Publications

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72) Reversible C–C Bond Formation, Halide Abstraction, and Electromers in Complexes of Iron Containing Redox-Noninnocent Pyridine-imine Ligands

Devika Pokhriyal, Spencer P. Heins, Renee J. Sifri, Dillon T. Gentekos, Rachael E. Coleman, Peter T. Wolczanski*, Thomas R. Cundari, Brett P. Fors, Kyle M. Lancaster, and Samantha N. MacMillan

Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 18662.

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71) Photoswitching Cationic and Radical Polymerizations: Spatiotemporal Control of Thermoset Properties

Yuting Ma, Veronika Kottisch, Elizabeth A. McLoughlin, Zachary W. Rouse, Michael J. Supej, Shefford P. Baker, and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 21200.

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70) Depolymerization of Hydroxylated Polymers via Light-Driven C-C Bond Cleavage

Suong T. Nguyen, Elizabeth A. McLoughlin,^‡ James H. Cox,^‡ Brett P. Fors, and Robert R. Knowles

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12268.

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69) Reversible Redox Controlled Acids for Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization

Michael J. Supej, Elizabeth A. McLoughlin, Jesse H. Hsu, and Brett P. Fors

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 10544.

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68) Microstructural Evolution of Polyurea Under Hydrostatic Pressure

Stephanie I. Rosenbloom, Steven J. Yang, Nikolas J. Tsakeredes, Brett P. Fors, and Meredith N. Silberstein

Polymer, 2021, 227, 123845.

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67) Achieving Molecular Weight Distribution Shape Control and Broad Dispersities using RAFT Polymerization

Stephanie I. Rosenbloom, Renee J. Sifri, and Brett P. Fors

Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 4910.

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66) Effect of Structural Ordering on the Charge Storage Mechanism of p-Type Organic Electrode Materials

Brian M. Peterson,^‡ Cara N. Gannett,^‡ Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Brett P. Fors, and Héctor D. Abruña

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 7135.

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65) Organic Electrode Materials for Fast-Rate, High-Power Battery Applications

Cara N. Gannett, Luis Melecio-Zambrano,^‡ Monica Theibault,^‡ Brian M. Peterson, Brett P. Fors, and Héctor D. Abruña

Materials Reports: Energy, 2021, 1, 100008.

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64) Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers Produced via Cationic RAFT Polymerization

Scott W. Spring, Red Smith-Sweetser, Stephanie I. Rosenbloom, Renee J. Sifri and Brett P. Fors

Polym. Chem. 2021, 12, 1097.

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63) Performance Optimization and Fast Rate Capabilities of Novel Polymer Cathode Materials through Balanced Electronic and Ionic Transport

Cara Gannett, Brian M. Peterson, Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Colleen Q. Trainor, Brett P. Fors and Héctor D. Abruña

 J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 5657.

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62) Hydrogen Bond Donor‐Catalyzed Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

Veronika Kottisch, Janis Jermaks, Joe-Yee Mak, Ryan Woltornist, Tristan Lambert, and Brett P. Fors

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 4535.

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61) Photocontrolled Cationic Degenerate Chain Transfer Polymerizations via Thioacetal Initiators

Renee J. Sifri, Audrey J. Kennedy, and Brett P. Fors

Polym. Chem. 2020, 11, 6499.

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60) Shifting Boundaries: Controlling Molecular Weight Distribution Shape for Mechanically Enhanced Thermoplastic Elastomers

Stephanie I. Rosenbloom and Brett P. Fors

Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 7479.

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59) Dual Stimuli Switching: Interconverting Cationic and Radical Mechanisms with Electricity and Light

Michael J. Supej, Brian M. Peterson, and Brett P. Fors

Chem, 2020, 6, 1508.

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58) Photocontrolled Radical Polymerization from Hydridic C-H Bonds

Erin E. Stache, Veronika Kottisch, and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4581.

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57) Cross-linking Effects on Performance Metrics of Phenazine-Based Polymer Cathodes

Cara N. Gannett,^‡ Brian M. Peterson,^‡ Luxi Shen, Jeesoo Seok, Brett P. Fors, and Héctor Abruña

ChemSusChem, 2020, 13, 2428.

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56) Controlling the Shape of Molecular Weight Distributions in Coordination Polymerization and Its Impact on Physical Properties

Renee J. Sifri,^‡ Omar Padilla-Vélez,^‡ Geoffrey W. Coates , and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1443.

