Warren E. Piers

Research interests

Publications

• Efficient synthetic methods for the installation of boron–nitrogen bonds in conjugated organic molecules

  Dalton Transactions · 2015 · 10.1039/c5dt03991f

• Direct observation of a borane–silane complex involved in frustrated Lewis-pair-mediated hydrosilylations

  Nature Chemistry · 2014 · 10.1038/nchem.2063

• Activation of Water, Ammonia, and Other Small Molecules by PC carbene P Nickel Pincer Complexes

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 10.1021/ja406742n

• Mechanistic Aspects of Bond Activation with Perfluoroarylboranes

  Inorganic Chemistry · 2011 · 10.1021/ic2006474

• High Stokes Shift Anilido‐Pyridine Boron Difluoride Dyes

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2011 · 10.1002/anie.201105228

• Tandem Frustrated Lewis Pair/Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Hydrosilylation of Carbon Dioxide

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2010 · 10.1021/ja105320c

• Dihydrogen Activation by Antiaromatic Pentaarylboroles

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2010 · 10.1021/ja105075h

• B-N as a C-C substitute in aromatic systems

  Canadian Journal of Chemistry · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1139/v08-110

• 10a‐Aza‐10b‐borapyrenes: Heterocyclic Analogues of Pyrene with Internalized BN Moieties

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2007 · 10.1002/anie.200700591

• Borinium, Borenium, and Boronium Ions: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Applications

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2005 · 10.1002/anie.200500402

• Direct Observation of a 14-Electron Ruthenacyclobutane Relevant to Olefin Metathesis

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2005 · 10.1021/ja042259d

• Rapidly Initiating Ruthenium Olefin‐Metathesis Catalysts

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2004 · 10.1002/anie.200461374

• The Chemistry of Perfluoroaryl Boranes

  Advances in organometallic chemistry · 2004 · 10.1016/s0065-3055(04)52001-4

• Non-cyclopentadienyl ancillaries in organogroup 3 metal chemistry: a fine balance in ligand design

  Coordination Chemistry Reviews · 2002 · 10.1016/s0010-8545(02)00016-4

• Cationic Scandium Methyl Complexes Supported by a β-Diketiminato (“Nacnac”) Ligand Framework

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 10.1021/ja017128g

• Dialkylscandium Complexes Supported by β-Diketiminato Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermal Stability of a New Family of Organoscandium Complexes

  Organometallics · 2001 · 10.1021/om010131o

• Studies on the Mechanism of B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 -Catalyzed Hydrosilation of Carbonyl Functions

  The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jo991828a

• B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Hydrosilation of Imines via Silyliminium Intermediates

  Organic Letters · 2000 · 10.1021/ol006695q

• B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 -Catalyzed Silation of Alcohols: A Mild, General Method for Synthesis of Silyl Ethers

  The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1999 · 10.1021/jo9903003

• Synthesis, Properties, and Hydroboration Activity of the Highly Electrophilic Borane Bis(pentafluorophenyl)borane, HB(C6F5)21

  Organometallics · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1021/om980673e

• Pentafluorophenylboranes: from obscurity to applications

  Chemical Society Reviews · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1039/cs9972600345

• Tris(pentafluorophenyl)boron-Catalyzed Hydrosilation of Aromatic Aldehydes, Ketones, and Esters

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja961536g

• Bis(pentafluorophenyl)borane: Synthesis, Properties, and Hydroboration Chemistry of a Highly Electrophilic Borane Reagent

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1995 · 10.1002/anie.199508091

• .alpha. Agostic assistance in Ziegler-Natta polymerization of olefins. Deuterium isotopic perturbation of stereochemistry indicating coordination of an .alpha. carbon-hydrogen bond in chain propagation

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1990 · 10.1021/ja00181a060

• Coping With Extreme Lewis Acidity: Strategies for the Synthesis of Stable, Mononuclear Organometallic Derivatives of Scandium

  Synlett · 1990 · 10.1055/s-1990-20992

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