Publications

Undergraduate student; *corresponding author; ‡contributed equally

68) Sean M. Griffin,‡ David C. Bain,‡ Arjun Halder, Stavrini Tsangari, Phillip J. Milner, Andrew J. Musser*. “Unveiling Long-Lived Dual Emission in a Tetraphenylethylene-Based Metal–Organic Framework.” In review.

67) Ruth M. Mandel,‡ Piyusha S. Lotlikar,‡ Tomče Runčevski, Jung-Hoon Lee, Joshua J. Woods, Tristan A. Pitt, Justin J. Wilson, Phillip J. Milner*. “Transdermal Hydrogen Sulfide Delivery Enabled by Open Metal Site Metal–Organic Frameworks.” In review. [ChemRxiv]

66) Bayu I. Z. Ahmad, Ronald T. Jerozal,‡ Sijing Meng,‡ Tristan H. Lambert*, Phillip J. Milner*. “Defect-Engineered Metal–Organic Frameworks as Bioinspired Heterogeneous Catalysts for Amide Bond Formation.” In review. [ChemRXiv]

65) Tristan A. Pitt, Tyler J. Azbell, Jaehwan Kim, Matthew A. Addicoat, Phillip J. Milner*. “A Strongly Reducing sp2 Carbon-Conjugated Covalent Organic Framework Formed by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Dimerization.” In review. 

64) Huaiguang Li, Mary E. Zick, Teedhat Trisukhon, Matteo Signorile, Xinyu Liu, Helen Eastmond, Shivani Sharma, Tristan Spreng, Jack Taylor, Jamie Gittins, Cavan Farrow, S. Alexandra Lim, Valentina Crocellà, Phillip J. Milner, Alexander C. Forse*. “Capturing Carbon Dioxide from Air with Charged Sorbents.” In review. [ChemRXiv]

63) Bevan S. Whitehead, William W. Brennessel, Shane S. Michtavy, Hope A. Silva, Jaehwan Kim, Phillip J. Milner, Marc D. Porosoff, Brandon R. Barnett*. “Selective Adsorption of Fluorinated Super Greenhouse Gases within a Metal–Organic Framework with Dynamic Corrugated Ultramicropores.” Chem. Sci. 2024, Accepted. [ChemRXiv]62) Tyler J. Azbell, Phillip J. Milner*. “Cobalt(III) Halide Metal–Organic Frameworks Drive Catalytic Halogen Exchange.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, Accepted. [Link] [ChemRXiv]

61) David C. Bain, Julia Chang, Yihuan Lai, Thomas Khazanov, Phillip J. Milner, Andrew J. Musser*. “Torsional Disorder in Tetraphenyl [3]-Cumulenes: Insight into Excited State Quenching.” Photochem, 2024, 4, 138–150. [Link]60) Tristan A. Pitt, Haojun Jia, Tyler J. Azbell, Mary E. Zick, Aditya Nandy, Heather J. Kulik, Phillip J. Milner*. “Benchmarking Nitrous Oxide Adsorption and Activation in Metal–Organic Frameworks Bearing Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Centers.” J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 3164–3174. [Link] [ChemRXiv]59) Jaehwan Kim, Jianheng Ling, Yihuan Lai, Phillip J. Milner*. “Redox-Active Organic Materials: From Energy Storage to Redox Catalysis.” ACS Mater. Au, 2024, Accepted. Invited submission to the “Rising Stars in Materials Science” special issue. [Link]58) Arjun Halder, David C. Bain, Tristan A. Pitt, Zixiao Shi, Julia Oktawiec, Jung-Hoon Lee, Stavrini Tsangari, Marcus Ng, José J. Fuentes-Rivera, Alexander C. Forse, Tomče Runčevski, David A. Muller, Andrew J. Musser, Phillip J. Milner*. “Kinetic Trapping of Photoluminescent Frameworks During High-Concentration Synthesis of Nonemissive Metal-Organic Frameworks.” Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 10086–10098. [Link] [ChemRXiv]

