Boron: Beyond the Reagent

2025

A multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter with a twisted second-generation carbazole dendron showing suppressed concentration quenching and its use in solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes

Wang, J., Yasuda, Y., Ren, Y., Kondo, R., Cordes, D. B., Kaji, H. & Zysman-Colman, E., 7 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Organic Chemistry Frontiers. Advance Article, 9 p.

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A multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent dendrimer with intramolecular energy transfer: application for efficient host-free green solution-processed organic light-emitting diodes

Wu, S., Chen, D., Zhang, X.-H., Sun, D. & Zysman-Colman, E., 9 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Materials. Early View, 12 p., 2415289.

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Deep-red to NIR solution-processed OLEDs of donor-decorated quinoxaline-based TADF aggregates

Gupta, A. K., Cordes, D. B., De, J., Slawin, A. M. Z., Warriner, S., Samuel, I. D. W. & Zysman-Colman, E., 22 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Advance Article, 13 p.

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Design, synthesis, and photophysical properties of an iridium(III) complex bearing an indolo[3,2,1-jk]carbazole-decorated NHC ligand

Griffin, M., Mackenzie, C. F. R. & Zysman-Colman, E., 21 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Coordination Chemistry. Latest Articles, 15 p.

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In-cage recombination facilitates the enantioselective organocatalytic [1,2]-rearrangement of allylic ammonium ylides

Hartley, W., Kasten, K., Greenhalgh, M. D., Feoktistova, T., Wise, H., Laddusaw, J., Frost, A. B., Ng, S., Slawin, A. M. Z., Bode, B. E., Cheong, P. & Smith, A. D., 8 Jan 2025, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147, 1, p. 1101-1111 11 p.

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Isoselenourea‐catalyzed enantioselective pyrazolo‐heterocycle synthesis enabled by self‐correcting amide and ester acylation

Prindl, M. I., Westwood, M. T., Goodfellow, A. S., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Bühl, M. & Smith, A. D., 31 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View, 12 p., e202425305.

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Isothiourea catalysed enantioselective generation of point and axially chiral iminothia- and iminoselenazinanones

Nimmo, A. J., Goodfellow, A. S., Guntley, J. T., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Bühl, M. & Smith, A. D., 30 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Science. Advance Article, 9 p.

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Isothiourea-catalysed enantioselective synthesis of phosphonate-functionalised β-lactones

Platt, F. M., Wang, Y., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A. P., Slawin, A. M. Z., Panchal, H. & Smith, A. D., 6 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Science. Advance Articles, 9 p.

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It matters where the heavy atom is placed: optimizing the spin-orbital coupling in multiresonant TADF (MR-TADF) emitters and its impact on OLED performance

Chen, D., Wang, H., Huang, F., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A. P., Wang, K., Zhang, X.-H. & Zysman-Colman, E., 21 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Functional Materials. Early View, 11 p., 2506189.

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Modulation of donor in purely organic triplet harvesting AIE-TADF photosensitizer for image-guided photodynamic therapy

Barman, D., Rajamalli, P., Bidkar, A. P., Sarmah, T., Ghosh, S. S., Zysman-Colman, E. & Iyer, P. K., 9 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Small. Online, 2409533.

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2024

[2.2]Paracyclophane-substituted chiral multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for efficient organic light-emitting diodes

Xu, Y., Hafeez, H., Seibert, J., Wu, S., Ortiz, J. S. O., Crassous, J., Bräse, S., Samuel, I. D. W. & Zysman-Colman, E., 21 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Functional Materials. Early View, 9 p.

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A boron, nitrogen, and oxygen doped π-extended helical pure blue multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitter for organic light emitting diodes that shows fast k_RISC without the use of heavy atoms

Weerasinghe, R. W., Madayanad Suresh, S., Hall, D. L. S., Matulaitis, T., Slawin, A. M. Z., Warriner, S., Lee, Y.-T., Chan, C.-Y., Tsuchiya, Y., Zysman-Colman, E. & Adachi, C., 18 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Materials. Early View, 9 p., 2402289.

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A chiral propeller-shaped triple helicene shows multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence

Wang, J., Ortiz, J. S. O., McKay, A., Cordes, D. B., Crassous, J. & Zysman-Colman, E., 31 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Helvetica Chimica Acta. Early View, 11 p., e202400129.

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A fluorene-bridged double carbonyl/amine multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter for efficient green OLEDs

Wu, S., Hu, Y.-N., Sun, D., Wang, K., Zhang, X.-H. & Zysman-Colman, E., 4 Mar 2024, In: Chemical Communications. 60, 18, p. 2489-2492 4 p.

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A mononuclear [PtCl(tpy)]PF6 complex for yellow emitting solution-processable organic light emitting diode

Gupta, A. K., Gupta, R., Potter, H., Cordes, D. B., Slawin, A. M. Z., Samuel, I. D. W., Zysman-Colman, E. & Pal, A., 12 Aug 2024, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 63, 32, p. 14811–14815 5 p.

