Publications

“Ir-Catalyzed ortho-Borylation of Phenols Directed by Substrate- Ligand Electrostatic Interactions: A Combined Experimental/in Silico Strategy for Optimizing Weak Interactions,” Chattopadhyay, B.; Dannatt, J. E.; Andujar-De Sanctis, I. L.; Gore, K. A.; Maleczka, R. E., Jr; Singleton, D. A.; Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 7864–7871.

“As Precious as Platinum: Iron Nitride for Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Liquid Ammonia,” Little, D. J.; Edwards, D. O.; Smith, M. R., III; Hamann, T. W. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 16228–16235.

“Improved synthesis of electron deficient bipyridines” Li, H.; Oppenheimer, J.; Smith, M. R., III; Maleczka, R. E., Jr. Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 2231-2232.

“Bismuth Acetate as a Catalyst for the Sequential Protodeboronation of Di- and Triborylated Indoles” Shen, F. Y.; Tyagarajan, S.; Perera, D.; Krska, S. W.; Maligres, P. E.; Smith, M. R.; Maleczka, R. E. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 1554-1557.

“Catalytic borylation of methane” Smith, K. T.; Berritt, S.; González-Moreiras, M.; Ahn, S.; Smith, M. R., III; Baik, M.-H.; Mindiola, D. J. Science 2016, 351, 1424-1427.

“Dextran functionalization enhances nanoparticle-mediated siRNA delivery and silencing” Vocelle, D.; Chesniak, O. M.; Malefyt, A. P.; Comiskey, G.; Adu-Berchie, K.; Smith, M. R., III; Chan, C.; Walton, S. P. Technology 2016, 04, 42-54.

“Harnessing C–H Borylation/Deborylation for Selective Deuteration, Synthesis of Boronate Esters, and Late Stage Functionalization” Kallepalli, V. A.; Gore, K. A.; Shi, F.; Sanchez, L.; Chotana, G. A.; Miller, S. L.; Maleczka, R. E., Jr.; Smith, M. R., III J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 8341-8353.

Electrolysis of liquid ammonia for hydrogen generation” Little, D. J.; Smith, M. R., III; Hamann, T. W. Energy Environ. Sci. 2015, 8, 2775-2781.

“Reversible Borylene Formation from Ring-Opening of Pinacolborane and Other Intermediates Generated From 5-Coordinate Trisboryl Complexes: Implications for Catalytic C–H Borylation” Ghaffari, B.; Vanchura, B. A., II; Chotana, G. A.; Staples, R. J.; Holmes, D.; Maleczka, R. E., Jr.; Smith, M. R., IIIOrganometallics 2015, 34, 4732-4740. Invited paper for the Gregory L. Hillhouse Memorial Issue.

“Gregory L. Hillhouse: His Life, His Art, His Science, and the Rise of ‘Double Nickel’” Mindiola, D. J.; Smith, M. R., III; Bercaw, J. E. Organometallics 2015, 34, 4633-4636.

“Silyl Phosphorus and Nitrogen Donor Chelates for Homogeneous Ortho Borylation Catalysis” Ghaffari, B.; Preshlock, S. M.; Plattner, D. L.; Staples, R. J.; Maligres, P. E.; Krska, S. W.; Maleczka, R. E.; Jr.; Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14345-14348.

“A Catalytic Borylation/Dehalogenation Route to o-Fluoro Arylboronates,” Jayasundara, C. R. K.: Unold, J. M.; Oppenheimer, J.; Smith, M. R., III; Maleczka, R. E., Jr. Org. Lett. 2014, 16 , 6072-6075.

Smith, M. R., III; Chattopadhyay, B. “Non-Directed Aryl C–H Oxidations,” in Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II, Knöchel, P.; Molander, G. A.; Eds, Elsevier, New York, 2014, Vol. 7, pp 347-372.

“A Traceless Directing Group for C–H Borylation,” Preshlock, S. M.; Plattner, D. L.; Maligres, P. E.; Krska, S. W.; Maleczka, R. E., Jr.; Smith, M.R., III Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013 , 52, 12,915-12,919.

“High-Throughput Optimization of Ir-Catalyzed C–H Borylation: A Tutorial for Practical Applications” Preshlock, S. M., Ghaffari, B., Maligres, P. E., Krska, S. W., Maleczka, R. E. Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 7572-7582.

