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Michael G. Organ

Michael G. Organ

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Chemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
15542
World Ranking
7997
National Ranking
204

Overview

Michael G. Organ is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada. The primary focus of their research lies within the broad field of Chemistry, with significant work also in Materials Science. Their studies cover various subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Spectroscopy, and Inorganic Chemistry.

Their contributions span several key topics in the discipline. These include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

Michael G. Organ has published multiple papers, some of which have gained notable attention. Recent papers include:

  • Sampling and Analysis in Flow: The Keys to Smarter, More Controllable, and Sustainable Fine-Chemical Manufacturing, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Salt to Taste: The Critical Roles Played by Inorganic Salts in Organozinc Formation and in the Negishi Reaction, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Sampling and Analysis in Flow: The Keys to Smarter, More Controllable, and Sustainable Fine-Chemical Manufacturing, 2021, Angewandte Chemie
  • Sodium Butylated Hydroxytoluene: A Functional Group Tolerant, Eco-Friendly Base for Solvent-Free, Pd-Catalysed Amination, 2021, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Salt to Taste: The Critical Roles Played by Inorganic Salts in Organozinc Formation and in the Negishi Reaction, 2020, Angewandte Chemie

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Volodymyr Semeniuchenko
  • Wilfried M. Braje
  • Sepideh Sharif
  • Debasis Mallik
  • William J. Pietro

Michael G. Organ's works have been published in several venues, with a concentration in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Palladium Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Catalysts for Cross-Coupling Reactions—A Synthetic Chemist's Perspective

    Eric Assen B. Kantchev;Christopher J. O'Brien;Michael G. Organ

  • The development of bulky palladium NHC complexes for the most-challenging cross-coupling reactions.

    Cory Valente;Selçuk Çalimsiz;Ka Hou Hoi;Debasis Mallik

  • Easily prepared air- and moisture-stable Pd-NHC (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes: a reliable, user-friendly, highly active palladium precatalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction

    Christopher J. O'Brien;Eric Assen B. Kantchev;Cory Valente;Niloufar Hadei

  • A user-friendly, all-purpose Pd-NHC (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) precatalyst for the negishi reaction: a step towards a universal cross-coupling catalyst.

    Michael G. Organ;Stephanie Avola;Igor Dubovyk;Niloufar Hadei

  • Pd‐PEPPSI‐IPent: An Active, Sterically Demanding Cross‐Coupling Catalyst and Its Application in the Synthesis of Tetra‐Ortho‐Substituted Biaryls

    Michael G. Organ;Selçuk Çalimsiz;Mahmoud Sayah;Ka Hou Hoi

  • Aus der Sicht des Synthetikers: Palladiumkomplexe N-heterocyclischer Carbene als Katalysatoren für Kreuzkupplungen

    Eric Assen B. Kantchev;Christopher J. O'Brien;Michael G. Organ

  • A microreactor for microwave-assisted capillary (continuous flow) organic synthesis.

    Eamon Comer;Michael G. Organ

  • Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis of Pd-PEPPSI Complexes in Cross-Couplings: A Close Inspection of the Catalytic Cycle and the Precatalyst Activation Model

    Joanna Nasielski;Nilofaur Hadei;George Achonduh;Eric Assen B. Kantchev

  • Biaryls Made Easy: PEPPSI and the Kumada–Tamao–Corriu Reaction

    Michael G. Organ;Mirvat Abdel-Hadi;Stephanie Avola;Niloufar Hadei

  • Pd-catalyzed aryl amination mediated by well defined, N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-Pd precatalysts, PEPPSI.

    Michael G. Organ;Mirvat Abdel‐Hadi;Stephanie Avola;Igor Dubovyk

  • Carbon–Heteroatom Coupling Using Pd-PEPPSI Complexes

    Cory Valente;Matthew Pompeo;Mahmoud Sayah;Michael G. Organ

  • Designing Pd–N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes for High Reactivity and Selectivity for Cross-Coupling Applications

    Robert D. J. Froese;Christopher Lombardi;Matthew Pompeo;Richard P. Rucker

  • Electronic Nature of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: Effect on the Suzuki Reaction

    Niloufar Hadei;Eric Assen B Kantchev;Christopher J O'Brien;Michael G Organ

  • Catalysis in capillaries by Pd thin films using microwave-assisted continuous-flow organic synthesis (MACOS).

    Gjergji Shore;Sylvie Morin;Michael G. Organ

  • The first Negishi cross-coupling reaction of two alkyl centers utilizing a Pd-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyst.

    Niloufar Hadei;Eric Assen B. Kantchev;and Christopher J. O'Brien;Michael G. Organ

  • Pd-PEPPSI-IPentCl: A Highly Effective Catalyst for the Selective Cross-Coupling of Secondary Organozinc Reagents†

    Matthew Pompeo;Robert D. J. Froese;Niloufar Hadei;Michael G. Organ

  • Pd-NHC (PEPPSI)Complexes: Synthetic Utility and Computational Studies into TheirReactivity

    Michael G. Organ;Gregory A. Chass;De-Cai Fang;Alan C. Hopkinson

  • Regioselective Cross-Coupling of Allylboronic Acid Pinacol Ester Derivatives with Aryl Halides via Pd-PEPPSI-IPent

    Jennifer L. Farmer;Howard N. Hunter;Michael G. Organ

  • Carbon–Sulfur Bond Formation of Challenging Substrates at Low Temperature by Using Pd-PEPPSI-IPent

    Mahmoud Sayah;Michael G. Organ

  • Pd-PEPPSI-IPent: Low-Temperature Negishi Cross-Coupling for the Preparation of Highly Functionalized, Tetra-ortho-Substituted Biaryls

    Selçuk Çalimsiz;Mahmoud Sayah;Debasis Mallik;Michael G. Organ

  • Pd-PEPPSI Complexes and the Negishi Reaction

    Cory Valente;Matthew E. Belowich;Niloufar Hadei;Michael G. Organ

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan C. Hopkinson
Alan C. Hopkinson York University
Barry M. Trost
Barry M. Trost Stanford University
Eric D. Brown
Eric D. Brown McMaster University
Diethard K. Bohme
Diethard K. Bohme York University
Jeffrey Aubé
Jeffrey Aubé University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
George A. O'Doherty
George A. O'Doherty Northeastern University
Richard M. Epand
Richard M. Epand McMaster University
David E. Heinrichs
David E. Heinrichs University of Western Ontario
J. Derek Bewley
J. Derek Bewley University of Guelph
David E. Hill
David E. Hill Harvard University

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