Denzel presented an awesome seminar on the Development of Hypervalent Selenium Catalyst to Syn-Difunctionalize Olefins. He gave a very engaging presentation and masterfully answered all of the audience’s questions. Links to the papers he discussed from the Denmark group can be found below.
Cresswell, A. J., Eey, S. T. C., & Denmark, S. E. Catalytic, stereospecific syn-dichlorination of alkenes. Nature Chemistry, (2015). 7(2), 146–152. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2141
Gilbert, B. B., Eey, S. T. C., Ryabchuk, P., Garry, O., & Denmark, S. E. Organoselenium-catalyzed enantioselective syn-dichlorination of unbiased alkenes. Tetrahedron, (2019). 75(31), 4086–4098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2019.05.054
Tao, Z., Gilbert, B. B., & Denmark, S. E. Catalytic, Enantioselective syn-Diamination of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, (2019). 141(48), 19161–19170. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b11261
