PUBLICATIONS
41.) The Impact of Ligand Carboxylates on Electrocatalyzed Water Oxidation. B. Das,* A. Rahaman, A. Shatskiy, O. Verho, M. Kärkäs, B. Åkermark. Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 3326.
40.) A Study of an 8-Aminoquinoline-Directed C(sp2)–H Arylation Reaction on the Route to Chiral Cyclobutane Keto Acids from Myrtenal. M. Pourghasemi-Lati,* J. Ståhle, M. Oschmann O. Verho,* J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 8527.
39.) Investigation of the Deactivation and Reactivation Mechanism of a Heterogeneous Palladium(II) Catalyst in the Cycloisomerization of Acetylenic Acids by In Situ XAS. N. Yuan, A. Gudmundsson, K.P. J. Gustafson, M. Oschmann,C. -W. Tai, I. Persson, X. Zou, O. Verho,* E. G Bajnoczi,* J. -E. Bäckvall, ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 2999.
38.) Synthesis of Elaborate Benzofuran-2-carboxamide Derivatives through a Combination of 8-Aminoquinoline Directed C–H Arylation and Transamidation Chemistry. M. Oschmann, L. Johansson Holm, M. Pourghasemi-Lati, O. Verho,* Molecules 2020, 25, 361.
Invited contribution to special issue "Recent Advances in C-H Functionalization".
24.) Evaluation of Fe and Ru Pincer-type Complexes as Catalysts for the Racemization of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols
C. Bornschein, K. P. J. Gustafson, O. Verho, M. Beller, J. –E. Bäckvall.*Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 11583-11586.
23.) Mild and Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of the C=C bond in α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds using Supported Palladium Nanoparticles. A. Nagendiran, V. Pascanu, A. Bermejo Gomez, G. Gonzalez Miera, C. –W. Tai, O. Verho,* Belen Martin-Matute,* J. –E. Bäckvall.*Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 11583-11586. Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12, 0877.
35.) Synergistic Effects of Stereochemistry and Appendages on the Performance Diversity of a Collection of Synthetic Compounds. B. Melillo†, J. Zoller†, B. K. Hua†, O. Verho†, J. C. Borghs, S. D. Nelson Jr., M. Maetani, M. J. Wawer, P. A. Clemons, S. L. Schreiber,*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 11784-11790. † All authors contributed equally to the manuscript.
34.) Palladium Nanoparticles Immobilized on an Aminopropyl-functionalized Silica-Magnetite Composite as an Recyclable Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Reactions. Pourghasemi Lati, M. N. Iqbal, M. Alinia-Asli, F. Shirini, M. A. Rezvani, B. Åkermark,* E. V. Johnston,* O. Verho,* ChemistrySelect 2018, 3, 7970-7975.
33.) A Two-step Procedure for the Overall Transamidation of 8-Aminoquinoline Amides Proceeding the Intermediate N-Acyl-Boc Carbamates. O. Verho,* M. Pourghasemi-Lati, M. Oschmann. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 4464-4476.
32.) Copper Nanoparticles on Controlled Pore Glass and TEMPO for the Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols.
I. Ibrahem,* M. N. Iqbal, O. Verho, Alireza Eivazihollagh, Peter Olsén, Håkan Edlund, Cheuk-Wai Tai, Magnus Norgren,* E. V. Johnston*
ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 71-75.
31.) Stereospecific Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Arylation of Pyroglutamic Acid Derivatives at the C3 Position Enabled by 8-Aminoquinoline as a Directing Group. O. Verho, M. Maetani, B. Melillo, J. Zoller, S. L. Schreiber.* Org. Lett. 2017,19, 4424-4427.
30.) Synthesis of a Bicyclic Azetidine with In Vivo Antimalarial Activity Enabled by Stereospecific, Directed C(sp3)−H Arylation
M. Maetani†, J. Zoller†, B. Melillo†, O. Verho†, N. Kato, J. Pu, E. Comer, S. L. Schreiber* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11300-11306. Highlighted in Synfacts 2017, 13, 1124. † All authors contributed equally to the manuscript.
29.) Design of a Pd(0)-CalB CLEA Biohybrid Catalyst and Its Application in a One-Pot Cascade Reaction
T. Görbe, K. P. J. Gustafson, O. Verho, G. Kervefors, H. Zheng, X. Zou, E. V. Johnston,* J. –E. Bäckvall.* ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 1601-1605. Highlighted in Synfacts 2017, 13, 0657.
28.) Water Oxidation Mediated by Ruthenium Oxide Nanoparticles Supported on Siliceous Mesocellular Foam.
K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Shatskiy, O. Verho, M. D. Kärkäs, B. Schluschass, C. –W. Tai, B. Åkermark,* J. –E. Bäckvall,* E. V. Johnston*
Cat. Sci. Tech. 2017, 7, 293-299.
27.) Discovery of 8-Membered Ring Sulfonamides as Inhibitors of Oncogenic Mutant Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1
J. M. Law, S. C. Stark, K. Liu, N. E. Liang, M. M. Hussain, M. Leiendecker, D. Ito, O. Verho, A. M. Stern, S. E. Johnston, Y. –L. Zhang, G. P. Dunn, A. F. Shamji,* S. L. Schreiber.* ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 944-949.
26.) Real-Time Biological Annotation of Synthetic Compounds
C. J. Gerry, B. K. Hua, M. J. Wawer, J. P. Knowles, S. D. Nelson Jr., O. Verho, S. Dandapani, B. K. Wagner, P. A. Clemons, K. I. Booker-Milburn, Z. Boskovic,* S. L. Schreiber.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8920-8927.
25.) Application of Pd Nanoparticles Supported on Mesoporous Hollow Silica Nanospheres for the Efficient and Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes. O. Verho,* H. Zheng, K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Nagendiran, X. Zou,* J. –E. Bäckvall.*
ChemCatChem 2016, 8, 773-778.
1.) The Mechanism of Racemization of sec-Alcohols Catalyzed by a Cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Complex-Investigation of CO Exchange
M. C. Warner, O. Verho, J.-E. Bäckvall.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2820-2823.
Book Contributions
5.) Highly Enantioselective Cascade Transformations by Merging Heterogeneous Transition Metal Catalysis with Asymmetric Aminocatalysis. L. Deiana, S. Afewerki, C. Palo-Nieto, O. Verho, E. V. Johnston,* A. Córdova.* Sci. Rep. 2012, 2, Article nr. 851.
4.) Application and Mechanistic Studies of a Water Oxidation Catalyst in Alcohol Oxidation by Employing Oxygen-Transfer Reagents O. Verho, M. D. V. Dilenstam, M. D. Kärkäs, E. V. Johnston, J.-E. Bäckvall,* B. Åkermark.* Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 16947-16954.
3.) Highly Dispersed Palladium Nanoparticles on Mesocellular Foam: An Efficient and Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Alcohol Oxidation. E. V. Johnston, O. Verho, M. D. Kärkäs, M. Shakeri, C.-W. Tai, P. Palmgren, K. Eriksson, S. Oscarsson,* J.-E. Bäckvall.
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 12202-12206. Highlighted in Synfacts 2012, 8, 1387.
2.) Tuning of the Electronic Properties of a Cyclopentadienylruthenium Catalyst to Match Racemization of Electron-Rich and Electron-Deficient Alcohols. O. Verho, E. V. Johnston, E. Karlsson, J.-E. Bäckvall.* Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 11216-11222.
12.) Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Primary Amines Using a Recyclable Palladium Nanoparticle Catalyst Together with Lipases. K. P. J. Gustafson, R. Lihammar, O. Verho, K. Engström, J. -E. Bäckvall* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 3747-3751.
Highlighted as a Featured Article by the Editorial Staff.
11.) Combined Heterogeneous Metal/Chiral Amine: Multiple Relay Catalysis for Versatile Eco-friendly Synthesis
L. Deiana, Y. Jiang, C. Palo-Nieto, S. Afawerki, C. Incerti-Pradillos, O. Verho, C. –W. Tai, E. V. Johnston,* A. Córdova*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 3447-3451
10.) Cycloisomerization of Acetylenic Acids to γ-Alkylidene Lactones using a Palladium(II) Catalyst Supported on Amino-Functionalized Siliceous Mesocellular Foam. A. Nagendiran, O. Verho, C. Haller, E. V. Johnston,* J. -E. Bäckvall.* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 1399-1405.
9.) Artificial Photosynthesis: From Nanosecond Electron Transfer to Water Oxidation. M. D. Kärkäs, E. V. Johnston, O. Verho, B. Åkermark* Acc. Chem. Res. 2014, 47, 100-111.
8.) Nanopalladium on Amino-Functionalized Mesocellular Foam as an Efficient and Recyclable Catalyst for the Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes to Anilines O. Verho, A. Nagendiran, C. -W. Tai, E. V. Johnston, J. -E. Bäckvall*
ChemCatChem 2014, 6, 205-211.
7.) Co-immobilization of an Enzyme and a Metal into the Compartments of Mesoporous Silica for Cooperative Tandem Catalysis: An Artificial Metalloenzyme. K. Engström†, E. V. Johnston†, O. Verho†, K. P. J. Gustafsson, M. Shakeri, C. -W. Tai, J.-E. Bäckvall*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14006-14010. †All authors contributed equally to the manuscript. Hot paper.
15.) Enantioselective Heterogeneous Synergistic Catalysis for Asymmetric Cascade Transformations
L. Deiana, L. Ghizu, S. Afawerki, O. Verho, E. V. Johnston, N. Hedin, Z. Bacsik, A. Córdova* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 2485-2492. Highlighted in Synfacts 2014, 10, 1178.
14.) Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Aryl Iodides using Palladium Nanoparticles Dispersed on Siliceous Mesocellular Foam. F. G. Tinnis, O. Verho, K. P. J. Gustafson, C.-W. Tai, J. -E. Bäckvall,* H. Adolfsson.* Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 5885-5889.
13.) A General Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction of Heteroaromatics Catalyzed by Nanopalladium on Amino-Functionalized Siliceous Mesocellular Foam. E. Bratt, O. Verho, M. Johansson, J. –E. Bäckvall* J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 3946-3954.
Highlighted in Synfacts 2014, 10, 0887.
6.) Nanopalladium on Amino-Functionalized Mesocellular Foam: An Efficient Catalyst for Suzuki Reactions and Transfer Hydrogenations. O. Verho, A. Nagendiran, E. V. Johnston, C.-W. Tai, J.-E. Bäckvall.* ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 612-618.
22.) Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution: A Powerful Tool for the Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure Alcohols and Amines
O. Verho, J.-E. Bäckvall.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3996-4009. Cited over 150 times!
21.) Dispersed Gold Nanoparticles Supported in the Pores of Siliceous Mesocellular Foam. An Efficient Catalyst for Cycloisomerization of Alkynoic Acids to γ-Alkylidene Lactones. K. Eriksson†, O. Verho†, L. Nyholm, S. Oscarsson,* J.-E. Bäckvall*
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 2250-2255. Highlighted in Synfacts 2015, 11, 0779. † All authors contributed equally to the manuscript.
20.) Well-Defined Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Siliceous Mesocellular Foam as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysts for Water Oxidation. O. Verho, T. Åkermark, E. V. Johnston, K. P. J. Gustafsson, C.-W. Tai, H. Svengren, M. D. Kärkäs,* J. –E. Bäckvall,* B. Åkermark.*Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5909-5915.
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19.) Application of Palladium on Carbon as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Mild Deoxygenation of Aromatic Aldehydes and Ketones Using Polymethylhydrosiloxane as the Reducing Agent. A. Volkov, K. P. J. Gustafson, O. Verho,* J. –E. Bäckvall,* H. Adolfsson,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5122-5126. Highlighted in Synfacts 2015, 11, 0778.
18.) Artificial Photosynthesis: Molecular Systems for Catalytic Water Oxidation
M. D. Kärkäs, O. Verho, E. V. Johnston, B. Åkermark* Chem. Rev. 2014, 14, 11863-12001. Cited over 700 times!
17.) Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Applied as a Support for Pd and Au Nanocatalysts in Cycloisomerization Reactions
O. Verho, F. Gao,* E. V. Johnston, W. Wan, A. Nagendiran, H. Zheng, J. –E. Bäckvall,* X. Zou.* APL Mat. 2014, 2, 113316.
16.) Mild and Selective Hydrogenation of Nitro Compounds Using Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Amino-Functionalized Mesocellular Foam. O. Verho,* K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Nagendiran, C. –W. Tai, J. –E. Bäckvall.* ChemCatChem 2014, 6, 3153-3159.
37.) Efficient 1,3‐Oxazolidin‐2‐one Synthesis through Heterogeneous Pd(II)‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroamination of Propargylic Carbamates. M. Oschmann, C. Placais, A.Nagendiran, J. -E. Bäckvall,* O. Verho,* Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6295-6299.
36.) Convenient access to chiral cyclobutanes with three contiguous stereocenters from verbenone enabled by directed C(sp3)–H arylation
A. J. Schmitz, A. Ricke, M. Oschmann, O. Verho,* Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 5154-5157
42.) Ruthenium containing molecular electrocatalyst on glassy carbon for electrochemical water splitting. L. Li,* B. Das,* A. Rahaman, A. Shatskiy, F. Ye, P. Cheng, C. Yuan, Z. Yang, O. Verho,* M. D. Kärkäs, J. Dutta, T. –C. Weng, B. Åkermark*. Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 7957-7965
43.) Cobalt Electrocatalyst on Fluorine Doped Carbon Cloth – a Robust and Partially Regenerable Anode for Water Oxidation
B. Das,* E. A. Toledo-Carrillo, L. Li, F. Ye, J. Chen, A. Slabon, O. Verho,* L. Eriksson, M. Göthelid, J. Dutta, B. Åkermark*
ChemCatChem 2022, 14, e2022005
44.) Electrochemical Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation-Cyclization of Enallenols. J. Zhang, B. Das, O. Verho, J. –E. Bäckvall*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202212131
1.) L. Pilarski,* Z. Giustra, O. Verho
CHF-0034: Ru-catalyzed C–C bond formation via C–H bond cleavage
Chapter in the book “Handbook of C–H functionalization”. John Wiley & Sons. 2022.
2.) O. Verho, K. P. J. Gustafson, J. –E. Bäckvall*
Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of a Primary Amine by an Efficient Bifunctional Pd-CALB Hybrid Catalyst-AMetalloenzyme Mimic for Enhanced Cooperative Catalysis
Experimental Procedure published in the book ”Practical Methods in Biocatalysis and Biotransformations, 3rd Volume”. Paragraph 3.3,
pp. 50-53, Wiley-VCH. Published April 2016.
3.) M. D. Kärkäs,* O. Verho,* B. Åkermark*
Metalloenzyme-Inspired Systems for Alternative Energy Harvest
Chapter in the book “Artificial Metalloenzymes and MetalloDNAzymes in Catalysis. From Design to Applications”.
Eds. J. –E. Bäckvall, O. Pàmies, M. Diéquez, Chapter 12, Wiley-VCH. Published March 2018.
4.) O. Verho, J. –E. Bäckvall*
Nanocatalysis meets biology
Top. Organometal. Chem., Springer Berlin. Published April 2020.