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Academic Positions and Education
2012-present
Associate Editor for the Americas, Synlett Member, Editorial Board, Organic Reactions Member, Editorial Board, electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts with Prof. David A. Evans University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario with Prof. Mark Lautens
Awards and Honors

2013
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving Grantee Merck Research Laboratories Unrestricted Grant Recipient
Publications
1. "Nickel-Catalyzed Hydroalumination of Oxabicyclic Alkenes. Ligand Effects on the Regio- and Enantioselectivity." M. Lautens*, P. Chiu, S. Ma, T. Rovis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 532.
2. "A General Strategy Toward the Tetrahydronaphthalene Skeleton. An Expedient Total Synthesis of Sertraline." M. Lautens* and T. Rovis, J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 5246.
3. "A New Route to the Enantioselective Synthesis of Cycloheptenols. Temperature Effects in the Asymmetric Reductive Ring Opening of [3.2.1] Oxabicycloalkenes." M. Lautens* and T. Rovis, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 11090.
4. “Scope of the Nickel Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Ring Opening Reaction. Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Cyclohexenols.” M. Lautens* and T. Rovis, Tetrahedron 1998, 54, 1107.
5. "Metal Catalyzed Hydrometalations and their Applications in Synthesis." M. Lautens*, T. Rovis, N. D. Smith, D. Ostrovsky, Pure & Appl. Chem. 1998,70, 1059.
6. "Enantioselective Hydroalumination." M. Lautens* and T. Rovis, Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis ed. by E. N. Jacobsen, A. Pfaltz, H. Yamamoto. 1999, 337.
7. “Selective Functionalization of 1,2-Dihydronaphthalenols Leads to a Concise, Stereoselective Synthesis of Sertraline.” M. Lautens* and T. Rovis, Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 8967.
8. "C2-Symmetric Cu(II) Complexes as Chiral Lewis Acids. Catalytic Enantioselective Michael Addition of Silylketene Acetals to Alkylidene Malonates." D. A. Evans*, T. Rovis, M. C. Kozlowski, J. S. Tedrow, J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 1994.
9. "Chiral Copper(II) Complexes as Lewis Acids for Catalyzed Cycloaddition, Carbonyl Addition, and Conjugate Addition Reactions." D. A. Evans*, T. Rovis, J. S. Johnson, Pure & Appl. Chem. 1999, 71,
1407.
10. “Rhodium Catalyzed Asymmetric Alcoholysis and Aminolysis of Oxabenzonorbornadiene: A New Enantioselective Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Forming Process.” M. Lautens*, K. Fagnou, T. Rovis, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 5650.
11. “Enantioselective Mukaiyama Michael Reactions of Alkylidene Malonates. C2-Symmetric Bis(oxazoline) Copper (II) Complexes in the Synthesis of Chiral, Differentiated Glutarate Esters.” D. A. Evans*, T. Rovis,
M. C. Kozlowski, C. W. Downey, J. S. Tedrow, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9134.
12. "Mechanistic and Structural Investigations in Asymmetric Cu(I) and Cu(II) Catalyzed Reactions." T. Rovis* and D. A. Evans, Prog. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 50, 1.
13. "Rhodium-Catalysed Asymmetric Ring Opening of Oxabicyclic Alkenes with Heteroatom Nucleophiles." M. Lautens*, K. Fagnou, M. Taylor, T. Rovis. J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 624, 259.
14. “Highly Enantioselective Syntheses of Homopropargylic Alcohols and Dihydrofurans Catalyzed by a Bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine –Scandium Triflate Complex.” D. A. Evans*, Z. K. Sweeney, T. Rovis, J. S.
Tedrow, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 12095.
1. “A Mild and Efficient Catalytic Alkylative Monofunctionalization of Cyclic Anhydrides.” E. A. Bercot and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 174.
2. “Stereoretentive O-to-C Rearrangement of Vinyl Acetals. Solvent Cage Effects as a Stereocontrol Element.” Y. Zhang, N. T. Reynolds, K. Manju and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 9720.
