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Huw M. L. Davies

Huw M. L. Davies

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Chemistry

D-Index
104
Citations
37973
World Ranking
1063
National Ranking
426

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1990 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Huw M. L. Davies is a researcher affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their work spans primarily the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. Subfields of focus include Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of specialized areas, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Key recent publications by Huw M. L. Davies include:

  • Enantioselective C-H functionalization of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes, 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • Rhodium-Stabilized Diarylcarbenes Behaving as Donor/Acceptor Carbenes, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Copper-Catalyzed Oxidation of Hydrazones to Diazo Compounds Using Oxygen as the Terminal Oxidant, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Asymmetric synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant 1-aryl-2-heteroaryl- and 1,2-diheteroarylcyclopropane-1-carboxylates, 2021, Chemical Science
  • Distal Allylic/Benzylic C−H Functionalization of Silyl Ethers Using Donor/Acceptor Rhodium(II) Carbenes, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors including John Bacsa, Jack C. Sharland, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, Yannick T. Boni, and Oliver Reiser.

Huw M. L. Davies has published extensively in several scientific journals, with notable venues being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Throughout their career, the scientist has received several recognitions including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1990)

Best Publications

  • Catalytic C–H functionalization by metal carbenoid and nitrenoid insertion

    Huw M. L. Davies;James R. Manning

  • Catalytic enantioselective C-H activation by means of metal-carbenoid-induced C-H insertion.

    Huw M L Davies;Rohan E J Beckwith

  • Guiding principles for site selective and stereoselective intermolecular C–H functionalization by donor/acceptor rhodium carbenes

    Huw M. L. Davies;Daniel Morton

  • Recent Advances in C–H Functionalization

    Huw M. L. Davies;Daniel Morton

  • Asymmetric Cyclopropanations by Rhodium(II) N-(Arylsulfonyl)prolinate Catalyzed Decomposition of Vinyldiazomethanes in the Presence of Alkenes. Practical Enantioselective Synthesis of the Four Stereoisomers of 2-Phenylcyclopropan-1-amino Acid

    Huw M. L. Davies;Paul R. Bruzinski;Debra H. Lake;and Norman Kong

  • Reactions of metallocarbenes derived from N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles

    Huw M. L. Davies;Joshua S. Alford

  • C-H functionalization in organic synthesis.

    Huw M. L. Davies;Justin Du Bois;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Application of Donor/Acceptor-Carbenoids to the Synthesis of Natural Products

    Huw M. L. Davies;Justin R. Denton

  • The role of cholesterol in the biosynthesis of beta-amyloid.

    Emma R. Frears;David J Stephens;Claire E. Walters;Huw Davies

  • Catalytic Asymmetric C−H Activation of Alkanes and Tetrahydrofuran

    Huw M. L. Davies;and Tore Hansen;Melvyn Rowen Churchill

  • Intermolecular Metal‐Catalyzed Carbenoid Cyclopropanations

    Huw M. L. Davies;Evan G. Antoulinakis

  • Site-selective and stereoselective functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds

    Kuangbiao Liao;Solymar Negretti;Djamaladdin G. Musaev;John Bacsa

  • Blue light-promoted photolysis of aryldiazoacetates

    Igor D. Jurberg;Igor D. Jurberg;Huw M. L. Davies

  • Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of pyrroloindolines via a rhodium(II)-catalyzed annulation of indoles.

    Jillian E. Spangler;Huw M. L. Davies

  • Recent advances in catalytic intramolecular C-H aminations.

    Huw M. L. Davies;Matthew S. Long

  • Dirhodium tetracarboxylates as catalysts for selective intermolecular C–H functionalization

    Huw M L Davies;Kuangbiao Liao

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Conversion of Furans to Highly Functionalized Pyrroles

    Brendan T. Parr;Samantha A. Green;Huw M. L. Davies

  • The Combined C--H Functionalization/Cope Rearrangement: Discovery and Applications in Organic Synthesis

    Huw M. L. Davies;Yajing Lian

  • Diazotransfer Reactions with p-Acetamidobenzenesulfonyl Azide

    Jonathan S. Baum;David A. Shook;Huw M. L. Davies;H. David Smith

  • Recent advances in catalytic enantioselective intermolecular C-H functionalization.

    Huw M. L. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven R. Childers
Steven R. Childers Wake Forest University
Djamaladdin G. Musaev
Djamaladdin G. Musaev Emory University
Melvyn Rowen Churchill
Melvyn Rowen Churchill University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Jochen Autschbach
Jochen Autschbach University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Linda J. Porrino
Linda J. Porrino Wake Forest University
John Bacsa
John Bacsa Emory University
Kenneth I. Hardcastle
Kenneth I. Hardcastle Emory University
Christopher W. Jones
Christopher W. Jones Georgia Institute of Technology
Michael P. Doyle
Michael P. Doyle The University of Texas at San Antonio
Jin-Quan Yu
Jin-Quan Yu Scripps Research Institute

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