Kushan C. Weerasiri

Internal Alkyne Regio‐ and Chemoselectivity using a Zwitterionic N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Gold Catalyst in a Silver‐Free Alkyne Hydration Reaction

Kushan C. Weerasiri, Danmin Chen, Derek I. Wozniak et al. · Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis · 2016 · 27 citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Alkene Metathesis +10

Oxidation of Propargylic Alcohols with a 2‐Quinoxalinol Salen Copper(II) Complex and <i>tert</i>‐Butyl Hydroperoxide

Kushan C. Weerasiri, Anne E. V. Gorden · European Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2013 · 16 citations

Selective Oxidation, Chemical Engineering, Salen Copper +12

Cu(II) 2-quinoxalinol salen catalyzed oxidation of propargylic, benzylic, and allylic alcohols using tert-butyl hydroperoxide in aqueous solutions

Kushan C. Weerasiri, Anne E. V. Gorden · Tetrahedron · 2014 · 16 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Allylic Alcohols +8

Comparing Interactions of a Three-Coordinate Pd Cation with Common Weakly Coordinating Anions

Derek I. Wozniak, William A. Sabbers, Kushan C. Weerasiri et al. · Organometallics · 2018 · 13 citations

2-Quinoxalinol diamine Cu(<scp>ii</scp>) complex: facilitating catalytic oxidation through dual mechanisms

Yuancheng Li, TaeBum Lee, Kushan C. Weerasiri et al. · Dalton Transactions · 2014 · 10 citations

Materials Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering +13