
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison 1994
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College 1989
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Kim, N., and R. A. Widenhoefer. “Formation of Cyclopropanes via Activation of (γ-Methoxy)alkyl Gold(I) Complexes with Lewis Acids.” Organometallics, vol. 39, no. 17, Sept. 2020, pp. 3160–67. Scopus, doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00324. Full Text
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Stow, C. P., and R. A. Widenhoefer. “Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Gold(I) α-Oxo Carbenoid Complexes.” Organometallics, Jan. 2020. Scopus, doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00033. Full Text
Kim, Nana, and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Synthesis of gold allyloxysulfonium complexes and elimination to form an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde.” Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), vol. 55, no. 91, Nov. 2019, pp. 13745–48. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c9cc06589j. Full Text
Carden, Robert G., and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Gold Sulfonium Benzylide Complexes Undergo Efficient Benzylidene Transfer to Alkenes.” Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), vol. 25, no. 47, Aug. 2019, pp. 11026–30. Epmc, doi:10.1002/chem.201902845. Full Text
Kim, Nana, and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Ionization of gold (γ-methoxy)vinyl complexes generates reactive gold vinyl carbene complexes.” Chemical Science, vol. 10, no. 24, June 2019, pp. 6149–56. Epmc, doi:10.1039/c9sc01574d. Full Text
Harris, R. J., et al. “Kinetics and Mechanism of the Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Allenes with Alcohols.” Acs Catalysis, vol. 8, no. 9, Sept. 2018, pp. 8941–52. Scopus, doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b02211. Full Text
Kim, Nana, and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Cationic Gold Diarylallenylidene Complexes.” Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English), vol. 57, no. 17, Apr. 2018, pp. 4722–26. Epmc, doi:10.1002/anie.201713209. Full Text
Carden, Robert G., et al. “Experimental Evaluation of (L)Au Electron-Donor Ability in Cationic Gold Carbene Complexes.” Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), vol. 23, no. 71, Dec. 2017, pp. 17992–8001. Epmc, doi:10.1002/chem.201703820. Full Text
Widenhoefer, R. A., and C. F. Bender. “Silane-initiated carbocyclization catalyzed by transition metal complexes.” Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, vol. 11, 2007, pp. 367–410.
Mukherjee, Paramita, and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselective intramolecular dehydrative amination of allylic alcohols with carbamates.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 244, 2012.
Widenhoefer, Ross A. “Cationic, two-coordinate gold p-complexes containing an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 244, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012.
Brooner, Rachel E. M., and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Synthesis and solution behavior of cationic, two-coordinate gold(I) p-complexes bearing a triphenylphosphine ligand.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 244, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012.
Lee, Seong Du, and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselective intermolecular hydroamination of unactivated 1-alkenes with cyclic ureas.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 242, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2011.
Brown, Timothy J., et al. “Cationic, two-coordinate gold(I) P -allene complexes: Syntheses, X-ray crystal structures, and dynamic solution behavior.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 242, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2011.
Butler, Kristina L., and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Platinum(II)-catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of allenes.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 242, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2011.
Brown, Timothy J., and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Dinuclear gold(I) s,P -acetylide complex formation via gold(I) P -alkyne complexes: Kinetics and mechanism.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 242, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2011.
Mukherjee, Paramita, and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Gold(I)-catalyzed intermolecular amination of allylic alcohols with cyclic ureas and related nucleophiles.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 240, 2010.
Duncan, Alethea N., and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “Mechanistic studies and scrope of gold(I)-catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of allenes with arylamines.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 239, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2010.
Zhang, Zhibin, and Ross A. Widenhoefer. “ORGN 42-Gold(I)-catalyzed dynamic kinetic enantioselective hydroamination.” Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 236, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2008.