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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Bruce H. Lipshutz is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Chemistry, with a strong emphasis on Organic Chemistry, as reflected in 112 publications. Other notable subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in their work encompass a range of catalytic and synthetic methods. These include:

  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

The body of published work by Bruce H. Lipshutz includes numerous peer-reviewed articles in respected scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for these works include:

  • Green Chemistry (16 publications)
  • Organic Letters (11 publications)
  • Chemical Science (8 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (5 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (5 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bruce H. Lipshutz demonstrate ongoing exploration of water-based reaction media and catalytic systems. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Water as the reaction medium in organic chemistry: from our worst enemy to our best friend," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Where Chemocatalysis Meets Biocatalysis: In Water," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Water-Sculpting of a Heterogeneous Nanoparticle Precatalyst for Mizoroki-Heck Couplings under Aqueous Micellar Catalysis Conditions," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Introducing Savie: A Biodegradable Surfactant Enabling Chemo- and Biocatalysis and Related Reactions in Recyclable Water," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Lipase-catalyzed esterification in water enabled by nanomicelles. Applications to 1-pot multi-step sequences," 2021, Chemical Science

Their collaborative work with several frequent co-authors is also noted. These collaborators include:

  • Fabrice Gallou
  • Karthik S. Iyer
  • Rahul D. Kavthe
  • Balaram S. Takale
  • Joseph R. A. Kincaid

Bruce H. Lipshutz received recognition as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1984. This distinction marks a notable milestone within their career in chemical research.

Best Publications

  • Five-membered heteroaromatic rings as intermediates in organic synthesis

    Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Organocopper Reagents: Substitution, Conjugate Addition, Carbo/Metallocupration, and Other Reactions

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Saumitra Sengupta

  • CuH-Catalyzed Reactions

    Carl Deutsch;Norbert Krause

  • TPGS-750-M: a second-generation amphiphile for metal-catalyzed cross-couplings in water at room temperature.

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Subir Ghorai;Alexander R. Abela;Ralph Moser

  • Heterogeneous copper-in-charcoal-catalyzed click chemistry.

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Benjamin R. Taft

  • Water as the reaction medium in organic chemistry: from our worst enemy to our best friend

    Margery Cortes-Clerget;Julie Yu;Joseph R. A. Kincaid;Peter Walde

  • The chemistry of higher order organocuprates

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Robert S. Wilhelm;Joseph A. Kozlowski

  • Sustainable Fe-ppm Pd nanoparticle catalysis of Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings in water.

    Sachin Handa;Ye Wang;Fabrice Gallou;Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Aryl Ketones Catalyzed by Copper Hydride Complexed by Nonracemic Biphenyl Bis-phosphine Ligands

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Kevin Noson;Will Chrisman;Asher Lower

  • The Hydrophobic Effect Applied to Organic Synthesis: Recent Synthetic Chemistry "in Water".

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Subir Ghorai;Margery Cortes‐Clerget

  • High-performance mussel-inspired adhesives of reduced complexity

    B. Kollbe Ahn;Saurabh Das;Roscoe Linstadt;Yair Kaufman

  • Cationic palladium(II) catalysis: C-H activation/Suzuki-Miyaura couplings at room temperature.

    Takashi Nishikata;Alexander R. Abela;Shenlin Huang;Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Transitioning organic synthesis from organic solvents to water. What's your E Factor?

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Subir Ghorai

  • Zn-mediated, Pd-catalyzed cross-couplings in water at room temperature without prior formation of organozinc reagents.

    Arkady Krasovskiy;Christophe Duplais;Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • β-(Trimethylsilyl)ethoxymethyl chloride. A new reagent for the protection of the hydroxyl group

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Joseph J. Pegram

  • Sonogashira Couplings of Aryl Bromides: Room Temperature, Water Only, No Copper

    Bruce H Lipshutz;David W Chung;Brian Rich

  • Chemistry of higher order, mixed organocuprates. 1. Substitution reactions at unactivated secondary centers

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Robert S. Wilhelm;David M. Floyd

  • Applications of Higher-Order Mixed Organocuprates to Organic Synthesis

    Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Cationic Pd(II)-Catalyzed Fujiwara-Moritani Reactions at Room Temperature in Water

    Takashi Nishikata;Bruce H. Lipshutz

  • Room-temperature Suzuki-Miyaura couplings in water facilitated by nonionic amphiphiles.

    Bruce H. Lipshutz;Tue B. Petersen;Alexander R. Abela

  • CuH-Catalyzed Reactions

    Carl Deutsch;Norbert Krause;Bruce H. Lipshutz

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrice Gallou
Fabrice Gallou Novartis (Switzerland)
Craig W. Lindsley
Craig W. Lindsley Vanderbilt University
Harry H. Wasserman
Harry H. Wasserman Yale University
Norbert Krause
Norbert Krause TU Dortmund University
Robin A. J. Smith
Robin A. J. Smith University of Otago
Eiichi Nakamura
Eiichi Nakamura University of Tokyo
Christopher J. Welch
Christopher J. Welch Indiana Consortium for Analytical Science & Engineering
Brian R. James
Brian R. James University of British Columbia
Jacob N. Israelachvili
Jacob N. Israelachvili University of California, Santa Barbara
Yeshayahu Talmon
Yeshayahu Talmon Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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