3. “A Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Intramolecular Stetter Reaction.” M. S. Kerr, J. Read de Alaniz and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10298.
4. “Decarbonylative Cross-coupling of Cyclic Anhydrides: Introducing Stereochemistry at an sp3-Carbon in the Cross-coupling Event.” E. M. O’Brien, E. A. Bercot and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125,
10498.
5. “Metal and Non-metal Catalysts for Carbon-carbon Bond-Forming Reactions Leading to Desymmetrized 1,4-dicarbonyl Compounds.” T. Rovis, Chemtracts: Org. 2003, 16, 542.
6. “1,3-Polyol Arrays via the Stereoselective Rearrangement of Vinyl Acetals.” Y. Zhang and T. Rovis*. Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 8979-8987.
7. “Effect of the Michael Acceptor in the Asymmetric Intramolecular Stetter Reaction.” M. S. Kerr and T. Rovis*. Synlett 2003, 1934-1936.
8. “The Use of Acid Fluorides Increases the Scope of the Reductive Acylation of Esters.” Y. Zhang and T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1877-1879.
9. “Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Stereocenters via a Catalytic Enantioselective Stetter Reaction.” M. S. Kerr and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 8876-8877.
10. “Conversion of α-Haloaldehydes into Acylating Agents Catalyzed by Nucleophilic Carbenes.” N. T. Reynolds, J. Read de Alaniz, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9518-9519.
11. “A Palladium Catalyzed Enantioselective Alkylative Desymmetrizationo of meso-Succinic Anhydrides.” E. A. Bercot and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10248-10249.
12. “Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Desymmetrization Reactions.” T. Rovis. Invited Chapter in New Frontiers in Asymmetric Catalysis, Koichi Mikami and Mark Lautens, eds. 13. “A Unique Catalyst Effects the Rapid Room Temperature Cross-coupling of Organozinc Reagents with Carboxylic Acid Fluorides, Chlorides, Anhydrides and Thioesters.” Y. Zhang and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2004, 126, 15964-15965.
14. “Highly Efficient Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-coupling of Succinic and Glutaric Anhydrides with Organozinc Reagents.” E. A. Bercot and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 247-254.
15. “Complementary Diastereoselective Reduction of Cyclic γ-Keto Acids: Efficient Access to Trisubstituted γ-Lactones” E. A. Bercot, D. E. Kindrachuk, T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 107-110.
16. “Anxiolytic Actions of Estrogen are mediated by Estrogen Receptor Beta.” Trent D. Lund*, Tomislav Rovis, W. C. J. Chung, Robert J. Handa*. Endocrinology, 2005, 146, 797-807.
17. “The Effect of Preexisting Stereocenters in the Intramolecular Asymmetric Stetter Reaction.” N. T. Reynolds and T. Rovis*. Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 6368-6378.
18. “Stereoselective Lewis Acid-Mediated [1,3] Ring Contraction of 2,5-Dihydrooxepins as a Route to Polysubstituted Cyclopentanes.” C. G. Nasveschuk and T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2005, 44, 3264-
3267.
19. “A Highly Enantio- and Diastereoselective Catalytic Intramolecular Stetter Reaction.” J. Read de Alaniz and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6284-6289.
20. “Regioselective Lewis Acid-Mediated [1,3] Rearrangement of Allylvinyl Ethers.” C. G. Nasveschuk and T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2173-2176.
21. “Surveying approaches to the formation of carbon–carbon bonds between a pyran and an adjacent ring.” J. D. Frein and T. Rovis*. Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 4573-4583.
22. “An Improved Synthesis of Achiral and Chiral 1,2,4-Triazolium Salts: Bench Stable Precursors for N- Heterocyclic Carbenes.” M. S. Kerr, J. Read de Alaniz, T. Rovis*. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 5725-5728.
23. “Enantioselective Protonation of Catalytically Generated Chiral Enolates as an Approach to the Synthesis of α-Chloroesters.” N. T. Reynolds and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 16406-16407.