57) Reum N. Scott*, Claire E. Frank, Maya M. Martirossyan, Phillip J. Milner*, Julia Dshemuchadse*. “Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework Self-Assembly and Defect Engineering Studied via Coarse-Grained Simulations.” Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 10050–10059. [Link]56) Tyler J. Azbell,‡ Tristan A. Pitt,‡ Ronald T. Jerozal, Ruth M. Mandel, Phillip J. Milner*. “Simplifying the Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks.” Acc. Mater. Res. 2023, 4, 867–878. [Link]55) Kaitlyn T. Keasler, Mary E. Zick,‡ Emily E. Stacy,‡ Jung-Hoon Lee, Jaehwan Kim, Lida Aeindartehran, Tomče Runčevski, Phillip J. Milner*. “Handling Fluorinated Gases as Solid Reagents using Metal–Organic Frameworks.” Science 2023, 381, 1455–1461. [Link] [Chemistry World] [Cornell Chronicle] [Cornell Daily Sun] [Synfacts] [OPRD] [ChemRXiv] 54) Jaehwan Kim, Yogita Shirke, Phillip J. Milner*. “Flexible Backbone Effects on the Redox Properties of Perylenediimide-Based Polymers.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, Accepted. [Link] [ChemRXiv] Invited submission to the Forum on Organic Battery Materials.53) Yihuan Lai, Arjun Halder, Jaehwan Kim, Thomas J. Hicks, Phillip J. Milner*. “Electroreductive Radical Borylation of Unactivated (Hetero)Aryl Chlorides Without Light by Using Cumulene-Based Redox Mediators.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202310246. [Link] [ChemRXiv] 52) Jaehwan Kim,‡ Minh H. Le,‡ Makayla C. Spicer, Casandra M. Moisanu, Suzi M. Pugh, Phillip J. Milner*. “Zinc Bromide: A General Mediator for the Ionothermal Synthesis of Microporous Polymers via Cyclotrimerization Reactions.” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 17159–17166. [Link] [ChemRXiv] 51) Bayu I. Z. Ahmad,‡ Kaitlyn T. Keasler,‡ Emily E. Stacy,‡ Sijing Meng, Thomas J. Hicks, Phillip J. Milner*. “MOFganic Chemistry: Challenges and Opportunities for Metal–Organic Frameworks in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.” Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 4883–4896. [Link] [ChemRXiv] Invited submission.50) Ronald T. Jerozal, Tristan A. Pitt, Samantha N. MacMillan, Phillip J. Milner*. “High-Concentration Self-Assembly of Zirconium- and Hafnium-Based Metal–Organic Materials.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 13273–13283. [Link] [ChemRXiv]

49) Yelin Ko, Tyler J. Azbell, Phillip J. Milner, Juan Hinestroza*. “Upcycling of Dyed Polyester Fabrics into Copper-1,4-Benzenedicarboxylate (CuBDC) Metal–Organic Frameworks.” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2023, 62, 5771–5781. [Link] [Cornell Chronicle]48) Tyler J. Azbell, Tristan A. Pitt, Melissa M. Bollmeyer, Christina Cong, Kyle M. Lancaster, Phillip J. Milner*. “Ionothermal Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks Using Low-Melting Metal Salt Precursors.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202218252. [Link] [ChemRXiv]

47) Abigail K. Nason, Ronald T. Jerozal, Phillip J. Milner, Jin Suntivich*. “Reactive Crystallization via Metal–Organic Framework Formation Enables Separation of Terephthalic Acid from Textile Impurities.” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 18–22. [Link] [Cornell Chronicle]46) Christina Cong,‡ Jaehwan Kim,‡ Cara N. Gannett, Héctor D. Abruña, Phillip J. Milner*. “Unexpected Direct Synthesis of Tunable Redox-Active Benzil-Linked Polymers via the Benzoin Reaction.” ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2023, 5, 1056–1066. [Link] [ChemRXiv] 45) Arjun Halder, David C. Bain, Julia Oktawiec, Matthew A. Addicoat, Stavrini Tsangari, José J. Fuentes-Rivera, Tristan A. Pitt, Andrew J. Musser,* Phillip J. Milner*. “Enhancing Dynamic Spectral Diffusion in Metal–Organic Frameworks Through Defect Engineering.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1072–1082. [Link] [ChemRXiv]

