Publications of John J. Molloy

Zhang, Y.; Wiese, L.; Fang, H.; Alseekh, S.; Perez de Souza, L.; Scossa, F.; Molloy, J. J.; Christmann, M.; Fernie, A. R.: Synthetic biology identifies the minimal gene set required for Paclitaxel biosynthesis in a plant chassis. Molecular Plant (2023)

Marotta, A.; Fang, H.; Adams, C. E.; Marcus, K. S.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Molloy, J. J.: Direct light-enabled access to α-boryl radicals: application in the stereodivergent synthesis of allyl boronic esters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (34), e202307540 (2023)

Marotta, A.; Adams, C. E.; Molloy, J. J.: The impact of boron hybridisation on photocatalytic processes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (38), e202207067 (2022)

Neveselý, T.; Molloy, J. J.; McLaughlin, C.; Brüss, L.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Gilmour, R.: Leveraging the n→π* Interaction in alkene isomerization by selective energy transfer catalysis. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English 61 (2), e202113600 (2022)

Neveselý, T.; Wienhold, M.; Molloy, J. J.; Gilmour, R.: Advances in the E → Z isomerization of alkenes using small molecule photocatalysts. Chemical Reviews 122 (2), pp. 2650 - 2694 (2022)

Wienhold, M.; Molloy, J. J.; Daniliuc, C.G.; Gilmour, R.: Coumarins by direct annulation: β-borylacrylates as ambiphilic C₃-synthons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (2), pp. 685 - 689 (2021)

Ashford, M.W.; Xu, C.; Molloy, J. J.; Carpenter-Warren, C.; Slawin, A.M.Z.; Leach, A.G.; Watson, A.J.B.: Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of heterocyclic vicinal fluoroamines by using asymmetric protonation: method development and mechanistic study. Chemistry – A European Journal 26 (53), pp. 12249 - 12255 (2020)

Molloy, J. J.; Schäfer, M.; Wienhold, M.; Morack, T.; Daniliuc, C.G.; Gilmour, R.: Boron-enabled geometric isomerization of alkenes via selective energy-transfer catalysis. Science 369 (6501), pp. 302 - 306 (2020)

Cain, D.L.; McLaughlin, C.; Molloy, J. J.; Carpenter-Warren, C.; Anderson, N.A.; Watson, A.J.B.: A cascade Suzuki-Miyaura/Diels-Alder protocol: exploring the bifunctional utility of vinyl Bpin. Synlett 30 (7), pp. 787 - 791 (2019)

Faßbender, S.I.; Molloy, J. J.; Mück-Lichtenfeld, C.; Gilmour, R.: Geometric E→Z isomerisation of alkenyl silanes by selective energy transfer catalysis: stereodivergent synthesis of triarylethylenes via a formal anti-metallometallation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (51), pp. 18619 - 18626 (2019)

Hostmann, T.; Molloy, J. J.; Bussmann, K.; Gilmour, R.: Light-enabled enantiodivergence: stereospecific reduction of activated alkenes using a single organocatalyst enantiomer. Organic Letters 21 (24), pp. 10164 - 10168 (2019)

Molloy, J. J.; Morack, T.; Gilmour, R.: Positional and geometrical isomerisation of alkenes: the pinnacle of atom economy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (39), pp. 13654 - 13664 (2019)

Molloy, J. J.; O'rourke, K.M.; Frias, C.P.; Sloan, N.L.; West, M.J.; Pimlott, S.L.; Sutherland, A.; Watson, A.J.B.: Mechanism of Cu-catalyzed aryl boronic acid halodeboronation using electrophilic halogen: Development of a base-catalyzed iododeboronation for radiolabeling applications. Organic Letters 21 (7), pp. 2488 - 2492 (2019)

Molloy, J. J.; Metternich, J.B.; Daniliuc, C.G.; Watson, A.J.B.; Gilmour, R.: Contra-thermodynamic, photocatalytic E→Z isomerization of styrenyl boron species: vectors to facilitate exploration of two-dimensional chemical space. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (12), pp. 3168 - 3172 (2018)

Molloy, J. J.; Seath, C.P.; West, M.J.; McLaughlin, C.; Fazakerley, N.J.; Kennedy, A.R.; Nelson, D.J.; Watson, A.J.B.: Interrogating Pd(II) anion metathesis using a bifunctional chemical probe: a transmetalation switch. Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (1), pp. 126 - 130 (2018)

Scheidt, F.; Schäfer, M.; Sarie, J.C.; Daniliuc, C.G.; Molloy, J. J.; Gilmour, R.: Enantioselective, catalytic vicinal difluorination of alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (50), pp. 16431 - 16435 (2018)

Molloy, J. J.; Clohessy, T.A.; Irving, C.; Anderson, N.A.; Lloyd-Jones, G.C.; Watson, A.J.B.: Chemoselective oxidation of aryl organoboron systems enabled by boronic acid-selective phase transfer. Chemical Science 8 (2), pp. 1551 - 1559 (2017)

Seath, C.P.; Fyfe, J.W.B.; Molloy, J. J.; Watson, A.J.B.: Synthesis of oxindoles and benzofuranones via oxidation of 2-Heterocyclic BMIDAs. Synthesis 49 (4), pp. 891 - 898 (2017)

Molloy, J. J.; Watson, A.J.B.: B-protected boronic acids: methodology development and strategic application. ACS Symposium Series 1236, pp. 379 - 413 (2016)

Molloy, J. J.; Law, R.P.; Fyfe, J.W.B.; Seath, C.P.; Hirst, D.J.; Watson, A.J.B.: A modular synthesis of functionalised phenols enabled by controlled boron speciation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 13 (10), pp. 3093 - 3102 (2015)