24. “Rhodium-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates and Alkynes.” R. T. Yu and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2782-2783.
25. “Asymmetric Synthesis of Hydrobenzofuranones via Desymmetrization of Cyclohexadienones Using the Intramolecular Stetter Reaction.” Q. Liu and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2552-2553.
26. “Enantioselective Formation of Quaternary Stereocenters using the Catalytic Intramolecular Stetter Reaction.” J. L. Moore, M. S. Kerr, T. Rovis*. Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 11477-11482.
27. “A Modular Approach to 2,3,4-Trisubstituted Tetrahydrofurans.” C. G. Nasveschuk, N. T. Jui, T. Rovis*. Chem. Commun. 2006, 3119-3121.
28. “Selective Substituent Transfer from Mixed Zinc Reagents in Ni-Catalyzed Anhydride Alkylation.” J. B. Johnson, R. T. Yu, P. Fink, E. A. Bercot, T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4307-4310.
29. “Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates and Terminal Alkynes: Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)-Lasubine II.” R. T. Yu and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2006, 128, 12370-12371.
30. “A Sakurai – Prins – Ritter Sequence for the Three-Component Diastereoselective Synthesis of 4-Amino Tetrahydropyrans.” O. L. Epstein and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16480-16481.
31. “Ligand Dependent Catalytic Cycle and Role of Styrene in Nickel-Catalyzed Anhydride Cross-Coupling: Evidence for Turnover Limiting Reductive Elimination.” J. B. Johnson, E. A. Bercot, J. M. Rowley, G. W.
Coates and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2718-2725.
32. “Enantioselective Synthesis of Hydrobenzofuranones Using an Asymmetric Desymmetrizing Intramolecular Stetter Reaction of Cyclohexadienones.” Q. Liu and T. Rovis*. Org. Proc. Res. Dev. 2007,
11, 598-604.
33. “A Concise Synthesis of Eupomatilones 4, 6, and 7 via Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Cyclic meso-Anhydrides with in situ-Generated Organozinc Reagents.” J. B.
Johnson, E. A. Bercot, C. M. Williams, T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2007, 46, 4514.
34. "More than Bystanders: The Effect of Olefins on Transition Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions." J. B. Johnson, T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2008, 47, 840-871. (Review)
35. “6,7-Dihydro-2-phenyl-5-(phenylmethyl)-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c]-1,2,4-triazolium chloride”. T. Rovis Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2006.
36. “Rhodium Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-3,5-Dimethyl Glutaric Anhydride: A General Strategy to syn-Deoxypolypropionate Synthons”. M. J. Cook, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007,
129, 9302-9303.
• Chosen as a Synfact of the month for October 2007 (Synfacts 2007, 1053)
• Highlighted in Chemistry and Industry (Chem. & Ind. 2007, 16, 29-30)
• Highlighted in Synform (Synform 2007, A81)
37. “Enantioselective Cross-Coupling of Anhydrides with Organozinc Reagents: The Controlled formation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds through the Nucleophilic Interception of Metalacycles”. J. B. Johnson, T. Rovis*.
Acc. Chem. Res. 2008, 41, 327-338.
38. “Nucleophilic Carbene and HOAt Relay Catalysis in a Waste Free Amide Bond Coupling: An Orthogonal Peptide Bond Forming Reaction.” H. U. Vora and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 13796-13797.
39. “A Rapid Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Sylvone.” C. G. Nasveschuk and T. Rovis*. Synlett, 2008, 126-128.
40. “Alkene-Directed Regioselective Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Cyclic Anhydrides with Diorganozinc Reagents.” R. L. Rogers, J. L. Moore, T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2007, 47, 9301-
9304.
41. “A Diastereoselective Ring Contraction of 1,3-Dioxepins to 2,3,4-Trisubstituted and Tetrasubstituted Tetrahydrofurans.” C. G. Nasveschuk and T. Rovis*. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 612-617.
42. “A Diastereoselective Intermolecular Heck Reaction of 1,3-Dioxepins.” C. G. Nasveschuk, J. D. Frein, N. T. Jui, T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 5099-5102.
43. “The [1, 3] O to C Rearrangement: Opportunities for Stereoselective Synthesis.” C. G. Nasveschuk and T. Rovis*. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008, 6, 240 - 254. (Review)
44. “Development of Chiral Bicyclic Triazolium Salt Organic Catalysts: The Importance of the N-Aryl Substituent.” T. Rovis. Chem. Lett. 2008, 2-7. (Review)
45. “Towards the Total Synthesis of FD-838: Modular Enantioselective Assembly of the Core.” A. Orellana and T. Rovis*. Chem. Commun. 2008, 730-732.
46. “Enantioselective Synthesis of Indolizidines Bearing Quaternary Substituted Stereocenters via Rhodium- Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates and Terminal Alkynes.” E. E. Lee and T. Rovis*.
Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1231-1234.
• Highlighted in: Synfacts 2008, 573.
47. “Asymmetric Synthesis of Bicyclic Amidines via Rhodium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Carbodiimides.” R. T. Yu and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3262-3263.
48. “Catalytic Asymmetric Stetter Reaction Onto Vinylphosphine Oxides and Vinylphosphonates.” S. C. Cullen and T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3141-3144.
49. "Scope of the Asymmetric Intramolecular Stetter Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Nucleophilic Triazolinylidene Carbenes." J. Read de Alaniz, M. S. Kerr, J. L. Moore, T. Rovis*. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73,
2033-2040.
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50. “Lewis Base Catalysts 6: Carbene Catalysts.” J. L. Moore, T. Rovis*. Top. Curr. Chem. 2009, 290, 77-144.
51. “Catalytic Asymmetric Intermolecular Stetter Reaction of Glyoxamides with Alkylidenemalonates.” Q. Liu, S. Perreault, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14066-14067.
52. “The Catalytic Asymmetric Intramolecular Stetter Reaction.” J. Read de Alaniz, T. Rovis*. Synlett, 2009,
53. “Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Carboxylation of Styrenes Using CO2.” C. M. Williams, J. B. Johnson, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14936-14937.
• Highlighted in: Synfacts 2009, 194.
54. “Ligand differentiated complementary Rh-catalyst systems for the enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-cyclic anhydrides.” J. B. Johnson, M. J. Cook, T. Rovis*. Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 3202-3210.
55. “Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Alkylative Desymmetrization of 3,5-dimethylglutaric Anhydride.” M. J. Cook and T. Rovis*. Synthesis: Practical Synthetic Procedure, 2009, 335.
56. “2-Phenyl-6,10b-dihydro-4H,5aH-5-oxa-3,10c-diaza-2-azonia-cyclopenta[c]fluorine tetrafluoroborate; 2- Pentafluorophenyl-6,10b-dihydro-4H,5aH-5-oxa-3,10c-diaza-2-azoniacyclopenta[c]fluorene
tetrafluoroborate; 6,7-Dihydro-2-phenyl-5-(phenylmethyl)-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c]-1,2,4-triazolium chloride.” S.
P. Lathrop, H. U. Vora, T. Rovis*. Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2008.
57. “Nucleophilic Carbene Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,2 Amino Alcohols Via Azidation of Epoxy Aldehydes.” H. U. Vora, J. R. Moncecchi, O. Epstein, T. Rovis*. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 9727-9731.
58. “Beyond Reppe: Building Substituted Benzenes via [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Alkynes.” B. R. Galan, T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2009, 48, 2830-2834.
59. “Total Synthesis of Indolizidine Alkaloid (–)-209D: Overriding Substrate Bias in the Asymmetric Rhodium-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition.” R. T. Yu, E. E. Lee, G. Malik, T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int.
Edit. 2009, 48, 2379-2382.
• Highlighted in: Synfacts 2009, 632.
60. “Regioselective rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular [2+2+2] cycloaddition of alkynes and isocyanates to form pyridones.” K. M. Oberg, E. E. Lee, T. Rovis*. Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 5056-5061.
61. “Enantio- and Diastereoselective Intermolecular Stetter Reaction of Glyoxamide and Alkylidene Ketoamides.” Q. Liu and T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2856-2859.
62. “Catalytic Asymmetric Intermolecular Stetter Reaction of Heterocyclic Aldehydes with Nitroalkenes: Backbone Fluorination Improves Selectivity.” D. A. DiRocco, D. M. Dalton, K. M. Oberg, T. Rovis*. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10872-10874.
63. “Predictable and Regioselective Insertion of Internal Unsymmetrical Alkynes in Rhodium-Catalyzed Cycloadditions with Alkenyl Isocyanates” R. Keller Friedman and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131,
10775-10782.
64. “Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed [4+2+2] Cycloaddition of Dienyl Isocyanates for the Synthesis of Bicyclic Azocine Rings.” R. T. Yu, R. K. Friedman, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13250-
13251.
• Highlighted in: Synfacts 2009, 1355.
65. “Asymmetric Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclopentanones via a Multicatalytic Secondary Amine/N- Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Cascade Sequence.” S. P. Lathrop and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009,
131, 13628–13630.
66. “Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Terminal Alkynes and Alkenyl Isocyanates: Mechanistic Insights Lead to a Unified Model that Rationalizes Product Selectivity.” D. M.
Dalton, K. M. Oberg, R. T. Yu, E. E. Lee, S. Perreault, M. E. Oinen, M. L. Pease, G. Malik, and T. Rovis*.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15717-15728.
67. “Excess Substrate is a Spectator Ligand in a Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates with Tolanes.” M. E. Oinen, R. T. Yu, T. Rovis*. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4934-4937.
68. “Multi-component Cycloaddition Approaches in the Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Alkaloid Targets.” S. Perreault and T. Rovis*. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 3149-3159.
69. “N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydration: Direct Synthesis of α-Protio and Deuterio α- Chloro and α-Fluoro Carboxylic Acids.” H. U. Vora, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2860-2861.
• Highlighted in: Synfacts 2010, 591.
70. “Phosphoramidite-Rhodium Complexes as Catalysts for the Asymmetric [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates and Alkynes.” R. K. Friedman, K. M. Oberg, D. M. Dalton, T. Rovis*. Pure Appl. Chem. 2010,
82, 1353-1364.
71. “Preparation Of Chiral And Achiral Triazolium Salts: Carbene Precursors With Demonstrated Synthetic Utility.” H. U. Vora, S. P. Lathrop, N. T. Reynolds, M. S. Kerr, J. Read de Alaniz, T. Rovis*. Org. Syn.
2010, 87, 350.
72. “Asymmetric Benzoin and Stetter Reactions.” D. A. DiRocco and T. Rovis*. Stereoselective Synthesis 2, 2011, Thieme; p. 835-862.
73. “Multicatalytic, Asymmetric Michael/Stetter Reaction of Salicylaldehydes and Activated Alkynes.” C. M. Filloux, S. P. Lathrop, T. Rovis*. PNAS 2010, 107, 20666-20671.
74. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cycloaddition of Benzamides and Alkynes via C−H/N−H Activation.” T. K. Hyster, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 10565-10569.
75. “Stereospecific Polymerization of Chiral Oxazolidinone-Functionalized Alkenes.” G. M. Miyake, D. A. DiRocco, Q. Liu, K. M. Oberg, E. Bayram, R. G. Finke, T. Rovis, E. Y.-X. Chen*. Macromolecules 2010,
43, 7504-7514.
76. “C-H Carboxylation takes Gold.” D. M. Dalton, T. Rovis*. Nature Chem. 2010, 2, 710-711.
77. “Mechanistic Investigation of the Enantioselective Intramolecular Stetter Reaction: Proton Transfer is the First Irreversible Step.” J. L. Moore, A. P. Silvestri, J. Read de Alaniz, D. A. DiRocco, T. Rovis*. Org.
Lett. 2011, 13, 1742-1745.