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55) Tailor-Made Thermoplastic Elastomers: Customisable Materials via Modulation of Molecular Weight Distributions

Stephanie I. Rosenbloom, Dillon T. Gentekos, Meredith N. Silberstein, and Brett P. Fors

Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 1361.

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54) Controlling Polymer Properties Through the Shape of the Molecular-Weight Distribution

Dillon T. Gentekos, Renee J. Sifri, and Brett P. Fors

Nat. Rev. Mater. 2019, 4, 761.

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53) Hydrolytically-Degradable Homo- and Copolymers of a Strained Exocyclic Hemiacetal Ester

Angelika E. Neitzel, Leonel Barreda, Jacob T. Trotta, Grant W. Fahnhorst, Thomas J. Haversang, Thomas R.  Hoye, Brett P. Fors, and Marc A. Hillmyer

Polym. Chem. 2019, 10, 4573.

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52) Controlled Cationic Polymerization: Single-Component Initiation Under Ambient Conditions

Veronika Kottisch, Jacob O’Leary, Quentin Michaudel, Erin E. Stache, Tristan H. Lambert, and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10605.

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51) Predictive Design of Polymer Molecular Weight Distributions in Anionic Polymerization

Sergii Domanskyi, Dillon Gentekos, Vladimir Privman, and Brett P. Fors

Polym. Chem. 2020, 11, 326.

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50) Elucidation of the Electrochemical Behavior of Phenothiazine-Based Polyaromatic Amines

Brian M. Peterson, Luxi Shen, Gerickson J. Lopez, Cara N. Gannett, Dong Ren, Héctor D. Abruña, and Brett P. Fors

Tetrahedron, 2019, 75, 4244.

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49) Renewable Thermosets and Thermoplastics from Itaconic Acid

Jacob T. Trotta,^‡ Annabelle Watts,^‡ Allison R. Wong, Anne M. LaPointe, Marc A. Hillmyer, and Brett P. Fors

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 2691.

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48) What Happens in the Dark? Assessing the Temporal Control of  Photo-Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerizations

Neil D. Dolinski, Zachariah A. Page, Emre H. Discekici, David Meis, In-Hwan Lee, Glen R. Jones, Richard Whitfield, Xiangcheng Pan, Blaine G. McCarthy, Sivaprakash Shanmugam, Veronika Kottisch, Brett P. Fors, Cyrille Boyer, Garret M. Miyake, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, David M. Haddleton, Javier Read de Alaniz, Athina Anastasaski, and Craig J. Hawker

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 57, 268.

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47) On Demand Switching of Polymerization Mechanism and Monomer Selectivity with Orthogonal Stimuli 

Brian M. Peterson, Veronika Kottisch, Michael J. Supej, and Brett P. Fors

ACS Cent. Sci. 2018, 4, 1228.

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46) Phenothiazine-Based Polymer Cathode Materials with Ultra-High Power Densities for Lithium Ion Batteries 

Brian M. Peterson,^‡ Dong Ren,^‡ Luxi Shen,^‡ You-Chi Mason Wu, Burak Ulgut, Geoffrey W. Coates, Héctor D. Abruña, and Brett P. Fors

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 3560.

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45) Molecular Weight Distribution Shape as a Versatile Approach to Tailoring Block Copolymer Phase Behavior 

Dillon T. Gentekos and Brett P. Fors

ACS Macro Lett. 2018, 7, 677.

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44) Enhancing Temporal Control and Enabling Chain-End Modification in Photoregulated Cationic Polymerizations by Using Ir-Based Catalysts

Veronika Kottisch, Michael J. Supej, and Brett P. Fors

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 8260.

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43) Exploiting Molecular Weight Distribution Shape to Tune Domain Spacing in Block Copolymer Thin Films

Dillon T. Gentekos,^‡ Junteng Jia,^‡ Erika S. Tirado, Katherine P. Barteau, Detlef-M Smilgies, Robert A. Distasio Jr., and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4639.

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42) Electrochemically Controlled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

Brian M. Peterson, Song Lin, and Brett P. Fors 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2076.

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41) Mechanistic Insight into the Photocontrolled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

Quentin Michaudel, Timothee Chauvire, Veronika Kottisch, Michael J. Supej, Katherine J. Stawiasz, Luxi Shen, Warren R. Zipfel, Héctor D. Abruña, Jack H. Freed, and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15530.

