Publications

29. Adding Polypeptides to the Toolbox for Redox-Switchable Polymerization and Copolymerization Catalysis

Matthew S. Thompson, Stephanie A. Johnson, Stella A. Gonsales, Gretchen M. Brown, Samantha L. Kristufek, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Macromol. 2023

28. N-Carboxyanhydrides directly from amino acids and carbon dioxide and their tandem reactions to therapeutic alkaloids

Thi V Tran, Yi Shen, Hieu D. Nguyen, Shijie Deng, Hootan Roshandel, Mason M. Cooper, Jose R. Watson, Jeffery A. Byes, Paula L. Diaconescu,* and Loi H. Do*

Green Chem., 2022, 24, 9245-9252

27. Air-Stable Iron-Based Precatalysts for Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions between Alkyl Halides and Aryl Boronic Esters

Alexander S. Wong, Bufan Zhang, Bo Li, Michael L. Neidig, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Org. Process Res. Dev. 2021, 25 (11) 2461–2472

26. Electrochemically switchable polymerization from surface-anchored molecular catalysts

Miao Qi, Haochuan Zhang, Qi Dong, Jingyi Li, Rebecca A. Musgrave, Yanyan Zhao, Nicholas Dulock, Dunwei Wang* and Jeffery A. Byers*

Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 9042-9052

25. Engineering Second Sphere Interactions in a Host–Guest Multicomponent Catalyst System for the Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol

Thomas M. Rayder, Adam T. Bensalah, Banruo Li, Jeffery A. Byers*, and Chia-Kuang Tsung*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143 (3), 1630-1640

24. Iron-catalysed enantioconvergent Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling to afford enantioenriched 1,1-diarylalkanes

Chet C. Tyrol,   Nang Yone,   Connor F. Gallin  and  Jeffery A. Byers*

Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 14661 – 14664

23. A Bioinspired Multicomponent Catalytic System for Converting Carbon Dioxide into Methanol Autocatalytically

Thomas M. Rayder, Enric H. Adillon, Jeffery A. Byers* , and Chia-Kuang Tsung*

Chem, 2020, 6(7), 1742–1754.

22. Rational Design of an Iron-Based Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Couplings Involving Heteroaromatic Boronic Esters and Tertiary Alkyl Electrophiles

M. P. Crockett, Alexander S. Wong, Bo Li, and J. A. Byers*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59(13), 5392–5397.

21. Adding diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) to the arsenal for characterizing paramagnetic complexes

M. P. Crockett, H. Zhang, C. M. Thomas, and J. A. Byers*

Chemical Communications, 2019, 55(96), 14426–14429.

20. Iron-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions between Alkyl Halides and Unactivated Arylboronic Esters

Michael P. Crockett, Chet C. Tyrol, Alexander S. Wong, Bo Li, Jeffery A. Byers*

Organic Letters, 2018, 20 (17), 5233-5237.

19. Aperture-Opening Encapsulation of a Transition Metal Catalyst in a Metal-Organic Framework for CO2 Hydrogenation

Zhehui Li,‡ Thomas M. Rayder,‡ Lianshun Luo, Jeffery A. Byers,* Chia-Kuang Tsung*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140 (26), 8082-8085.

18. Electrochemically switchable ring-opening polymerization of lactide and cyclohexene oxide

Miao Qi, Qi Dong, Dunwei Wang, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140 (17), 5686-5690.

17. The Role of Alkoxide Initiator, Spin State, and Oxidation State in Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone Catalyzed by Iron Bis(imino)pyridine Complexes

Manuel A. Ortuno, Büsra Dereli, Kayla R. Delle Chiaie, Ashley B. Biernesser, Miao Qi, Jeffery A. Byers, and Christopher J. Cramer*

Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 57 (4), 2064–2071.

16. Catalytic Systems for the Production of Poly(lactic acid)

Jeffery A. Byers*, Ashley B. Biernesser, Kayla R. Delle Chiaie, Aman Kaur, Jeffrey A. Kehl

Advances in Polymer Science, 2018, 279: 67-118.

15. Establishing an Interdisciplinary Outreach Program at the Interface of Biology, Chemistry, and Materials Science

Jeffery A. Byers*, Eranthie Weerapana, Abhishek Chatterjee

ACS Symposium Series, 2017, Vol. 1259, Chapter 5, 51-68.

