Preprints and submitted manuscripts:

Electrochemical DABCOylation for challenging C–H amination reactions

Griffin Stewart, Eva Alvarez, Chris Rapala, Jonathan Sklar, Julia A. Kalow, and Christian A. Malapit

 Research Square

Patents:

Alvarez, E. M.;  Bai, Z.; Ritter, T. A Bicyclopentyl Thianthrenium Compound, Process for Preparing the Same and the Use Thereof, Patent number EP22181685.3, Germany, (2024).

A General Hydrotrifluoromethylation of Unactivated Olefins Enabled by Voltage-Gated Electrosynthesis.

*Alvarez, E. M.; Li, J.; *Malapit, C. A.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202415218. Link

Site-Selective Electrochemical Arene C–H Amination.

Alvarez, E. M.; Stewart, G.; Ullah, M.; Lalisse, R.; Gutierrez O.; Malapit, C. A.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 3591-3597.  LinkSupporting information

Most read paper in JACS for the months of February and March.

Highlighted in Synfacts; Trauner, D., Etling, C. Synfacts 2024, 20, 0422.

Featured in Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists

Org. Process Res. Dev. 2024, 28, 805 Link

Highlighted in ChemistryViews Link

Highlighted in ChemistryViews Link

Highlighted in Synthesis Workshop Youtube lecture. Video , Español

Invited for Organic Synthesis method article

Invited for Conceptual Review in ChemCatChem Concept

Bicyclopentylation for O-, N-, and C- Functionalization with a Storable Thianthrenium-based Reagent.

Alvarez, E. M.; Bai, Z.; Pandit, S.; Frank, N.; Torkowski, L.; Ritter, T. 

Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 548–556. Link

Highlighted in Aïssa, C. Storage without strain. Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 478–480.
Selected as OPR&D Highlights: Org. Process Res. Dev. 2023, 27, 993-1002.

Late-Stage Heteroarylation of Hetero(aryl)sulfonium Salts Activated by α-Amino Alkyl Radicals.

Alvarez, E. M.Karl, T.; Berger, F.; Torkowski,  L.;  Ritter, T.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 60, 13609-13613. Link

Selected as Hot Paper.
Among the top 10% most downloaded papers.

Cine-Substitutions at Five-Membered Hetarenes Enabled by Sulfonium Salts.

Berger F.; Alvarez, E. M.; Frank, N.; Bohdan, K.; Kondratiuk, M.; Torkowski, L.; Engl, P. S.; Barletta, J.; Ritter, T.

Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 5671-5674. Link

Site-Selective C–H Functionalization–Sulfination Sequence to Access Aryl Sulfonamides.

Alvarez, E. M.; Plutschack, M. B.; Berger, F.; Ritter, T.

Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4593-4596. Link

Selected as Hot Paper.
Selected as Front Cover by the Editor.
Among the top 10% most downloaded papers.
Selected as OPR&D Highlights: Org. Process Res. Dev. 2020, 24, 885−896.

Radical Carbofluorination of Alkenes with Arylhydrazines and Selectfluor: Additives, Mechanistic Pathways, and Polar Effects.

Pirzer, A. S.; Alvarez, E. M.; Friedrich, H.; Heinrich, M. R.

Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 2786-2792. Link

Publications

Preprints and Submitted

Manuscripts

Electrochemical DABCOylation for challenging C–H amination reactions

Griffin Stewart, Eva Alvarez, Chris Rapala, Jonathan Sklar, Julia A. Kalow, and Christian A. Malapit.

 Research Square

Patents

Alvarez, E. M.;  Bai, Z.; Ritter, T. A Bicyclopentyl Thianthrenium Compound, Process for Preparing the Same and the Use Thereof, Patent number EP22181685.3, Germany, (2024).

A General Hydrotrifluoromethylation

of Unactivated Olefins Enabled by

Voltage-Gated Electrosynthesis

*Alvarez, E. M.; Li, J.; *Malapit, C. A.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202415218 Link

Site-Selective Electrochemical Arene

C–H Amination

Alvarez, E. M.; Stewart, G.; Ullah, M.; Lalisse, R.; Gutierrez O.; Malapit, C. A.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 3591-3597.  LinkSupporting information

Most read paper in JACS 

Highlighted in Synfacts

Featured in Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists Link

Highlighted in ChemistryViews Link

Highlighted in Synthesis Workshop Youtube lecture. Video , Español

Invited for Conceptual Review in ChemCatChem Concept

Bicyclopentylation for O-, N-, and

C- Functionalization with a Storable

Thianthrenium-based Reagent.

Alvarez, E. M.; Bai, Z.; Pandit, S.; Frank, N.; Torkowski, L.; Ritter, T.

Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 548–556. Link

Highlighted in Aïssa, C. Storage without strain. Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 478–480.

Selected as OPR&D Highlights: Org. Process Res. Dev. 2023, 27, 993-1002.

Late-Stage Heteroarylation of

Hetero(aryl) sulfonium Salts

Activated by α-Amino Alkyl Radicals

Alvarez, E. M.Karl,T.; Berger, F.; Torkowski, L.; Ritter, T.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 60, 13609-13613. Link

Selected as Hot Paper.
Among the top 10% most downloaded papers.

Cine-Substitutions at Five-Membered

Hetarenes Enabled by Sulfonium Salts

Berger F.; Alvarez, E. M.; Frank, N.; Bohdan, K.; Kondratiuk, M.; Torkowski, L.; Engl, P. S.; Barletta, J.; Ritter, T.

Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 5671-5674. Link

Site-Selective C–H Functionalization

Sulfination Sequence to Access Aryl

Sulfonamides

Alvarez, E. M.; Plutschack, M. B.; Berger, F.; Ritter, T.

Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4593-4596. Link

Selected as Hot Paper.
Selected as Front Cover by the Editor.
Among the top 10% most downloaded papers.

Selected as OPR&D Highlights: Org. Process Res. Dev. 2020, 24, 885−896.

Radical Carbofluorination of Alkenes

with Arylhydrazines and Selectfluor:

Additives, Mechanistic Pathways,

and Polar Effects

Pirzer, A. S.; Alvarez, E. M.; Friedrich, H.; Heinrich, M. R.

Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 2786-2792.  Link