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40) Photocontrolled Interconversion of Cationic and Radical Polymerizations

Veronika Kottisch, Quentin Michaudel, and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10665.

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39) Manipulation of Molecular Weight Distribution Shape as a New Strategy to Control Processing Parameters 

Milena Nadgorny, Dillon T. Gentekos, Zeyun Xiao, S. Parker Singleton, Brett P. Fors, and Luke A. Connal

Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2017, 1700352.

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38) Synthesis of Methylene Butyrolactone Polymers from Itaconic Acid

Jacob T. Trotta, Mengjuan Jin, Katherine J. Stawiasz, Quentin Michaudel, Wei-Liang Chen, and Brett P. Fors

J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem. 2017, 55, 2730.

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37) Cationic Polymerization: From Photoinitiation to Photocontrol

Quentin Michaudel, Veronika Kottisch, and Brett P. Fors

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 9670.

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36) Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers Controlled by Visible Light

Veronika Kottisch,^‡ Quentin Michaudel,^‡ and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 15535.

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35) Storing Information at the Molecular Level: Efficient Synthesis of “Barcode” Polymers, Preview

Quentin Michaudel and Brett P. Fors

Chem, 2016, 1, 23.

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34) Shaping the Future of Molecular Weight Distributions in Anionic Polymerizations

Veronika Kottisch, Dillion T. Gentekos, and Brett P. Fors

ACS Macro Lett. 2016, 5, 796.

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33) Extremely Rapid and Versatile Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Step Growth Polymers via Oxime Click Chemistry

Joe Collins, Zeyun Xiao, Andrea Espinosa-Gomez, Brett P. Fors, and Luke A. Connal

Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 2581.

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32) Beyond Dispersity: Deterministic Control of Polymer Molecular Weight Distributions

Dillon T. Gentekos, Lauren N. Dupuis, and Brett P. Fors

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 1848.

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31) Organic Catalysts for Photocontrolled Polymerizations

Jacob T. Trotta and Brett P. Fors

Synlett, 2016, 27, 702.

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30) Synthesis of Amorphous Monomeric Glass Mixtures of Organic Electronic Applications

You-Chi Mason Wu, Michel F. Molaire, Catherine R. DeBlase, David S. Weiss, and Brett P. Fors

J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 12740.

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29) Metal-Free Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Nicolas J. Treat, Hazel Sprafke, John W. Kramer, Paul G. Clark, Bryan E. Barton, Javier Read de Alaniz, Brett P. Fors, and Craig J. Hawker

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16096.

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28) Hannah P. Luehmann, Lisa Detering, Brett P. Fors, Eric D. Pressly, Pamela K. Woodard, Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Robert J. Gropler, Craig J. Hawker, Yongjian Liu “PET/CT Imaging of Chemokine Receptors in Inflammatory Atherosclerosis Using Targeted Nanoparticles” J. Nucl. Med. 2016, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.115.166751.

27) Anna Melker, Brett P. Fors, Craig J. Hawker, Justin E. Poelma “Continuous Flow Synthesis of Poly(methyl methacrylate) via a Light-Mediated Controlled Radical Polymerization” J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2015, 53, 2693.

26) Nicolas J. Treat, Brett P. Fors, John W. Kramer, Matthew Christianson, Chien-Yang Chiu, Javier Read de Alaniz, Craig J. Hawker “Controlled Radical Polymerization of Acrylates Regulated by Visible Light” ACS Macro Lett. 2014, 3, 580.

25) Maxwell J. Robb, Brandon Newton, Brett P. Fors, Craig J. Hawker “One-Step Synthesis of Unsymmetrical N-Alkyl-N’-Aryl Perylene Diimides” J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 6360.

24) Lauren M. Misch, Alexander Birkel, C. Adrian Figg, Brett P. Fors, Craig J. Hawker, Galen D. Stucky, Ram Seshadri “Rapid Microwave-Assisted Sol-Gel Preparation of Pd-Substituted LnFeO₃ (Ln = Y, La):  Phase Formation and Catalytic Activity” Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 2079.

