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M. Christina White is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans key areas within chemistry and materials science, with a concentration on organic and materials chemistry.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, the subfields most frequently covered are:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Pharmacology

Their primary research topics involve catalytic and synthetic methodologies as well as crystallography, specifically:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

M. Christina White has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several prominent scientific journals and databases, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recent publications highlight ongoing research in catalytic transformations and oxidation reactions. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Late-stage oxidative C(sp3)-H methylation," 2020, Nature
  • "Allylic C-H amination cross-coupling furnishes tertiary amines by electrophilic metal catalysis," 2022, Science
  • "Late-Stage Intermolecular Allylic C-H Amination," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of alcohols with olefins by positional tuning of a counteranion," 2024, Science
  • "A preparative small-molecule mimic of liver CYP450 enzymes in the aliphatic C-H oxidation of carbocyclic N-heterocycles," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent coauthors, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research:

  • Kaibo Feng
  • Takafumi Ide
  • Charlie F. Dixon
  • Joseph R. Clark
  • Chloe I. Wendell

Best Publications

  • A Predictably Selective Aliphatic C-H Oxidation Reaction for Complex Molecule Synthesis

    Mark S. Chen;M. Christina White

  • Combined effects on selectivity in Fe-catalyzed methylene oxidation.

    Mark S. Chen;M. Christina White

  • Adding aliphatic C-H bond oxidations to synthesis

    M. Christina White

  • A synthetically useful, self-assembling MMO mimic system for catalytic alkene epoxidation with aqueous H2O2.

    M. Christina White;and Abigail G. Doyle;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • A sulfoxide-promoted, catalytic method for the regioselective synthesis of allylic acetates from monosubstituted olefins via C-H oxidation.

    Mark S. Chen;M. Christina White

  • Serial ligand catalysis: a highly selective allylic C-H oxidation.

    Mark S. Chen;Narayanasamy Prabagaran;Nathan A. Labenz;M. Christina White

  • Aliphatic C-H Oxidations for Late-Stage Functionalization.

    M. Christina White;Jinpeng Zhao

  • Catalyst-Controlled Aliphatic C–H Oxidations with a Predictive Model for Site-Selectivity

    Paul E. Gormisky;M. Christina White

  • Iron-catalyzed intramolecular allylic C-H amination.

    Shauna M. Paradine;M. Christina White

  • A Chiral Lewis Acid Strategy for Enantioselective Allylic C ? H Oxidation

    Dustin J. Covell;M. Christina White

  • syn-1,2-Amino Alcohols via Diastereoselective Allylic C−H Amination

    Kenneth J. Fraunhoffer;M. Christina White

  • Catalytic Intermolecular Linear Allylic C−H Amination via Heterobimetallic Catalysis

    Sean A. Reed;M. Christina White

  • Catalytic intermolecular allylic C-H alkylation.

    Andrew J. Young;M. Christina White

  • A manganese catalyst for highly reactive yet chemoselective intramolecular C( sp 3 )–H amination

    Shauna M. Paradine;Jennifer R. Griffin;Jinpeng Zhao;Aaron L. Petronico

  • Remote Oxidation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds in Nitrogen-Containing Molecules

    Jennifer M. Howell;Kaibo Feng;Joseph R. Clark;Louis J. Trzepkowski

  • Oxidative diversification of amino acids and peptides by small-molecule iron catalysis

    Thomas J. Osberger;Donald C. Rogness;Jeffrey T. Kohrt;Antonia F. Stepan

  • Total synthesis and study of 6-deoxyerythronolide B by late-stage C-H oxidation

    Erik M. Stang;M. Christina White

  • Manganese-catalysed benzylic C(sp 3)-H amination for late-stage functionalization

    Joseph R. Clark;Kaibo Feng;Anasheh Sookezian;M. Christina White

  • Macrolactonization via hydrocarbon oxidation

    Kenneth J. Fraunhoffer;Narayanasamy Prabagaran;Lauren E. Sirois;Lauren E. Sirois;M. Christina White

  • Allylic C−H Amination for the Preparation of syn-1,3-Amino Alcohol Motifs

    Grant T. Rice;M. Christina White

Frequent Co-Authors

Abigail G. Doyle
Abigail G. Doyle University of California, Los Angeles
Eric N. Jacobsen
Eric N. Jacobsen Harvard University
Karen I. Goldberg
Karen I. Goldberg University of Pennsylvania
Jack R. Norton
Jack R. Norton Columbia University
T. Don Tilley
T. Don Tilley University of California, Berkeley
John A. Gladysz
John A. Gladysz Texas A&M University
Patrick L. Holland
Patrick L. Holland Yale University
Gary H. Posner
Gary H. Posner Johns Hopkins University
Robin B. Bedford
Robin B. Bedford University of Bristol
Janis Louie
Janis Louie University of Utah

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