Selected Publications

1. Muresan, M.; Green, J. R.* (2024) “Nicholas Reactions of Pentadiynyl-Co2(CO)6 Cations. Synthesis of Antimalarial Hinokiresinol Analogues”, Synthesis, in press, doi: 10.1055/a-2250-8050.

2. Penner, P.; Green, J. R. (2022) Generation and Reactions of ε-Carbonyl Cations via Group 13 Catalysis, Molecules (Special Issue Honouring Victor Snieckus) 27, 3078 (1-13).

3. Almubayedh, S.; Green, J. R.* (2022) Alkynedicobalt Mediated Vinylogous Nazarov Reactions, Org. Biomol. Chem. 20, 1004-1007.

4. Potter, M.; Green, J.; Mutus, B.* (2022) Fluorescein Isothiocyanate, a Platform for the Selective and Sensitive Detection of S-Nitrosothiols and Hydrogen Sulfide, Talanta, 237, 122981 (1-7).

5. St. Onge, B.; Taimoory, S. M.; Battersby, J.; Trant, J. F.*, Green, J. R.* (2021) Reaction of Alkynyl- and Alkenyltrifluoroborates with Propargyldicobalt Cations. Alkynylation, Alkenylation and Cyclopropanation Product Pathways, J. Org. Chem., 86, 18094-18106.

6. St. Onge, B.; Green, J. R.* (2021) The Formation of Benzoxacin-3-ones via Intramolecular Nicholas Reactions and Synthesis of 8- Membered Heliannuols, Org. Biomol. Chem, 19, 7152-7155.

7. Muresan, M.; Subramanian, H.; Sibi, M. P.*; Green, J. R.* (2021) Propargyl Radicals in Organic Synthesis, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 3359-3375.

8. Green, J. R.*; Nicholas, K. M.* (2020) Propargyl Coupling Reactions via Bimetallic Alkyne Complexes: the Nicholas Reaction, Org. React., 103, 931-1324.

9. Kaczmarek, R.; Korczyński, D.; Green, J. R.*; Dembinski, R.* (2020) Extension of the 5-Alkynyluridine Side Chain via C–C-Bond Formation in Modified Organometallic Nucleosides Using the Nicholas Reaction, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 16, 1-8.

10. Mehdi, M. A.; Bushnell, E. A. C.; Nikoo, S.; Gauld, J. W.; Green, J. R.* (2019) Generation and Reactions of a Benzodehydrotropylium ion-Co2(CO)6 Complex, ACS Omega, 4, 18600-18608.

11. St. Onge, B.; Green, J. R.*(2017) Nicholas Reactions of Alkynyl- and Alkenyltrifluoroborates, Synlett, 28, 2923-2928. (invited)

12. Tang,A.; Bell, J. G.; Green, J. R.;* Wang, J.* (2017) Complex Nonlinear Behavior in the Bromate - 2-Aminophenol Reaction, Int. J. Chem. Kinet., 49, 21-27.

13. Mahmood, A.; Ngenzi, R.; Penner, P. M.; Green, J. R.* (2016) Remote Functionalization in Nicholas Reactions of Vinylogous γ-Carbonyl Cations, Synlett, 27, 1245-1250.

14. Kolodziej, I.; Green, J. R.* (2015) Vinylogous Nicholas Reactions in the Synthesis of Bi- and Tricyclic Cycloheptynedicobalt Complexes, Org. Biomol. Chem., 13, 10852-10864.

15.  Mehdi, M.; Djurdjevic, S.; Green, J. R.* (2015) “Lewis Acid Catalyzed Synthesis of Allocolchicinoids” Synlett, 26, 2408-2412.

16. Green, J. R.*; Mehdi, M.; Djurdjevic, S. (2017) “Catalytic Method for Dibenzocycloheptane Synthesis and Allocolchicinoid Synthesis” USA patent No. 9,573,873, Feb 21, 2017.

17.  Djurdjevic, S.; Green, J. R.* (2014) “Synthesis of Tenuifolin via Intramolecular Nicholas Reaction”, Synlett, 25, 2467-2470.

18. Larocque, K.; Ovadje, P.; Djurdjevic, S.; Mehdi, M.; Green, J.; Pandey, S.* (2014) "Novel Analogue of Colchicine Induces Selective Pro-Death Autophagy and Necrosis in Human Cancer Cells", PLoS ONE, 9:e87064.   

19. Djurdjevic, S.; Green, J. R.* (2013) "Nicholas Reaction in the Synthesis of Dicobalt Dibenzocyclooctyne Complexes" Org. Lett., 15, 5468-5471.

20. Henkie, J. R.; Dhaliwal, S.; Green, J. R* (2012) “Bicatalytic Allylation-Cross Metathesis Reactions as γ-Carbonyl Cation Equivalents” Synlett, 23, 2371-2374.

21. Green, J. R* (2012) “Alkynedicobalt Complexes in γ-Carbonyl Cations and Cycloheptynedicobalt Complexes” Synlett, 23, 1271-1282, Invited Account.

22. Amiralaei, S.; Gauld, J.; Green, J. R.* (2011) “Dehydrotropylium-Co2(CO)6 Ion. Generation, Reactivity and Evaluation of Cation Stability”, Chem. Eur. J., 11, 4157-4165.