23) Brett P. Fors, Justin E. Poelma, Matthew S. Menyo, Maxwell J. Robb, Daniel M. Spokoyny, John W. Kramer, J. Herbert Waite, Craig J. Hawker “Fabrication of Unique Chemical Patterns and Surface Concentration Gradients with Visible Light” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14106.

22) Justin E. Poelma, Brett P. Fors, Gregory F. Meyers, John W. Kramer, Craig J. Hawker “Fabrication of Complex 3-Dimensional Polymer Brush Nanostructures via Light-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6844.

21) Frank A. Leibfarth, Kaila M. Mattson, Brett P. Fors, Hazel A. Collins, Craig J. Hawker “External Regulation of Controlled Polymerizations” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 199.

20) Brett P. Fors, Craig J. Hawker “Control of a Living Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates by Light” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8850.

19) Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Nathaniel H. Park, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Aryl Carbamates” Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1394.

18) Ekaterina V. Vinogradova, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Aryl Chlorides and Triflates with Sodium Cyanate:  A Practical Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Ureas” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11132.

17) Satoshi Ueda, Siraj Ali, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “Me₃(OMe)tBuXPhos:  A Surrogate Ligand for Me₄tBuXPhos in Palladium-Catalyzed C­–N and C–O Bond-Forming Reactions” J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2543.

16) Simon Breitler, Nathan J. Oldenhuis, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diarylureas via Pd-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions” Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3262.

15) Brett P. Fors and Stephen L. Buchwald “Commentary on ‘A New, Efficient and Recyclable Lanthanum(III) Oxide-Catalyzed C-N Cross-Coupling’ by S. Narayana Murthy, B. Madhav, V. Prakash Reddy, and Y. V. D. Nageswar, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 3241–3245” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 3119.

14) Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “A Multiligand Based Pd Catalyst for C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15914.

13) Xiaoxing Wu, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “A Single Phosphine Ligand Allows Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular C–O Bond Formation with Secondary and Primary Alcohols” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9943.

12) Debrata Maiti, Brett P. Fors, Jaclyn L. Henderson, Yoshinori Nakamura, Stephen L. Buchwald “Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Functionalized Primary and Secondary Amines with Aryl and Heteroaryl Halides:  Two Ligands Suffice in Most Cases” Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 57.

11) Karin Dooleweerdt, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Amides and Aryl Mesylates” Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2350.

10) Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “Pd-Catalyzed Conversion of Aryl Chlorides, Triflates, and Nonaflates to Nitroaromatics” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12898.

9)   John R. Naber, Brett P. Fors, Xiaoxing Wu, Jonathon T. Gunn, Stephen L. Buchwald “Stille Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryl Mesylates and Tosylates Using a Biarylphosphine Based Catalyst System” Heterocycles 2010, 80, 1215.

8)   Brijesh Bhayana, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “A Versatile Catalyst System for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of C(sp²)-Tosylates and Mesylates” Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 3954.

7)   Brett P. Fors, Karin Dooleweerdt, Qingle Zeng, Stephen L. Buchwald  “An Efficient System for the Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Amides and Aryl Chlorides” Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 6576.

6)   Brett P. Fors, Nicole R. Davis, Stephen L. Buchwald “An Efficient Process for Pd-Catalyzed C­­–N Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryl Iodides:  Insight Into Controlling Factors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5766.

5)   Brett P. Fors, Donald A. Watson, Mark R. Biscoe, Stephen L. Buchwald “A Highly Active Catalyst for Pd-Catalyzed Amination Reactions:  Cross-Coupling Reactions Using Aryl Mesylates and the Highly Selective Monoarylation of Primary Amines Using Aryl Chlorides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13552.

4)   Brett P. Fors, Philip Krattiger, Eric Strieter, Stephen L. Buchwald “Water-Mediated Catalyst Preactivation:  An Efficient Protocol for C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions” Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3505.

3)   Mark R. Biscoe, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “A New Class of Easily Activated Palladium Precatalysts for Facile C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions and the Low Temperature Oxidative Addition of Aryl Chlorides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6686.

2)   Ryan A. Altman, Brett P. Fors, Stephen L. Buchwald “Pd-Catalyzed Amination Reactions of Aryl Halides Using Bulky Biarylmonophosphine Ligands” Nature Protocols 2007, 2, 2881.

1)  Harry R. Chobanian, Brett P. Fors, Linus S. Lin  “A Facile Microwave-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of Aryl Chlorides” Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 3303.