Peer-reviewed

2024

39. George A. Hodgin, Michael J. Burns, Benjamin J. Deadman, Christopher S. Roberts, King Kuok Mimi Hii, Bao N. Nguyen, “Reactivities of N-Nitrosamines against Common Reagents and Reaction Conditions”, Org. Process Res. Dev. 2024, 28, 3837-3846 (doi: 10.1021/acs.oprd.4c00217).

38. Blanca Ivonne Vergara-Arenas, Rachel L. Nicholls, Guillermo E. Negrón-Silva ,Leticia Lomas-Romero ,Jose Antonio Morales-Serna, Bao N. Nguyen, “The effects of mixed metal oxide catalysts on the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides under atmospheric CO2 pressure”, ChemRxiv 2024, (doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-86w74).

37. Krishna Sharma, Alison McCorry, Samuel Boobier, James Mottram, Rachel Napier, Ian W. Ashworth, A. John Blacker, Nikil Kapur, Stuart L. Warriner, Megan H. Wright, Bao N. Nguyen, “Activation of Fluoride Anion as Nucleophile in Water with Data-Guided Surfactant Selection”, Chemical Science 2024, 15, 5764-5774 (doi: 10.1039/D3SC06311A).

36. Samuel Mace, Yingjian Xu, Bao N. Nguyen, “Automated Transition Metal Catalysts Discovery and Optimisation with AI and Machine Learning”, ChemCatChem 2024, 16, e202301475 (doi: 10.1002/cctc.202301475).

2023

35. Katarzyna A. Maltby, Krishna Sharma, Marc A. S. Short, Sannia Farooque, Rosalie Hamill, A. John Blacker, Nikil Kapur, Charlotte E. Willans, Bao N. Nguyen, “Rationalizing and Adapting Water-Accelerated Reactions for Sustainable Flow Organic Processes”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023, 11, 8675-8684 (doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02164).

34. Marc A. S. Short, Clare A. Tovee, Charlotte E. Willans, Bao N. Nguyen, “High-throughput Computational Workflow for Ligand Discovery in Catalysis with the CSD”, Catalysis Science & Technology 2023, 13, 2407-2420 (doi: 10.1039/d3cy00083d).

2022

33. Christiane Schotten, Jamie Manson, Thomas W. Chamberlain, Richard A. Bourne, Bao N. Nguyen, Nikil Kapur, Charlotte E. Willans, “Development of a multistep electrochemical flow platform for automated catalyst screening”, Catalysis Science & Technology 2022, 12, 4266-4272 (doi: 10.1039/D2CY00587E).

2021

32. Samuel Boobier, Yufeng Liu, Krishna Sharma, David R. J. Hose, Nikil Kapur, A. John Blacker, Bao N. Nguyen, “Predicting Solvent-Dependent Nucleophilicity Parameter with a Causal Structure Property Relationship”, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 2021, 61, 4890-4899 (doi: 10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00610).

31. Luke Power, Adam D. Clayton, William Reynolds, David Hose, Caroline Ainsworth, Thomas W. Chamberlain, Bao N. Nguyen, Richard Bourne, Nikil Kapur, John Blacker, “ Selective Separation of Amines from Continuous Processes using Automated pH Controlled Extraction”, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 2021, 6, 1806-1810 (doi: 10.1039/D1RE00205H).

30. Thomas P. Nicholls, Richard A. Bourne, Bao N. Nguyen, Nikil Kapur, and Charlotte E. Willans, “On-Demand Electrochemical Synthesis of Tetrakisacetonitrile Copper(I) Triflate and Its Application in the Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols”, Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 60, 6976-6980 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00488).

29. Christiane Schotten, Richard Bourne, Nikil Kapur, Bao N. Nguyen, and Charlotte E. Willans, “Electrochemical Generation of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes for Use in Synthesis and Catalysis”, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2021, 363, 3189-3200 (DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100264).

28. Christiane Schotten, Connor J. Taylor, Richard A. Bourne, Thomas W. Chamberlain, Bao N. Nguyen, Nik Kapur and Charlotte E. Willans, “Alternating polarity for enhanced electrochemical synthesis”, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 2021, 6, 147 (DOI: 10.1039/D0RE00399A).

2020

27. Samuel Boobier, David R. J. Hose, A. John Blacker, Bao N. Nguyen, "Machine Learning with Physicochemical Relationships: Solubility Prediction in Organic Solvents and Water", Nature Communications 2020, 11, 5753 (doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19594-z).

26. Natalie Fey, Alexander Koumi, Andrei Malkov, Jonathan Moseley, Bao N. Nguyen, Simon N. G. Tyler and Charlotte E. Willans, "Mapping the Properties of Bidentate Ligands with Calculated Descriptors (LKB-bid)", Dalton Transactions 2020, 49, 8169-8178 (doi: 10.1039/D0DT01694B).

25. Christiane Schotten, Thomas P. Nicholls, Richard A. Bourne, Nikil Kapur, Bao N. Nguyen and Charlotte E. Willans, "Making electrochemistry easily accessible to the synthetic chemist", Green Chemistry 2020, 22, 3358-3375 (doi: 10.1039/D0GC01247E).

2018

24. Rachel L Nicholls, James A. McManus, Christopher Mark Rayner, José Antonio Morales-Serna, Andrew J. P. White, and Bao N. Nguyen,"Guanidine-Catalyzed Reductive Amination of Carbon Dioxide with Silanes: Switching between Pathways and Suppressing Catalyst Deactivation", ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 3678-3687. (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b04108).

23. José A. Morales-Serna, Bao N. Nguyen, Eréndira García-Ríosc, Rubén Gaviñoc, Jorge Cárdenasc, Gustavo García de la Mora,"Glycosylation of Stannyl Ceramides Promoted by Modified Montmorillonite­ in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide", Synthesis 2018, 50, 593-598 (DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591515).).

2017

22. Grant J. Sherborne, Sven Adomeit, Robert Menzel, Jabor Rabeah, Angelika Brückner, Mark R. Fielding, Charlotte E. Willans, Bao N. Nguyen,"Origins of High Catalyst Loading in Copper(I)-Catalysed Ullmann-Goldberg C-N Coupling Reactions", Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 7203-7210 (DOI: 10.1039/C7SC02859H).

21. Michael R. Chapman, Maria H. T. Kwan, Georgina King, Katherine E. Jolley, Mariam Hussain, Shahed Hussain, Ibrahim E. Salama, Carlos González Nino, Lisa A Thompson, Mary E Bayana, Adam Clayton, Bao N. Nguyen, Nicholas J. Turner, Nikil Kapur and A. John Blacker,"A Simple and Versatile Laboratory Scale CSTR for Multiphasic Continuous-Flow Chemistry and Long Residence Times", Org. Process Res. Dev. 2017, 21, 1294-1301 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.7b00173).

20. John B. Brazier, Mark A. Newton, Elena M. Barreiro, Stephen Parry, Luis A. Adrio, Christopher J. Mulligan, Klaus Hellgardt, King Kuok (Mimi) Hii, Paul B. J. Thompson, Rachel Nicholls, Bao N. Nguyen, "Effects of Cl on the reduction of supported PdO in ethanol/water solvent mixtures", Catal. Struct. React. 2017, 3, 54-62 (DOI: 10.1080/2055074X.2016.1267296).

2016

19. Michael R. Chapman, Maria H. T. Kwan, Georgina E. King, Benjamin A. Kyffin, John Blacker, Charlotte E. Willans, Bao N. Nguyen,"Rapid, Metal-Free and Aqueous Synthesis of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine under Ambient Conditions", Green Chem. 2016, 18, 4623-4627 (DOI: 10.1039/C6GC01601D).

18. M. R. Chapman, S. E. Henkelis, N. Kapur, B. N. Nguyen, C. E. Willans, "A Straightforward Electrochemical Approach to Imine- and Amine-bisphenolate Metal Complexes with Facile Control Over Metal Oxidation State", ChemistryOpen2016, 5, 351-356 (doi: 10.1002/open.201600019).

2015

17. B. J. Thompson, B. N. Nguyen, R. Nicholls, R. A. Bourne, J. B. Brazier, K. R. J. Lovelock, S. D. Brown, D. Wermeille, O. Bikondoa, C. A. Lucas, T. P. A. Hase,M. A. Newton, "X-ray spectroscopy for chemistry in the 2-4 keV energy regime at the XMaS beamline: ionic liquids, Rh and Pd catalysts in gas and liquid environments, and Cl contamination in-Al2O3", J. Synchrotron Rad. 2015, 22, 1426-1439 (doi:10.1107/S1600577515016148).

16. Bao N. Nguyen, Luis A. Adrio, Tim Albrecht, Andrew J. P. White, Mark A. Newton, Maarten Nachtegaal, Santiago J. A. Figueroa, King K. (Mimi) Hii, "Electronic structures of cyclometalated palladium complexes in the higher oxidation states", Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 15938-15948 (DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02104A).

15. Michael R. Chapman, Benjamin R. M. Lake, Christopher M. Pask, Bao N. Nguyen, Charlotte E. Willans,* "Solid-state structure, solution-state behaviour and catalytic activity of electronically divergent C,N-chelating palladium-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes", Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 15938-15948 (DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02194D).

14. Grant J. Sherborne, Bao N. Nguyen*, "Recent XAS Studies into Homogeneous Metal Catalyst in Fine Chemical and Pharmaceutical Syntheses", Chem. Cent. J. 2015, 9, 37 (DOI: 10.1186/s13065-015-0103-6).

