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UBC Publications

  1. Thomson, B.J.; Hanna, S; Schwarzenberg, A; Kiani, P; Bizzotto, D; Kennephol, P; Davies, A; Roggen, M; Sammis, G.M. CBD hydroxyquinone photo-isomerises to a highly reactive intermediate. Sci. Rep. 2023.

  2. Downey, K.T.; Mo, J.Y.; Lai, J.; Thomson, B.J.; Sammis, G.M. Sulfur(IV) reagents for the SuFEx-based synthesis of substituted sulfamate esters. Chem. Sci. 2023.

  3. Thomson, B.J.; Khasnavis, S.R.; Grigorian, E.C.; Krishnan, R.; Yassa, T.D; Lee, K.; Sammis, G.M.; Ball, N.D. Facile synthesis of sulfonyl fluorides from sulfonic acids. Chem. Comm. 2022, 59, 555-558.

  4. Bolduc, T.G.; Lee, C.; Chappell, W.P.; Sammis, G.M. Thionyl Fluoride-Mediated One-Pot Substitutions and Reductions of Carboxylic Acids. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 7308-7318.

  5. Lee, C.; Thomson, B.J.; Sammis, G.M. Rapid and column-free syntheses of acyl fluorides and peptides using ex situ generated thionyl fluoride. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 188-194.

  6. Lee, C.; Lai, J.; Epifanov, M.; Wang, C.X.; Sammis, G.M. Efficient Protocol for the SO2F2-Mediated Deoxyfluorination of Aliphatic Alcohols. J. Fluor. Chem. 2021, 109888.

  7. Lee, C.; Cook, A.J.; Elisabeth, J.E.; Friede, N.C.; Sammis, G.M.; Ball, N.D. The Emerging Applications of Sulfur(VI) Fluorides in Catalysis. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 6578-6589.

  8. Epifanov, M.; Mo, J. Y.; Dubois, R.; Yu, H.; Sammis, G. M. One-Pot Deoxygenation and Substitution of Alcohols Mediated by Sulfuryl Fluoride.  J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 3768-3777.

  9. Bolduc, T.; Thomson, B.; Sammis, G. M., In Science of Synthesis: Free Radicals: Fundamentals and Applications in Organic Synthesis, Fensterbank, L.; Ollivier, C., Eds.; Thieme: Stuttgart, 2021, 2, 387-431.

  10. Foth, P. J.; Malig, T. C.; Yu, H.; Bolduc, T. G.; Hein, J. E.; Sammis, G. M.  Halide-​Accelerated Acyl Fluoride Formation Using Sulfuryl Fluoride.  Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 6682-6686.

  11. Mo, J. Y.; Epifanov, M.; Hodgson, J. W.; Dubois, R.; Sammis, G. M.  One-​Pot Substitution of Aliphatic Alcohols Mediated by Sulfuryl Fluoride.  Chem. - Eur. J. 2020, 26, 4958-4962.

  12. Li, T.; Mo, J. Y.; Weekes, D. M.; Dettelbach, K. E.; Jansonius, R. P.; Sammis, G. M.; Berlinguette, C. P.  Photoelectrochemical Decomposition of Lignin Model Compound on a BiVO4 Photoanode.  Chem. Sus. Chem. 2020, 13, 3622-3626.

  13. Foth, P. J.; Gu, F.; Bolduc, T. G.; Kanani, S. S.; Sammis, G. M.  New Sulfuryl Fluoride-Derived Alkylating Reagents for the 1,​1-​Dihydrofluoroalkylation of Thiols.  Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 10331-10335.

  14. Lee, C.; Ball, N. D.; Sammis, G. M.  One-​Pot Fluorosulfurylation of Grignard Reagents Using Sulfuryl Fluoride.  Chem. Comm. 2019, 55, 14753-14756.

  15. Zhang, W.; Mo, J. Y.; He, W.; Kennepohl, P.; Sammis, G. M.  Regiocontrolled and Stereoselective Syntheses of Tetrahydrophthalazine Derivatives using Radical Cyclizations.  Chem. - Eur. J. 2019, 25, 976-980.

  16. Koperniku A.; Foth P. J; Sammis G. M; Schafer L. L.  Zirconium Hydroaminoalkylation. An Alternative Disconnection for the Catalytic Synthesis of α-​Arylated Primary Amines.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18944-18948.

  17. ​Epifanov, M.; Foth, P. J.; Gu, F.; Barrillon, C.; Kanani, S. S.; Higman, C. S.; Hein, J. E.; Sammis, G. M.  One-Pot 1,1-Dihydrofluoroalkylation of Amines Using Sulfuryl Fluoride.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16464-16468.

  18. Rueda-Becerril M., Mo J. Y., Sammis G. M.  Radical Cascades in the Total Synthesis of Complex Naturally Occurring Heterocycles. In Free-Radical Synthesis and Functionalization of Heterocycles. Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Landais Y., Eds.; Springer, Cham, 2018, 54. 321-343.

  19. Li, T.; Kasahara, T.; He, J.; Dettelbach, K. E.; Sammis, G. M.; Berlinguette, C. P.  Photoelectrochemical oxidation of organic substrates in organic media.  Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 1-5.

  20. Chatalova-Sazepin C.; Binayeva M.; Epifanov M.; Zhang W.; Foth P.; Amador C.; Jagdeo M.; Boswell B. R; Sammis, G. M.  Xenon Difluoride Mediated Fluorodecarboxylations for the Syntheses of Di- and Trifluoromethoxyarenes.  Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 4570-4573.

