Publications

12) Intermolecular sp3C-H Metalation of Non-Nucleophilic Brønsted Bases Using Simple Lewis Acids. Anna V. Schellbach, Dominic R. Willcox, Miriana Guarnaccia, Gary S. Nichol, Valerio Fasano, Michael J. Ingleson* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202512254.

11) Borane-Mediated Highly Secondary Selective Deoxyfluorination of Alcohols. Dominic R. Willcox, Nojus Cironis, Laura Winfrey, Sven Kirschner, Gary S. Nichol, Stephen P. Thomas*, Michael J. Ingleson* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202418495.

10) Synthesis of Silyl-Heterocycles Using Transborylation. Dominic R. Willcox*, Synlett 2024, doi: 10.1055/a-2500-6758. (Invited Synpacts)

9) A Base-Free Two-Coordinate Oxoborane. Clement R. P. Millet, Dominic R. Willcox, Gary S. Nichol, Cate S. Anstöter, Michael J. Ingleson*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202419094.

8) Catalytic Access to Diastereometrically Pure Four- and Five-Membered Silyl-Heterocycles Using Transborylation. Dominic R. Willcox*, Emanuele Cocco, Gary S. Nichol, Armando Carlone, Stephen P. Thomas*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202401737.

7) Autonomous execution of highly reactive chemical transformations in the Schlenkputer. Nicola L. Bell, Florian Boser, Andrius Bubliauskas, Dominic R. Willcox, Victor Sandoval Luna, Leroy Cronin*, Nature Chem. Eng. 2024, 1, 180–189.

6) Group 13 exchange and transborylation in catalysis. Dominic R. Willcox, Stephen P. Thomas, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 325–348.

5) B–N/B–H Transborylation: borane-catalysed nitrile hydroboration. Filip Meger, Alexander C. W. Kwok, Franziska Gilch, Dominic R. Willcox, Alex J. Hendy, Kieran Nicholson, Andrew D. Bage, Thomas Langer, Thomas A. Hunt, Stephen P. Thomas*, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1332–1337.

4) Boron-Catalyzed, Diastereo- and Enantioselective Allylation of Ketones with Allenes. Kieran Nicholson, Yuxuan Peng, Natalia Llopis, Dominic R Willcox, Gary S Nichol, Thomas Langer, Alejandro Baeza, Stephen P Thomas*, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 10887–10893.

3) Aluminium-Catalyzed C(sp)−H Borylation of Alkynes. Dominic R Willcox, Daniel M De Rosa, Jack Howley, Abigail Levy, Alan Steven, Gary S Nichol, Carole A Morrison, Michael J Cowley*, Stephen P Thomas*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 20672-20677.

2) Borane-Catalyzed C(sp3)–F Bond Arylation and Esterification Enabled by Transborylation. Dominic R Willcox*, Gary S Nichol, Stephen P Thomas*, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 3190–3197.

1) Synthesis of DBpin using Earth-abundant metal catalysis. Andrew W. M. Cummins, Shuyang Li, Dominic R. Willcox, Tommi Muilu, Jamie H. Docherty*, Stephen P. Thomas*, Tetrahedron 2020, 76, 131084.