35. Li, J.; Ge, S.;* “Solvent-Free Copper-Catalyzed Trisilylation of Alkynes: A Practical and Atom-Economical Approach to Access 1,1,1-trisilylalkanes” Green Chem. 2024 In Press
34. Zheng, W.;# Tan, B. B.;# Ge, S.;* Lu, Y.* “Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Diboration of Arylidenecyclopropanes to Access Chiral Skipped 1,4- and 1,3-Diboronates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5366–5374. [doi]. (#These two authors contributed equally.)
33. Zhao, T.-Q.; Tian, Y.-C.; Tang, X.; Ge, S.;* Ma, J.-A.;* Zhang, F.-G.* “Copper-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Hydroboration of Difluoroalkyl-Substituted Internal Alkenes” Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2304194. [doi]; [pdf]
32. Tan, B. B.;# Hu, M.;# Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Ring-Opening Dihydroboration of Arylidenecyclopropanes to Access Skipped Diboronates” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202307176 (Hot Paper). [doi]; [pdf] (#These two authors contributed equally.)
31. Yang, X.; Yuan, C.; Ge, S.* “Ligand-enabled stereodivergence in nickel-catalyzed regioselective hydroboration of internal allenes” Chem 2023, 9, 198-215. [doi]. [pdf]
30. Li, J.; Ge, S.* “Copper-Catalyzed Quadruple Borylation of Terminal Alkynes to Access sp3-Tetra-Organometallic Reagents” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202213057. [doi].
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29. Hu, M.; Tan, B. B.; Ge, S.* “Enantioselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Fluoroalkyl-Substituted Alkenes to Access Chiral Fluoroalkylboronates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 15333–15338. [doi]; [pdf]
28. Yang, X.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed 1,1,3-Triborylation of Terminal Alkynes” Organometallics 2022, 41, 1823–1828 (An invited contribution to a Special Issue of Organometallics on "Sustainable Organometallic Chemistry"). [doi].
27. Bai, X.;# Zheng, W.;# Ge, S.*; Lu, Y.* “Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Arylborylation/Cyclization of Alkenes to Access Boryl-Functionalized Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Quaternary Stereogenic Centers” Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 3080–3085. [doi]. (#These two authors contributed equally.)
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26. Zhao Y.; Ge, S.* “Synergistic Hydrocobaltation and Borylcobaltation Enable Regioselective Migratory Triborylation of Unactivated Alkenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202116133 (Very Important Paper). [doi].
25. You, Y.e.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed One-Pot Asymmetric Difunctionalization of Alkynes to Access Chiral gem-(Borylsilyl)alkanes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 20684–20688 (Hot Paper). [doi].
24. Yang, X.; Ge, S.* “Recent Progress in Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation and Hydroboration Reactions of Alkenes” Curr. Opin. Green and Sustain. Chem. 2021, 31, 100542 (An invited review). [doi].
23. You, Y.e.; Ge, S.* “Asymmetric Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydrosilylation/Cylcization of 1,6-Enynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12046–12052. [doi].
22. Zhao, Y.; Ge, S.* “Chromium-Catalyzed Selective Dimerization/Hydroboration of Allenes to Access Boryl-Functionalized Skipped (E,Z)-Dienes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2149–2154. [doi].
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21. Teo, W. J.;# Yang, X.;# Poon, Y. Y.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Triborylation of Allylic Ethers to Access 1,1,3-Triborylalkanes” Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 5193. [doi]; [pdf]; (#These two authors contributed equally.)
20. Wu, C.; Ge, S.* “Ligand-Controlled Cobalt-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Hydroboration of Aryl,Alkyl-Disubstituted Internal Allenes” Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 2783–2789. [doi]
19. Hu, M.; Ge, S.* “Versatile Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Chain-Walking Double Hydroboration of 1,n-Dienes to Access gem-Bis(boryl)alkanes” Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 765. [doi]; [pdf]
18. Bai, X.; Wu, C.; Ge, S.*; Lu, Y.* “Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Sequential Heck-Sonogashira Coupling: Asymmetric Synthesis of Oxindoles Containing Trifluoromethylated Quaternary Stereogenic Centers” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 2764–2768. [doi].
