Publications of Benjamin List

Leinung, W.; Mitschke, B.; Leutzsch, M.; Wakchaure, V. N.; Maji, R.; List, B.: From Reagent to Catalyst: Dispersion-Driven Design of a General Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025)

Alama, L.; Frank, N.; Brücher, L.; Nienhaus, J.; List, B.: Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Azabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes. ACS Catalysis 15, pp. 8297 - 8302 (2025)

Lai, J.; List, B.; Reid, J. P.: Bis-indole chiral architectures for asymmetric catalysis. Nature Communications 16, 3676 (2025)

Frank, N.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B.: Bro̷nsted Acid-Catalyzed Reduction of Furans. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (9), pp. 7932 - 7938 (2025)

Reinhard, D. L.; Iniutina, A.; Reese, S.; Shaw, T.; Merten, C.; List, B.; Huber, S. M.: Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Halogen Bonding Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025)

Guillén, M.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B.: Catalytic Asymmetric Cycloaddition of Olefins with In Situ Generated N-Boc-Formaldimine. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (47), pp. 32292 - 32297 (2024)

Scharf, M. J.; Tsuji, N.; Lindner, M. M.; Leutzsch, M.; Lõkov, M.; Parman, E.; Leito, I.; List, B.: Highly Acidic Electron-Rich Brønsted Acids Accelerate Asymmetric Pictet–Spengler Reactions by Virtue of Stabilizing Cation–π Interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (41), pp. 28339 - 28349 (2024)

Raut, R. K.; Matsutani, S.; Shi, F.; Kataoka, S.; Poje, M.; Mitschke, B.; Maeda, S.; Tsuji, N.; List, B.: Catalytic asymmetric fragmentation of cyclopropanes. Science 386 (6718), pp. 225 - 230 (2024)

Luo, N.; Turberg, M.; Leutzsch, M.; Mitschke, B.; Brunen, S.; Wakchaure, V. N.; Nöthling, N.; Schelwies, M.; Pelzer, R.; List, B.: The catalytic asymmetric polyene cyclization of homofarnesol to ambrox. Nature 632, pp. 795 - 801 (2024)

Zheng, T.; Nöthling, N.; Wang, Z.; Mitschke, B.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B.: A solid noncovalent organic double-helix framework catalyzes asymmetric [6 + 4] cycloaddition. Science 385 (6710), pp. 765 - 770 (2024)

Han, J. T.; Tsuji, N.; Zhou, H.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B.: Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of Si-stereogenic silacycles. Nature Communications 15, 5846 (2024)

Guillén, M.; Liu, S.; Díaz-Oviedo, C. D.; Klussmann, M.; List, B.: Acid-Catalyzed Oxy-aminomethylation of Styrenes. ACS Catalysis 14 (2), pp. 751 - 756 (2024)

Wakchaure, V. N.; DeSnoo, W.; Laconsay, C. J.; Leutzsch, M.; Tsuji, N.; Tantillo, D. J.; List, B.: Catalytic asymmetric cationic shifts of aliphatic hydrocarbons. Nature 625, pp. 287 - 292 (2024)

Han, J. T.; Zhou, H.; List, B.: Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Silylation of Biaryl Diols. Synlett 34 (20), pp. 2393 - 2395 (2023)

List, B.: Enthusiasm, Guiding the Way to Universal Catalysts? Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan 81 (11), p. 1019 - 1019 (2023)

Singh, V. K.; Zhu, C.; De, C. K.; Leutzsch, M.; Baldinelli, L.; Mitra, R.; Bistoni, G.; List, B.: Taming secondary benzylic cations in catalytic asymmetric S_N1 reactions. Science 382 (6668), pp. 325 - 329 (2023)

Lindner, M. M.; Alachraf, M. W.; Mitschke, B.; Schulze, P.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B.: Toward a Formyl-to-Phenyl Conversion: An Unexpected Photochemical Fulvene-Rearrangement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (35), e202303119 (2023)

Schwengers, S. A.; Gerosa, G. G.; Amatov, T.; Yasukawa, N.; Brunen, S.; Leutzsch, M.; Mitschke, B.; Shevchenko, G. A.; List, B.: Direct Regioselective Dehydrogenation of α-Substituted Cyclic Ketones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (35), e202307081 (2023)

Li, S.; Zhou, H.; List, B.: Synthesis and Resolution of an Axially Chiral Spirocyclic Quaternary Ammonium Ion-Based Phase-Transfer Catalyst. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 12 (8), e202300241 (2023)

Brunen, S.; Mitschke, B.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B.: Asymmetric Catalytic Friedel–Crafts Reactions of Unactivated Arenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (29), pp. 15708 - 15713 (2023)