Publications
9) Zirconium-Catalysed Hydrosilylation of Esters and Depolymerisation of Polyester Plastic Waste. L. J. Donnelly*, M. Kobylarski, J. Berthet and T. Cantat*, Green Chem., 2022, 24, 6810-6815 (Invited contribution to International Symposium on Green Chemistry (ISGC) 2022 Special Issue).
8) Reduction of Secondary Amides to Imines Catalysed by Schwartz’s Reagent. L. J. Donnelly*, J.-C. Berthet, T. Cantat*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202206170 (Highlighted in Synfacts; featured in Org. Chem. Highlights; awarded Hot Paper status by ACIE; and highlighted in an author profile: ‘Introducing… Liam J. Donnelly’. L. J. Donnelly*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202207896).
7) Arene C-H Borylation by Phosphine-Ligated Rhenium Boryl Catalysts. L. J. Donnelly, T. Faber, C. A. Morrison, S. P. Thomas, J. B. Love, ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 7394−7400.
6) Aryl Boronic Acid‐Catalysed Dehydrative C-C Bond Formation. S. Estopiñá-Durán, E. B. Mclean, L. J. Donnelly, B. M. Hockin, J. E. Taylor, Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 7547-7551.
5) Synthesis and Structures of Anionic Rhenium Polyhydride Complexes of Boron-Hydride Ligands and their Application in Catalysis. L. J. Donnelly, S. Parsons, C. A. Morrison, S. P. Thomas, J. B. Love, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 9994-9999.
4) Recent Advances in the Deoxydehydration of Vicinal Diols and Polyols. L. J. Donnelly, S. P. Thomas, J. B. Love, Chem. Asian J., 2019, 14, 3782-3790 (Invited Review Article)
3) Aryl Boronic Acid‐Catalysed Dehydrative Substitution of Benzylic Alcohols for C‐O Bond Formation. S. Estopiñá- Durán, L. J. Donnelly, E. B. Mclean, B. M. Hockin, A. M. Z. Slawin, J. E. Taylor, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 3950-3956 (Highlighted in Nature Chemistry).
2) Exploiting the Bis-Nucleophilicity of α-Aminoboronates: Copper-Catalyzed, Intramolecular Aminoalkylations of Bromobenzoyl Chlorides. A. M. Dumas, A. J. Sieradzki, L. J. Donnelly, Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 1848 – 1851 (Highlighted in ChemInform).
1) Catalytic Reductive N-Alkylation of Amines using Carboxylic Acids. K. G. Andrews, D. M. Summers, L. J. Donnelly, R. M. Denton, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 1855-1858 (Highlighted in ChemInform).