  21. Chatalova-Sazepin, C.; Wang, Q.; Sammis, G. M.; Zhu, J.  Copper-​Catalyzed Intermolecular Carboetherification of Unactivated Alkenes by Alkyl Nitriles and Alcohols.  Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5443-5446.

  22. Leung, J. C. T.; Sammis, G. M.  Radical Decarboxylative Fluorination of Aryloxyacetic Acids Using N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide and a Photosensitizer.  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 10, 2197-2204.

  23. Zhu, H.; Leung, J. C. T.; Sammis, G. M.  Strategies to Control Alkoxy Radical-Initiated Relay Cyclizations for the Synthesis of Oxygenated Tetrahydrofuran Motifs.  J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 965-979.

  24. Campbell, N. E.; Sammis, G. M.  Single-Electron/Pericyclic Cascade for the Synthesis of Dienes.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6228-6231.

  25. Rueda-Becerril, M.; Mahé, O.; Drouin, M.; Majewski, M. B.; West, J. G.; Wolf, M. O.; Sammis, G. M.; Paquin, J.-F.  Direct C–F Bond Formation Using Photoredox Catalysis.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 2637-2641.

  26. Musgrove, A.; Bridges, CR; Sammis,  G.M.; Bizzotto D.  Potential-dependent interaction of DOPC liposomes with an octadecanol-covered Au(111) surface investigated using electrochemical methods coupled with in situ fluorescence microscopy.  Langmuir, 2013, 29, 3347–3360.

  27. Leung, J.C.T.; Chatalova-Sazepin, C.; West, J.G.; Rueda-Becerril, M.; Paquin, J.-F.; Sammis, G.M.  Photo-fluorodecarboxylation of 2-Aryloxy and 2-Aryl Carboxylic Acids.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 10804-10807 (2012).

  28. Rueda-Becerril, M.; Chatalova Sazepin, C.; Leung, J. C. T.;Okbinoglu, T.; Kennepohl, P.; Paquin, J. –F.; Sammis, G. M.  Fluorine Atom Transfer to Alkyl Radicals.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4026-4029.

  29. Zhai, H.; Miller, J.; Sammis, G. M.  First enantioselective syntheses of the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor modulators,(+)- and (-)-govadine.  Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2012, 22, 1557-1559.

  30. Zlotorzynksa, M.; Sammis, G. M.  Photoinduced Electron-Transfer-Promoted Redox Fragmentation of N-Alkoxyphthalimides.  Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6264-6267.

  31. Rueda-Becerril, M.; Leung, J. C. T.; Dunbar, C. R.; Sammis, G. M.  Alkoxy Radical Cyclizations onto Silyl Enol Ethers Relative to Alkene Cyclization, Hydrogen Atom Transfer, and Fragmentation Reactions.  J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 7720-7729.

  32. Zhai, H.; Wickenden, J.; Sammis, G. M.  Cyclizations of Aminyl Radicals Generated from Substoichiometric Stannane.  Synlett. 2010, 3035-3038.

  33. Zlotorzynska, M.; Zhai, H.; Sammis, G. M.  Unique Diastereoselectivity Trends in Aminyl Radical Cyclizations onto Silyl Enol Ethers.  J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 864–872.

  34. Zhai, H.; Zlotorzynska, M.; Sammis, G. M.  Synthesis of Hydroxylated Pyrrolidines and Analogs Using Nitrogen-Centered Radical Cyclizations.  Chem. Commun. 2009, 5716-5718.

  35. Zhu, H.; Wickenden, J. G.; Campbell, N. E.; Leung, J. C. T.; Johnson, K. M.; Sammis, G. M.  Construction of Carbo- and Heterocycles using Radical Relay Cyclizations Initiated by Alkoxy Radicals.  Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2019-2022.

  36. Zlotorzynska, M.; Zhai, H.; Sammis, G. M.  Chemoselective Oxygen-Centered Radical Cyclizations onto Silyl Enol Ethers.  Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 5083-5086.

Collaborative Publications

  1. Xie, H.; Sammis, G. M.; Flamme, E. M.; Kraml, C. M.; Sorensen.  The Catalytic Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions and Post-cycloaddition Reductive Transpositions of 1-Hydrazinodienes.  E. J. Chem. - Eur. J. 2011, 17, 11131-11134.

  2. Sammis, G. M.; Flamme, E. M.; Xie, H.; Ho, D. M.; Sorensen, E. J.  Design, Synthesis, and Reactivity of 1-Hydrazinodienes for use in Organic Synthesis.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8612-8613.

  3. Sorensen, E. J.; Sammis, G. M.  A Dash of Proline Makes Things Sweet.  Science, 2004, 1725-1726.

  4. Sammis, G. M.; Danjo, H.; Jacobsen, E. N. Cooperative Dual Catalysis: Application to the Highly Enantioselective Conjugate Cyanation of Unsaturated Imides.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9928-9929.

  5. Sammis, G. M.; Jacobsen, E. N.  Highly Enantioselective, Catalytic Conjugate Addition of Cyanide to alpha,beta-Unsaturated Imides.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 4442-4443.

  6. Millward D. B.; Sammis G. M.; Waymouth R. M. Ring-Opening Reactions of Oxabicyclic Alkene Compounds: Enantioselective Hydride and Ethyl Additions Catalyzed by Group 4 Metals.  J. Org Chem. 2000, 65, 3902-3909.

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