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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Olafs Daugulis is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily within chemistry and materials science, with a strong focus on organic and materials chemistry. The subfields of study within their work include organic chemistry, materials chemistry, process chemistry and technology, pharmaceutical science, and inorganic chemistry.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas related to catalysis and crystallography. Key topics associated with their work are:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Notable recent publications by Olafs Daugulis include:

  • New Neutral Nickel and Palladium Sandwich Catalysts: Synthesis of Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) via Highly Controlled Polymerization and Mechanistic Studies of Chain Propagation (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Cationic α-Diimine Nickel and Palladium Complexes Incorporating Phenanthrene Substituents: Highly Active Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts and Mechanistic Studies of syn/anti Isomerization (2020, Organometallics)
  • Ethylene Polymerizations Catalyzed by Fluorinated "Sandwich" Diimine-Nickel and Palladium Complexes (2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • N-Iminopyridinium ylide-directed, cobalt-catalysed coupling of sp2 C-H bonds with alkynes (2020, Chemical Communications)
  • Unsaturated Alcohols as Chain-Transfer Agents in Olefin Polymerization: Synthesis of Aldehyde End-Capped Oligomers and Polymers (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Maurice Brookhart, Quan H. Tran, Xiqu Wang, Julius X. Heidlas, and Thanh Van Le.

The venues where Olafs Daugulis has published most include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Olafs Daugulis has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018 and as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Palladium- and Copper-Catalyzed Arylation of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds

    Olafs Daugulis;Hien-Quang Do;Dmitry Shabashov

  • Highly Regioselective Arylation of sp3 C−H Bonds Catalyzed by Palladium Acetate

    Vladimir G. Zaitsev;Dmitry Shabashov;Olafs Daugulis

  • Bidentate, monoanionic auxiliary-directed functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds.

    Olafs Daugulis;James Roane;Ly Dieu Tran

  • Auxiliary-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation and Alkylation of sp2 and sp3 Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds

    Dmitry Shabashov;Olafs Daugulis

  • Cobalt‐Catalyzed, Aminoquinoline‐Directed C(sp2)H Bond Alkenylation by Alkynes

    Liene Grigorjeva;Olafs Daugulis

  • A general method for copper-catalyzed arylation of arene C-H bonds.

    Hien-Quang Do;Rana M. Kashif Khan;Olafs Daugulis

  • Anilide ortho-arylation by using C-H activation methodology.

    Olafs Daugulis;Vladimir G Zaitsev

  • Copper-Promoted Sulfenylation of sp2 C–H Bonds

    Ly Dieu Tran;Ilya Popov;Olafs Daugulis

  • Copper-Catalyzed Arylation of Heterocycle C−H Bonds

    Hien-Quang Do;Olafs Daugulis

  • Two methods for direct ortho-arylation of benzoic acids.

    Hendrich A Chiong;Quynh-Nhu Pham;Olafs Daugulis

  • Copper-catalyzed arylation and alkenylation of polyfluoroarene C-H bonds.

    Hien-Quang Do;Olafs Daugulis

  • Palladium-catalyzed arylation of electron-rich heterocycles with aryl chlorides.

    Hendrich A. Chiong;Olafs Daugulis

  • Nonnatural Amino Acid Synthesis by Using Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Functionalization Methodology

    Ly Dieu Tran;Olafs Daugulis

  • Directed Amination of Non‐Acidic Arene CH Bonds by a Copper–Silver Catalytic System

    Ly Dieu Tran;James Roane;Olafs Daugulis

  • Heterocycle synthesis via direct C-H/N-H coupling.

    Enrico T. Nadres;Olafs Daugulis

  • Catalytic coupling of C-H and C-I bonds using pyridine as a directing group.

    Dmitry Shabashov;Olafs Daugulis

  • Palladium and Copper Catalysis in Regioselective, Intermolecular Coupling of C–H and C–Hal Bonds

    Olafs Daugulis

  • Regioselective Functionalization of Unreactive Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds

    Olafs Daugulis;Vladimir G. Zaitsev;Dmitry Shabashov;Quynh-Nhu Pham

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed, Aminoquinoline-Directed Coupling of sp2 C–H Bonds with Alkenes

    Liene Grigorjeva;Olafs Daugulis

  • Copper-catalyzed, directing group-assisted fluorination of arene and heteroarene C-H bonds.

    Thanh Truong;Kristine Klimovica;Olafs Daugulis

  • Thermally robust and porous noncovalent organic framework with high affinity for fluorocarbons and CFCs

    Teng Hao Chen;Ilya Popov;Watchareeya Kaveevivitchai;Yu Chun Chuang

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice Brookhart
Maurice Brookhart University of Houston
Edwin Vedejs
Edwin Vedejs University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Peter S. White
Peter S. White University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Douglas R. Powell
Douglas R. Powell University of Oklahoma
Allan J. Jacobson
Allan J. Jacobson University of Houston
Yu-Sheng Chen
Yu-Sheng Chen Nankai University
Steven E. Wheeler
Steven E. Wheeler University of Georgia
Geoffrey W. Coates
Geoffrey W. Coates Cornell University
Thanh N. Truong
Thanh N. Truong University of Utah
Rustem F. Ismagilov
Rustem F. Ismagilov California Institute of Technology

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