PUBLICATIONS
Cal Poly Pomona (CPP undergrad*):
20. "Deoxydehydration using a commercial catalyst and readily available reductant" Navarro, C. N.;*John, A. Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2019, 99, 145-148.
From Graduate and Post-doctoral work:
19. “Dual-Catalytic Decarbonylation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters to Form Olefins” Fieser, M. E.; Schimler, S. D.; Mitchell, L. A.; Wilborn, E. G.; John, A.; Hogan, L. T.; Benson, B.; LaPointe, A. M.; Tolman, W. B. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7669-7672.
18. “Selective Decarbonylation of Fatty Acid Esters to Linear α-Olefins” John, A.; Dereli, B.; Ortuno, M. A.; Johnson, H. E.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Cramer, C. J.; Tolman, W. B. Organometallics 2017, 36, 2956-2964.
17. “Anhydride-Additive-Free Nickel-Catalyzed Deoxygenation of Carboxylic Acids to Olefins” John, A.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B. Organometallics 2017, 36, 506-509.
16. “Nickel Catalysts for the Dehydrative Decarbonylation of Carboxylic Acids to Alkenes” John, A.; Miranda, M. O.; Ding, K.; Dereli, B.; Ortuno, M. A.; LaPointe, A. M.; Coates, G. W.; Cramer, C. J.; Tolman, W. B. Organometallics 2016, 35, 2391-2400.
15. “Process for the preparation of olefins via catalytic decarbonylation of esters” Tolman, W. B.; Hillmyer, M. A.; John, A.; Hogan, L. T. US 20160194276 A1 20160707, 2016.
14. “High-Performance Pressure Sensitive Adhesives from Renewable Triblock Copolymers” Ding, K.; John, A.; Shin, J.; Lee, Y.; Quinn, T.; Tolman, W. B.; Hillmyer, M. A. Biomacromolecules 2015, 16, 2537-2539.
13. “Olefins from Biomass Feedstocks: Catalytic Ester Decarbonylation and Tandem Heck-type Coupling” John, A.; Hogan, L. T.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 2731-2733.
12. “Copper-Catalyzed Csp2-H Amidation of Unactivated Arenes by N-Tosyloxycarbamates” John, A.; Byun, J.; Nicholas, K. M. Chem. Commun., 2013, 10965-10967. (Highligted in ChemInform, 2014, 45, 13-078.)
11. “Palladium Complexes of the N-fused Heterocycle Derived Abnormal N-heterocyclic Carbenes for the Much-preferred Cu-free and the Amine-free Sonogashira Coupling in Air” John, A.; Modak, S.; Mahesh, M.; Katari, M.; Ghosh, P. Polyhedron, 2013, 64, 20-29. (An Invited contribution to a Special Issue celebrating the 60th birth anniversary of Professor George Christou.)
10. “Copper-mediated multiple C-H functionalization of aromatic N-heterocyles: Bromo-amination of Indole and Pyrrole” John, A.; Nicholas, K. M. Organometallics 2012, 31, 7914-7920. (An Invited contribution to a Special Issue on Copper in Organometallic Chemistry.)
9. “Palladium catalyzed C-H functionalization of Aryl-O-carbamates: Selective ortho-bromination using NBS”. John, A.; Nicholas, K. M. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 5600-5605. (Highligted in ChemInform, 2012, 43, 44-084.)
8. “Copper-catalyzed Amidation of 2-phenylpyridine with O2 as the terminal oxidant”. John, A.; Nicholas, K. M. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 4158-4162.
7. “Suzuki-Miyuara Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides Catalyzed by Palladium Precatalysts of N/O-functionalized Pyrazolyl Ligands”. John, A.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chim. Acta. 2010, 363, 3113-3121. (Invited contribution to a Special Issue marking the 75th birth anniversary of Professor Animesh Chakravorty.)
6. “Highly Efficient Palladium Precatalysts of Homoscorpionate Bispyrazolyl Ligands for the More Challenging Suzuki–Miyaura Cross–Coupling of Aryl Chlorides”. John, A.; Shaikh, M. M.; Butcher, R. J.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 7353-7363.
5. “Fascinating Frontiers of N/O-Functionalized N-heterocyclic Carbene Chemistry: From Chemical Catalysis to Biomedical Applications”. John, A.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 7183-7206. Ranked #3 among the Top 10 most-read articles from the online version of Dalton Transactions for August 2010.
4. “Palladium Complexes of Abnormal N-heterocyclic Carbenes as Precatalysts for the Much Preferred Cu-Free and Amine-Free Sonogashira Coupling in Air in a Mixed-aqueous Medium”. John, A.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2009, 10581-10591.
3. "Mimicking the Intradiol Catechol Cleavage Activity of Catechol Dioxygenase by High-Spin Fe(III) Complexes of a New Class of Facially Bound [N2O] Ligand”. Panda, M. K.; John, A.; Shaikh. M. M.; Ghosh, P. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 11847-11856.
2. "Structural and Functional Mimic of Galactose Oxidase by a Copper Complex of a Sterically Demanding [N2O2] Ligand”. John, A.; Shaikh, M. M.; Ghosh, P. Dalton Trans. 2008, 2815-2824.
1. "Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes of Phenoxy-Ketimine Ligands: Synthesis, Structures and their Utility in Bulk Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) of L-lactide”. John, A.; Katiyar, V.; Pang, K.; Shaikh, M. M.; Nanavati, H.; Ghosh, P. Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 4033-4044. Ranked #9 in the list of Top 25 Hottest Articles during July-September, 2007. Highlighted in the book, Biomedical Science, Engineering and Technology, Chapter 11, page 252.
21. "Deydrative Decarbonylation" John, A. in Organometallic Chemistry in Industry: A Practical Approach (Wiley)
22. "Influence of the pendant arm in deoxydehydration catalyzed by dioxomolybdennum complexes of amine bisphenolate ligands" Siu, T. C.;* Silva Jr., I.;* Lunn, M. J;* John, A. New J. Chem. 2020, 44, 9933-9941.
23. "Crystal structures of two dioxomolybdenum complexes stabilized by salan ligands featuring phenyl and cyclo-hexyl backbones" Trieu-Tran, T.;* Martinez, S.N.;* Brannon, J.;* Stieber, S.C.; John, A. Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2022, 78(3), 244-250.
24. "Molybdenum catalyzed deoxydehydration of aliphatic glycols under microwave irradiation" Lam, P.;* John, A. J. Organomet. Chem. 2023, 992, 122705.