
Research Powers Solutions
Organic Synthesis Selected Publications

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Understanding the role of open-shell intermediates in small-molecule catalysis
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Development of predictive models of reactivity and selectivity in transition-metal catalysis
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Rational design of Ni/photoredox-catalyzed radical cross-coupling reactions
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Expand the scope of Fe-catalyzed multicomponent radical cascades/cross couplings
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Development of base metal-catalyzed (e.g., Fe, Ni, Co) asymmetric cross-couplings
Organic Synthesis Selected Publications
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Renteria-Gomez, A.;* Lee, W.;* Yin, S.; Davis, M.; Gogoi, A. R; Gutierrez, O.#
ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 11547-11556.
“General and Practical Route to Diverse 1-(Difluoro)alkyl-3-aryl Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes Enabled by an Fe-Catalyzed Multicomponent Radical Cross-Coupling Reaction”
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Guerrero, M.;* Rentería-Gómez, Á.;* Das, D.; Gutierrez, O.#
Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 7015-7020.
"Fe-catalyzed Fluoroalkyl(hetero)arylation of Vinyl Azaarenes: Rapid and Modular Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 1,1-Bis(hetero)arylalkanes "
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Sar, D.; Yin, S.;* Grygus, J.;* Rentería-Gómez, Á.;* Garcia, M.; Gutierrez, O.#
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 13007-13013.
“Expanding Chemical Space of Enol Silyl Ethers: Catalytic Dicarbofunctionalization Enabled by Iron Catalysis”
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Selected as part of the: 2023 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection
Transition Metal Catalysis Selected Publications
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Maity, Tapas.;* Rentería-Gómez, Á.;* Gutierrez, O.#
ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 13049–13054
"Stereoselective Fe-catalyzed Decoupled Cross-couplings: Chiral vinyl oxazolidinones as effective radical lynchpins for diastereoselective C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond formation "
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Youshaw, C. R.; Yang, M.-H.; Gogoi, A. R.; Rentería-Gómez, Á.; Liu, L.; Morehead, L. K.; Gutierrez, O.;#
Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8320-8325.
“Iron-Catalyzed Enantioselective Multicomponent Cross-Couplings of a-Boryl Radicals”
Link to paper (ChemRxiv) (PubMed)
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Liu, L.; Aguilera, M. C.; Lee, W.; Youshaw, C. R.; Neidig, M. L.;# Gutierrez, O.#
Science 2021, 374, 432-439.
“General method for iron-catalyzed multicomponent radical cascades-cross-couplings.”

Quantum Mechanical Calculations Selected Publications
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Andreettta, P.; Martin, R. T.; Souliah, C.; Rentería-Gómez, Á.; Song, Z.; Khorramshashi Bayat, Y.; Ivlev, S.; Gutierrez, O.;# Casitas, A.#
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310129
“Experimental and Computational Studies on Cobalt(I)-Catalyzed Regioselective Allylic Alkylation Reactions”
Highlighted in Organic Process Research & Development (OPR&D): LINK
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DeMuth, J. C.; Song, Z.; Carpenter, S. H.; Boddie, T. E.; Radovic, A.; Baker, T. M.; Gutierrez, O.;# Neidig, M. L.#
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 9398-9407.
“Experimental and Computational Studies of the Mechanism of Iron-Catalysed C-H Activation/Functionalisation with Allyl Electrophiles.”
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Sorlin, A. M.; Mixdorf, J. C.; Rotella, M.; Martin, R.;* Gutierrez, O.;# Nguyen, H. M. #
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14843-14852.
“The Role of Trichloroacetimidate To Enable Iridium-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Allylic Fluorination: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.”

