"Outer-Sphere Direction in Iridium C–H Borylation" Roosen, P. C., Kallepalli, V. A., Chattopadhyay, B., Singleton, D. A., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11350-11353.

"Practical One-Pot C-H Activation/Borylation/Oxidation: Preparation of 3-Bromo-5-methylphenol on a Multigram Scale" Norberg, A. M., Smith, M. R., III and Maleczka, R. E., Jr. Synthesis-Stuttgart 2011, 857-859.

"Electronic effects in iridium C-H borylations: insights from unencumbered substrates and variation of boryl ligand substituents" Vanchura, B. A., Preshlock, S. M., Roosen, P. C., Kallepalli, V. A., Staples, R. J., Maleczka, R. E., Jr., Singleton, D. A. and Smith, M. R., III Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 7724-7726.

"Divergent Synthesis of 2,3,5-Substituted Thiophenes by C-H Activation/Borylation/Suzuki Coupling" Kallepalli, V. A., Sanchez, L., Li, H., Gesmundo, N. J., Turton, C. L., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III Heterocycles 2010, 80, 1429-1448.

"Boc Groups as Protectors and Directors for Ir-Catalyzed C-H Borylation of Heterocycles" Kallepalli, V. A., Shi, F., Paul, S., Onyeozili, E. N., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 9199-9201.

"Getting the sterics just right: a five-coordinate iridium trisboryl complex that reacts with C-H bonds at room temperature" Chotana, G. A., Vanchura, B. A., Tse, M. K., Staples, R. J., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III Chem. Commun. 2009, 5731-5733.

"Water-soluble thermoresponsive polylactides" Jiang, X. W., Smith, M. R., III and Baker, G. L. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 318-324.

""Clickable" polyglycolides: Tunable synthons for thermoresponsive, degradable polymers" Jiang, X., Vogel, E. B., Smith, M. R., III and Baker, G. L. Macromolecules 2008, 41, 1937-1944.

"Iridium-catalyzed borylation of thiophenes: versatile, synthetic elaboration founded on selective C-H functionalization" Chotana, G. A., Kallepalli, V. A., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 6103-6114.

"Glass transitions in polylactides" Baker, G. L., Vogel, E. B. and Smith, M. R., III Polymer Reviews 2008, 48, 64-84.

"Synthesis of polymandelide: A degradable polylactide derivative with polystyrene-like properties" Liu, T. Q., Simmons, T. L., Bohnsack, D. A., Mackay, M. E., Smith, M. R., III and Baker, G. L. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 6040-6047.

"Cyclohexyl-substituted polyglycolides with high glass transition temperatures" Jing, F., Smith, M. R., III and Baker, G. L. Macromolecules 2007, 40, 9304-9312.

"Amphiphilic PEG/alkyl-grafted comb polylactides" Jiang, X. W., Vogel, E. B., Smith, M. R., III and Baker, G. L.Journal of Polymer Science Part a-Polymer Chemistry 2007, 45, 5227-5236.

"Aromatic borylation/amidation/oxidation: A rapid route to 5-substituted 3-amidophenols" Shi, F., Smith, M. R., III and Maleczka, R. E., Jr. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 1411-1414.

"Regulation of osteoblast gene expression and phenotype by polylactide-fatty acid surfaces" Porter, K., Hossain, M., Wang, M., Radano, C. P., Baker, G., Smith, M. R., III and McCabe, L. R. Molecular Biology Reports 2006, 33, 1-12.

"Ir-catalyzed functionalization of 2-substituted indoles at the 7-position: Nitrogen-directed aromatic borylation" Paul, S., Chotana, G. A., Holmes, D., Reichle, R. C., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15552-15553.

"One-pot borylation/amination reactions: Syntheses of arylamine boronate esters from halogenated arenes" Holmes, D., Chotana, G. A., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 1407-1410.

"Synthesis and polymerization of derivatized lactide monomers" Vogeley, N. J., Baker, G. L. and Smith, M. R., III Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2005 , 46, 336.

"Sterically Directed Functionalization of Aromatic C-H Bonds: Selective Borylation Ortho to Cyano Groups in Arenes and Heterocycles" Chotana, G. A., Rak, M. A. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10539-10544.

"Functionalizing polylactides for tissue growth" Wang, M., Radano, C. P., Mackay, M. E., McCabe, L. R., Baker, G. L. and Smith, M. R., III Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2003 , 44, 716.

