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Michael C. Willis is affiliated with the University of Oxford in United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and materials science, with a strong focus on organic chemistry and materials chemistry. Additional subfields include molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics encompass:

  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions

Michael C. Willis has contributed numerous publications, particularly in prominent journals and databases such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters

Among the recent papers associated with or relevant to their field are:

  • Sulfonyl fluorides as targets and substrates in the development of new synthetic methods, 2022, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • The 2-Pyridyl Problem: Challenging Nucleophiles in Cross-Coupling Arylations, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Hydrosulfonylation of Alkenes with Sulfonyl Chlorides under Visible Light Activation, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • How do we address neglected sulfur pharmacophores in drug discovery?, 2021, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
  • Harnessing Sulfinyl Nitrenes: A Unified One-Pot Synthesis of Sulfoximines and Sulfonimidamides, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alasdair I. McKay
  • Michael J. Tilby
  • Antoine de Gombert
  • Adrian Hall
  • Katherine M. P. Wheelhouse

Best Publications

  • Transition Metal Catalyzed Alkene and Alkyne Hydroacylation

    Michael C. Willis

  • The Development and Application of Sulfur Dioxide Surrogates in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

    Edward J. Emmett;Michael C. Willis

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Aminosulfonylation of Aryl Halides

    Bao Nguyen;Edward J. Emmett;Michael C. Willis

  • DABCO-Bis(sulfur dioxide), DABSO, as a Convenient Source of Sulfur Dioxide for Organic Synthesis: Utility in Sulfonamide and Sulfamide Preparation

    Holly Woolven;Carlos González-Rodríguez;Isabel Marco;Amber L. Thompson

  • Enantioselective and diastereoselective Mukaiyama-Michael reactions catalyzed by bis(oxazoline) copper(II) complexes.

    David A. Evans;Karl A. Scheidt;Jeffrey N. Johnston;Michael C. Willis

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Three‐Component Diaryl Sulfone Synthesis Exploiting the Sulfur Dioxide Surrogate DABSO

    Edward J. Emmett;Barry R. Hayter;Michael C. Willis

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Tandem Alkenyl and Aryl C ? N Bond Formation: A Cascade N‐Annulation Route to 1‐Functionalized Indoles

    Michael C Willis;Gareth N Brace;Ian Peter Holmes

  • Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Sulfinates from Boronic Acids and DABSO: A Redox‐Neutral, Phosphine‐Free Transformation

    Alex S. Deeming;Claire J. Russell;Michael C. Willis

  • Tandem inverse-electron-demand hetero-/retro-Diels-Alder reactions for aromatic nitrogen heterocycle synthesis.

    Radleigh A. A. Foster;Michael C. Willis

  • One-pot palladium-catalyzed synthesis of sulfonyl fluorides from aryl bromides

    Alyn T. Davies;John M. Curto;Scott W. Bagley;Michael C. Willis

  • Using in vitro selection to direct the covalent attachment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev protein to high-affinity RNA ligands

    Kirk B. Jensen;Brent L. Atkinson;Brent L. Atkinson;Michael C. Willis;Tad H. Koch

  • Diagnostic potential of PhotoSELEX-evolved ssDNA aptamers

    Mace C Golden;Brian D Collins;Michael C Willis;Tad H Koch

  • Direct Copper-Catalyzed Three-Component Synthesis of Sulfonamides.

    Yiding Chen;Philip R. D. Murray;Alyn T. Davies;Michael C. Willis

  • DABSO-based, three-component, one-pot sulfone synthesis.

    Alex S. Deeming;Claire J. Russell;Alan J. Hennessy;Michael C. Willis

  • Rediscovering the Chemistry of Sulfur Dioxide: New Developments in Synthesis and Catalysis

    Alex S. Deeming;Edward J. Emmett;Charlotte S. Richards-Taylor;Michael C. Willis

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Ammonium Sulfinates from Aryl Halides and a Sulfur Dioxide Surrogate: A Gas‐ and Reductant‐Free Process

    Edward J. Emmett;Barry R. Hayter;Michael C. Willis

  • Combining organometallic reagents, the sulfur dioxide surrogate DABSO, and amines: a one-pot preparation of sulfonamides, amenable to array synthesis.

    Alex S. Deeming;Claire J. Russell;Michael C. Willis

  • Direct catalytic enantioselective mannich reactions : Synthesis of protected anti-α,β-diamino acids

    Gary A. Cutting;Nikki E. Stainforth;Matthew P. John;† and Gabriele Kociok-Köhn

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Coupling of Ammonia and Hydroxide with Aryl Halides: The Direct Synthesis of Primary Anilines and Phenols

    Michael C. Willis

  • A second-generation catalyst for intermolecular hydroacylation of alkenes and alkynes using β-S-substituted aldehydes : The role of a hemilabile P-O-P ligand

    Gemma L. Moxham;Helen E. Randell-Sly;Simon K. Brayshaw;Robert L. Woodward

  • The 2-Pyridyl Problem: Challenging Nucleophiles in Cross-Coupling Arylations

    Xinlan A F Cook;Antoine de Gombert;Janette McKnight;Loïc R E Pantaine

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew S. Weller
Andrew S. Weller University of York
Christopher G. Frost
Christopher G. Frost University of Bath
Amber L. Thompson
Amber L. Thompson University of Oxford
David A. Evans
David A. Evans Harvard University
Gabriele Kociok-Köhn
Gabriele Kociok-Köhn University of Bath
Véronique Gouverneur
Véronique Gouverneur University of Oxford
Robert S. Paton
Robert S. Paton Colorado State University
Stephen Faulkner
Stephen Faulkner University of Oxford
Mary F. Mahon
Mary F. Mahon University of Bath
Christopher J. Schofield
Christopher J. Schofield University of Oxford

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