Publications of Benjamin List

Lai, J.; List, B.; Reid, J. P. Bis-Indole Chiral Architectures for Asymmetric Catalysis. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 3676.

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

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 2024, 146, 32292–32297.

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 2024, 146, 28339–28349.

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 2024, 386, 225–230.

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 2024, 632, 795–801.

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 2024, 385, 765–770.

Han, J. T.; Tsuji, N.; Zhou, H.; Leutzsch, M.; List, B. Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Si-Stereogenic Silacycles. Nature Communications 2024, 15, 5846.

Guillén, M.; Liu, S.; Díaz-Oviedo, C. D.; Klussmann, M.; List, B. Acid-Catalyzed Oxy-Aminomethylation of Styrenes. ACS Catalysis 2024, 14, 751–756.

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 2024, 625, 287–292.

Han, J. T.; Zhou, H.; List, B. Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Silylation of Biaryl Diols. Synlett 2023, 34, 2393–2395.

List, B. Enthusiasm, Guiding the Way to Universal Catalysts? Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan 2023, 81, 1019–1019.

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 2023, 382, 325–329.

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 2023, 62, e202303119.

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 2023, 62, e202307081.

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 2023, 12, e202300241.

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

Maji, R.; Ghosh, S.; Grossmann, O.; Zhang, P.; Leutzsch, M.; Tsuji, N.; List, B. A Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrolactonization. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 8788–8793.

Grimm, J. A. A.; Zhou, H.; Properzi, R.; Leutzsch, M.; Bistoni, G.; Nienhaus, J.; List, B. Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Cannabinoids and Menthol from Neral. Nature 2023, 615, 634–639.