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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Daniel J. Weix is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their primary field of study is Chemistry, with a strong focus on Organic Chemistry. Additional subfields of their research include Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Their research extensively covers topics such as Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Radical Photochemical Reactions, Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Daniel J. Weix include Ilia A. Guzei, K. Benjamin, Shannon S. Stahl, Daniel C. Salgueiro, and Kai Kang.

The scientist frequently publishes in notable venues such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis, Organic Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Angewandte Chemie.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel J. Weix include:

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Primary Alkyl Chlorides, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Dialkyl Ketones from the Coupling of N-Alkyl Pyridinium Salts with Activated Carboxylic Acids, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Cross-Electrophile Coupling: Principles, Methods, and Applications in Synthesis, 2024, Chemical Reviews
  • Sulfonate Versus Sulfonate: Nickel and Palladium Multimetallic Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Triflates with Aryl Tosylates, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • CdS Quantum Dots as Potent Photoreductants for Organic Chemistry Enabled by Auger Processes, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Daniel J. Weix has been recognized with fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Methods and Mechanisms for Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Csp2 Halides with Alkyl Electrophiles

    Daniel J. Weix

  • Cross-Electrophile Coupling: Principles of Reactivity and Selectivity

    Daniel Adam Everson;Daniel John Weix

  • Mechanism and Selectivity in Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Halides with Alkyl Halides

    Soumik Biswas;Daniel J. Weix

  • Nickel-catalyzed reductive cross-coupling of aryl halides with alkyl halides.

    Daniel A. Everson;Ruja Shrestha;Daniel J. Weix

  • Replacing Conventional Carbon Nucleophiles with Electrophiles: Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Alkylation of Aryl Bromides and Chlorides

    Daniel A. Everson;Brittany A. Jones;Daniel J. Weix

  • Decarboxylative Cross-Electrophile Coupling of N-Hydroxyphthalimide Esters with Aryl Iodides.

    Kierra M. M. Huihui;Jill A. Caputo;Zulema Melchor;Astrid M. Olivares

  • Multimetallic catalysed cross-coupling of aryl bromides with aryl triflates

    Laura K. G. Ackerman;Matthew M. Lovell;Daniel J. Weix

  • Cobalt co-catalysis for cross-electrophile coupling: diarylmethanes from benzyl mesylates and aryl halides.

    Laura K. G. Ackerman;Lukiana L. Anka-Lufford;Marina Naodovic;Daniel J. Weix

  • New ligands for nickel catalysis from diverse pharmaceutical heterocycle libraries

    Eric C. Hansen;Dylan J. Pedro;Alexander C. Wotal;Nicholas J. Gower

  • Z-selective alkene isomerization by high-spin cobalt(II) complexes.

    Chi Chen;Thomas R. Dugan;William W. Brennessel;Daniel J. Weix

  • General and Efficient C–C Bond Forming Photoredox Catalysis with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

    Jill A. Caputo;Leah C. Frenette;Norman Zhao;Kelly L. Sowers

  • Rapid, Regioconvergent, Solvent-Free Alkene Hydrosilylation with a Cobalt Catalyst

    Chi Chen;Maxwell B. Hecht;Aydin Kavara;William W. Brennessel

  • Nickel-catalyzed, sodium iodide-promoted reductive dimerization of alkyl halides, alkyl pseudohalides, and allylic acetates

    Michael R. Prinsell;Daniel A. Everson;Daniel J. Weix

  • Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Rh(I)-Catalyzed Additions of Arylboronic Acids to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl and N-Diphenylphosphinoyl Aldimines

    Daniel J. Weix;Yili Shi;Jonathan A. Ellman

  • Enantioselective cross-coupling of meso-epoxides with aryl halides.

    Yang Zhao;Daniel J. Weix

  • Improved synthesis of tert-butanesulfinamide suitable for large-scale production.

    Daniel J. Weix;Jonathan A. Ellman

  • LiCl-Accelerated Multimetallic Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Aryl Triflates.

    Liangbin Huang;Laura K. G. Ackerman;Kai Kang;Astrid M. Parsons

  • Synthesis of Functionalized Dialkyl Ketones From Carboxylic Acid Derivatives and Alkyl Halides

    Alexander C. Wotal;Daniel J. Weix

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Opening of Epoxides with Aryl Halides: Co-Catalysis Controls Regioselectivity

    Yang Zhao;Daniel J. Weix

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Primary Alkyl Chlorides

    Seoyoung Kim;Matthew J Goldfogel;Michael M Gilbert;Daniel J Weix

  • Regioselective and enantioselective iridium-catalyzed allylation of enamines.

    Daniel J. Weix;John F. Hartwig

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Brennessel
William W. Brennessel University of Rochester
Jonathan A. Ellman
Jonathan A. Ellman Yale University
John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig University of California, Berkeley
Patrick L. Holland
Patrick L. Holland Yale University
Brandon Q. Mercado
Brandon Q. Mercado Yale University
Thomas J. Katz
Thomas J. Katz Columbia University
Samuel H. Gellman
Samuel H. Gellman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jung-Ja P. Kim
Jung-Ja P. Kim Medical College of Wisconsin
John F. Berry
John F. Berry University of Wisconsin–Madison
Todd D. Krauss
Todd D. Krauss University of Rochester

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