College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Chemistry

John G. Verkade

Novel Green Catalysts for Organic Reactions, Organometallic Self-Assembled Systems.
Not Accepting Students

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Selected Publications

  1. Su, W.: Urgaonkar, S.; McLaughlin, P. A.; Verkade, J. G. "Highly Active Palladium Catalysts Supported by Bulky Proazaphosphatrane Ligands for Stille Cross-Coupling: Coupling of Aryl and Vinyl Chlorides, Room Temperature Coupling of Aryl Bromides, Coupling of Aryl Triflates, and Synthesis of Sterically Hindered Biaryls" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126. 16433-16439.

  2. Nandakumar, M. V.; Verkade, J. G. "One-pot Sequential N- and C-Arylations: A Novel and Efficient Methodology For The Synthesis of trans-4-N,N-Diarylaminostilbenes", Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 2005, 44, 3115-3118.

  3. Aneetha, H., Wu, W.; Verkade, J. G. "Stereo- and Regioselective Pt(DVDS)/P(iBuNCH2CH2)3N-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Terminal Alkynes", Organometallics, 2005, 24, 2590-2596.

  4. Kingston, J. V.; Ellern, A.; Verkade, J. G. "A Stable Structurally Characterized Phosphorus-Bound Isocyanide and its Thermal and Catalyzed Isomerization to the Corresponding Cyanide", Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 2005, 44, 4960-4963.

  5. Reddy, C. R. V.; Urgaonkar, S.; Verkade, J. G. "A Highly Effective Catalyst System for the Pd-Catalyzed Amination of Vinyl Bromides and Chlorides" Org. Letters, 2005, 7, 4427-4430.

  6. Kingston, J. V.; Verkade, J. G.; Espenson, J. H., "Chain Kinetics Involving a Novel Dicationic Intermediate in the Isomerization of an N-Cyano to a C-Cyano Azaphosphatrane Cation", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15006-15007.

  7. Kárpáti, T.; Veszprémi, T.; Thirupathi, N.; Liu, X. Wang, Z.; Ellern, A.; Nyulászi, L.; Verkade, J. G. "Synthesis and Photoelectron Spectroscopic Studies of N(CH2CH2NMe)3P=E (E = O, S, NH, CH2)", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1500-1512.

  8. Fetterly, B. M.; Jana, N. K.; Verkade, J. G., "[HP(HNCH2CH2)3N]NO3: An Efficient Homogenous and Solid-Supported Promoter for Aza and Thia-Michael Reactions and for 9. Strecker Reactions", Symposium in Print on Organocatalysis, in Tetrahedron, 2006, 62, 440-456.

  9. Urgaonkar, S.; Verkade, J. G., "Proazaphosphatrane Catalysts for Key Industrial Reactions", Specialty Chemicals, 2006, 26, 36-39.

  10. Reddy, C. V.; Oshel, R.; Verkade, J. G. "Room Temperature Conversion of Soybean oil and Poultry Fat to Biodiesel Catalyzed by Nanocrystalline Calcium Oxides", Energy & Fuels, 2006, 20, 1310-1314.

  11. Su, W.; Raders, S.; Verkade, J. G.; Liao, X.; Hartwig, J. F. "Palladium-Catalyzed α-Arylation of Trimethylsilyl Enol Ethers with Aryl Bromides and Chlorides: The Synergistic Effect of Two Metal Fluorides as Additives", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 5852.

  12. Su, Weiping; Kim, Youngjo; Ellern, Arkady; Guzei, Ilia A.; Verkade, John G. "Facile Synthesis of Monomeric Alumatranes", J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13727-13735.