44) Sayan Maiti, Jatan Sharma,‡ Jianheng Ling,‡ Dylan Tietje-Mckinney, Matthew P. Heaney, Tomče Runčevski, Matthew A. Addicoat,* Francis D’Souza,* Phillip J. Milner,* Anindita Das*. “Emissive Substoichiometric Covalent Organic Frameworks for Water Sensing and Harvesting.” Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, 44, 2200751. [Link] Invited submission.43) Mary E. Zick, Donovan Cho,‡ Jianheng Ling,‡ Phillip J. Milner*. “Carbon Capture Beyond Amines: CO2 Sorption at Nucleophilic Oxygen Sites in Materials.” ChemNanoMat 2023, 9, e202200436. [Link] 42) Tyler J. Azbell,‡ Ruth M. Mandel,‡ Jung-Hoon Lee, Phillip J. Milner*. “Reactive Chlorine Capture by Dichlorination of Alkene Linkers in Metal–Organic Frameworks.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 53928–53935. [Link] [ChemRXiv]41) Cara N. Gannett,‡ Jaehwan Kim,‡ Dave Tirtariyadi,  Phillip J. Milner*, Héctor D. Abruña*. “Investigation of Ion-Electrode Interactions of Linear Polyimides and Alkali Metal Ions for Next Generation Alternative-Ion Batteries.” Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 9191–9201. [Link] [ChemRXiv] 40) Elena Y. Chen,‡ Ruth M. Mandel,‡ Phillip J. Milner*. “Evaluating Solvothermal and Mechanochemical Routes towards the Metal–Organic Framework Mg2(m-dobdc).” CrystEngComm, 2022, 24, 7292–7297. [Link] [ChemRXiv]  Invited submission to the “New Talent” special issue. 39) Mary E. Zick, Suzi M. Pugh, Jung-Hoon Lee, Alexander C. Forse, Phillip J. Milner*. “Carbon Dioxide Capture at Nucleophilic Hydroxide Sites in Oxidation-Resistant Cyclodextrin-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206718. [Link] [Cornell Chronicle] [Local News] [Local News] [ChemRXiv]  38) Faith E. Chen,‡ Tristan A. Pitt,‡ Diane J. Okong’o, Luc G. Wetherbee, Jose J. Fuentes-Rivera, Phillip J. Milner*. “A Structure-Activity Study of Aromatic Acid Modulators for the Synthesis of Zirconium-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks.” Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 3383–3394. [Link]37) Jaehwan Kim,‡ Casandra M. Moisanu,‡ Cara N. Gannett, Arjun Halder, José J. Fuentes-Rivera, Sean H. Majer, Kyle M. Lancaster, Alexander C. Forse, Héctor D. Abruña, Phillip J. Milner*. “Conjugated Microporous Polymers via Solvent-Free Ionothermal Cyclotrimerization of Methyl Ketones.” Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 8334–8342. [Link]

36) Faith E. Chen,‡ Ruth M. Mandel,‡ Joshua J. Woods, Jung-Hoon Lee, Jaehwan Kim, Jesse H. Hsu, José J. Fuentes-Rivera, Justin J. Wilson, Phillip J. Milner*. “Biocompatible Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Storage and Therapeutic Delivery of Hydrogen Sulfide.” Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 7848–7857. [Link]35) Zihao Wang, Arvin Bilegsaikhan, Ronald T. Jerozal, Tristan A. Pitt, Phillip J. Milner*. “Evaluating the Robustness of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Synthetic Chemistry.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 17517–17531. [Link] 

34) Jonathan B. Lefton, Kyle B. Pekar, Uroob Haris, Mary E. Zick, Phillip J. Milner, Alexander R. Lippert, Ljupčo Pejov, Tomče Runčevski*. “Defect Formation and Amorphization of Zn-MOF-74 Crystals by Post-Synthetic Interactions with Bidentate Adsorbates.” J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 19698–19704. [Link] Invited submission.33) Mary E. Zick, Jung-Hoon Lee, Miguel I. Gonzalez, Ever O. Valasquez, Adam A. Uliana, Jaehwan Kim, Jeffrey R. Long, Phillip J. Milner*. “Fluoroarene Separations in Metal–Organic Frameworks with Two Proximal Mg2+ Coordination Sites.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1948–1958. [Link] [Highlight in Matter]

32) Jen-Yu Huang, Yuanze Xu, Phillip J. Milner, Tobias Hanrath*. “Processing-Structure-Performance Relationships of Microporous Metal-Organic Polymers for Size-Selective Separations.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 3521–3527. [Link]31) Alexander C. Forse*, Phillip J. Milner*. “New Chemistry for Enhanced Carbon Capture: Beyond Ammonium Carbamates.” Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 508–516. [Link]
30) Zihao Wang, Zongzhe Li, Marcus Ng, Phillip J. Milner*. “Rapid Mechanochemical Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks using Exogenous Organic Base.” Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 16238–16244. [Link] Invited submission to the “New Talents: Americas” special issue.

29) José J. Fuentes-Rivera, Mary E. Zick, M. Alexander Düfert*, Phillip J. Milner*. “Overcoming Halide Inhibition of Suzuki-Miyaura Couplings with Biaryl Monophosphine-Based Catalysts.” Org. Proc. Res. Dev. 2019, 23, 1631–1637. [Link] Invited submission to the “Honoring 25 Years of the Buchwald-Hartwig Amination” special issue.

28) Ziting Zhu, Hsinhan Tsai, Surya T. Parker, Jung-Hoon Lee, Yuto Yabuuchi, Henry Z. H. Jiang, Yang Wang, Shuoyan Xiong, Alexander C. Forse, Bhavish Dinakar, Adrian Huang, Chaochao Dun, Phillip J. Milner, Alex Smith, Pedro Guimarães Martins, Katie R. Meihaus, Jeffrey J. Urban, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey R. Long*. “High-Capacity, Cooperative CO2 Capture in a Diamine-Appended Metal–Organic Framework through a Combined Chemisorptive and Physisorptive Mechanism.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 6072–6083. [Link]

27) Ziting Zhu, Surya T. Parker, Alexander C. Forse, Jung-Hoon Lee, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Phillip J. Milner, Hsinhan Tsai, Mengshan Ye, Maria Paley, Adam A. Uliana, Julia Oktawiec, Bhavish Dinakar, Stephanie A. Didas, Katie R. Meihaus, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Cooperative Carbon Dioxide Capture in Diamine-Appended Magnesium–Olsalazine Frameworks.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17151–17163. [Link]

26) Bhavish Dinakar, Alexander C. Forse, Henry Z. H. Jiang, Ziting Zhu, Jung-Hoon Lee, Eugene J. Kim, Surya T. Parker, Connor J. Pollak, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Phillip J. Milner, Jeffrey A. Reimer*, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Overcoming Metastable CO2 Adsorption in a Bulky Diamine-Appended Metal–Organic Framework.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12528–15270. [Link]

25) Eugene J. Kim, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Henry Z. H. Jiang, Alexander C. Forse, Jung-Hoon Lee, Jeffrey D. Martell, Phillip J. Milner, Joseph M. Falkowski, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Simon C. Weston, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Cooperative carbon capture and steam regeneration with tetraamine-appended metal–organic frameworks.” Science, 2020, 369, 392–396. [Link] [Berkeley News]

24) Jeffrey D. Martell,‡ Phillip J. Milner,‡ Rebecca L. Siegelman, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Kinetics of cooperative CO2 adsorption in diamine-appended variants of the metal–organic framework Mg2(dobpdc).” Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 6457–6471. [Link]

23) Victor Y. Mao, Phillip J. Milner, Jung-Hoon Lee, Alexander C. Forse, Eugene J. Kim, Rebecca L. Siegelman, C. Michael McGuirk, Leo B. Porter-Zasada, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Cooperative Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Alcoholamine- and Alkoxyalkylamine-Functionalized Metal–Organic Frameworks.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 19468–19477. [Link]

22) Jun Xu*, Yifei Michelle Liu, Andrew S. Lipton, Jinxing Ye, Gina L. Hoatson, Phillip J. Milner, Thomas M. McDonald, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Alexander C. Forse, Berend Smit, Jeffrey R. Long, Jeffrey A. Reimer. “Amine Dynamics in Diamine-Appended Mg2(dobpdc) Metal–Organic Frameworks.” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2019, 10, 7044–7049. [Link]

21) Sohee Jeong,‡ Phillip J. Milner,‡ Liwen F. Wan,‡ Yi-Sheng Liu, Julia Oktawiec, Edmond W. Zaia, Alexander C. Forse, Noemi Leick, Thomas Gennett, Jinghua Guo, David Prendergast*, Jeffrey R. Long*, Jeffrey J. Urban*. “Runaway Carbon Dioxide Conversion Leads to Enhanced Uptake in a Nanohybrid Form of Porous Magnesium Borohydride.” Adv. Mater. 2019, 31, 1904252. [Link] [C&EN News]

20) Rebecca L. Siegelman,‡ Phillip J. Milner,‡ Alexander C. Forse, Jung-Hoon Lee, Kristen A. Colwell, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Simon C. Weston, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Water Enables Effective CO2 Capture from Natural Gas Flue Emissions in an Oxidation-Resistant Diamine-Appended Metal–Organic Framework.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 13171–13186. [Link] [LBNL Highlight]

19) Rebecca L. Siegelman,‡ Phillip J. Milner,‡ Eugene J. Kim, Simon C. Weston*, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Challenges and opportunities for adsorption-based CO2 capture from natural gas combined cycle emissions.” Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 2161–2173. ‡Contributed equally. [Link]

18) C. Michael McGuirk, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Walter S. Drisdell, Tomče Runčevski, Phillip J. Milner, Julia Oktawiec, Liwen F. Wan, Gregory M. Su, Henry Z. H. Jiang, Douglas A. Reed, Miguel I. Gonzalez, David Prendergast, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Cooperative adsorption of carbon disulfide in diamine-appended metal–organic frameworks.” Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 5133. [Link]

17) Alexander C. Forse, Phillip J. Milner, Jung-Hoon Lee, Halle N. Redfearn, Julia Oktawiec, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Jeffrey D. Martell, Bhavish Dinakar, Leo B. Porter-Zasada, Miguel I. Gonzalez, Jeffrey B. Neaton*, Jeffrey R. Long*, Jeffrey A. Reimer*. “Elucidating CO2 Chemisorption in Diamine-Appended Metal–Organic Frameworks.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 18016–18031. [Link]

16) Miguel I. Gonzalez,‡ Matthew T. Kapelewski,‡ Eric D. Bloch, Phillip J. Milner, Douglas A. Reed, Matthew R. Hudson, Jarad A. Mason, Gokhan Barin, Craig M. Brown, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Separation of Xylene Isomers through Multiple Metal Site Interactions in Metal–Organic Frameworks.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3412–3422. [Link]

15) Alexander C. Forse, Miguel I. Gonzalez, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Velencia J. Witherspoon, Sudi Jawahery, Rocio Mercado, Phillip J. Milner, Jeffrey D. Martell, Berend Smit, Bernhard Blümich, Jeffrey R. Long*, Jeffrey A. Reimer*. “Unexpected Diffusion Anisotropy of Carbon Dioxide in the Metal–Organic Framework Zn2(dobpdc).” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 1663–1673. [Link]

14) Phillip J. Milner, Jeffrey D. Martell, Rebecca L. Siegelman, David Gygi, Simon C. Weston, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Overcoming double-step CO2 adsorption and minimizing water co-adsorption in bulky diamine-appended variants of Mg2(dobpdc).” Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 160–174. [Link] 

13) Jeffrey D. Martell, Leo B. Porter-Zasada, Alexander C. Forse, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Miguel I. Gonzalez, Julia Oktawiec, Tomče Runčevski, Jiawei Xu, Monika Srebro-Hooper, Phillip J. Milner, Kristen A. Colwell, Jochen Autschbach, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Enantioselective Recognition of Ammonium Carbamates in a Chiral Metal–Organic Framework.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 16000–16012. [Link]

12)  Phillip J. Milner, Rebecca L. Siegelman, Alexander C. Forse, Miguel I. Gonzalez, Tomče Runčevski, Jeffrey D. Martell, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Jeffrey R. Long*. “A Diaminopropane-Appended Metal–Organic Framework Enabling Efficient CO2 Capture from Coal Flue Gas via a Mixed Adsorption Mechanism.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13541–13553. [Link]

11) Rebecca L. Siegelman, Thomas M. McDonald, Miguel I. Gonzalez, Jeffrey D. Martell, Phillip J. Milner, Jarad A. Mason, Adam H. Berger, Abhoyjit S. Bhown, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Controlling Cooperative CO2 Adsorption in Diamine-Appended Mg2(dobpdc) Metal–Organic Frameworks.”  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10526–10538. [Link]

10) Dianne J. Xiao, Julia Oktawiec, Phillip J. Milner, Jeffrey R. Long*. “Pore Environment Effects on Catalytic Cyclohexane Oxidation in Expanded Fe2(dobdc) Analogues.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14371–14379. [Link]

9) Phillip J. Milner, Yang Yang, Stephen L. Buchwald*. “In-Depth Assessment of the Pd-Catalyzed Fluorination of 5-Membered Heteroaryl Bromides.” Organometallics 2015, 34, 4775–4780. [Link]

8) Hong Geun Lee,‡ Phillip J. Milner,‡ Michael S. Placzek, Stephen L. Buchwald*, Jacob M. Hooker*. “Virtually Instantaneous, Room-Temperature [11C]-Cyanation using Biaryl Phosphine Pd(0) Complexes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 648–651. [Link]

7) Adam M. Levinson, Phillip J. Milner, Scott A. Snyder*. “Studies in Selective 6-Membered Bromoether Formation via Bromonium and Thiiranium-induced Cyclizations.” Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 3553–3556.  [Link]

6) Phillip J. Milner, Thomas Kinzel, Yong Zhang, Stephen L. Buchwald*.  “Studying Regioisomer Formation in the Pd-Catalyzed Fluorination of Aryl Triflates by Deuterium Labeling.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15757–15766. [Link]

5) Hong Geun Lee,‡ Phillip J. Milner,‡ Michael T. Colvin, Loren Andreas, Stephen L. Buchwald*. “Structure and Reactivity of (L•Pd)n•(1,5-cyclooctadiene) Species (n = 1-2) Bearing Biaryl Phosphine Ligands.” Inorg. Chim. Acta 2014, 422, 188–192. [Link] Invited submission.

4) Hong Geun Lee, Phillip J. Milner, Stephen L. Buchwald*. “Pd-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Fluorination of Aryl Bromides.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3792–3795. [Link] [C&EN News]

3) Hong Geun Lee,‡ Phillip J. Milner,‡ Stephen L. Buchwald*. “An Improved Catalyst System for the Efficient Pd-Catalyzed Fluorination of (Hetero)aryl Triflates.” Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 5602–5605. [Link]

2) Phillip J. Milner, Thomas J. Maimone, Mingjuan Su, Jiahao Chen, Peter Müller, Stephen L. Buchwald*. “Investigating the Dearomative Rearrangement of Biaryl Phosphine-Ligated Pd(II) Complexes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 19922–19934. [Link]

1) Thomas J. Maimone, Phillip J. Milner, Thomas Kinzel, Yong Zhang, Michael K. Takase, Stephen L. Buchwald*. “Evidence for In Situ Catalyst Modification During the Pd-Catalyzed Conversion of Aryl Triflates to Aryl Fluorides.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18106–18109. [Link]