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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Janis Louie is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work primarily spans subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Plant Science, and Biomaterials.

Louie's research involves key topics including:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

They have published numerous papers in prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • physica status solidi (a)
  • Israel Journal of Chemistry
  • Chemical Reviews
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Selected recent papers highlight the breadth of Louie's work:

  • "Trends in the Usage of Bidentate Phosphines as Ligands in Nickel Catalysis," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Semiconducting to Metallic Electronic Landscapes in Defects-Controlled 2D π-d Conjugated Coordination Polymer Thin Films," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Unique Thermoelectric Properties Induced by Intrinsic Nanostructuring in a Polycrystalline Thin-Film Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework, Copper Benzenehexathiol," 2020, physica status solidi (a)
  • "Origins of Regio- and Chemoselectivity in Iron-PDAI-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Syntheses of 4,6-Disubstituted 2-Aminopyridines," 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • "Total Synthesis of Indolizidine Alkaloids via Nickel-Catalyzed (4 + 2) Cyclization," 2020, Organic Letters

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Jonas Renner, Jacob M. Cowley, Sleight R. Smith, Ryan M. Stolley, and Nabajit Lahiri.

Janis Louie has been recognized by scientific organizations, holding distinctions including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2006

Best Publications

  • Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of arylamines from aryl halides. Mechanistic studies lead to coupling in the absence of tin reagents

    Janis Louie;John F. Hartwig

  • [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes

    Pramod R. Chopade;Janis Louie

  • Tandem Catalysis: The Sequential Mediation of Olefin Metathesis, Hydrogenation, and Hydrogen Transfer with Single-Component Ru Complexes

    Janis Louie;Christopher W. Bielawski;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Efficient Nickel-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of CO2 and Diynes

    Janis Louie;John E. Gibby;Marc V. Farnworth;Thomas N. Tekavec

  • Metathesis of Electron-Rich Olefins: Structure and Reactivity of Electron-Rich Carbene Complexes

    Janis Louie;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Triflates and Importance of Triflate Addition Rate

    Janis Louie;Michael S. Driver;Blake C. Hamann;John F. Hartwig

  • Reversible carboxylation of N-heterocyclic carbenes

    Hung A. Duong;Thomas N. Tekavec;Atta M. Arif;Janis Louie

  • A systematic investigation of factors influencing the decarboxylation of imidazolium carboxylates.

    Bret R. Van Ausdall;Jeremy L. Glass;Kelly M. Wiggins;Atta M. Aarif

  • Tandem Catalysis: Three Mechanistically Distinct Reactions from a Single Ruthenium Complex

    Christopher W. Bielawski;Janis Louie;Robert H. Grubbs

  • Hexaaminobenzene as a building block for a Family of 2D Coordination Polymers.

    Nabajit Lahiri;Neda Lotfizadeh;Ryuichi Tsuchikawa;Vikram V. Deshpande

  • Discrete High Molecular Weight Triarylamine Dendrimers Prepared by Palladium-Catalyzed Amination

    Janis Louie;John F. Hartwig;Albert J. Fry

  • A nickel-catalyzed route to pyridines.

    Michael M. McCormick;Hung A. Duong;Gang Zuo;Janis Louie

  • Trends in the Usage of Bidentate Phosphines as Ligands in Nickel Catalysis.

    Andrew L Clevenger;Ryan M Stolley;Justis Aderibigbe;Janis Louie

  • Transmetalation, Involving Organotin Aryl, Thiolate, and Amide Compounds. An Unusual Type of Dissociative Ligand Substitution Reaction

    Janis Louie;John F. Hartwig

  • N-heterocyclic carbenes as highly efficient catalysts for the cyclotrimerization of isocyanates.

    Hung A. Duong;Michael J. Cross;Janis Louie

  • A Route to Pdo from PdII Metallacycles in Animation and Cross-Coupling Chemistry†

    Janis Louie;John F. Hartwig

  • Transition Metal Catalyzed Reactions of Carbon Dioxide and Other Heterocumulenes

    Janis Louie

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene Bound Nickel(I) Complexes and Their Roles in Catalysis

    Kainan Zhang;Martin Conda-Sheridan;Shayna R. Cooke;Janis Louie

  • Nickel-catalyzed cycloaddition of alkynes and isocyanates.

    Hung A. Duong;Michael J. Cross;Janis Louie

  • Highly Active Nickel Catalysts for the Isomerization of Unactivated Vinyl Cyclopropanes to Cyclopentenes

    Gang Zuo;Janis Louie

  • Highly active iron imidazolylidene catalysts for atom transfer radical polymerization

    Janis Louie;Robert H. Grubbs

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig University of California, Berkeley
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Vikram Deshpande
Vikram Deshpande Harvard University
Atta M. Arif
Atta M. Arif University of Utah
Christopher W. Bielawski
Christopher W. Bielawski Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Dipanjan Pan
Dipanjan Pan Pennsylvania State University
Peter J. Stang
Peter J. Stang University of Utah
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Xin Hong
Xin Hong Zhejiang University
Daniel A. Fischer
Daniel A. Fischer National Institute of Standards and Technology

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