
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison 1994
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College 1989
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
Zhang, Z., et al. “Kinetics and Mechanism of the Platinum(II)-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Vinyl Arenes with 1,2-Dimethylindole.” Israel Journal of Chemistry, Jan. 2019. Scopus, doi:10.1002/ijch.201900065. 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
Lanier, Megan L., et al. “Formal Synthesis of (+)-Laurencin by Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Dehydrative Alkoxylation..” Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), vol. 23, no. 30, May 2017, pp. 7180–84. Epmc, doi:10.1002/chem.201700499. Full Text
Timmerman, Jacob C., et al. “Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Terminal and Internal Alkenes with 2-Pyridones..” Organic Letters, vol. 19, no. 6, Mar. 2017, pp. 1466–69. Epmc, doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00450. Full Text
Kim, N., et al. “Unexpected Skeletal Rearrangement in the Gold(I)/Silver(I)-Catalyzed Conversion of 7-Aryl-1,6-enynes to Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-enes via Hidden Brønsted Acid Catalysis.” Organometallics, vol. 36, no. 3, Feb. 2017, pp. 673–78. Scopus, doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00868. 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.
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.
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.
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.