Research

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Selected Publications

- “Organic Reactions Under Aqueous Conditions.” Sauer, E. L. O. In “Green Organic Chemistry in Lecture and Laboratory” Dicks, A., Ed.; Taylor&Francis, 2011, in press.

 

- “On the Origin of Altered Diastereomeric Ratios for Anionic versus Neutral Reaction Conditions in the Oxy-Cope/Ene Reaction: An Interplay of Experiment and Computational Modelling.” Hooper, J.; Sauer, E. L. O.; Arns, S.; Woo, T.; Barriault, L. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 14124.

 

- “Manganese Catalysts for C-H Activation: An Experimental/Theoretical Study Indentifies the Stereoselective Factor that Controls the Switch Between Hydroxylation and Desaturation Pathways.” Hull, J. F.; Balcells, D.; Sauer, E. L. O.; Raynaud, C.; Brudvig, G. W.; Crabtree, R. H.; Eisenstein, O. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7605.

 

- “Manganese Catalysts with Molecular Recognition Functionality for Selective Alkene Epoxidation.” Hull, J. F.; Sauer, E. L. O.; Incarvito, C. D.; Faller, J. W.; Brudvig, G. W.; Crabtree, R. H. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 488.

 

- “Iridium and Ruthenium complexes with Chelating N-Heterocyclic carbenes: Efficient catalysts for transfer hydrogenation, β-alkylation and N-alkylation of amines.” Gnanamgari, D.; Sauer, E. L. O.; Schley, N. D.; Butler, C.; Incarvito C. D.; Crabtree, R. H. Orangometallics 2009, 28, 321.

 

- “Synthesis and Reactivity of N-Hydroxy-2-Amino-3-Arylindoles.” Belley, M.; Beaudoin, D.; Duspara, P.; Sauer, E.; St-Pierre, G.; Trimble, L. A. Synlett 2007, 19, 2991.

 

- “Origin of Diastereoselectivity in the Tandem Oxy-Cope/Claisen/Ene Reaction: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Ring Inversion Mechanism.” Sauer, E. L. O.; Hooper, J.; Woo, T.; Barriault, L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2112.

 

- “Synthesis and Reactivity of N-hydroxy-2-aminoindoles.” Belley, M.; Sauer, E.; Beaudoin, D.; Duspara, P.; Trimble, L. A.; Dubé, P. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 159.

 

- “Asymmetric Cross-Coupling and Heck Reactions.” Barriault, L; Sauer, E. L. O. In “Stereoselective Synthesis of Quaternary Stereocentres” Christoffers, J., Ed.; Wiley-VCH, 2005, 185-204. ISBN: 3-527-31107-6.