17. Sang, H. L.; Wu, C.; Phua, G. G. D.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Stereoselective Hydroboration of 1,3-Diynes to Access Boryl-Functionalized Enynes” ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 10109–10114. [doi].
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16. You, Y.e.; Pham, N. V.; Ge, S. “Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroaminomethylation of Alkenes with N,O-Acetals to Access Chiral β-Stereogenic Amines: Dual Functions of the Copper Catalyst” CCS Chem. 2019, 1, 455–463. [doi]; [full text--pdf]
15. Sang, H. L.; Hu, Y.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydrosilylation of 1,3-Diynes to Access Silyl-Substituted 1,3-Enynes” Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 5234–5237. [doi].
14. Wu, C.; Liao, J.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroboration/Cyclization of 1,7-Enynes: Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Quinolinones Containing Quaternary Stereogenic Centers” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8882–8886 (Hot Paper). [doi].
13. Yu, S.; Sang, H. L.; Zhang, S.-Q.; Hong, X.;* Ge, S.* “Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Trisubstituted Heteroaromatic Allenes from 1,3-Enynes” Commun. Chem. 2018, 1, 64. [doi]; [pdf]
12. Wang, C.; Ge, S.* “Versatile Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Entry to Boryl-Functionalized All-Carbon Quaternary Stereogenic Centers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10687–10690. [doi].
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11. Teo, W. J.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral gem-Bis(boryl)alkanes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12935–12939. [doi].
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10. Wu, C.; Teo, W. J.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed (E)-Selective anti-Markovnikov Hydrosilylation of Terminal Alkynes” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 5896–5900. [doi].
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9. Sang, H. L.; Yu, S.; Ge, S.* “Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration of 1,3-Enynes with Pinacolborane to Access Chiral Allenylboronates” Org. Chem. Front. 2018, 5, 1284–1287. [doi].
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8. Teo, W. J.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Diborylation of 1,1-Disubstituted Vinylarenes: A Practical Access to Branched gem-Bis(boryl)alkanes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1654–1658. [doi].
7. Sang, H. L.; Yu, S.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Stereoconvergent Markovnikov 1,2-Hydrosilylation of Conjugated Dienes” Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 973–978. [doi]
6. Wang, C.; Teo, W. J.; Ge, S.* “Access to Stereodefined (Z)-Allylsilanes and (Z)-Allylic Alcohols Via Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydrosilylation of Allenes” Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 2258. [doi]; [pdf]
5. Yu, S.; Sang, H. L.; Ge, S.* “Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Alkylation of Quinoline N-Oxides with Vinylarenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15896–15900. [doi]
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4. Yu, S.; Wu, C.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration/Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes with Pinacolborane” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6526–6529. [doi]
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3. Teo, W. J.; Wang, C.; Tan, Y. W.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Z-Selective Hydrosilylation of Terminal Alkynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 4328–4332. [doi]
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2. Wang, C.; Teo, W. J.; Ge, S.* “Cobalt-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Hydrosilylation of Vinylarenes and Aliphatic Alkenes: Silane- and Ligand-Dependent Selectivities” ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 855–863. [doi]
1. Wang, C.; Wu, C.; Ge, S.* “Iron-Catalyzed E-Selective Dehydrogenative Borylation of Vinylarenes with Pinacolborane” ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 7585–7589. [doi]
