David W. C. MacMillan

Collective synthesis of natural products by means of organocascade catalysis

Spencer B. Jones, Bryon Simmons, Anthony Mastracchio et al. · Nature · 2011 · 718 citations

Novel Organocatalysts, Engineering, Collective Synthesis +7

Silyl Radical Activation of Alkyl Halides in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis: A Unique Pathway for Cross-Electrophile Coupling

Patricia Zhang, Chi “Chip” Le, David W. C. MacMillan · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2016 · 664 citations · Full text

Engineering, Silyl Radical Species, Organic Chemistry +16

Carboxylic Acids as A Traceless Activation Group for Conjugate Additions: A Three-Step Synthesis of (±)-Pregabalin

Lingling Chu, Chisa Ohta, Zhiwei Zuo et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2014 · 593 citations · Full text

Engineering, Michael Donors, Synthetic Photochemistry +17

Enantioselective organocatalytic construction of pyrroloindolines by a cascade addition–cyclization strategy: Synthesis of (–)-flustramine B

Joel F. Austin, Sung-Gon Kim, Christopher J. Sinz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 456 citations · Full text

Metallaphotoredox-enabled deoxygenative arylation of alcohols

Zhe Dong, David W. C. MacMillan · Nature · 2021 · 396 citations · Full text

Metallaphotoredox-enabled Deoxygenative Arylation, Engineering, Organic Chemistry +3