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Gary A. Molander is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of chemistry, with a significant concentration in organic chemistry. They have contributed extensively to subfields including materials chemistry, pharmaceutical science, molecular biology, and inorganic chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics within chemistry, with notable emphasis on radical photochemical reactions, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, and the role of fluorine in organic chemistry. They have also addressed areas such as crystallization and solubility studies, chemical synthesis and analysis, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Gary A. Molander's publication record includes frequent appearances in several well-regarded scientific journals. The most common venues for their research articles are:

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

Some of their recent papers are as follows:

  • Developments in Photoredox/Nickel Dual-Catalyzed 1,2-Difunctionalizations, 2020, Chem
  • Stereoinduction in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • On the Nature of C(sp3)-C(sp2) Bond Formation in Nickel-Catalyzed Tertiary Radical Cross-Couplings: A Case Study of Ni/Photoredox Catalytic Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Radicals and Aryl Halides, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Photoredox-Mediated Net-Neutral Radical/Polar Crossover Reactions, 2020, Israel Journal of Chemistry
  • Photochemical Intermolecular [3σ + 2σ]-Cycloaddition for the Construction of Aminobicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Throughout their career, Gary A. Molander has collaborated with numerous colleagues, frequently co-authoring publications with:

  • Shorouk O. Badir
  • Jadab Majhi
  • Albert Granados
  • Mohammed Sharique
  • Bianca T. Matsuo

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive organic synthesis

    Paul Knochel;Gary A. Molander

  • Application of lanthanide reagents in organic synthesis

    Gary A. Molander

  • Sequencing Reactions with Samarium(II) Iodide.

    Gary A. Molander;Christina R. Harris

  • Organotrifluoroborates: protected boronic acids that expand the versatility of the Suzuki coupling reaction.

    Gary A. Molander;Noel Ellis

  • Single-electron transmetalation in organoboron cross-coupling by photoredox/nickel dual catalysis

    John C. Tellis;David N. Primer;Gary A. Molander

  • Lanthanocene catalysts in selective organic synthesis.

    Gary A Molander;Jan Antoinette C Romero

  • Alkyl Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation by Nickel/Photoredox Cross-Coupling.

    John A. Milligan;James P. Phelan;Shorouk O. Badir;Gary A. Molander

  • Single-Electron Transmetalation via Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalysis: Unlocking a New Paradigm for sp3–sp2 Cross-Coupling

    John C. Tellis;Christopher B. Kelly;David N. Primer;Matthieu Jouffroy

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Photoredox-Generated Radicals: Uncovering a General Manifold for Stereoconvergence in Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings

    Osvaldo Gutierrez;John C. Tellis;David N. Primer;Gary A. Molander

  • Organotrifluoroborates and Monocoordinated Palladium Complexes as Catalysts—A Perfect Combination for Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling

    Gary A. Molander;Belgin Canturk

  • Photoredox-Mediated Routes to Radicals: The Value of Catalytic Radical Generation in Synthetic Methods Development

    Jennifer K. Matsui;Simon B. Lang;Drew R. Heitz;Gary A. Molander

  • Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of potassium aryl- and heteroaryltrifluoroborates

    Gary A. Molander;Betina Biolatto

  • Photochemical Nickel-Catalyzed C–H Arylation: Synthetic Scope and Mechanistic Investigations

    Drew R. Heitz;John C. Tellis;Gary A. Molander

  • Diverse Methods for Medium Ring Synthesis

    Gary A. Molander

  • Sequenced reactions with samarium(II) iodide

    Gary A. Molander;Christina R. Harris

  • Direct alkylation of heteroaryls using potassium alkyl- and alkoxymethyltrifluoroborates.

    Gary A. Molander;Virginie Colombel;Valerie A. Braz

  • Palladium-catalyzed, direct boronic acid synthesis from aryl chlorides: a simplified route to diverse boronate ester derivatives.

    Gary A. Molander;Sarah L. J. Trice;Spencer D. Dreher

  • Efficient Cross-Coupling of Secondary Alkyltrifluoroborates with Aryl Chlorides—Reaction Discovery Using Parallel Microscale Experimentation

    Spencer D. Dreher;Peter G. Dormer;Deidre L. Sandrock;Gary A. Molander

  • Single-electron transmetalation: an enabling technology for secondary alkylboron cross-coupling.

    David N. Primer;Idris Karakaya;Idris Karakaya;John C. Tellis;Gary A. Molander

  • Photoredox Generation of Carbon‐Centered Radicals Enables the Construction of 1,1‐Difluoroalkene Carbonyl Mimics

    Simon B. Lang;Rebecca J. Wiles;Christopher B. Kelly;Gary A. Molander

  • Scope of the Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of Potassium Heteroaryltrifluoroborates

    Gary A. Molander;Belgin Canturk;Lauren E. Kennedy

  • Neutral alkylations via palladium(0) catalysis

    Barry M. Trost;Gary A. Molander

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochanan Blum
Jochanan Blum Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Herbert Schumann
Herbert Schumann Technical University of Berlin
Patrick J. Carroll
Patrick J. Carroll University of Pennsylvania
Dirk U. Pfeiffer
Dirk U. Pfeiffer City University of Hong Kong
Isabel Gràcia
Isabel Gràcia Spanish National Research Council
John P. Wolfe
John P. Wolfe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cristina W. Nogueira
Cristina W. Nogueira Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Gabriele Kociok-Köhn
Gabriele Kociok-Köhn University of Bath
Paul Knochel
Paul Knochel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
André B. Charette
André B. Charette University of Montreal

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