14. The role of ligand redox non-innocence in ring-opening polymerization reactions catalysed by bis(imino)pyridine iron alkoxide complexes

Kayla R. Delle Chiaie,‡ Ashley B. Biernesser,‡ Manuel A. Ortuño, Busra Dereli, Diana A. Iovan, Matthew J. T. Wilding, Bo Li, Christopher J. Cramer, Jeffery A. Byers*

Dalton Transactions 2017, 46, 12971-12980.

13. Magnetic Circular Dichroism and Density Functional Theory Studiesof Iron(II)-Pincer Complexes: Insight into Electronic Structure and Bonding Effects of Pincer N-Heterocyclic Carbene Moieties

Tessa M. Baker, Teresa L. Mako, Aristidis Vasilopoulos, Bo Li, Jeffery A. Byers*, and Michael L. Neidig*

Organometallics 2016, 35 (21), 3692–3700.

12. Redox-Triggered Crosslinking of a Degradable Polymer

Kayla R. Delle Chiaie, Lauren M. Yablon, Ashley B. Biernesser, Gregory R. Michalowski, Alexander W. Sudyn, Jeffery A. Byers*

Polymer Chemistry 2016, 7, 4675-4681.

11. Electron donating capabilities and evidence for redox activity in low oxidation state iron complexes bearing bis(amidine)pyrimidylidene ligands

Hilan Z. Kaplan, Teresa L. Mako, Matthew J.T. Wilding, Bo Li, Jeffery A. Byers*

Journal of Coordination Chemistry 2016, in press.

10. Block Copolymerization of Lactide and an Epoxide Facilitated by a Redox Switchable Iron-Based Catalyst

Ashley B. Biernesser, Kayla R. Delle Chiaie, Julia B. Curley, Jeffery A. Byers*

Angewandte Chemie 2016, 55, 5251-5254.

9. Recent Advances in Iron-Catalysed Cross Coupling Reactions and Their Mechanistic Underpinning

Teresa L. Mako, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2016, 3, 766-790.

8. Stereoselective Catalysis Achieved through in Situ Desymmetrization of an Achiral Iron Catalyst Precursor

Cesar M. Manna, Aman Kaur, Lauren M. Yablon, Fredrik Haeffner, Bo Li, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015, 137 (45), 14232–14235.

7. Spin Transitions in Bis(amidinato)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Iron(II) and Iron(III) Complexes

Jessica L. Drake, Hilan Z. Kaplan, Matthew J. T. Wilding, Bo Li and Jeffery A. Byers*

Dalton Transactions 2015, 44, 16703-16707.

6. Molecular Encapsulation beyond the Aperture Size Limit through Dissociative Linker Exchange in Metal–Organic Framework Crystals

Joseph V. Morabito, Lien-Yang Chou, Zhehui Li, Cesar M. Manna, Christopher A. Petroff, Rutvin J. Kyada, Joseph M. Palomba, Jeffery A. Byers *, and Chia-Kuang Tsung*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136 (36), 12540-12543.

5. High Molecular Weight Poly(Lactic Acid) Produced by An Efficient Iron Catalyst Bearing a Bis(amidinato)-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand

Cesar M. Manna, Hilan Z. Kaplan, Bo Li, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Polyhedron 2014, 84, 160-167.

4. Paper to Plastics: An Interdisciplinary Summer Outreach Project in Sustainability

Fiona Tamburini, Thomas Kelly, Eranthie Weerapana*, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Journal of Chemical Education 2014, 91 (10), 1574-1579.

3. Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation Facilitated by Catalytic Quantities of Bicarbonate and Other Inorganic Salts

Jessica L. Drake, Cesar M. Manna, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Organometallics 2013, 32 (23), 6891-6894.

2. Redox-Controlled Polymerization of Lactide Catalyzed by Bis(imino)pyridine Iron Bis(alkoxide) Complexes

Ashley B. Biernesser, Bo Li, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 135 (44), 16553-16560.

1. Synthesis and Characterization of a Bis(imino)-N-heterocyclic Carbene Analogue to Bis(imino)pyridine Iron Complexes

Hilan Z. Kaplan, Bo Li, and Jeffery A. Byers*

Organometallics 2012, 31 (21), 7343-7350.