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2025

Context rules! Special issue on Physical Organic Chemistry: Never Out of Style. Abe, M.; Reid, J. P.; Sander, W.; Schreiner, P. R.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2025, in press (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.5c02944).

Diastereoselective, photocatalytic [2+2] dimerizations of alkenylboronic acids promoted by sugar alcohols. Charlery, A.; Desai, S. P.; Zambri, M. T.; Taylor, M. S. Tetrahedron Lett. 2025, 171–172, 155827 (Special issue for Eric Jacobsen).

Regioselective, Lewis acid-catalyzed ring-openings of 2,3-aziridyl alcohols with azoles. Zheng, B.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 6278–6293.

Site-selective O-arylation of carbohydrate derivatives through nickel–photoredox catalysis. Jdanova, S.; Guthrie, J. G.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 479–492.

2024

Rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective ring-openings of oxabicyclic alkenes with azole nucleophiles. Zambri, M. T.; Grewal, A.; Lautens, M.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89 16889–16898.

On the mechanism of carboxylate elimination from carbohydrate monoester-derived radicals. Turner, J. A.; Zipse, H.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 3225–3229.

Synergistic organoboron/palladium co-catalyzed dehydrative couplings of azoles with allylic alcohols: a combined experimental and computational mechanistic investigation. Zambri, M. T.; Hou, T. R.; Jdanova, S.; Taylor, M. S. ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 6728–6739.

Boronic acid-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective N-glycosylations of purines and other azole heterocycles: access to nucleoside analogs. Desai, S. P.; Yatzoglou, G.; Turner, J. A.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 4973–4984.

Transformations of carbohydrate derivatives enabled by photocatalysis and visible light photochemistry. Gorelik, D. J.; Desai, S. P.; Jdanova, S.; Turner, J. A.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 1204–1236.

Synergistic organoboron/palladium catalysis for regioselective N-allylation of 2-pyridones, 4-pyridones and related ambident heterocycles. Yatzoglou, G.; Zambri, M. T.; Desai, S. P.; Taylor, M. S. Synlett 2024, 35, 915–919 (Special issue in memory of Keith Fagnou).

2023

Organoboron/palladium co-catalytic allylation of NH-sulfoximines using allylic alcohols. Zambri, M. T.; Ho, C.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8274–8278.

Understanding the origins of site selectivity in hydrogen atom transfer reactions from carbohydrates to the quinuclidinium radical cation: a computational study. Turner, J. A.; Adrianov, T.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 5713–5730.

Mechanistic study of the copper(II)-mediated site-selective O-arylation of glycosides with arylboronic acids. Jdanova, S.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 3487–3498.

Synthesis of 1,2,4,5-oxadiazaboroles by three-component condensations of hydroxylamines, nitriles, and diarylborinic acids. Ge, Z.; Lough, A. J.; Taylor, M. S. Can. J. Chem. 2023, 101, 205–211 (Special issue in memory of Suning Wang).

2022

Synergistic organoboron/palladium catalysis for regioselective N-allylations of azoles with allylic alcohols. Zambri, M. T.; Hou, T. R.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 7617–7621.

Catalyst-controlled, site-selective sulfamoylation of carbohydrate derivatives. Gorelik, D. J.; Turner, J. A.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5249–5253.

Borinic acid catalyzed regioselective N-alkylation of azoles. Desai, S. P.; Zambri, M. T.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 5385–5394.

Effects of configuration and substitution on C–H bond dissociation enthalpies in carbohydrate derivatives: a systematic computational study. Turner, J. A.; Adrianov, T.; Zakaria, M. A.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 1421–1433.

2021

Photocatalytic, site-selective oxidations of carbohydrates. Gorelik, D. J.; Dimakos, V.; Adrianov, T.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 12135–12138.

Diarylborinic acid-catalyzed regioselective ring openings of epoxy alcohols with pyrazoles, imidazoles, triazoles, and other nitrogen heterocycles. Desai, S. P.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7049–7054.

Synthesis of ketodeoxysugars from acylated pyranosides using photoredox catalysis and hydrogen atom transfer. Turner, J. A.; Rosano, N.; Gorelik, D. J.; Taylor, M. S. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 11171–11179.

Site- and stereoselective C–H alkylations of carbohydrates enabled by cooperative photoredox, hydrogen atom transfer, and organotin catalysis. Gorelik, D. J.; Turner, J. A.; Virk, T. S.; Foucher, D. A.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 5180–5185.

Recent advances in the direct O-arylation of carbohydrates. Dimakos, V.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 514–524.

Neutral chiral tetrakis-iodo-triazole halogen-bond donor for chiral recognition and enantioselective catalysis. Ostler, F.; Piekarski, D. G.; Danelzik, T.; Taylor, M. S.; Mancheño, O. G. Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27*, 2315–2320.

Thermodynamics of halogen bonding in solution. Taylor, M. S. In Halogen bonding in Solution (S. Huber, ed.), 2021, pp 43–82, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany.

2020

Site-selective, organoboron-catalyzed polymerization of pyranosides: access to sugar-derived polyesters with tunable properties. Slavko, E.; Taylor, M. S. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 8192–8201.

Anion recognition based on halogen, chalcogen and tetrel bonding. Taylor, M. S. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 413, 213270.

Site-selective redox isomerizations of furanosides using a combined arylboronic acid / photoredox catalyst system. Dimakos, V.; Gorelik, D.; Su, H. Y.; Garrett, G. E.; Hughes, G.; Shibayama, H.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 1531–1537.

Borinic acid-catalyzed regioselective ring-opening of 3,4- and 2,3-epoxy alcohols with halides. Wang, G.; Taylor, M. S. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 398–403 (Special issue for Eric Jacobsen's 60th birthday).

2019

Rhodium-catalyzed tandem isomerization–allylation: from diallyl carbonates to a-quaternary aldehydes. Masson-Makdissi, J.; Jang, Y. J.; Prieto, L.; Taylor, M. S.; Lautens, M. ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 11808–11812.

Boronic acid-promoted site-selective Fischer esterifications of sugar alcohols. Manhas, S.; Lin, Y. C.; Wang, G.; Kyne, L. T.; Taylor, M. S. Green Chem. 2019, 21, 5363–5367.

Copper-mediated anomeric O-arylation with organoboron reagents. Dimakos, V.; Liu, J. J. W.; Ge, Z.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 5671–5674.

Site-selective and stereoselective C–H alkylations of carbohydrates via combined diarylborinic acid and photoredox catalysis. Dimakos, V.; Su, H. Y.; Garrett, G. E.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5149–5153.

Chiral phosphine ligand libraries based on the Bull–James three-component supramolecular assembly. Su, H. Y.; Gorelik, D.; Taylor, M. S. Supramol. Chem. 2019, 31, 190–202.

Diarylborinic acid-catalyzed, site-selective sulfation of carbohydrate derivatives. Gorelik, D.; Lin, Y. C.; Briceno-Strocchia, A. I.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 900–908.

2018

Site-selective functionalization of hydroxyl groups in carbohydrate derivatives. Dimakos, V.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Rev. 2018, 118, 11457–11517.

Dehydrative glycosidations of 2-deoxysugar derivatives catalyzed by an arylboronic ester. Manhas, S.; Taylor, M. S. Carbohyr. Res. 2018, 470, 42–49.

Borinic acid-catalyzed, regioselective ring opening of 3,4-epoxy alcohols. Wang, G.; Garrett, G. E.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5375–5379.

Borinic acid/halide co-catalyzed semipinacol rearrangements of 2,3-epoxy alcohols. Tanveer, K.; Kim, S.-J.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 5327–5331.

2017

Site-selective, copper-mediated O-arylation of carbohydrate derivatives. Dimakos, V.; Garrett, G. E.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15515–15521.

Boronic acids as phase-transfer reagents for Fischer glycosidations in nonpolar solvents. Manhas, S.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 11406–11417.

Catalyst-controlled polycondensation of glycerol with diacyl chlorides: linear polyesters from a trifunctional monomer. Slavko, E.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 7106–7111.

Sequential functionalizations of carbohydrates enabled by boronic esters as switchable protective / activating groups. Mancini, R. S.; Lee, J. B.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 8777–8791.

Self-assembly of polymer nanostructures through halogen bonding interactions of an iodoperfluoroarene-functionalized polystyrene derivative. Vanderkooy, A.; Pfefferkorn, P.; Taylor, M. S. Macromolecules 2017, 50, 3807–3818.

Borinic acid-catalyzed stereo- and site-selective synthesis of b-glycosylceramides. D’Angelo, K. A.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 5978–5980.

Exploring the construction of multicompartmental micelles by halogen bonding of complementary macromolecules. Vanderkooy, A.; Taylor, M. S. Faraday Discuss. 2017, 203, 285–299.

Beyond the halogen bond: general discussion. Aakeröy, C. B.; Alavi, S.; Beer, P. D.; Beyeh, N. K.; Brammer, L.; Bryce, D. L.; Clark, T.; Cottrell, S. J.; Del Bene, J. E.; Edwards, A. J.; Esterhuysen, C.; Friščić, T.; Guru Row, T. N.; Kennepohl, P.; Lloyd, G. O.; Roy Choudhury, A.; Scheiner, S.; Southern, S. A.; Taylor, M. S.; Tsuzuki, S.; Vargas-Baca, I. Faraday Discuss. 2017, 203, 227–244.

The halogen bond in solution: general discussion. Aakeröy, C. B.; Beer, P. D.; Beyeh, N. K.; Brammer, L.; Branca, M.; Bryce, D. L.; Del Bene, J. E.; Edwards, A. J.; Erdelyi, M.; Esterhuysen, C.; Fourmigué, M.; Kennepohl, P.; Lee, L. M.; Mosquera, M. E. G.; Murray, J. S.; Muscoe, C. L.; Pennington, W. T.; Politzer, P.; Riley, K. E.; Rosokha, S. V.; Scheiner, S.; Taylor, M. S.; Tsuzuki, S.; Vargas-Baca, I.; Xu, Y. Faraday Discuss. 2017, 203, 347–370.

Solid-state chemistry and applications: general discussion. Aakeröy, C. B.; Alavi, S.; Beer, P. D.; Beyeh, N. K.; Brammer, L.; Branca, M.; Bryce, D. L.; Christopherson, J.-C.; Clark, T.; Cottrell, S. J.; Del Bene, J. E.; Dichiarante, V.; Edwards, A. J.; Erdelyi, M.; Esterhuysen, C.; Fourmigué, M.; Friščić, T.; Kennepohl, P.; Legon, A. C.; Lloyd, G. O.; Murray, J. S.; Pennington, W. T.; Rosokha, S. V.; Roy Choudhury, A.; Scheiner, S.; Szell, P. J. M.; Taylor, M. S.; Tsuzuki, S. Faraday Discuss. 2017, 203, 459–483.

P-Stereogenic b-aminophosphines: preparation and applications in enantioselective organocatalysis. Su, H. Y.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 3173–3182.

A nonlinear ordinary differential equation for generating graphical rate equations from concentration versus time data. Garrett, G. E.; Taylor, M. S. Top. Catal. 2017, 60, 554–563.

Reversible covalent interactions of b-aminoboronic acids with carbohydrate derivatives. Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 1809–1812. Garrett, G. E.; Diaz, D. B.; Yudin, A. K.; Taylor, M. S.

Mechanism of an organoboron-catalyzed domino reaction: kinetic and computational studies of borinic acid-catalyzed regioselective chloroacylation of 2,3-epoxy alcohols. Garrett, G. E.; Tanveer, K.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 1085–1095.

Boronic esters as protective groups in carbohydrate chemistry: processes for acylation, silylation and alkylation of glycoside-derived boronates. Mancini, R. S.; Lee, J. B.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 132–143.

Regioselective glycosylation methods. Taylor, M. S. In Stereoselective Glycosylation (C. S. Bennett, Ed.), pp 233–253, 2017, Wiley-VCH.

Halogen bond-based receptors. Taylor, M. S. In Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry II (Risannen, K., ed.), Vol. 3, pp 401–416, 2017, Elsevier: Oxford, UK.

2016

Borinic acid catalyzed stereo- and regioselective couplings of glycosyl methanesulfonates. D’Angelo, K. A.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11058–11066.

Anion recognition by a bidentate chalcogen bond donor. Garrett, G. E.; Carrera, E. I.; Seferos, D. S.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 9881–9884.

Boronic acid / Brønsted acid co-catalyst systems for the synthesis of 2H-chromenes. Dimakos, V.; Singh, T.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 6703–6711.

A versatile synthesis of chiral b-aminophosphines. Su, H. Y.; Song, Y.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 5665–5672.

Catalyst-controlled, regioselective reactions of carbohydrate derivatives. Taylor, M. S. In Site-Selective Catalysis (T. Kawabata, Ed.) Topics in Current Chemistry, Vol. 372, pp 125–155, 2016, Springer.

2015

Organoboron-promoted regioselective glycosylations in the synthesis of a saponin-derived pentasaccharide from Spergularia ramosa. Mancini, R. S.; McClary, C. A.; Anthonipillai, S.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 8501–8510.

Borinic acid catalyzed, regioselective chloroacylations and chlorosulfonylations of 2,3-epoxy alcohols. Tanveer, K.; Jarrah, K.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 3482–3485.

Solution-phase self-assembly of complementary halogen bonding polymers. Vanderkooy, A.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 5080–5086.

Chalcogen bonding in solution: interactions of benzotelluradiazoles with anionic and uncharged Lewis bases. Garrett, G. E.; Gibson, G. L.; Straus, R. N.; Seferos, D. S.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137,4126–4133.

Catalysis based on reversible covalent interactions of organoboron compounds. Taylor, M. S. Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48, 295–305.

Anion recognition in solution via halogen bonding. Taylor, M. S. In Halogen Bonding II: Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences (P. Metrangolo and G. Resnati, Eds.) Topics in Current Chemistry, Vol. 359, pp 27–48, 2015, Springer.

2014

Organoboron-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Formation of b-2-Deoxyglycosidic Linkages. Beale, T. M.; Moon, P. J.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3604–3607.

Synthesis of Benzannulated Heterocycles by Twofold Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Couplings of Cyclic Borinic Acids. Dimitrijevic, E.; Cusimano, M.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 1391–1394.

Molecular recognition: the I’s have it. Taylor, M. S. Nature Chem. 2014, 6, 1029–1031.

Regioselective Monoacylation and Monoalkylation of Carbohydrates Catalyzed by a Diarylborinic Ester. Lee, D.; Moore, C. J.; Chan, L.; Taylor, M. S. In Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods, Vol. 2 (van der Marel, G., Codée, J., Eds.); Taylor & Francis, LLC: Boca Raton, 2014.

[2-(Amino-kN)ethanolato-kO]diphenylboron. Taylor, M. S. In e-Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2014 [online], John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

2013

Applications of organoboron compounds in carbohydrate chemistry and glycobiology: analysis, separation, protection and activation. McClary, C. A.; Taylor, M. S. Carbohydr. Res. 2013, 381, 112–122.

Structure–activity relationships for anion-responsive poly(squaramides): support for an analyte-induced noncovalent polymer crosslinking mechanism. Rostami, A.; Guérin, G.; Taylor, M. S. Macromolecules 2013, 46, 6439–6450.

Regioselective silylation of pyranosides using a boronic acid / Lewis base co-catalyst system. Lee, D.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 5409–5412.

9-Hetero-10-boraanthracene-derived borinic acid catalysts for regioselective activation of polyols. Dimitrijevic, E.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3298–3303.

Structure and energetics of gas phase halogen bonding in mono-, bi- and tridentate anion receptors as studied by blackbody infrared radiative dissociation. Gillis, E. A. L.; Demireva, M.; Sarwar, M. G.; Chudzinski, M. G.; Taylor, M. S.; Williams, E. R.; Fridgen, T. D. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 7638–7647.

Organoboron acids and their derivatives as catalysts for organic synthesis. Dimitrijevic, E.; Taylor, M. S. ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 945–962.

Synthesis of cardiac glycoside analogs by catalyst-controlled, regioselective glycosylation of digitoxin. Beale, T. M.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1358–1361.

Halogen bonding and p-p interactions in the solid-state structure of a butadiynylene-linked bis(iodoperfluoroarene). Walter, S. M.; Sarwar, M. G.; Chudzinski, M. G.; Herdtweck, E.; Lough, A. J.; Huber, S. M.; Taylor, M. S. CrystEngComm 2013, 15*, 3097–3101.

Halogen bonding between anions and iodoperfluoroorganics: solution-phase thermodynamics and multidentate receptor design. Sarwar, M. G.; Dragisic, B.; Dimitrijevic, E.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 2050–2058.

Halogen bonding in solution: thermodynamics and applications. Beale, T. M.; Chudzinski, M. G.; Sarwar, M. G.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42­, 1667–1680.

Halogen bonding: from self-assembly to materials and biomolecules. Pennington, W. T.; Resnati, G.; Taylor, M. S. CrystEngComm 2013, 15, 3057–3057.

2012

Catalyst-controlled regioselective reactions of carbohydrate derivatives. Lee, D.; Taylor, M. S. Synthesis 2012, 44, 3421–3431.

Regioselective, borinic acid-catalyzed monoacylation, sulfonylation and alkylation of diols and carbohydrates: expansion of substrate scope and mechanistic studies. Lee, D.; Williamson, C. L.; Chan, L.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8260–8267.

Correlations between computation and experimental thermodynamics of halogen bonding. Chudzinski, M. G.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 3483–3491.

Polymers for anion recognition and sensing. Rostami, A.; Taylor, M. S. Macromol. Rapid. Commun. 2012, 33, 21–34.

Borinic acid, B,B-bis(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenyl). Lee, D.; Taylor, M. S. In e-Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2012 [online], John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

2011

Borinic acids: a neglected class of organoboron compounds for recognition of diols in aqueous solution. Chudzinski, M. G.; Chi, Y.; Taylor, M. S. Aust. J. Chem. 2011, 64, 1466–1469.

Regioselective activation of glycosyl acceptors by a diarylborinic acid-derived catalyst. Gouliaras, C.; Lee, D.; Chan, L. Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13926–13929.

Carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions of a-carbonyl cations: exploration of a reversed-polarity equivalent of enolate chemistry. Lai, P.-S.; Dubland, J. A.; Sarwar, M. G.; Chudzinski, M. G. Taylor, M. S. Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 7586–7592.

Anion receptors composed of hydrogen- and halogen-bond donor groups: modulating selectivity with combinations of distinct noncovalent interactions. Chudzinski, M. G.; McClary, C. A.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10559–10567.

Regioselective alkylation of carbohydrate derivatives catalyzed by a diarylborinic acid derivative. Chan, L.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3090–3093.

Borinic acid-catalyzed regioselective acylation of carbohydrate derivatives. Lee, D.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3724–3727.

Anion detection by a fluorescent poly(squaramide): self-assembly of anion-binding sites by polymer aggregation. Rostami, A.; Wei, C. J.; Guérin, G.; Taylor, M. S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2059–2062.

A stereochemical sojourn. Taylor, M. S. Nature Chem. 2011, 3, 660–662.

2010

Measurements of weak halogen bond donor abilities with tridentate anion receptors. Dimitrijevic, E.; Kvak, O.; Taylor, M. S. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 9025–9027.

N,N’-Diarylsquaramides: general, high-yielding synthesis and applications in colorimetric anion sensing. Rostami, A.; Colin, A.; Li, X. Y.; Chudzinski, M. G.; Lough, A. J.; Taylor, M. S. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 3983–3992.

Preparation of substituted oxazoles by Ritter reactions of a-keto tosylates. Lai, P.-S.; Taylor, M. S. Synthesis 2010, 9, 1449–1452.

A tridentate halogen-bonding receptor for tight binding of halide anions. Sarwar, M. G.; Dragisic, B.; Sagoo, S.; Taylor, M. S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 1674–1677.

Thermodynamics of halogen bonding in solution: substituent, structural and solvent effects. Sarwar, M. G.; Dragisic, B.; Salsberg, L. J.; Gouliaras, C.; Taylor, M. S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1646–1653.

2009

Boron-catalyzed direct aldol reactions of pyruvic acids. Lee, D.; Newman, S. G.; Taylor, M. S. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 5486–5489.

Prior Publications

Poly(anthrylenebutadiynylene)s: precursor-based synthesis and bandgap tuning. Taylor, M. S.; Swager, T. M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8480–8483.

Triptycenediols by rhodium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition. Taylor, M. S.; Swager, T. M. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3695–3697.

Enantioselective catalysis by chiral hydrogen bond donors. Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 1520–1543.

Enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed acyl-Mannich reactions of isoquinolines. Taylor, M. S.; Tokunaga, N.; Jacobsen, E. N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 6700–6704.

Highly enantioselective conjugate additions to a,b-unsaturated ketones catalyzed by a (salen)Al complex. Taylor, M. S.; Zalatan, D. N.; Lerchner, A. M., Jacobsen, E. N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1313–1317.

Highly enantioselective catalytic acyl-Pictet–Spengler reactions. Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10558–10559.

Asymmetric catalysis in complex target synthesis. Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2004, 101, 5368–5373.

Enantioselective Michael additions to a,b-unsaturated imides catalyzed by a salen-Al complex. Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11204–11205.

Experimental and theoretical studies on the oxidative addition of palladium(0) to b-chlorovinamidinium salts. Davies, I. W.; Wu, J.; Marcoux, J.-F.; Taylor, M.; Hughes, D.; Reider, P. J.; Deeth, R. J. Tetrahedron 2001, 57, 5061–5066.

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring opening of oxabicyclic alkenes with heteroatom nucleophiles. Lautens, M.; Fagnou, K.; Taylor, M.; Rovis, T. J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 624, 259–270.

Preparation and novel reduction reactions of vinamidinium salts. Davies, I. W.; Taylor, M.; Marcoux, J-F.; Wu, J.; Dormer, P. G.; Hughes, D.; Reider, P. J. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 251–255.

Hydrogen iodide-promoted reduction of b-chlorovinamidinium salts. Davies, I. W.; Taylor, M.; Hughes, D.; Reider, P. J. Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 3385–3387.

Stereoselective hydrogen bromide-promoted hydrogenation of an a-hydroxyoxime. Davies, I. W.; Taylor, M.; Marcoux, J-F.; Matty, L.; Wu, J.; Hughes, D.; Reider, P. J. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 8021–8025.

Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring opening of oxabicyclic alkenes with phenols. Lautens, M.; Fagnou, K.; Taylor, M. Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 1677–1679.