Publications

33. Peters, D. S.;^† Pitts, C. R.;^† McClymont, K. S.; Stratton, T. P.; Bi, C.; Baran, P. S.* "Ideality in Context: Motivations for Total Synthesis" Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 605-617.

32. Liebing, P.;* Pitts, C. R.; Reimann, M.; Trapp, N.; Rombach, D.; Bornemann, D.; Kaupp, M.; Togni, A. "The Supramolecular Structural Chemistry of Pentafluorosulfanyl and Tetrafluorosulfanylene Compounds" Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 6086-6093.

31. Bornemann, D.; Brüning, F.; Bartalucci, N.; Wettstein, L.; Pitts, C. R.* "Examining Trichloroisocyanuric Acid and Oxalyl Chloride in Complementary Approaches to Fluorination of Group XV Heteroatoms" Helv. Chim. Acta 2021, 104, e2000218.

30. Bornemann, D.; Pitts, C. R.; Wettstein, L.; Brüning, F.; Küng, S; Guan, L.; Trapp, N.; Grützmacher, H.;* Togni, A.* "Deoxygenative Fluorination of Phosphine Oxides: A General Route to Fluorinated Organophosphorus(V) Compounds and Beyond" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 22790-22795.

29. Ghorbani, F.;^† Harry, S. A.;^† Capilato, J. N.; Pitts, C. R.; Joram, J.; Peters, G. N.; Tovar, J. D.; Smajlagic, I.; Siegler, M. A.; Dudding, T.;* Lectka, T.* "Carbonyl-Directed Aliphatic Fluorination: A Special Type of HAT Beats Out Norrish II" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 14710-14724.

28. Capilato, J. N.; Pitts, C. R.; Rowshanpour, R.; Dudding, T.;* Lectka, T.* "Site-Selective Photochemical Fluorination of Ketals: Unanticipated Outcomes in Selectivity and Stability" J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 2855-2864.

27. Holl, M. G.; Pitts, C. R.; Lectka, T.* "Quest for a Symmetric [C-F-C]⁺ Fluoronium Ion in Solution: A Winding Path to Ultimate Success" Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 265-275.

26. Brüning, F.;^† Pitts, C. R.;^† Kalim, J.; Bornemann, D.; Ghiazza, C.; de Montmillon, J.; Trapp, N.; Billard, T.;* Togni, A.* "Difluoro(aryl)(perfluoroalkyl)-λ⁴-sulfanes and Selanes: Missing Links of Trichloroisocyanuric Acid/Potassium Fluoride Chemistry" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 18937-18941.

25. Bornemann, D.;^† Pitts, C. R.;^†* Ziegler, C. J.; Pietrasiak, E.; Trapp, N.; Santschi, N.;* Togni, A.* "Pentafluoro(aryl)-λ⁶-tellanes and Tetrafluoro(aryl)(trifluoromethyl)-λ⁶-tellanes: From SF₅ to the TeF₅ and TeF₄CF₃ Groups” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 12604-12608.

24. Liu, G.; Ciborowski, S. M.; Pitts, C. R.; Graham, J. D.; Buytendyk, A.; Lectka, T.; Bowen, K.* "Observation of the Dipole- and Quadrupole-Bound Anions of 1,4-Dicyanocyclohexane" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 18310-18315.

23. Häfliger, J.;^† Pitts, C. R.;^† Bornemann, D.; Käser, R.; Santschi, N.; Charpentier, J.; Otth, E.; Trapp, N.; Verel, R.; Lüthi, H. P.; Togni, A.* "Substituent-controlled, Mild Oxidative Fluorination of Iodoarenes: Synthesis and Structural Study of Aryl I(III)- and I(V)-Fluorides" Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 7251-7259.

22. Young, J. D.; Honick, C. R.; Zhou, J.; Pitts, C. R.; Ghorbani, F.; Peters, G. M.; Lectka, T.; Tovar, J. D.; Bragg, A. E.* "Energy- and Conformer-Dependent Excited-State Relaxation of an E/Z Photoswitchable Thienyl-Ethene" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 14440-14452.

21. Pitts, C. R.;* Bornemann, D.; Liebing, P.; Santschi, N.;* Togni, A.* "Making the SF₅ Group More Accessible: A Gas Reagent-free Approach to Aryl Tetrafluoro-λ⁶-sulfanyl Chlorides" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1950-1954.

20. Santschi, N.;* Pitts, C. R.; Jelier, B. J.; Verel, R. "Determining the predominant tautomeric structure of iodine-based group-transfer reagents by ¹⁷O NMR spectroscopy" Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2289–2294.

19. Bume, D. D.; Harry, S. A.; Lectka, T.;* Pitts, C. R.* "Catalyzed and Promoted Aliphatic Fluorination" J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 8803-8814.

18. Pitts, C. R.; Holl, M. G.; Lectka, T.* "Spectroscopic Characterization of a [C-F-C]⁺ Fluoronium Ion in Solution" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 1924-1927.

17. Bume, D. D.; Harry, S. A.; Pitts, C. R.; Lectka, T.* "Sensitized Aliphatic Fluorination Directed by Terpenoidal Enones: A 'Visible Light' Approach" J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 1565-1575.

16. Holl, M. G.; Pitts, C. R.; Lectka, T.* "Fluorine in a C-F Bond as the Key to Cage Formation" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2758-2766.

15. Guan, L.; Holl, M. G.; Pitts, C. R.; Struble, M. D.; Siegler, M. A.; Lectka, T.* “Through-space Activation can Override Substituent Effects in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 14913-14916.

14. Bume, D. D.;^† Pitts, C. R.;^† Ghorbani, F.; Harry, S. A.; Capilato, J. N.; Siegler, M. A.; Lectka, T.* “Ketones as Directing Groups in Photocatalytic sp³ C-H Fluorination” Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 6918-6923.

13. Pitts, C. R.; Siegler, M. A.; Lectka, T.* "Intermolecular Aliphatic C-F•••H-C Interaction in the Presence of ‘Stronger’ Hydrogen Bond Acceptors: Crystallographic, Computational, and IR Studies" J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 3996-4000.

12. Pitts, C. R.; Bume, D. D.; Harry, S. A.; Siegler, M. A.; Lectka, T.* "Multiple Enone-Directed Reactivity Modes Lead to the Selective Photochemical Fluorination of Polycyclic Terpenoid Derivatives" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2208-2211.

11. Bume, D. B.; Pitts, C. R.; Jokhai, R. T.; Lectka, T.* "Direct, visible light-sensitized benzylic C-H fluorination of peptides using dibenzosuberenone: selectivity for phenylalanine-like residues" Tetrahedron 2016, 72, 6031-6036.

10. Pitts, C. R.; Ling, B.; Snyder, J. A.; Bragg, A. E.;* Lectka, T.* "Aminofluorination of Cyclopropanes: A Multifold Approach through a Common, Catalytically Generated Intermediate" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 6598-6609.

9. Bume, D. D.; Pitts, C. R.; Lectka T.* "Tandem C-C Bond Cleavage of Cyclopropanols and Oxidative Aromatization by Manganese(IV) Oxide in a Direct C-H to C-C Functionalization of Heteroaromatics" Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 2016, 26-30.

8. Pitts, C. R.; Bloom, M. S.; Bume, D. D.; Zhang, Q. A.; Lectka, T.* "Unstrained C-C Bond Activation and Directed Fluorination through Photocatalytically-Generated Radical Cations" Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 5225-5229.

7. Bloom, S.; Bume, D. D.; Pitts, C. R.; Lectka, T.* "Site-Selective Approach to β-Fluorination: Photocatalyzed Ring Opening of Cyclopropanols" Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 8060-8063.

6. Pitts, C. R.; Ling, B.; Woltornist, R.; Liu, R.; Lectka, T.* "Triethylborane-Initiated Radical Chain Fluorination: A Synthetic Method Derived from Mechanistic Insight" J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 8895-8899.

5. Pitts, C. R.; Bloom, S.; Woltornist, R.; Auvenshine, D.; Ryzhkov, L. R.; Siegler, M. A.; Lectka, T.* "Direct, Catalytic Monofluorination of sp³ C‑H Bonds: A Radical-Based Mechanism with Ionic Selectivity" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 9780-9791.

4. Pitts, C. R.; Lectka, T.* "Chemical Synthesis of β-Lactams: Asymmetric Catalysis and Other Recent Advances" Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 7930-7953.

3. Bloom, S.; Pitts, C. R.; Woltornist, R.; Griswold, A.; Holl, M. G.; Lectka, T.* "Iron(II)-Catalyzed Benzylic Fluorination" Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1722-1724.

2. Bloom, S.; Pitts, C. R.; Miller, D. C.; Haselton, N.; Holl, M. G.; Urheim, E.; Lectka, T.* "A Polycomponent Metal-Catalyzed Aliphatic, Allylic, and Benzylic Fluorination" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10580-10583.

1. Anderson, S.;* Pitts, C. R. "Art, science and the staying power of the beat in Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" Studies in Musical Theatre 2012, 6, 227-236.