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7968
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14897
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Laurel L. Schafer is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans several key areas within chemistry and materials science, focusing particularly on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. The scientist has published extensively with a strong emphasis on crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, and polymer composites and self-healing.

Recent publications by Laurel L. Schafer demonstrate involvement in diverse catalytic and synthetic chemistry topics. Notable recent papers include:

  • C-H activation, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Titanium catalysis for the synthesis of fine chemicals - development and trends, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Hydroaminoalkylation for the Catalytic Addition of Amines to Alkenes or Alkynes: Diverse Mechanisms Enable Diverse Substrate Scope, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Zirconium-Catalyzed Hydroaminoalkylation of Alkynes for the Synthesis of Allylic Amines, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Direct, Catalytic α-Alkylation of N-Heterocycles by Hydroaminoalkylation: Substrate Effects for Regiodivergent Product Formation, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Laurel L. Schafer has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Samuel E. Griffin
  • Erick Nuñez Bahena
  • Rebecca C. DiPucchio
  • Olivia V. Adamczyk
  • Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos

Their work appears regularly in multiple publication venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Inorganic Chemistry

The scientist's contributions have been recognized by awards and fellowships such as:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2017
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2007

Best Publications

  • C–H activation

    Torben Rogge;Nikolaos Kaplaneris;Naoto Chatani;Jinwoo Kim

  • Chiral Neutral Zirconium Amidate Complexes for the Asymmetric Hydroamination of Alkenes

    Mark C. Wood;David C. Leitch;Charles S. Yeung;Jennifer A. Kozak

  • Intramolecular hydroamination of unactived olefins with Ti(NMe2)4 as a precatalyst.

    Jason A. Bexrud;J. David Beard;David C. Leitch;Laurel L. Schafer

  • Scandium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroamination. Development of a Highly Active Cationic Catalyst

    Frank Lauterwasser;Paul G. Hayes;Stefan Bräse;Warren E. Piers

  • Selective C−H Activation α to Primary Amines. Bridging Metallaaziridines for Catalytic, Intramolecular α-Alkylation

    Jason A. Bexrud;Patrick Eisenberger;David C. Leitch;Philippa R. Payne

  • Anti-Markovnikov intermolecular hydroamination: a bis(amidate) titanium precatalyst for the preparation of reactive aldimines.

    Zhe Zhang;Laurel L. Schafer

  • Broadening the scope of group 4 hydroamination catalysis using a tethered ureate ligand.

    David C. Leitch;Philippa R. Payne;Christine R Dunbar;Laurel L. Schafer

  • Tantalum–Amidate Complexes for the Hydroaminoalkylation of Secondary Amines: Enhanced Substrate Scope and Enantioselective Chiral Amine Synthesis

    Patrick Eisenberger;Rashidat O. Ayinla;Jean Michel P. Lauzon;Laurel L. Schafer

  • Titanium catalysis for the synthesis of fine chemicals – development and trends

    Manfred Manßen;Laurel L Schafer

  • A Pentagonal Pyramidal Zirconium Imido Complex for Catalytic Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes

    Robert K. Thomson;Jason A. Bexrud;Laurel L. Schafer

  • An Easy‐To‐Use, Regioselective, and Robust Bis(amidate) Titanium Hydroamination Precatalyst: Mechanistic and Synthetic Investigations toward the Preparation of Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Benzoquinolizine Alkaloids

    Zhe Zhang;David C. Leitch;Man Lu;Brian O. Patrick

  • Phosphoramidate Tantalum Complexes for Room‐Temperature CH Functionalization: Hydroaminoalkylation Catalysis

    Pierre Garcia;Ying Yin Lau;Mitchell R. Perry;Laurel L. Schafer

  • N,O-Chelating Four-Membered Metallacyclic Titanium(IV) Complexes for Atom-Economic Catalytic Reactions.

    Scott A Ryken;Laurel L Schafer

  • Early transition metal-catalyzed C–H alkylation: hydroaminoalkylation for Csp3–Csp3 bond formation in the synthesis of selectively substituted amines

    P. M. Edwards;L. L. Schafer

  • Redundant CAMTA Transcription Factors Negatively Regulate the Biosynthesis of Salicylic Acid and N-Hydroxypipecolic Acid by Modulating the Expression of SARD1 and CBP60g.

    Tongjun Sun;Jianhua Huang;Yan Xu;Vani Verma

  • Hydroaminoalkylation: Early-Transition-Metal-Catalyzed α-Alkylation of Amines

    Eugene Chong;Pierre Garcia;Laurel L. Schafer

  • Amidate complexes of titanium and zirconium: a new class of tunable precatalysts for the hydroamination of alkynes.

    Chunyu Li;Robert K. Thomson;Bronwyn Gillon;Brian O. Patrick

  • Efficient Anti-Markovnikov-Selective Catalysts for Intermolecular Alkyne Hydroamination: Recent Advances and Synthetic Applications

    Jacky C. H. Yim;Laurel L. Schafer

  • Mechanistic Elucidation of Intramolecular Aminoalkene Hydroamination Catalyzed by a Tethered Bis(ureate) Complex: Evidence for Proton-Assisted C–N Bond Formation at Zirconium

    David C Leitch;Rachel H Platel;Laurel L Schafer

  • 2-Pyridonate Tantalum Complexes for the Intermolecular Hydroaminoalkylation of Sterically Demanding Alkenes

    Eugene Chong;Jason W. Brandt;Laurel L. Schafer

  • Modular N,O‐Chelating Ligands: Group‐4 Amidate Complexes for Catalytic Hydroamination

    Alison V. Lee;Laurel L. Schafer

Frequent Co-Authors

Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos
Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos University of British Columbia
Brian O. Patrick
Brian O. Patrick University of British Columbia
Warren E. Piers
Warren E. Piers University of Calgary
Han Hao
Han Hao Tsinghua University
Stefan Bräse
Stefan Bräse Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Antonio Togni
Antonio Togni ETH Zurich
Robert H. Morris
Robert H. Morris University of Toronto
Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones University of Edinburgh

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