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σ-Bond insertion reactions of two strained diradicaloids

Meza, A. T.; Rivera, C. A.; Shao, H.; Kelleghan, A. V.; Houk, K. N.; Garg, N. K.

Nature, 2025, 640, 683 ‒ 690

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Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition

Dutta, S.; Lu, Y-L.; Erchinger, J. E.; Shao, H.; Studer, E.; Schäfer, F.; Wang, H.; Rana, Debanjan, Daniliuc, C. G.; Houk, K. N.; Glorius, F.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 5232 ‒ 5241

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Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Enables Uncommon Zwitterionic Mechanism in Macrocyclic Peptide Formation: Computational Mechanistic Studies of CyClick Chemistry

Shao, H.; Adebomi, V.; Bruce, A.; Raj, M.; Houk, K. N.

Angewandte. Chemie. International. Edition

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Enantioselective hydroamination of alkenes enabled by catalytic asymmetric hydrogen atom transfer

Hejna, B. G.; Ganley, J. M.; Shao, H.; Tian, H.; Ellefsen, J. D.; Fastuca, N. J.; Houk, K. N.; Miller, S. J.; Knowles, R. R.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 16118 ‒ 16129

17

Dearomative ring expansion of thiophenes by bicyclobutane insertion

Wang, H.; Shao, H.; Das, A.; Dutta, S.; Chan, H. T.; Daniliuc, C.; Glorius, F.; Houk, K. N.

Science, 2023, 381, 75 ‒ 81

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ortho-Selective Dearomative [2π+2σ]-Photocycloadditions of Bicyclic Aza-Arenes

Kleinmans, R. (†); Dutta, S. (†); Ozols, K. (‡); Shao, H. (‡); Schäfer, F.; Thielemann, R. E.; Chan, H. H.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Houk, K. N.; Glorius, F

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 12324 ‒ 12332

15

Initiation of fatty acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

McNaught, K, J.; Kuatsjah, E.; Zahn, M.; Prates, E. T.; Shao, H.; Bentley, G. J.; Pickford, A. R.; Gruber, J. N.; Hestmark, K, V.; Jacobson, D. A.; Poirier, B. C.; Ling, C.; San Marchi, M.; Michener, W. E.; Nicora, C. D.; Sanders, J. N.; Szostkiewicz, C. J.; Viličković, D.; Zhou, M.; Munoz, N.; Kim, Y.; Magnuson, J. K.; Burnum-Johnson, K. E.; Houk, K. N.; McGeehan, J. E.; Johnson, C. W.; Beckham, G. T.

Metabolic Engineering, 2023, 76, 193 ‒ 203

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Defining the macromolecules of tomorrow through synergistic sustainable polymer research

Haque, F (†).; Ishibashi, J (†).; Lidston, C (†).; Shao, H (†).; Bates, F.; Chang, A.; Coates G.; Cramer, C.; Dauenhauer, P.; Dichtel, W.; Ellison, C.; Gormong, E.; Hamachi L.; Hoye T.; Jin, M.; Kalow, J.; Kim, H. J.; Kumar, G.; LaSalle C.; Liffland, S.; Lipinski, B.; Pang, Y.; Parveen, R.; Peng, X.; Popowski, Y.; Prebihalo, E.; Reddi, Y.; Reineke, T.; Sheppard, D.; Swartz, J.; Tolman, W.; Vlaisavljevich, B.; Wissinger, J.; Xu, S.; Hillmyer, M

Chemical Review, 2022, 122, 6322 ‒ 6373.

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Factors Affecting the Mechanism of 1,3-Butadiene Polymerization at Open Metal Sites in Co-MFU-4l

Shao, H.; Pandharkar, R.; Cramer, C.J.

Organometallics, 2022, 41, 169 ‒ 177

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Ligand Conformational Flexibility Enables Enantioselective Tertiary C–B Bond Formation in the Phosphonate-Directed Catalytic Asymmetric Alkene Hydroboration

Shao, H.; Chakrabarty, S.; Qi, X.; Takacs, J. M.; Liu, P.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 4801 ‒ 4808

11

Modeling the mechanism of CO2/cyclohexene oxide copolymerization catalyzed by chiral zinc

Shao, H.; Reddi, Y.; Cramer, C.J.

ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 8870 ‒ 8879

10

β-diiminates: factors affecting reactivity and isotacticity

Shao, H.; Reddi, Y.; Cramer, C.J.

ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 8870 ‒ 8879

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Cascade CuH-Catalyzed Conversion of Alkynes to Enantioenriched 1,1-Disubstituted Products

Gao, D.W.; Gao, Y.; Shao, H.; Qiao, T.Z.; Wang, X.; Sanchez, B.B.; Chen, J.S.; Liu, P.; Engle, K.M.

Nature Catalysis, 2020, 3, 23 ‒ 29

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Cu-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Benzylidenecyclopropanes: Reaction Optimization, (Hetero)Aryl Scope, and Origins of Pathway Selectivity

Medina, J.M.; Kang, T.; Erbay, T.G.; Shao, H.; Gallego, G.M.; Yang, S.; Tran-Dubé, M.; Richardson, P.F.; Derosa, J.; Helsel, R.T.; Patman, R.L.

ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 11130 ‒ 11136

7

Redox-switchable Olefin Cross Metathesis (CM) Reactions and Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET) Polymerizations

Ryu, Y.; Shao, H.; Ahumada, G.; Liu, P.; Bielawski, C.W.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2019, 3, 2083 ‒ 2089

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Disentangling Ligand Effects on Metathesis Catalyst Activity: Experimental and Computational Studies of Ruthenium-Aminophosphine Complexes

Chu, C.K.; Lin, T.P.; Shao, H.; Liberman-Martin, A.L.; Liu, P.; Grubbs, R.H.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 5634 ‒ 5643

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The Origins of the Stereoretentive Mechanism of Olefin Metathesis with Ru-Dithiolate Catalysts

Grandner, J.M.; Shao, H.; Grubbs, R.H.; Liu, P.; Houk, K.N.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2017, 82, 10595 ‒ 10600

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A Redox-Switchable Ring-Closing Metathesis Catalyst

Lastovickova, D.N.; Teator, A.J.; Shao, H.; Liu, P.; Bielawski, C.W.

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2017, 4, 1525 ‒ 1532

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A Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Catalyst That Exhibits Redox-Switchable Monomer Selectivities

Lastovickova, D.N.; Shao, H.; Lu, G.; Liu, P.; Bielawski, C.W.

Chemistry–A European Journal, 2017, 23, 5994-6000

2

A Photoswitchable Olefin Metathesis Catalyst

Teator, A.J.; Shao, H.; Lu, G.; Liu, P.; Bielawski, C.W.

Organometallics, 2017, 36, 490 ‒ 497

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Chapter 17: Issues Particular to Organometallic Reactions in Applied Theoretical Organic Chemistry (Editor, Dean J Tantillo)

Lu, G.; Shao, H.; Omer, H.; Liu, P.

World Scientific, 2016 (Book Chapter)

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