Current Publications
Wiggle150: Benchmarking Density Functionals and Neural Network Potentials on Highly Strained Conformers
Publications Prior to MSU
12. Enantioselective Ring Opening of Azetidines via Charge Recognition in Hydrogen-Bond-Donor Catalysis
Joseph J. Gair‡, Mayuko Isomura‡, Corin C. Wagen, Daniel A. Strassfeld, Eric N. Jacobsen J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 6378-6383.
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11. Total Synthesis of (+)-Discorhabdin V
Brandon C. Derstine, Alina J. Cook, James D. Collings, Joseph J. Gair, Josep Saurí, Eugene E. Kwan, and Noah Z. Burns Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63, e202315284.
10. Insight into the Scope and Mechanism for Transmetalation of Hydrocarbyl Ligands on Complexes Relevant to C–H Activation
Natalie H. Chan, Joseph J. Gair, Michael Roy, Yehao Qiu, Duo-Sheng Wang, Landon J. Durak,
Liwei Chen, Alexander S. Filatov, and Jared C. Lewis Organometallics 2021, 40, 6-10.
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9. Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrodefluorination of Fluoroarenes
Joseph J. Gair, Ronald L. Grey*, Simon Giroux, and Michael A. Brodney Org. Synth. 2021, 98, 131-146.
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8. Catalytic Behavior of Mono-N-Protected Amino-Acid Ligands in
Ligand-Accelerated C-H Activation by Palladium(II)
Chase A. Salazar, Joseph J. Gair, Kaylin N. Flesch, Ilia A. Guzei, Jared C. Lewis, and Shannon S. Stahl Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (27), 10873 –10877.
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7. Di-Palladium Complexes are Active Catalysts for Mono-N-Protected Amino Acid-Accelerated Enantioselective C−H Functionalization
Joseph J. Gair, Brandon E. Haines, Alexander S. Filatov, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, and Jared C. Lewis ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (12), 11386-11397.
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6. Palladium Catalyzed Hydrodefluorination of Fluoro-(hetero)arenes
Joseph J. Gair,Ronald L. Grey, Simon Giroux, and Michael A. Brodney Org. Lett. 2019, 21 (7), 2482-2487.
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5. Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Investigation of a Transition State Analogue for Proton Transfer during C−H
Activation by a Rhodium-Pincer Complex
Joseph J. Gair, Yehao Qiu, Rahul L. Khade, Natalie H. Chan, Alexander S. Filatov, Yong Zhang, and Jared C. Lewis Organometallics 2019, 38 (7), 1407−1412.
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4. Rhodium Complexes of 2,6-Bis(dialkylphosphinomethyl)pyridines: Improved C−H Activation, Expanded Reaction Scope, and Catalytic
Direct Arylation
Joseph J. Gair, Yehao Qiu, Natalie H. Chan, Alexander S. Filatov, and Jared C. Lewis* Organometallics 2017, 36 (24), 4699-4706.
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3. Mono-N-Protected Amino Acid Ligands Stabilize Dimeric Palladium(II) Complexes of Importance to C-H Functionalization
Joseph J. Gair, Brandon E. Haines, Alexander S. Filatov, Djamaladdin G. Musaev and Jared C. Lewis Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 5746-5756.
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2. Reaction of a polyphosphino ruthenium(II) acetate complex with Grignard reagents: Halogenation, alkylation and b-elimination
Joseph J Gair, Alex J Young, Jeremiah J Scepaniak, Peter M Simone, Chen T Chau, Alicia J Peterson, Elizabeth M Nesset Ferguson, Williamson N Oloo, Daniel T Welma, Jonathan I Siverson, Lothar M Stahl, Chris P Schaller Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2016, 801, 42-47.
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1. Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Addition of Diorganozinc Reagents to Phthalimides: Selective Formation of Gamma-Hydroxylactams
Joseph M. Dennis, Catherine M. Calyore, Jessica S. Sjoholm, J. Patrick Lutz, Joseph J. Gair, Jeffrey B. Johnson Synlett of 2013, 23 (19), 2567-2570.
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