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58
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10738
National Ranking
2955

Overview

Ian W. Davies is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with notable contributions in several subfields including Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Science, Organic Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Biochemistry.

Their work covers several main topics in scientific research such as Chemical Reactions and Isotopes, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions, and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation.

Davies has published in various academic journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Nature
  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Nuclear Medicine and Biology
  • Tetrahedron Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Davies include:

  • Metallaphotoredox aryl and alkyl radiomethylation for PET ligand discovery, 2020, Nature
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Indazole-Containing Enamides Relevant to the Synthesis of Zavegepant Using Neutral and Cationic Cobalt Precatalysts, 2023, Organic Letters
  • Discovery of MK-8153, a Potent and Selective ROMK Inhibitor and Novel Diuretic/Natriuretic, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Metallaphotoredox aryl and alkyl radiomethylation for PET ligand discovery, 2021, Nuclear Medicine and Biology
  • Novel intramolecular aminohydroxylation toward the syntheses of 2'-amino-2'-ethynyl nucleosides, 2021, Tetrahedron Letters

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, among them:

  • Lauren N. Mendelsohn
  • Connor S. MacNeil
  • David K. Leahy
  • Paul J. Chirik
  • Patricia Z. Musacchio

Best Publications

  • Photoredox-catalyzed deuteration and tritiation of pharmaceutical compounds

    Yong Yao Loh;Kazunori Nagao;Andrew J. Hoover;David Hesk

  • Nanomole-scale high-throughput chemistry for the synthesis of complex molecules

    Alexander Buitrago Santanilla;Erik L. Regalado;Tony Pereira;Michael Shevlin

  • Aryl amination using ligand-free Ni(II) salts and photoredox catalysis.

    Emily B. Corcoran;Michael T. Pirnot;Shishi Lin;Spencer D. Dreher

  • Are heterogeneous catalysts precursors to homogeneous catalysts

    Ian W. Davies;Louis Matty;David L. Hughes;Paul J. Reider

  • Elaboration of Conjugated Alkenes Initiated by Insertion into a Vinylic C-H Bond

    Barry M. Trost;Katsuharu Imi;Ian W. Davies

  • A General Small-Scale Reactor To Enable Standardization and Acceleration of Photocatalytic Reactions

    Chi Chip Le;Michael K. Wismer;Zhi Cai Shi;Rui Zhang

  • Chemistry informer libraries: a chemoinformatics enabled approach to evaluate and advance synthetic methods

    Peter S. Kutchukian;James F. Dropinski;Kevin D. Dykstra;Bing Li

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Tandem Heck Reaction/C ? H Functionalization—Preparation of Spiro‐Indane‐Oxindoles

    Rebecca T. Ruck;Mark A. Huffman;Mary M. Kim;Michael Shevlin

  • A General and Efficient 2-Amination of Pyridines and Quinolines

    Jingjun Yin;Bangping Xiang;Mark A Huffman;Conrad E Raab

  • Superior reactivity of thiosemicarbazides in the synthesis of 2-amino-1,3,4-oxadiazoles.

    Sarah J. Dolman;Francis Gosselin;Paul D. O'shea;Ian W. Davies

  • Selective Hydrogen Atom Abstraction through Induced Bond Polarization: Direct α-Arylation of Alcohols through Photoredox, HAT, and Nickel Catalysis

    Jack Twilton;Melodie Christensen;Daniel A. DiRocco;Rebecca T. Ruck

  • Mapping the dark space of chemical reactions with extended nanomole synthesis and MALDI-TOF MS.

    Shishi Lin;Sergei Dikler;William D. Blincoe;Ronald D. Ferguson

  • A general strategy for site-selective incorporation of deuterium and tritium into pyridines, diazines, and pharmaceuticals

    J. Luke Koniarczyk;David Hesk;Alix Overgard;Ian W. Davies

  • Enantioselective Hydrogenation of N−H Imines

    Guohua Hou;Francis Gosselin;Wei Li;J. Christopher McWilliams

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Driven by CO as a Stoichiometric Reductant - Application to Carbazole Synthesis

    J. H. Smitrovich;I. W. Davies

  • A multifunctional catalyst that stereoselectively assembles prodrugs

    Daniel A. DiRocco;Yining Ji;Edward C. Sherer;Artis Klapars

  • Efficient Access to Azaindoles and Indoles

    Mark McLaughlin;Michael Palucki;Ian W Davies

  • Oxyfunctionalization of the Remote C-H Bonds of Aliphatic Amines by Decatungstate Photocatalysis.

    Danielle M. Schultz;François Lévesque;Daniel A. DiRocco;Mikhail Reibarkh

  • A practical synthesis of a COX-2-specific inhibitor.

    Ian W. Davies;Jean-Francois Marcoux;Edward G. Corley;Michel Journet

  • Municipal incinerator as source of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in environment

    Ian W. Davies;Roy M. Harrison;Roger. Perry;Don. Ratnayaka

  • Preparative Scale Synthesis of the Biaryl Core of Anacetrapib via a Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Reaction: Unexpected Effect of Solvent Impurity on the Arylation Reaction†

    Stéphane G. Ouellet;Amélie Roy;Carmela Molinaro;Rémy Angelaud

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Reider
Paul J. Reider Princeton University
David B. Olsen
David B. Olsen MSD (United States)
Joseph P. Vacca
Joseph P. Vacca MSD (United States)
Robert A. Reamer
Robert A. Reamer MSD (United States)
David L. Hughes
David L. Hughes University of East Anglia
Christopher J. Welch
Christopher J. Welch Indiana Consortium for Analytical Science & Engineering
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan Princeton University
Chris H. Senanayake
Chris H. Senanayake TCG GreenChem Inc.
Robert J. Deeth
Robert J. Deeth University of Warwick
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles

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