Publications
At UniBonn
16. «A general iron-catalyzed decarboxylative oxygenation of aliphatic carboxylic acids»
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Before UniBonn
15. «A Modular Dual-Catalytic Aryl-Chlorination of Alkenes»
B. Li, A. Bunescu, D. Drazen, K. Rolth, J. Michalland, and M.J. Gaunt, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202405939.
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14. «Multicomponent synthesis of α-chloro alkylboronic esters via visible-light-mediated dual catalysis»
Li, B.; Bunescu, A.; Gaunt, M. J., Chem 2022,10
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.10.010
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13. «Multicomponent alkene azido-arylation via anion-mediated dual catalysis»
A. Bunescu, Y. Abdelhamid, and M.J. Gaunt, Nature 2021, 598, 597–603.
DOI : 10.1038/s41586-021-03980-8
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12. «Palladium-catalyzed oxidation of β-C(sp3)-H bond of primary alkylamines through a rare four-membered palladacycle intermediate »
B. Su, Y. Qiu, A. Bunescu, M. Ernst, S. Zuend and J. F. Hartwig, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7912–7919.
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11. «Traceless Silylation of β‑C(sp3)−H Bonds of Alcohols via Perfluorinated Acetals»
A. Bunescu, T. W. Butcher and J. F. Hartwig, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1502-1507.
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10. «Catalytic Hydroxylation of Polyethylenes»
A. Bunescu, S. Lee, Q. Li and J. Hartwig, ACS Cent. Sci., 2017, 3, 895-903.
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00255
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9 . «Copper-Catalyzed Three-Component Carboazidation of Alkenes with Acetonitrile and Sodium Azide»,
A. Bunescu, T. M. Ha, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 10555-10558.
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8 . «Synthesis of Functionalized Epoxides by Copper-Catalyzed Alkylative Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols with Alkyl Nitriles»
A. Bunescu, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 1890-1893.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00571
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7. «Copper-Catalyzed Cyanomethylation of Allylic Alcohols with Concomitant 1,2-Aryl Migration: Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Ketones Containing an α-Quaternary Center»,
A. Bunescu, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 3132-3135.
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6. «Pd-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Aryl−Aryl Bond Formation via Double C(sp2)−H Bond Activation: Efficient Synthesis of [3,4]-Fused Oxindoles»
A. Bunescu, T. Piou, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 334-337.
5. «Copper-Mediated/Catalyzed Oxyalkylation of Alkenes with Alkylnitriles»,
A. Bunescu, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 14633-14636.
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4. «Three-Component Povarov Reaction–Heteroannulation with Arynes: Synthesis of 5,6-Dihydroindolo[1,2-a]quinolines»,
A. Bunescu, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 1756-1759.
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3. «Palladium-Catalyzed Through-Space C(sp3)-H and C(sp2)-H Bond Activation by 1,4-Palladium Migration: Efficient Synthesis of [3,4]- Fused Oxindoles»
T. Piou, A. Bunescu, Q. Wang, L. Neuville and J. Zhu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 12385-12389.
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2. «Heteroannulation of Arynes with N-aryl-α-aminoketones for the Synthesis of Unsymmetrical N-aryl-2,3-disubstituted Indoles: an Aryne Twist of Bischler–Möhlau Indole Synthesis»
A. Bunescu, C. Piemontesi, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Chem. Comm., 2013, 49, 10284.
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1. «Synthesis of Indoles by Copper-Catalyzed Heteroannulation of o-Aminophenylboronic Acid Pinacol Esters with β-Keto Esters»
A. Bunescu, Q. Wang and J. Zhu, Synthesis, 2012, 44, 3811.
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