Publications of John J. Molloy

Fang, H.; García-Eguizábal, A.; Hsueh, Y.-J.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Funes-Ardoiz, I.; Molloy, J. J.: Energy transfer (EnT) catalysis of non-symmetrical borylated dienes: origin of reaction selectivity in competing EnT processes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (6), e202418651 (2025)

McGhie, L.; Kortmann, H.; Rumpf , J.; Seeberger, P. H.; Molloy, J. J.: Light-enabled intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition via photoactivation of simple alkenylboronic esters. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 21, pp. 854 - 863 (2025)

Marotta, A.; Kortmann, H.; Interdonato, C.; Seeberger, P. H.; Molloy, J. J.: Convergent synthesis of bicyclic boronates via a cascade regioselective Suzuki-Miyaura/cyclisation protocol. Chemical Communications 60 (90), pp. 13223 - 13226 (2024)

McGhie, L.; Marotta, A.; Loftus, P. O.; Seeberger, P. H.; Funes-Ardoiz, I.; Molloy, J. J.: Photogeneration of α-bimetalloid radicals via selective activation of multifunctional C1 units. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (23), pp. 15850 - 15859 (2024)

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)

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 16 (12), pp. 1951 - 1961 (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 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)

Soika, J.; McLaughlin, C.; Neveselý, T.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Molloy, J. J.; Gilmour, R.: Organophotocatalytic N–O bond cleavage of Weinreb amides: mechanism-guided evolution of a PET to ConPET platform. ACS Catalysis 12 (16), pp. 10047 - 10056 (2022)

Meyer, S.; Häfliger, J.; Schäfer, M.; Molloy, J. J.; Daniliuc, C. G.; Gilmour, R.: A chiral pentafluorinated isopropyl group via iodine(I)/(III) catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (12), pp. 6430 - 6434 (2021)

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)