Nacsa Group Publications
Babcock, D. J.; Wolfram, A. J.; Barney, J. L.; Servagno, S. M.; Sharma, A.; *Nacsa, E. D. “A Free-Radical Design Featuring an Intramolecular Migration for a Synthetically Versatile Alkyl–(Hetero)Arylation of Simple Olefins.” Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 4031–4040.
Initially disclosed as ChemRxiv 2023, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-gxqsn-v2.
Haines, C. A.; Han, J.; *Nacsa, E. D. “An Electrochemical Design for Catalytic Dehydration: Direct, Room-Temperature Esterification without Acid or Base Additives.” Synlett 2024, eFirst, DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1751543.
Han, J.; Haines, C. A.; Piane, J. J.; Filien, L. L.; *Nacsa, E. D. “An Electrochemical Design for Catalytic Dehydration: Direct, Room-Temperature Esterification without Acid or Base Additives.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 15680–15687.
Highlighted in Nature Synthesis.
Before Penn State (Supervised Work)
Nacsa, E. D.; *MacMillan, D. W. C. “Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation by Metallaphotoredox Catalysis.” Organic Reactions 2019, 100, 471–546.
Nacsa, E. D.; *MacMillan, D. W. C. “Spin-Center Shift-Enabled Direct Enantioselective α-Benzylation of Aldehydes with Alcohols.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3322–3330.
Nacsa, E. D.; *Lambert, T. H. “Cross-coupling of Sulfonic Acid Derivatives via Aryl-Radical Transfer (ART) using TTMSS or Photoredox.” Org. Chem. Front. 2018, 5, 64–69.
Nacsa, E. D.; *Lambert, T. H. “Higher-Order Cyclopropenimine Superbases. Direct Neutral Brønsted Base Catalyzed Michael Reactions with α-Aryl Esters.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10246–10253.
Nacsa, E. D.; Fielder, B. C.; Wetzler, S. P.; Srisuknimit, V.; Litz, J. P.; Van Vleet, M. J.; Quach, K.; *Vosburg, D. A. “Direct, Biomimetic Synthesis of (+)-Artemone via a Stereoselective, Organocatalytic Cyclization.” Synthesis 2015, 47, 2599–2602.
An, J.; *Denton, R. M.; *Lambert, T. H.; Nacsa, E. D. “The Development of Catalytic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: Challenges, Progress and Future Directions.” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 2993–3003.
Nacsa, E. D.; *Lambert, T. H. “Cyclopropenone Catalyzed Inversion of Alcohols with Mesylate Ion.” Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 38–41.
*Lambert, T. H.; Nacsa, E. D. “Diphenylcyclopropenone.” Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis 2013.