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A novel B,O,N-doped mesogen with narrowband MR-TADF emission

Knöller, J. A., Sönmez, B., Matulaitis, T., Gupta, A. K., Zysman-Colman, E. & Laschat, S., 18 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Communications. Advance Article, 4 p.

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A temperature sensor with a wide spectral range based on a dual-emissive TADF dendrimer system

Si, C., Wang, T., Xu, Y., Lin, D., Sun, D. & Zysman-Colman, E., 28 Aug 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, p. 1-11 11 p., 7439.

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Compatibility assessment of unactivated internal alkynes in rhodium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloadditions

Halford-McGuff, J., McKay, A. & Watson, A. J. B., 28 Mar 2024, In: Synlett. 35, p. 2128-2132 5 p.

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De-epimerizing DyKAT of β-lactones generated by isothiourea-catalysed enantioselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition

Conboy, A., Goodfellow, A. S., Kasten, K., Dunne, J., Cordes, D. B., Buehl, M. & Smith, A. D., 24 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Science. 15, 23, p. 8896-8904

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Efficient orange organic light-emitting diodes employing a central aniline bridged multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitter

Wu, S., Hu, Y.-N., Wang, J., Sun, D., Wang, K., Zhang, X.-H. & Zysman-Colman, E., 3 Apr 2024, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12, 17, p. 6177-6184 8 p.

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Enantioselective synthesis in continuous flow: polymer supported isothiourea-catalyzed enantioselective Michael addition-cyclization with α-azol-2-ylacetophenones

Zhou, Z., Kasten, K., Kang, T., Cordes, D. B. & Smith, A. D., 17 May 2024, In: Organic Process Research & Development. 28, 5, p. 2041–2049

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Germanyl triazoles as a platform for CuAAC diversification and chemoselective orthogonal cross-coupling

Halford-McGuff, J., Richardson, T., McKay, A., Peschke, F., Burley, G. & Watson, A. J. B., 5 Dec 2024, In: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 20, p. 3198–3204 7 p.

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Helically chiral multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters and their use in hyperfluorescent organic light-emitting diodes

Wang, J., Chen, D., Moreno-Naranjo, J. M., Zinna, F., Frédéric, L., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A., Fuchter, M. J., Zhang, X. & Zysman-Colman, E., 7 Nov 2024, In: Chemical Science. 15, 41, p. 16917-16927 11 p.

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Highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes and light-emitting electrochemical cells employing multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters with bulky donor or acceptor peripheral groups

Wang, J., Hafeez, H., Tang, S., Matulaitis, T., Edman, L., Samuel, I. D. W. & Zysman-Colman, E., 20 Oct 2024, In: Aggregate. 5, 5, 12 p., e571.

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Hydrogen-bonded supramolecular network triggers high-efficiency blue room-temperature phosphorescence

Wu, S., Wang, T. & Zysman-Colman, E., 19 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: CCS Chemistry. 14 p.

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Isothiourea-catalysed acylative kinetic resolution of tertiary pyrazolone alcohols

Westwood, M., Farah, A. O., Wise, H. B., Sinfield, M., Robichon, C., Prindl, M., Cordes, D. B., Cheong, P.H.-Y. & Smith, A. D., 30 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View, 9 p., e202407983.

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Ligand-enabled copper-mediated radioiodination of arenes

McErlain, H., Andrews, M. J., Watson, A. J. B., Pimlott, S. L. & Sutherland, A., 9 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Organic Letters. Ahead of Print, 5 p.

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Mechanophotocatalysis: a generalizable approach to solvent-minimized photocatalytic reactions for organic synthesis

Millward, F. D. & Zysman-Colman, E., 19 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Early View, 10 p., e202316169.

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Modular synthesis of complex benzoxaboraheterocycles through chelation-assisted Rh-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition

Halford-McGuff, J., Varga, M., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A. & Watson, A. J. B., 2 Feb 2024, In: ACS Catalysis. 14, 3, p. 1846-1854 9 p.

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Molecular asymmetry and rigidification as strategies to activate and enhance thermally activated delayed fluorescence in deep-blue MR-TADF emitters

Weerasinghe, R. W., dos Santos, J. M., Chitose, Y., Matulaitis, T., Warriner, S. L., Barman, D., Chan, C.-Y., Tsuchiya, Y., Zysman-Colman, E. & Adachi, C., 16 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26, 32, p. 21337-21341 5 p.

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MR-TADF liquid crystals: towards self assembling host–guest mixtures showing narrowband emission from the mesophase

Knöller, J. A., Müller, F., Matulaitis, T., Dos Santos, J. M., Gupta, A. K., Zysman-Colman, E. & Laschat, S., 11 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Science. 15, 43, p. 18022–18030 9 p.

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One-pot access to functionalised malamides via organocatalytic enantioselective formation of spirocyclic β-lactone-oxindoles and double ring-opening.