13. Grant J. Sherborne, Michael R. Chapman, A. John Blacker, Richard A. Bourne, Thomas W. Chamberlain, Benjamin D. Crossley, Stephanie J. Lucas, Patrick C. McGowan, Mark A. Newton, Thomas E. O. Screen, Paul Thompson, Charlotte E. Willans, Bao N. Nguyen, "Activation and Deactivation of a Robust Immobilized Cp*Ir-Transfer Hydrogenation Catalyst: A Multielement in Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4151-4157 (DOI: 10.1021/ja512868a).

12. Michael R. Chapman, Yarseen Shafi, Nik Kapur, Bao N. Nguyen, Charlotte E. Willans, "Electrochemical Flow-Reactor for Expedient Synthesis of Copper-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes", Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1282-1284 (DOI: 10.1021/ja512868a).

2014

11. Rachen L. Nicholls, C. M. Pask, B. Nguyen, "Crystal structure of poly [m-acetato-bis­[-2-oxo-2-(quinolin-8-yl)ethano­ato]tris­odium]", Acta Cryst. 2014, E70, m385-m386 (DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814023423).

10. Rachel Nicholls, Simon Kaufhold, Bao N. Nguyen, "Observation of Guanidine-Carbon Dioxide Complexation in Solution and Its Role in Reaction of Carbon Dioxide and Propargylamines", Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014, 4, 3458-3462 (DOI: 10.1030/C4CY00480A).

9. B. Brazier, Bao N. Nguyen, Luis A. Adrio, E. M. Barreiro, W. P. Leong, M. A. Newton, Santiago J. Figueroa, Klaus Hellgardt, King Kuok Mimi Hii,"Catalysis in Flow: Operando Study of Pd Catalyst Speciation and Leaching", Cat. Today, 2014, 229, 95-102 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2013.10.079).

2012

8. Bao N. Nguyen, Luis A. Adrio, Elena M. Barreiro, John B. Brazier, Jakub Szlachetko, Peter Haycock, King K. Hii, Maarten Nachtegaal, Mark A. Newton, “Deconvolution of the Mechanism of Homogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Reactions”, Organometallics 2012, 31, 2395-2402 (DOI: 10.1021/om300030e).

7. Edward J. Emmett, Charlotte S. Richards-Taylor, Bao N. Nguyen, Barry R. Hayter, Micheal C. Willis, "Palladium-catalysed aminosulfonylation of aryl-, alkenyl- and heteroaryl halides: Scope of the three-component synthesis of N-aminosulfonamides", Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 4007-4014 (DOI: 10.1039/C2OB07034K).

6. Luis A. Adrio, Bao N. Nguyen, Gemma Guilera, Andrew G. Livingston, King Kuok Hii, “Speciation of Pd(OAc)2 in Ligandless Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction”, Cat. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 316-323 (DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00241D).

2010

5. Bao Nguyen, Edward J. Emmett, and Michael C. Willis, “Palladium-Catalyzed Aminosulfonylation of Aryl Halides”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 16372–16373 (DOI: 10.1021/ja1081124).

2009

4. Bao Nguyen, John M. Brown, “Selectivity in The Rhodium-Catalyzed Reductions of Non-conjugated Dienes”, Adv. Syn. Cat. 2009, 351, 1333 - 1343 (DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200900013).

2008

3. Tharmalingam Punniyamurthy, Monika Mayr, Alexander S. Dorofeev, Carole J. R. Bataille, Silvia Gosiewska, Bao Nguyen, Andrew R. Cowley, John M. Brown, “Enantiomerically Pure Bicyclo[3.3.1]nona-2,6-diene as The Sole Source of Enantioselectivity in BIPHEP-Rh Asymmetric Hydrogenation”, Chem. Commun. 2008, 5092 – 5094 (DOI: 10.1039/B807669C).

2007

2. Bao Nguyen, Katya Chernous, Alexander V. Burasov, Alexander S. Dorofeev, Daniel Endlar, Barbara Odell, Michela Piacenti, John M. Brown, “The Guareschi Reaction (1897): Alkyl Radical Generation in Water under Ambient Conditions”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7655 – 7658 (DOI: 10.1002/ange.200700632).

2002

1. Robert W. Baker, Michael A. Foulkes, Michael Griggs, Bao Nguyen, “A New Synthesis of 3-substituted-1H-Indenes Through Reaction of o-(b-Magnesioalkyl)phenylmagnesium Dihalides with Carboxylate Esters”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 9319 – 9322 (DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)02344-4).

Book chapters

Bao N. Nguyen, Rachel Napier, "Chapter 4: Physicochemical Aspects of “On-Water” and “In-Water” Reactions", Organic Transformations in Water: Principles and Applications, Wiley 2024, ISBN: 978-3-527-35377-4.

Bao N. Nguyen, John M. Brown, “Chapter 1.7: Stereoselective Hydroboration and Diboration of Carbon – Carbon Double Bonds”, Stereoselective Synthesis, Vol. 1, Thieme, 2010.

Bao N. Nguyen, King Kuok Hii, Wiktor Szymańskik, D. B. Janssen, “Chapter 1.12: Conjugate Addition Reactions”, Stereoselective Synthesis, Vol. 1, Thieme, 2010.