-Catalyzed Direct Coupling of Carbon Monoxide and Alkynes. Selective Synthesis of Unsaturated Ketones, Org. Lett., 15, 2034(2013).
  14. J.Ferguson, F.Zeng, and H.Alper, Synthesis of Coumarins via Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative      Cyclocarbonylation of 2-Vinylphenols, Org.Lett., 14, 5602(2012).
  15. K.Okuro and H.Alper, Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1, 2, 3, 4-Tetrahydro-5H-2-benzazepin- 5-ones, Synlett., 23, 2531(2012).
  16. L.L.W.Cheung, G.Vasapollo, and H.Alper, Synthesis of Alcohols via a Rhodium-catalyzed Hydroformylation-Reduction Sequence using Tertiary Bidentate Amine      Ligands, Adv. Synth. Catal., 354, 2019(2012).
  17. K.Okuro and H.Alper, Palladium-catalyzed Synthesis of 4-Alkoxycarbonyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones, Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 4816(2012).
  18. K. Okuro and H. Alper, Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cyclocarbonylation of  2-Iodoanilines with the Michael Acceptor, Diethyl Ethoxycarbonylbutendienoate, J. Org. Chem., 77, 4420(2012).
  19. R. Abu-Reziq and H. Alper, Magnetically Separable Base Catalysts:  Heterogeneous Catalysis vs Quasi-Homogeneous Catalysis, Appl. Sciences 2, 260 (2012).
  20. K. Okuro and H. Alper, Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cyclocarbonylation of 2-Iodoanilines with N-Toluenesulfonyl Aldimines, Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 2540 (2012).
  21. K.Okuro and H.Alper, Ionic Diamine Rhodium Complex Catalyzed Reductive N-Heterocyclization of N-(2-nitroarylidene)amines, Terahedron Lett., 53, 620 (2012).