Nimmo, A., Kasten, K., White, G., Roeterdink, J., McKay, A., Cordes, D. B. & Smith, A. D., 31 Jul 2024, In: Molecules. 29, 15, 16 p., 3635.

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Organic donor-acceptor thermally activated delayed fluorescence photocatalysts in the photoinduced dehalogenation of aryl halides

Bryden, M. A., Crovini, E., Comerford, T., Studer, A. & Zysman-Colman, E., 3 Jun 2024, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63, 24, e202405081.

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Red multi-resonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters as bioimaging agents

Si, C., Primrose, W. L., Xu, Y., Hudson, Z. M. & Zysman-Colman, E., 29 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Optical Materials. Early View, 9 p.

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Speciation and kinetics of fluoride transfer from tetra-n-butylammonium difluorotriphenylsilicate (‘TBAT’)

Kucharski, M. M., Watson, A. J. B. & Lloyd-Jones, G. C., 28 Mar 2024, In: Chemical Science. 15, 12, p. 4331-4340 10 p.

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Synthesis of tetra-substituted 3- hydroxyphthalide esters by isothiourea-catalysed acylative dynamic kinetic resolution

Agrawal, S. K., Majhi, P., Goodfellow, A. S., Tak, R., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A., Kasten, K., Buehl, M. & Smith, A. D., 9 Sept 2024, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63, 37, 9 p., e202402909.

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Tetra-donor pyrazine based thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for electroluminescence and amplified spontaneous emission

Chen, D., Gong, J., Grüne, J., Matulaitis, T., Gillett, A. J., Zhang, X.-H., Samuel, I. D. W., Turnbull, G. & Zysman-Colman, E., 14 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Functional Materials. Early View, 12 p., 2409592.

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The combination of a donor-acceptor TADF and a MR-TADF emitting core results in outstanding electroluminescence performance

Chen, D., Wang, H., Sun, D., Wu, S., Wang, K., Zhang, X.-H. & Zysman-Colman, E., 12 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Materials. Early View, 10 p., 2412761.

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Using pyrrolizine-fused bipolar PAHs as a new strategy towards efficient red and NIR emissive dyes

Bartkowski, K., Gupta, A. K., Matulaitis, T., Morawiak, M., Zysman-Colman, E. & Lindner, M., 7 Feb 2024, In: Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11, 3, p. 755-760 6 p.

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α-Phenylthioaldehydes for the effective generation of acyl azolium and azolium enolate intermediates

Ewing, P., Majhi, P., Prentice, C., Young, C. M., Van Rees, K., Arnold, P., Zysman-Colman, E. & Smith, A. D., 14 May 2024, In: Chemical Science. 24, 15, p. 9369-9375

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2023

A chemoselective polarity-mismatched photocatalytic C(sp³)–C(sp²) cross-coupling enabled by synergistic boron activation

Brals, J., McGuire, T. & Watson, A. J. B., 9 Oct 2023, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62, 42, 9 p., e202310462.

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Borylation–reduction–borylation for the formation of 1,4-azaborines

Kothavale, S. S., Iqbal, S. A., Hanover, E. L., Gupta, A. K., Zysman-Colman, E. & Ingleson, M. J., 15 Dec 2023, In: Organic Letters. 25, 49, p. 8912-8916 5 p.

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Brominated B₁-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for the synthesis of deep-red to near-infrared delayed fluorescence emitters

Yuan, K., Gupta, A. K., Si, C., Uzelac, M., Zysman-Colman, E. & Ingleson, M. J., 11 Aug 2023, In: Organic Letters. 25, 31, p. 5880-5884 5 p.

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Mechanism of Cu-catalyzed iododeboronation: a description of ligand-enabled transmetalation, disproportionation, and turnover in Cu-mediated oxidative coupling reactions

Andrews, M., Charpentier, A., Slawin, A. M. Z., Cordes, D. B., Macgregor, S. & Watson, A. J. B., 18 Aug 2023, In: ACS Catalysis. 13, 16, p. 11117-11126 10 p.

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Organophotocatalytic radical-polar cross-coupling of styrene boronic acids and redox-active esters

Brals, J., D'Arcy-Evans, N., McGuire, T. & Watson, A. J. B., 23 Oct 2023, In: Synlett. 34, p. A-D 4 p.

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Pd-catalyzed homologation of arylboronic acids as a platform for the diversity-orientated synthesis of benzylic C–X bonds

Bastick, K. & Watson, A. J. B., 15 Aug 2023, In: Synlett. 34, p. A-F 6 p.

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Understanding divergent substrate stereoselectivity in the isothiourea-catalysed conjugate addition of cyclic α-substituted β-ketoesters to α,β-unsaturated aryl esters

Yuan, D., Goodfellow, A. S., Duan, Z., Kang, T., Kasten, K., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A., Buehl, M., Boyce, G. R. & Smith, A. D., 28 Dec 2023, In: Chemical Science. 14, 48, p. 14146-14156 11 p.

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Boron: Beyond the Reagent

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