Tom G. Driver
University of California, Irvine
13 Papers
445 Citations
Tom G. Driver is an academic researcher from University of California, Irvine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Alkene & Cyclohexene. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 13 publications. Previous affiliations of Tom G. Driver include California Institute of Technology.
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Papers
Kinetic and thermodynamic preferences in aryl vs benzylic C-H bond activation with cationic Pt(II) complexes
TL;DR: Anhydrous cationic Pt(II) complexes activate C-H bonds of benzene and methylbenzenes, with enhanced reactivity compared to the previously prepared equilibrium mixtures with the (thermodynamically favored) aquo complexes.
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Metal-catalyzed silacyclopropanation of mono- and disubstituted alkenes.
TL;DR: In situ functionalization of silacyclopropanes with catalytic zinc bromide and methyl formate provides for an expedient one-flask synthesis of complex oxasilacyClopentanes from alkenes.
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Mechanism of silver-mediated di-tert-butylsilylene transfer from a silacyclopropane to an alkene.
Tom G. Driver,K. A. Woerpel +1 more
TL;DR: Data support a mechanism involving reversible silver-promoted di-tert-butylsilylene extrusion from 1 followed by irreversible concerted electrophilic attack of the silylsilver intermediate on the alkene.
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Kinetic resolution of hydroperoxides with enantiopure phosphines: preparation of enantioenriched tertiary hydroperoxides.
TL;DR: An efficient reductive kinetic resolution strategy capable of accessing optically active tertiary hydroperoxides is reported, and the isolated mono(phosphine oxide) intermediate resolved hydroper oxides with the same selectivity as the parent bisph phosphine are isolated.
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Mechanism of C-H bond activation of alkyl-substituted benzenes by cationic platinum(II) complexes
TL;DR: For toluene and p-xylene, isotopic labeling shows that initial activation occurs at aryl positions with subsequent intermolecular conversion to the benzyl product.
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