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Douglas W. Stephan

University of Toronto · CA
Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Organic Chemistry
Research interest
Research interests include Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds.
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106
citations
50,489
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1,607
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Recent publications

Photolytic and Thermal Reactions of [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>(PPh<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(μ-N<sub>2</sub>)] and Its Lewis Acid Adducts: N–N Bond Cleavage and Liberation of N<sub>2</sub>
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025cited by 8position: lastdoi
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-Catalyzed [2π + 2σ] Cycloadditions of Carbodiimides with Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
Organic Letters 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of alkynes
Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2024cited by 22position: lastdoi
Readily accessible chiral frustrated Lewis pair catalysts: Asymmetric hydrosilylation of imines and quinolines
Chem Catalysis 2024cited by 5position: lastdoi
Frustrated Lewis pair chemistry of CO
Chemical Society Reviews 2023cited by 38position: firstdoi
Diazene Chemistry: Metal-Free Models of N<sub>2</sub> Reduction Intermediates
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023cited by 28position: lastdoi
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-catalyzed Wolff rearrangement/[2 + 2] and [4 + 2] cascade cyclization of α-diazoketones with imines
Organic Chemistry Frontiers 2023cited by 22position: lastdoi
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-catalyzed cyclopropanation of 3-alkenyl-oxindoles with diazomethanes
Chemical Communications 2023cited by 20position: lastdoi
Phosphino‐Phosphination Reactions: Frustrated Lewis Pair Reactivity of Phosphino‐Phosphonium Cations with Alkynes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023cited by 12position: lastdoi
The Lewis superacidic aluminium cation: [(NHC)Al(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>+</sup>
Chemical Communications 2023cited by 10position: middledoi
Addition and NN bond cleavage of diazo-compounds by phosphino-phosphenium cations
Chemical Communications 2023cited by 4position: lastdoi
Reactions of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Chloro‐Diazirines: Cleavage of N=N Double Bonds
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022cited by 17position: lastdoi
Catalyst-dependent chemoselective insertion of diazoalkanes into the N–H/C–H/O–H/C–O bonds of 2-hydroxybenzothiazoles
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2022cited by 11position: lastdoi
Structure and reactivity studies of the aluminum analogue of Piers’ borane [HAl(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>3</sub>
Chemical Communications 2022cited by 3position: lastdoi
B(C<sub>6</sub>F<sub>5</sub>)<sub>3</sub>-Catalyzed site-selective <i>N</i><sup>1</sup>-alkylation of benzotriazoles with diazoalkanes
Chemical Communications 2021cited by 31position: lastdoi
The broadening reach of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry
Science 2016cited by 1,215position: firstdoi
Synthesis of a Carbodicyclopropenylidene: A Carbodicarbene based Solely on Carbon
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016cited by 71position: lastdoi
Frustrated Lewis Pair Chemistry: Development and Perspectives
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015cited by 1,739position: firstdoi
Frustrated Lewis Pairs
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2015cited by 1,151position: firstdoi
Frustrated Lewis Pairs: From Concept to Catalysis
Accounts of Chemical Research 2014cited by 1,125position: firstdoi
Synthesis and Reactivity of a CAAC–Aminoborylene Adduct: A Hetero‐Allene or an Organoboron Isoelectronic with Singlet Carbenes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014cited by 326position: middledoi
Synthesis and Reactivity of a CAAC–Aminoborylene Adduct: A Hetero‐Allene or an Organoboron Isoelectronic with Singlet Carbenes
Angewandte Chemie 2014cited by 126position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Jing Guo · Ningbo University7 papers (2021–2025) · 6 papers (2022–2025) · 6 papers (2022–2025)Yile Wu · Ningbo University4 papers (2021–2023)Yunbo Zhao · National University of Singapore3 papers (2021–2023)Liu Leo Liu · Southern University of Science and Technology3 papers (2016–2023)Lvnan Jin · Ningbo University3 papers (2022–2024)Lei Xiao · Ningbo University3 papers (2023–2025)Guy Bertrand · University of California San Diego3 papers (2014–2016)Dipendu Mandal · University of California San Diego2 papers (2021–2022) · 2 papers (2023–2023)Shaoying Ju · Ningbo University2 papers (2022–2023)Fatme Dahcheh · University of California San Diego2 papers (2014–2014)Maying Yan · Ningbo University2 papers (2024–2024)David Martín · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique2 papers (2014–2014) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Xuan Zhou · Ningbo University1 papers (2022–2022)Jingjie Tan · Ningbo University1 papers (2022–2022) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Alan J. Lough · York University1 papers (2023–2023)