Wang-Yeuk Kong
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Kong W, Hu Y, Guo W, Potluri A, Schomaker J, Tantillo D
J Am Chem Soc
. 2025 Jan;
147(6):5310-5319.
PMID: 39883050
A post-transition state surface intersection (PTSSI) between radical and zwitterionic states that causes a bifurcation in the reaction pathway was discovered through density functional theory calculations on potential energy surfaces...
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Buldt J, Kong W, Kraemer Y, Belsuzarri M, Patel A, Fettinger J, et al.
Beilstein J Org Chem
. 2024 Dec;
20:3134-3143.
PMID: 39624655
Selectivity in radical chain oligomerizations involving [1.1.1]propellane - i.e., to make []staffanes - has been notoriously challenging to control when > 1 is desired. Herein, we report selective syntheses of...
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Guo W, Kong W, Tantillo D
Chem Sci
. 2024 Sep;
PMID: 39268206
Density functional theory computations were used to model the formation and rearrangement of the barbaralyl cation (CH ). Two highly delocalized minima were located for CH , one of symmetry...
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Banjare S, Afreen S, Kong W, Guo W, Nanda T, Das Adhikari G, et al.
J Org Chem
. 2024 Jun;
89(13):9187-9197.
PMID: 38904985
Selective functionalization of the indole-C3-C bond with aromatic/heteroaromatic 1,2-diketones has been uncovered for the first time. Cobalt catalyst was found to be an effective catalyst for this unusual transformation. This...
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Hashimoto Y, Kong W, Tantillo D
Org Lett
. 2024 Jun;
26(26):5441-5446.
PMID: 38900922
A new reaction mechanism for the construction of dioxabicyclo[4.2.1]nonanone skeletons via a cation cascade has been proposed and examined by DFT and computations. This mechanism features the following steps: (1)...
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Zhang J, Kong W, Guo W, Tantillo D, Tang Y
J Am Chem Soc
. 2024 May;
146(20):13983-13999.
PMID: 38736283
The reaction mechanism of Brønsted acid-catalyzed silane-dependent P═O reduction has been elucidated through combined computational and experimental methods. Due to its remarkable chemo- and stereoselective nature, the Brønsted acid/silane reduction...
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De Snoo W, Kong W, Tantillo D
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
. 2024 May;
63(31):e202406095.
PMID: 38709849
Recently, Huang and co-workers reported a catalytic reaction that utilizes H as the sole reductant for a C-C coupling of allyl groups with yields up to 96 %. Here we...
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Kraemer Y, Buldt J, Kong W, Stephens A, Ragan A, Park S, et al.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
. 2024 Jan;
63(19):e202319930.
PMID: 38237059
The first assortment of achiral pentafluorosulfanylated cyclobutanes (SF-CBs) are now synthetically accessible through strain-release functionalization of [1.1.0]bicyclobutanes (BCBs) using SFCl. Methods for both chloropentafluorosulfanylation and hydropentafluorosulfanylation of sulfone-based BCBs are...
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Feng Z, Guo W, Kong W, Chen D, Wang S, Tantillo D
Nat Chem
. 2024 Jan;
16(4):615-623.
PMID: 38216753
Revealing the origins of kinetic selectivity is one of the premier tasks of applied theoretical organic chemistry, and for many reactions, doing so involves comparing competing transition states. For some...
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Mancinelli J, Kong W, Guo W, Tantillo D, Wilkerson-Hill S
J Am Chem Soc
. 2023 Oct;
145(44):24434-24435.
PMID: 37874936
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