15. Jin, Y.; Chen, M.; Ge, S.; Hartwig, J. F. “Pd-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Arylation of α-Fluorooxindoles” Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 1390-1393. [doi]
14. Jiao, Z,; Beiger, J. J.; Jin, Y.; Ge, S.; Zhou, J.; Hartwig, J. F. “Pd-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Arylation of α-Fluoroketones” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15980-15986. [doi]
13. Ge, S.; Arlow, S. I.; Mornino, G.; Hartwig, J. F. “Pd-Catalyzed α-Arylation of Trimethylsilyl Enolates of α,α-Difluoroacetamides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14401-14404. [doi]
12. Ge, S.; Chaladaj, W.; Hartwig, J. F. “Pd-Catalyzed α-Arylation of α,α-Difluoroketones with Aryl Bromides and Chlorides. A Route to Difluoromethylarenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 4149-4152. [doi]
11. Ge. S.; Green, R. A.; Hartwig, J. F. “Controlling First-Row Catalysts: Amination of Aryl and Heteroaryl Chlorides and Bromides with Primary Aliphatic Amines Catalyzed by a BINAP-Ligated Single-Component Ni(0) Complex” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1617-1627. [doi]
10. Hama, T.; Ge, S.; Hartwig, J.F. “Palladium-Catalyzed α-Arylation of Zinc Enolates of Esters: Reaction Conditions and Substrate Scope J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 8250-8266. [doi]
9. Ge, S.; Hartwig, J.F. “Highly Reactive, Single-Component Nickel Catalyst Precursor for Suzuki-Miyuara Cross-Coupling of Heteroaryl Boronic Acids with Heteroaryl Halides” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12837-12841. [doi]
8. Ge, S.; Hartwig, J.F. “Nickel-catalyzed Asymmetric α-Arylation and Heteroarylation of Ketones with Chloroarenes: Effect of Halide on Selectivity, Oxidation State and Room Temperature Reactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 16330-16333. [doi]
7. Ge, S.; Meetsma, A.; Hessen, B. “Scandium, Yttrium and Lanthanum Benzyl and Alkynyl Complexes with the N-(2-Pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl)-1,4-diazepan-6-amido Ligand: Synthesis, Characterization, and Z-Selective Catalytic Linear Dimerization of Phenylacetylenes” Organometallics 2009, 28, 719-726. [doi]
6. Ge, S.; Meetsma, A.; Hessen, B. “Neutral and Cationic Rare Earth Metal Alkyl and Benzyl Compounds with the 6-Pyrrolidinyl-1,4,6-Trimethyl-1,4-diazepine Ligand and their Performance in the Catalytic Hydroamination/Cyclization of Aminoalkenes” Organometallics 2008, 27, 5339-5346. [doi]
5. Ge, S.; Meetsma, A.; Hessen, B. “Highly Efficient Hydrosilylation of Alkenes by Organoyttrium Catalysts with Sterically Demanding Amidinate and Guanidinate Ligands” Organometallics 2008, 27, 3131-3135. [doi]
4. Ge, S.; Norambuena, V. F. Q. Meetsma, A.; Hessen, B. “Highly Efficient Regio- and stereoselective Dimerization of (hetero)Aromatic Terminal Alkynes by Organo-rare Earth Metal Catalysts” Organometallics 2007, 26, 6508-6510. [doi]
3. Ge, S.; Meetsma, A.; Hessen, B. “Monoanionic fac-κ3 ligands derived from 6-amino-1,4-diazepine: ligand dependence of stability and catalytic activity of their scandium alkyl derivatives” Organometallics 2007, 26, 5728-5734. [doi]
2. Ge, S.; Bambirra, S.; Meetsma, A.; Hessen, B. “The 6-amino-6-methyl-1,4-diazepine group as an ancillary ligand framework for neutral and cationic scandium and yttrium alkyls” Chem. Commun. 2006, 3320-3322. [doi]
1. Ge, S.; Andell, O. S.; Panninkangas, A.; Maaranen, J.; Telen, T.; Mutikainen, I.“The first synthesised examples of di-siloxy-substituted cyclopentadienyl zirconocenes, their synthesis, structure and activity in ethylene polymerization” J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 122-130. [doi]
1. Ge, S. and Yang, Y. “Cobalt and Iron-Catalyzed Hydroboration Reactions” Science of Synthesis: Base-Metal Catalysis 2023, 2, 83–115. [doi]
3. Hartwig, J. F.; Ge, S.; Chaladaj, W. “Metal-Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl and Vinyl Halides with α, α-Difluorocarbonyl Compounds” PCT Int. Appl. (2014), WO201465861 A1 20141009.
2. Andell, O. S.; Panninkangas, A.; Ge, S.; Paavola, S.; “Siloxy Substituted Metallocene Catalysts” Eur. Pat. Appt. (2007), 34pp. EP 1752462 A1 20070214
1. Andell, O. S.; Panninkangas, A.; Ge. S. “Transition-Metal Metallocenes with Mono- or Bicyclic Multi-Siloxy-Substituted Cyclopentadienyl Groups, their Preparation and Use as Polymerization Catalysts” Eur. Pat. Appt. (2006), 20pp. EP 1640378 A1 20060329