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PhD thesis: O’Duill, M. (2015) Late-stage Fluorination and Perfluoroalkylation

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

16. Mead, O.; Wood, I. L.; Das, S.; McIvor, C., O’Duill, M. L.* “Copper-Catalysed Arylation of cyclic and Bridged Diamines for Drug Discovery”, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2026, e70808. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.70808.
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Pre-print uploaded to ChemRxiv on June 2nd, 2026 (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.15004177/v1).

15. O’Duill, M. L.*; Wood, I. L.; Brooks, I.; McIvor, C. “Synthesis and properties of N-(trifluoromethyl)amides”, Chem. Sci. 2026, DOI: 10.1039/D5SC08413J.

14. Greener, A.; Argent, S. P.; Clarke, C.; O’Duill, M. L.* “Structure and thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids”, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2931.
Pre-print uploaded to ChemRxiv on August 30th, 2024 (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-4xgd6).

13. Das, S.; McIvor, C.; Greener, A.; Suwita, C.; Argent, S. P.; O’Duill, M. L.* “2,2-Difluoroethylation of Heteroatom Nucleophiles via a Hypervalent Iodine Strategy”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202410954. (One of the top 10 most accessed papers in 08/2024. In top 10% most read papers in 2024. Highlighted on Synfacts 2024, 20, 1203.)
Pre-print uploaded to ChemRxiv on June 11th, 2024 (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-f3b5s).

12. Fitzgerald, L. S.; McNulty, R. L.; Greener, A.; O’Duill, M. L.* “Programmable Deuteration of Indoles via Reverse Deuterium Exchange”, J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 10772.
Pre-print uploaded to ChemRxiv on July 18th, 2022 (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-s48dt).
Selected compounds from this publication are commercially available through Key Organics.

11. Fitzgerald, L. S.; O’Duill, M. L.* “A Guide to Directing Group Removal: 8-Aminoquinoline”, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 8411–8436.

8-AQ removal

10. Haider, T.; Suraeva, O.; O’Duill, M. L.; Mars, J.; Mezger, M.; Lieberwirth, I.; Wurm, F. R. “Controlling the crystal structure of precisely spaced polyethylene-like polyphosphoesters”, Polym. Chem. 2020, 11, 3404–3415.

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PhD and Postdoctoral

9. O’Duill, M. L.; Engle, K. M. “Protodepalladation as a Strategic Elementary Step in Catalysis”, Synthesis 2018, 50, 4699–4714. (Invited Review)

8. Derosa, J.*; O’Duill, M. L.*; Holcomb, M.; Boulous, M. N.; Patman, R. L.; Wang, F.; Tran-Dubé, M.; McAlpine, I.; Engle, K. M. “Copper-Catalyzed Chan–Lam Cyclopropylation of Phenols and Azaheterocycles”, J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 3417–3425. (*authors contributed equally.)

7. O’Duill, M. L.; Matsuura, R.; Wang, Y.; Turnbull, J. L.; Gurak, J. A.; Gao, D.-W.; Lu, G.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M. “Tridentate Directing Groups Stabilize 6-Membered Palladacycles in Catalytic Alkene Hydrofunctionalization”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 44, 15576–15579.

6. Derosa, J.; Cantu, A. L.; Boulous, M.; O’Duill, M. L.; Turnbull, J. L.; Liu, Z.; De La Torre, D.; Engle, K. M. “Palladium(II)-catalyzed directed anti-Hydrochlorination of Unactivated Alkynes with HCl”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5183–5193.

5. O’Duill, M.; Dubost, E.; Pfeifer, L.; Gouverneur, V. “Cross-Coupling of [2-Aryl-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl](trimethyl)silanes with Aryl Halides”, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 3466–3469.

4. Yang, G.; O’Duill, M.; Gouverneur, V.; Krafft, M.P. “Recruitment and Immobilization of a Fluorinated Biomarker Across an Interfacial Phospholipid Film using a Fluorocarbon Gas”, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 8402–8406.

3. Mizuta, S.; Stenhagen, I. S. R.; O’Duill, M.; Wolstenhulme, J.; Kirjavainen, A. K.; Forsback, S. J.; Tredwell, M.; Sandford, G.; Moore, P. R.; Huiban, M.; Luthra, S. K.; Passchier, J.; Solin, O.; Gouverneur, V. “Catalytic Decarboxylative Fluorination for the Synthesis of Tri-and Difluoromethyl Arenes“, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2648–2651.

2. Mizuta, S.; Engle, K. M.; Verhoog, S.; Galicia-Lopez, O.; O’Duill, M.; Medebielle, M.; Wheelhouse, K.; Rassias, G.; Thompson, A.; Gouverneur, V. “Trifluoromethylation of Allylsilanes under Photoredox Catalysis“, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1250–1253.

1. Mizuta, S.; Verhoog, S.; Engle, K. M.; Khotavivattana, T.; O’Duill, M.; Wheelhouse, K.; Rassias, G.; Medebielle, M.; Gouverneur, V. “Catalytic Hydrotrifluoromethylation of Unactivated Alkenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 2505–2508.