78. “Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition of Alpha, Beta-Unsaturated Imines and Isocyanates.” K. M. Oberg, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4785-4787.
79. “Catalytic Asymmetric Intermolecular Stetter Reaction of Enals with Nitroalkenes: Enhancement of Catalytic Efficiency Through Bifunctional Additives.” D. A. DiRocco and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2011, 133, 10402-10405.
80. “An Improved Catalyst Architecture for Rhodium (III) Catalyzed C−H Activation and its Application to Pyridone Synthesis.” T. K. Hyster and T. Rovis*. Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1606-1610.
81. “Quantum Mechanical Investigation of the Effect of Catalyst Fluorination in the Intermolecular Asymmetric Stetter Reaction.” J. M. Um, D. A. DiRocco, E. L. Noey, T. Rovis*, K. N. Houk*. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 11249-11254.
82. “Enamine/Carbene Cascade Catalysis in the Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclopentanones.” K. E. Ozboya and T. Rovis*. Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1835-1838.
83. “Organocatalytic Hydroacylation of Unactivated Alkenes.” D. A. DiRocco and T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7982.
84. “N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Brønsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis: Asymmetric Synthesis of trans-γ- Lactams.” X. Zhao, D. A. DiRocco and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 12466-12469.
85. “Pyridine Synthesis from Oximes and Alkynes via Rhodium (III) Catalysis: Cp* and Cpt Provide Complementary Selectivity.” T. K. Hyster and T. Rovis*. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11846-11848.
86. “Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation of Benzamides with Carbon Monoxide.” Y. Du, T. K. Hyster, and T. Rovis*. Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 12074-12076.
87. “Heterocycle Construction via Asymmetric Rhodium Catalyzed Cycloadditions.” K. M. Oberg and T. Rovis*. In Asymmetric Synthesis – The Essentials, M. Christmann, ed. 88. “Catalytic Asymmetric Stetter Reaction of Enolizable Aldehydes with Nitrostyrenes: Computational Study Provides Insight into the Success of the Catalyst.” D. A. DiRocco, E. L. Noey, K. N. Houk,* and T. Rovis*.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2391-2394.
89. “Exploiting Acyl and Enol Azolium Intermediates via N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Reactions of Alpha-Reducible Aldehydes.” H. U. Vora, P. Wheeler, T. Rovis*. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 1617-
1639.
90. “Isolable Analogues of the Breslow Intermediate Derived From Chiral Triazolylidene Carbenes.” D. A. DiRocco, K. M. Oberg, T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6143.
91. “Catalytic Asymmetric α-Acylation of Tertiary Amines Mediated by a Dual Catalysis Mode: N- Heterocyclic Carbene and Photoredox Catalysis.” D. A. DiRocco and T. Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012,
134, 8094-8097.
92. “Catalytic Asymmetric Cross Aza-Benzoin Reactions of Aliphatic Aldehydes with N-Boc Imines.” D. A. DiRocco and T. Rovis*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5904-5906.
93. “Carbene Catalyzed Stetter Reactions.” D. A. DiRocco and T. Rovis*. Asymmetric Organocatalysis 1, 2011, Thieme; p. 619-635.
94. “Asymmetric N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Catalyzed Acyl Anion Reactivity.” H. U. Vora and T. Rovis*. Aldrichimica Acta 2011, 44, 3-11.
95. “An Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,2,4-Trioxane Anticancer Agents via Desymmetrization of Peroxyquinols through a Brønsted Acid Catalysis Cascade.” D. M. Rubush, M. A. Morges, B. J. Rose, D. H. Thamm, T.
Rovis*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13554-13557.
96. “Biotinylated Rh(III) Complexes in Engineered Streptavidin for Accelerated Asymmetric C-H Activation.” T. K. Hyster, L. Knörr, T. R. Ward*, T. Rovis*. Science, 2012, 338, 500-503.
97. “Enantioselective Synthesis of the Tricyclic Core of FR901483 Featuring a Rh-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition.” S. Perreault and T. Rovis*. Synthesis 2013, in press.
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