Publications

At Montana State:

  1. Kania, M. J.; Reyes, A.; Neufeldt, S. R. Oxidative Addition of (Hetero)aryl (Pseudo)halides at Palladium(0): Origin and Significance of Divergent Mechanisms J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, ASAP.
  2. Larson, N. G.; Norman, J. P.; Neufeldt, S. R. Mechanistic Origin of Ligand Effects on Exhaustive Functionalization During Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Dihaloarenes ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 7127–7135.
  3. Duran-Camacho, G.; Bland, D. C.; Li, F.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. Nickel-Based Catalysts for the Selective Monoarylation of Dichloropyridines: Ligand Effects and Mechanistic Insights ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 6404–6412.
  4. Sloane, S. E.; Vang, Z. P.; Nelson, G.; Qi, L.; Sonstrom, R. E.; Alansari, I. Y.; Behlow, K. T.; Pate, B. H.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Clark, J. R. Precision Deuteration Using Cu-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrodeuteration to Access Small Molecules Deuterated at the Benzylic Position JACS Au 2023, Article ASAP.
  5. Ibsen, G. M.; Menezes da Silva, V. H.; Pettigrew, J. C.; Neufeldt, S. R. Triflate-Selective Suzuki Cross-Coupling of Chloro- and Bromoaryl Triflates Under Ligand-Free Conditions Chem. Asian J. 2023, e202300.
  6. Rehbein, S. M; Kania, M. J.; Neufeldt, S. R. C(sp3)−H Oxidative Addition at Tantalocene Hydrides Organometallics 2023, Article ASAP
  7. Norman, J. P.; Neufeldt, S. R. The Road Less Traveled: Unconventional Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Dihalogenated N-Heteroarenes ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 12014
  8. Norman, J. P.; Larson, N. G; Neufeldt, S. R. Different Oxidative Addition Mechanisms for 12- and 14-Electron Palladium(0) Explain Ligand-Controlled Divergent Site Selectivity ACS Catalysis 2022, 12, 8822
  9. Norman, J. P.; Larson, N. G; Entz, E. D.; Neufeldt, S. R. Unconventional Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Dichloroheteroarenes under Ligand-Controlled and Ligand-Free Systems J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 7414
  10. Elias, E. K.; Rehbein, S. M.; Neufeldt, S. R. Solvent coordination to palladium can invert the selectivity of oxidative addition Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 1618
  11. Humke, J. N.; Daley, R. S.; Morrenzin, A. S.; Neufeldt, S. R. Combined Experimental and Computational Mechanistic Investigation of the Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Sodium Benzoates with Chloroarenes J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 11419
  12. Rehbein, S. M.; Kania, M. J.; Neufeldt, S. R. Experimental and Computational Evaluation of Tantalocene Hydrides for C—H Activation of Arenes Organometallics 2021, 40, 2666.
  13. Daley, R. S.; Morrenzin, A. S.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Topczewski, J. J. Mechanistic Investigation into the Gold Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Iodoarenes ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 9578
  14. Russell, J. E. A.; Neufeldt, S. R. C—O Selective Cross-Coupling of Chlorinated Phenol Derivatives Synlett 2021, 32, 1484.
  15. Reeves, E. K.; Entz, E. D.; Neufeldt, S. R. Chemodivergence between Electrophiles in Cross-Coupling Reactions Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 6161 
  16. Entz, E. D.; Russell, J. E. A.; Hooker, L. V.; Neufeldt, S. R. Small Phosphine Ligands Enable Selective Oxidative Addition of Ar—O over Ar—Cl Bonds at Nickel(0). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 15454 
  17. Daley, R. A.; Morrenzin, A. S.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Topcewski, J. J. Gold Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Iodoarenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13210.
  18. Reeves, E. K.; Bauman, O. R.; Mitchem, G. B.; Neufeldt, S. R. Solvent Effects on the Selectivity of Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Couplings. Isr. J. Chem. 2020, 60, 406. 
  19. Reeves, E. K.; Humke, J. N.; Neufeldt, S. R. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand-Controlled Chemodivergent Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 11799–11812. Featured on the JOC “most-read” list in October 2019 and highlighted in OPR&D.
  20. Russell, E. A. J.; Entz, E. D.; Joyce, I. M.; Neufeldt, S. R. Nickel-Catalyzed Stille Cross Coupling of C—O Electrophiles. ACS Catalysis 2019, 9, 3304–3310. Featured on the ACS Catalysis “most-read” list in April 2019.
  21. Hooker, L. V.; Neufeldt, S. R. Ligation state of nickel during C–O bond activation with monodentate phosphines. Tetrahedron 2018, 74, 6717–6725.

 

Before Montana State:

      1. Neufeldt, S. R.; Jiménez-Osés, G.; Huckins, J. R.; Thiel, O. R.; Houk, K. N. Pyridine N-Oxide vs. Pyridine Substrates for Rh(III)-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H Bond Functionalization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 9843–9854.
      2. Neufeldt, S. R.; Jiménez-Osés, G.; Comins, D. L.; Houk, K. N. A Twist on Facial Selectivity of Hydride Reductions of Cyclic Ketones: Twist-Boat Conformers in Cyclohexanone, Piperidone, and Tropinone Reactions. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 11609–11618.
      3. Seigerman, C. K.; Micyus, T. M.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Arylation Using Aryltrifluoroborates in Conjunction with a MnIII Oxidant under Mild Conditions. Tetrahedron 2013, 69, 5580–5587.
      4. Neufeldt, S. R.; Seigerman, C. K.; Sanford, M. S. Mild Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Alkylation Using Potassium Alkyltrifluoroborates in Combination with MnF3. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2302–2305.
      5. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. Asymmetric Chiral Ligand-Directed Alkene Dioxygenation. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 46-49.
      6. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. Combining Transition Metal Catalysis with Radical Chemistry: Dramatic Acceleration of Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3517–3522.
      7. Neufeldt, S. R. Ammonium Peroxydisulfate (First Update, 2012). Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis [Online]. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.ra096.pub2.
      8. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. Controlling Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization. Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 936–946.
      9. Kalyani, D.; McMurtrey, K. B.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. Room-Temperature C–H Arylation: Merger of Pd-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization and Visible-Light Photocatalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18566–18569.
      10. Neufeldt, S. R. Palladium, bis(benzo[h]quinolin-10-yl-κC,κN)di-µ-chlorodi– (2011), Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis [Online], John Wiley & Sons Ltd., DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01397.
      11. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. O-Acetyl Oximes as Transformable Directing Groups for Pd-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 532–535.
      12. Grant, D. J.; Matus, M. H.; Anderson, K. D.; Camaioni, D. M.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Lane, C. F.; Dixon, D. A. Thermochemistry for the Dehydrogenation of Methyl-Substituted Ammonia Borane Compounds. J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 6121–6132.
      13. Molander, G. A.; Sommers, E. M., Neufeldt, S. R. Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Chiral Ene-allenes Using Alkenyl Trifluoroborates. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 1563–1568.