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Bill Morandi

Bill Morandi

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Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
7446
World Ranking
15337
National Ranking
265

Overview

Bill Morandi is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Process Chemistry and Technology.

Their research focuses on key topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Bill Morandi has published extensively, with a significant number of contributions appearing in several core scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Organic Letters

Among the recent papers authored are:

  • "Late-stage diversification of indole skeletons through nitrogen atom insertion," 2022, Science
  • "Merging shuttle reactions and paired electrolysis for reversible vicinal dihalogenations," 2021, Science
  • "Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage of Unstrained Alcohols," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Direct Synthesis of Unprotected 2-Azidoamines from Alkenes via an Iron-Catalyzed Difunctionalization Reaction," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Nitrogen atom insertion into indenes to access isoquinolines," 2023, Chemical Science

The scientist often collaborates with coauthors including Patrick Finkelstein, Patrick Müller, Alessandro Bismuto, Nils Trapp, and Philip Boehm, with collaboration counts ranging from over 50 to more than 100 joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Catalytic reversible alkene-nitrile interconversion through controllable transfer hydrocyanation.

    Xianjie Fang;Peng Yu;Bill Morandi

  • Iron‐Catalyzed Cyclopropanation with Trifluoroethylamine Hydrochloride and Olefins in Aqueous Media: In Situ Generation of Trifluoromethyl Diazomethane

    Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Erick M. Carreira

  • Palladium-catalyzed carbon-sulfur or carbon-phosphorus bond metathesis by reversible arylation

    Zhong Lian;Benjamin N. Bhawal;Peng Yu;Bill Morandi

  • Iron-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation in 6 M KOH with in Situ Generation of Diazomethane

    Bill Morandi;Erick M. Carreira

  • Merging shuttle reactions and paired electrolysis for reversible vicinal dihalogenations.

    Xichang Dong;Johannes L. Roeckl;Johannes L. Roeckl;Siegfried R. Waldvogel;Bill Morandi

  • Enantioselective cobalt-catalyzed preparation of trifluoromethyl-substituted cyclopropanes.

    Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Brian Mariampillai;Erick M. Carreira

  • Metal-Catalyzed Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Unstrained Alcohols

    Marius D. R. Lutz;Bill Morandi

  • Direct and Practical Synthesis of Primary Anilines through Iron-Catalyzed C–H Bond Amination

    Luca Legnani;Gabriele Prina Cerai;Bill Morandi

  • Direct Catalytic Synthesis of Unprotected 2‐Amino‐1‐Phenylethanols from Alkenes by Using Iron(II) Phthalocyanine

    Luca Legnani;Bill Morandi

  • Efficient access to unprotected primary amines by iron-catalyzed aminochlorination of alkenes

    Luca Legnani;Gabriele Prina-Cerai;Tristan Delcaillau;Tristan Delcaillau;Suzanne Willems

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclopropenation of Alkynes: Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Cyclopropenes

    Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Erick M. Carreira

  • Iron-Catalyzed Preparation of Trifluoromethyl Substituted Vinyl- and Alkynylcyclopropanes

    Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Jeremy Cheang;Erick M. Carreira

  • Nickel‐Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl Chlorides and Triflates Using Butyronitrile: Merging Retro‐hydrocyanation with Cross‐Coupling

    Peng Yu;Bill Morandi

  • Synthesis of Trifluoroethyl‐Substituted Ketones from Aldehydes and Cyclohexanones

    Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Erick M. Carreira

  • Catalytic Isofunctional Reactions—Expanding the Repertoire of Shuttle and Metathesis Reactions

    Benjamin N. Bhawal;Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi

  • Aldehyde‐Selective Wacker‐Type Oxidation of Unbiased Alkenes Enabled by a Nitrite Co‐Catalyst

    Zachary K. Wickens;Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Metathesis-active ligands enable a catalytic functional group metathesis between aroyl chlorides and aryl iodides

    Yong Ho Lee;Bill Morandi

  • Direct Synthesis of Unprotected 2-Azidoamines from Alkenes via an Iron-Catalyzed Difunctionalization Reaction.

    Szabolcs Makai;Eric Falk;Bill Morandi

  • Practical and General Palladium‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Ketones from Internal Olefins

    Bill Morandi;Zachary K. Wickens;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Catalyst-Controlled Wacker-Type Oxidation: Facile Access to Functionalized Aldehydes

    Zachary K. Wickens;Kacper Skakuj;Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Catalytic Transfer Functionalization through Shuttle Catalysis

    Benjamin N. Bhawal;Bill Morandi

  • Preparation of Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Aziridines with in Situ Generated CF3CHN2

    Stefan A. Künzi;Bill Morandi;Bill Morandi;Erick M. Carreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Walter Thiel
Walter Thiel Max Planck Society
Siegfried R. Waldvogel
Siegfried R. Waldvogel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Gunnar Jeschke
Gunnar Jeschke ETH Zurich

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