"C-H activation/borylation/oxidation: A one-pot unified route to meta-substituted phenois bearing ortho-/para-directing groups" Maleczka, R. E., Jr., Shi, F., Holmes, D. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7792-7793.

"Synthesis of novel biodegradable copolymers using olefin metathesis" Radano, C. P., Baker, G. L. and Smith, M. R., III Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2002 , 43, 727-728.

"Remarkably selective iridium catalysts for the elaboration of aromatic C-H bonds" Cho, J. Y., Tse, M. K., Holmes, D., Maleczka, R. E., Jr. and Smith, M. R., III Science 2002, 295, 305-308.

"Regioselective aromatic borylation in an inert solvent" Tse, M. K., Cho, J. Y. and Smith, M. R., III Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 2831-2833.

"Stereoselective Polymerization of a Racemic Monomer with a Racemic Catalyst: Direct Preparation of the Polylactic Acid Stereocomplex from Racemic Lactide" Radano, C. P., Baker, G. L. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 1552-1553.

"Steric and Chelate Directing Effects in Aromatic Borylation" Cho, J.-Y., Iverson, C. N. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12868-12869.

"Advances in Metal Boryl and Metal-mediated B-X Activation Chemistry" Smith, M. R., III Prog. Inorg. Chem. 1999, 48, 505-567.

"Syntheses and Structures of Five-coordinate Zirconium Alkyl Complexes Supported by Diketiminate Ligands" Qian, B., Scanlon, W. J., Smith, M. R., III and Motry, D. H. Organometallics 1999, 18, 1693-1698.

"Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of b-Diketiminate Boron(III) Complexes" Qian, B., Baek, S. W. and Smith, M. R., III Polyhedron 1999, 18, 2405-2414.

"A Mechanistic Dichotomy in the Reactions of Cp2M(CH2 =CHMe) (M = Nb, Ta) with Catecholborane: Generation of Boryl Complexes by Propylene Hydroboration and Propylene Loss" Lantero, D. R., Miller, S. L., Cho, J.-Y., Ward, D. L. and Smith, M. R., III Organometallics 1999, 18, 235-247.

"Five- and Six-Coordinate Group 4 Compounds Stabilized by b-Ketiminate and Diketiminate Ligands: Syntheses and Comparisons Between Solid-state and Solution Structures" Kakaliou, L., Scanlon, W. J., Qian, B., Baek, S. W., Smith, M. R., III and Motry, D. H. Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 5964-5977.

"Stoichiometric and Catalytic B-C Bond Formation from Unactivated Hydrocarbons and Boranes" Iverson, C. N. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 7696-7697.

"Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of b-Diketiminato Aluminum Complexes" Qian, B., Ward, D. L. and Smith, M. R., III Organometallics 1998, 17, 3070-3076.

"Significance of Borane Tuning in Titanium-Catalyzed Borylation Chemistry" Motry, D. H., Brazil, A. G. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 2743-2744.

"Group 5 Metallocene Complexes as Models for Metal-mediated Hydroboration: Synthesis of a Reactive Borane Adduct, endo-Cp*Nb-h2(H 2BO2C6H4), via Hydroboration of Coordinated Olefins" Lantero, D. R., Ward, D. L. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 9699-9708.

"Efficient Olefin Diboration by a Base-free Platinum Catalyst" Iverson, C. N. and Smith, M. R., III Organometallics 1997, 16, 2757-2759.

"Mechanistic Investigation of Stoichiometric Alkyne Insertion into Pt-B Bonds and Related Chemistry Bearing on the Catalytic Diborylation of Alkynes Mediated by Platinum(II) Diboryl Complexes" Iverson, C. N. and Smith, M. R., III Organometallics 1996, 15, 5155-5165.

"Facile, Metal-Mediated Dehydrogenative Borylation of Ethylene - Selective Conversion of a Titanium-Bound Olefin to a Vinylboronate Ester" Motry, D. H. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 6615-6616.

"Reactivity of Organoplatinum Complexes With C6H4O 2B-BO2C6H4 - Syntheses of a Platinum Diboryl Complex With, and Without, Metathesis of Boron-Boron and Metal-Carbon Bonds" Iverson, C. N. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 4403-4404.

"Synthesis of endo-Cp2TaH2(BO2C 6H4) and exo-Cp2TaH2 (BO2C6H4) - Regioisomers of the First Tantalum Boryl Complexes" Lantero, D. R., Motry, D. H., Ward, D. L. and Smith, M. R., III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 10811-10812.