Karen Thai

Chemoselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Cross-Benzoin Reactions: Importance of the Fused Ring in Triazolium Salts

Steven M. Langdon, Myron M. D. Wilde, Karen Thai et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2014 · 120 citations

Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +11

NHC-Catalyzed Ring Expansion of Oxacycloalkane-2-carboxaldehydes: A Versatile Synthesis of Lactones

Li Wang, Karen Thai, Michel Gravel · Organic Letters · 2009 · 101 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Imidazolinium-derived Carbenes +11

Highly Chemo- and Enantioselective Cross-Benzoin Reaction of Aliphatic Aldehydes and α-Ketoesters

Karen Thai, Steven M. Langdon, François Bilodeau et al. · Organic Letters · 2013 · 69 citations

Chemical Engineering, Enantioselective Synthesis, Highly Chemo- +13

Highly Enantioselective Intermolecular Stetter Reactions of β-Aryl Acceptors: α-Ketoester Moiety as Handle for Activation and Synthetic Manipulations

Eduardo Sánchez‐Larios, Karen Thai, François Bilodeau et al. · Organic Letters · 2011 · 69 citations

Excellent Enantioselectivity, Engineering, α-Ketoester Moiety +11

NHC-Catalyzed Intramolecular Redox Amidation for the Synthesis of Functionalized Lactams

Karen Thai, Li Wang, Travis Dudding et al. · Organic Letters · 2010 · 68 citations

Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +13