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Pre-prints
1. Shneer, T.; Ochoa, J.; Wheeler, A. C.; Reyes, I. C.;* Joshi, C.; Stokes, B. J.; Hirst, L. S.; Atherton, T. J. arXiv 2023. (DOI: 10.48550/arxiv:2304.09118)
Surfing, Sweeping, and Assembly of Particles by a Moving Liquid Crystal Phase Boundary
Peer-reviewed
28. Stokes, B. J. Tetrahydroxydiboron (second update) in Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis 2025, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01181.pub3
27. Liba, S. I.; Wheeler, A. C.; Ochoa, J.; Licauco, N. J. C.;* Reyes, I. C.;* Stokes, B. J.; Atherton, T. J.; Hirst, L. S. J. Appl. Phys. 2025, 137, 244303. (DOI: 10.1063/5.0263810)
Calamitic Ligand Design for Quantum Dot Assembly
26. Yaghoubi, M.; Reyes, I. C.;* Stokes, B. J. SynOpen 2024, 8, 169. (DOI: 10.1055/a-2367-6943)
Pd-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Alkenes Using Tetrahydroxydiboron as the Sole Hydrogen Donor
25. Stokes, B. J.; Cai, X.; Amsbaugh, R. V.;* Drake, L. J.;* Kotamraju, R. M. A.;* Licauco, N. J. L.* SynOpen 2024, 8, 47. (DOI: 10.1055/a-2231-3108)
tert-Butoxide-Mediated Protodeformylative Decarbonylation of α-Quaternary Homobenzaldehydes
24. Tohti, A.; Lerda, V.;* Stokes, B. J. Synlett 2024, 35, 1311. (DOI: 10.1055/a-1894-8726)
Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Stereospecific Dearomative Spirocyclization of Benzothiophenyl Analogues of Tertiary cis-β-Benzylstyrenes
23. Spaller, W. C.; Lu, J. Q.; Stokes, B. J. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 2571. (DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202200482)
Tetrahydroxydiboron-Mediated Palladium-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Transfer Hydrogenation of Aryl Ketones
Arene Substitution Design for Controlled Conformational Changes of Dibenzocycloocta-1,5-dienes
21. Mao, Z.; Vang, H.;* Garcia, A.;* Tohti, A.; Stokes, B. J.; Nguyen, S. C. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 4211. (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b00390)
Carrier Diffusion: The Main Contributor to Size-Dependent Photocatalytic Activity of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles
20. Keshavarz, A.; Riahinasab, S. T.; Hirst, L. S.; Stokes, B. J. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2019, 2, 2542. (DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b00476)
New Promesogenic Ligands for Host Medium Microencapsulation by Quantum Dots via Liquid Crystal Phase Transition Templating
19. Cai, X.; Tohti, A.; Ramirez, C.;* Harb, H.; Fettinger, J. C.; Hratchian, H. P.; Stokes, B. J. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1574. (DOI: 10.1021/orglett.9b00043, PMID: 30807191)
Dispersion-Controlled Regioselective Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroindolation of cis-Methindolylstyrenes to Access Tetrahydrobenzo[cd]indoles
(Highlighted in Synfacts 2019, 15, 544)
18. Riahinasab, S.T.; Keshavarz, A.; Melton, C. N.; Elbaradei, A.; Warren, G. I.;* Selinger, R. L. B.; Stokes, B. J.; Hirst, L. S. Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 894. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08702-3, PMID: 30796213)
Nanoparticle-Based Hollow Microstructures Formed by Two-Stage Nematic Nucleation and Phase Separation
17. Melton, C. N.; Riahinasab, S. T.; Keshavarz, A.; Stokes, B. J.; Hirst, L. S. Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 146. (DOI: 10.3390/nano8030146, PMID: 29518904)
Phase Transition-Driven Nanoparticle Assembly in Liquid Crystal Droplets
16. Quint, M. T.; Sarang, S.; Quint, D. A.; Keshavarz, A.; Stokes, B. J.; Subramaniam, A. B.; Huang, K. C.; Gopinathan, A.; Hirst, L. S.; Ghosh, S. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 17788. (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17691-6, PMID: 29259223)
Plasmon-Actuated Nano-Assembled Microshells
15. Cai, X.; Keshavarz, A.; Omaque, J. D.;* Stokes, B. J. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 2626–2629. (DOI: 10.1021/orglett.7b00958, PMID: 28475338)
Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroarylation of β-Benzylstyrenes
14. Riahinasab, S. T.; Elbaradei, A.; Keshavarz, A.; Stokes, B. J.; Hirst, L. S. Proc. SPIE 2017, 10125, 1012503–1012503-7. (DOI: 10.1117/12.2260841)
Nanoparticle Microstructures Templated by Liquid Crystal Phase-Transition Dynamics
13. Cummings, S. P.; Le, T.-N.; Fernandez, G. E.;* Quiambao, L. G.;* Stokes, B. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6107–6110. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b02132, PMID: 27135185)
Tetrahydroxydiboron-Mediated Palladium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation and Deuteriation of Alkenes and Alkynes Using Water as the Stoichiometric H or D Atom Donor
Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Publications
12. “A Palladium-Catalyzed Three-Component-Coupling Strategy for the Differential Vicinal Diarylation of Terminal 1,3-Dienes.” Stokes, B. J.; Liao, L.; de Andrade, A. M.;* Wang, Q.; Sigman, M. S. Org. Lett. 2014, 16 (17), 4666-4669.
11. “Pd(Quinox)-Catalyzed Allylic Relay Suzuki Reactions of Homostyrenyl Tosylates: Evidence for Alkene-Assisted Oxidative Addition.” Stokes, B. J.; Bischoff, A. J.;* Sigman, M. S., Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 2336-2339.
10.* “The Strategic Generation and Interception of Palladium-Hydrides for Use in Alkene Functionalization Reactions.” DeLuca, R. J.; Stokes, B. J.; Sigman, M. S. Pure Appl. Chem. 2014, 86 (3), 395-408.
9. “Transition Metal-Catalyzed Laboratory-Scale Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of Ethylene” Saini, V.; Stokes, B. J.; Sigman, M. S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52 (43), 11206-11220.
8. “Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Cross-Coupling Reactions of Primary and Secondary Homoallylic Electrophiles” Stokes, B. J.; Opra, S. M.; Sigman, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (28), 11408–11411.
7. “Transition Metal-Catalyzed Formation of Aromatic N-Heterocycles via Aryl- or Vinyl- C-H Bond Amination” Stokes, B. J.; Driver, T. G. Euro. J. Org. Chem. 2011, (22), 4071-4088.
6. “Rh(II)-Catalyzed Nitro Group Migration Reactions: Selective Synthesis of 3-Nitroindoles from beta-Nitro Styryl Azides,” Stokes, B. J.; Liu, S.; Driver, T. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (13), 4702–4705.
5. “Intramolecular Fe(II)-Catalyzed N–O or N–N Bond Formation from Aryl Azides.” Stokes, B. J.; Vogel, C. V.;* Urnezis, L. K.; Pan, M.; Driver, T. G. Org. Lett. 2010, 12 (12), 2884–2887.
4. “Examination of the Mechanism of Rh2(II)-Catalyzed Carbazole Formation Using Intramolecular Competition Experiments.” Stokes, B. J.; Richert, K. J.;* Driver, T. G. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74 (17), 6442-6451 (featured article).
3. “Rh2(II)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbazoles from Biaryl Azides.” Stokes, B. J.; Jovanović, B.;* Dong, H.; Richert, K. J.;* Riell, R. D.; Driver, T. G. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74 (8), 3225-3228.
2. “Transition Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrroles from Dienyl Azides.” Dong, H.; Shen, M.; Redford, J. E.;* Stokes, B. J.; Pumphrey A. L.;* Driver, T. G. Org. Lett. 2007, 9 (25), 5191-5194.
1. “Intramolecular C–H Amination Reactions: Exploitation of the Rh2(II)-Catalyzed Decomposition of Azidoacrylates.” Stokes, B. J.; Dong. H.; Leslie, B. E.; Pumphrey, A. L.;* Driver, T. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (24), 7500-7501.
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