Publications

Nicholas A. Phillips, Joshua S. Sapsford, Dániel Csókás, Bianka Kótai, Ines Perez-Tabarnero, Silvia Díez-González, Daniel J. Scott, Imre Pápai, Andrew E. Ashley

ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202401179

Unravelling White Phosphorus: Experimental and Computational Studies Reveal the Mechanisms of P4 Hydrostannylation

Jose Cammarata, Franz F. Westermair, Peter Coburger, Daniel Duvinage, Marvin Janssen, Maria K. Uttendorfer, Jens Beckmann, Ruth M. Gschwind, Robert Wolf, Daniel J. Scott

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202408423

Cobalt-Mediated Photochemical C−H Arylation of Pyrroles

Julia Märsch, Sebastian Reiter, Thomas Rittner, Rafael E. Rodriguez-Lugo, Maximillian Whitfield, Daniel J. Scott, Roger Jan Kutta, Patrick Nuernberger, Regina de Vivie-Riedle, Robert Wolf

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202405780

2023

Isolation of the elusive [Ru(bipy)3] : a key intermediate in photoredox catalysis

Samuel J. Horsewill, Chengyang Cao, Noah Dabney, Eric S. Yang, Stephen Faulkner, Daniel J. Scott

Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 14665-14668

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Shining Fresh Light on Complex Photoredox Mechanisms through Isolation of Intermediate Radical Anions

Samuel J. Horsewill, Gabriele Hierlmeier, Zahra Farasat, Joshua P. Barham, Daniel J. Scott

ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 9392-9403

A white phosphorus workaround

Daniel J. Scott

Nature Synthesis, 2023 (News & Views)

2022

Hydrostannylation of Red Phosphorus: A Convenient Route to Monophosphines

Jose Cammarata, Daniel J. Scott, Robert Wolf

Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28, e202202456

Photocatalytic Stannylation of White Phosphorus

Marion Till, Jose Cammarata, Robert Wolf, Daniel J. Scott

Chem. Comm., 2022, 58, 8986-8989

Part of the 2022 Emerging Investigators Collection

Recent Breakthroughs in P4 Chemistry: Towards Practical, Direct Transformations into P1 Compounds

Daniel J. Scott

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202205019

Photochemical transformation of chlorobenzenes and white phosphorus into arylphosphines and phosphonium salts

Marion Till, Verena Streitferdt, Daniel J. Scott, Michael Mende, Ruth M. Gschwind, Robert Wolf

Chem. Comm., 2022, 58, 1100-1103

Highlighted as a cover article

2021

Photocatalytic Arylation of P4 and PH3: Reaction Development Through Mechanistic Insight

Robin Rothfelder, Verena Streitferdt, Ulrich Lennert, Jose Cammarata, Daniel J. Scott, Kirsten Zeitler, Ruth M. Gschwind, Robert Wolf

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 24650-24658

Di-tert-butyldiphosphatetrahedrane as a Source of 1,2-Diphosphacyclobutadiene Ligands

Gabriele Hierlmeier, Peter Coburger, Daniel J. Scott, Thomas M. Maier, Stefan Pelties, Robert Wolf, Daniel M. Pividori, Karsten Meyer, Nicolaas P. van Leest, Bas de Bruin

Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 14936-14946

Synthesis of a carborane-substituted bis(phosphanido) cobaltate(I), ligand substitution, and unusual P4 fragmentation

Peter Coburger, Julia Leitl, Daniel J. Scott, Gabriele Hierlmeier, Ilya G. Shenderovich, Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, Robert Wolf

Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 11225-11235

Synthesis of monophosphines directly from white phosphorus

Daniel J. Scott, Jose Cammarata, Maximilian Schimpf, Robert Wolf

Nature Chem., 2021, 13, 458-464

Highlighted in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, Chemiextra and Chemie.de

Hole-mediated photoredox catalysis: tris(p-substituted)biarylaminium radical cations as tunable, precomplexing and potent photooxidants

Shangze Wu, Jonas Žurauskas, Michał Domański, Patrick S. Hitzfeld, Valeria Butera, Daniel J. Scott, Julia Rehbein, Ajeet Kumar, Erling Thyrhaug, Jürgen Hauer, Joshua P. Barham

Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 1132-1142

Transition-Metal-Mediated Functionalization of White Phosphorus

Christian M. Hoidn, Daniel J. Scott, Robert Wolf

Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 1886-1902

Highlighted by the editors as part of the Reviews Showcase

2020

Establishing the Role of Triflate Anions in H2 Activation by a Cationic Triorganotin(IV) Lewis Acid

Joshua S. Sapsford, Dániel Csókás, Daniel J. Scott, Roland C. Turnell-Ritson, Adam D. Piascik, Imre Pápai, Andrew E. Ashley

ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 7573-7583

Versatile Visible-Light-Driven Synthesis of Asymmetrical Phosphines and Phosphonium Salts

Percia Beatrice Arockiam, Ulrich Lennert, Christina Graf, Robin Rothfelder, Daniel J. Scott, Tillmann G. Fischer, Kirsten Zeitler, Robert Wolf

Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 16374-16382

A Phosphinine-Derived 1-Phospha-7-Bora-Norbornadiene: Frustrated Lewis Pair Type Activation of Triple Bonds

Julia Leitl, Andrew R. Jupp, Evi R. M. Habraken, Verena Streitferdt, Peter Coburger, Daniel J. Scott, Ruth M. Gschwind, Christian Müller, J. Chris Slootweg, Robert Wolf

Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 7788-7800

Highlighted as a cover article

Phosphorus Analogues of [Ni(bpy)2]: Synthesis and Application in Carbon–Halogen Bond Activation

Julia Leitl, Peter Coburger, Daniel J. Scott, Christoph C. P. Ziegler, Gabriele Hierlmeier, Robert Wolf, Nicolaas P. van Leest, Bas de Bruin, Gerald Hörner, Christian Müller

Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 9951-9961

2019

Direct catalytic transformation of white phosphorus into arylphosphines and phosphonium salts

Ulrich Lennert, Percia Beatrice Arockiam, Verena Streitferdt, Daniel J. Scott, Christian Rödl, Ruth M. Gschwind, Robert Wolf

Nature Catal., 2019, 2, 1101-1106

Facile C=O Bond Splitting of Carbon Dioxide Induced by Metal–Ligand Cooperativity in a Phosphinine Iron(0) Complex

Julia Leitl, Michael Marquardt, Peter Coburger, Daniel J. Scott, Verena Streitferdt, Ruth M. Gschwind, Christian Müller, Robert Wolf

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 15407-15411

Enantioselective reduction of N-alkyl ketimines with frustrated Lewis pair catalysis using chiral borenium ions

Dan M. Mercea, Michael G. Howlett, Adam D. Piascik, Daniel J. Scott, Alan Steven, Andrew E. Ashley, Matthew J. Fuchter

Chem. Comm., 2019, 55, 7077-7080

A New Mode of Chemical Reactivity for Metal-Free Hydrogen Activation by Lewis Acidic Boranes

Elliot L. Bennett, Elliot J. Lawrence, Robin J. Blagg, Anna S. Mullen, Fraser MacMillan, Andreas W. Ehlers, Daniel J. Scott, Joshua S. Sapsford, Andrew E. Ashley, Gregory G. Wildgoose, J. Chris Slootweg

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 8362-8366