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  • 2019 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Keary M. Engle is affiliated with the Scripps Research Institute in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research portfolio includes extensive work in Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, along with significant studies in Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The scientist has explored topics that include:

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

Keary M. Engle's publication record features papers in notable journals such as Chemical Science, Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Angewandte Chemie. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Recent developments in nickel-catalyzed intermolecular dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp3)-H Bonds," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Ni(COD)(DQ): An Air-Stable 18-Electron Nickel(0)-Olefin Precatalyst," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed 1,2-Carboamination of Alkenyl Alcohols," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A Transient-Directing-Group Strategy Enables Enantioselective Reductive Heck Hydroarylation of Alkenes," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their frequent co-authors include Milan Gembický, Van Tran, Taeho Kang, Zi-Qi Li, and Tanner C. Jankins, reflecting ongoing collaborative work in the field.

In terms of publication venues, Keary M. Engle has a substantial number of papers in The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and ACS Catalysis.

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Palladium(II)-catalyzed C-H activation/C-C cross-coupling reactions: versatility and practicality.

    Xiao Chen;Keary M. Engle;Dong-Hui Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Weak coordination as a powerful means for developing broadly useful C-H functionalization reactions.

    Keary M. Engle;Tian-Sheng Mei;Masayuki Wasa;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Transition metal-catalyzed C–H activation reactions: diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity

    Ramesh Giri;Bing Feng Shi;Keary M. Engle;Nathan Maugel

  • Palladium(II)‐katalysierte C‐H‐Aktivierung/C‐C‐Kreuzkupplung: Vielseitigkeit und Anwendbarkeit

    Xiao Chen;Keary M. Engle;Dong-Hui Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Ligand-Enabled Reactivity and Selectivity in a Synthetically Versatile Aryl C–H Olefination

    Dong-Hui Wang;Keary M. Engle;Bing-Feng Shi;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Ligand-enabled meta -C–H activation using a transient mediator

    Xiao-Chen Wang;Wei Gong;Li-Zhen Fang;Ru-Yi Zhu

  • Developing Ligands for Palladium(II)-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization: Intimate Dialogue between Ligand and Substrate

    Keary M. Engle;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Ligand-Accelerated C–H Activation Reactions: Evidence for a Switch of Mechanism

    Keary M. Engle;Dong-Hui Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed, Coordination-Assisted Functionalization of Nonactivated C(sp3)-H Bonds.

    Bin Liu;Bin Liu;Andrew M Romine;Camille Z Rubel;Keary M Engle

  • Recent developments in nickel-catalyzed intermolecular dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes

    Joseph Derosa;Omar Apolinar;Taeho Kang;Van T. Tran

  • Catalytic hydrotrifluoromethylation of unactivated alkenes.

    Satoshi Mizuta;Stefan Verhoog;Keary M. Engle;Tanatorn Khotavivattana

  • Bystanding F+ oxidants enable selective reductive elimination from high-valent metal centers in catalysis.

    Keary M. Engle;Tian-Sheng Mei;Xisheng Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed olefination of sp3 C-H bonds.

    Masayuki Wasa;Keary M. Engle;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation of cyclopropanes.

    Masayuki Wasa;Keary M. Engle;David W. Lin;Eun Jeong Yoo

  • Pd(II)-catalyzed hydroxyl-directed C-H olefination enabled by monoprotected amino acid ligands.

    Yi Lu;Dong-Hui Wang;Keary M. Engle;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Pd(0)/PR3-Catalyzed Intermolecular Arylation of sp3 C−H Bonds

    Masayuki Wasa;Keary M. Engle;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Nickel-Catalyzed β,γ-Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenyl Carbonyl Compounds via Conjunctive Cross-Coupling

    Joseph Derosa;Van T. Tran;Mark N. Boulous;Jason S. Chen

  • Constructing Multiply Substituted Arenes Using Sequential Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed C ? H Olefination

    Keary M. Engle;Dong-Hui Wang;Jin-Quan Yu

  • Catalytic Intermolecular Carboamination of Unactivated Alkenes via Directed Aminopalladation.

    Zhen Liu;Yanyan Wang;Zichen Wang;Tian Zeng

  • Directed, Regiocontrolled Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes via Protodepalladation

    John A. Gurak;Kin S. Yang;Zhen Liu;Keary M. Engle

  • Hydroxyl-directed C–H carbonylation enabled by mono-N-protected amino acid ligands: An expedient route to 1-isochromanones

    Yi Lu;Dasheng Leow;Xisheng Wang;Keary M. Engle

Frequent Co-Authors

Jin-Quan Yu
Jin-Quan Yu Scripps Research Institute
Peng Liu
Peng Liu University of Pittsburgh
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Véronique Gouverneur
Véronique Gouverneur University of Oxford
Bing-Feng Shi
Bing-Feng Shi Zhejiang University
Tian-Sheng Mei
Tian-Sheng Mei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Xi-Sheng Wang
Xi-Sheng Wang University of Science and Technology of China
Yi Lu
Yi Lu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Huw M. L. Davies
Huw M. L. Davies Emory University

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