The Ball Research Group

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Publication List for Zachary Ball

  1. Hydrosilylation of Alkynes and Related Reactions. Ball, Z.T. in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry, 3rd ed.; Mingos, M.; Crabtree, R., Eds. Elsevier Ltd.: London, 2007; Vol. 10, pp 789–814.
  2. Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer Compatibilizers and Their Effect on the Morphology and Performance of P3HT:PCBM Solar Cells. Sivula, K.; Ball, Z.T.; Watanabe, N.; Fréchet, J.M.J. Adv. Mater. 2006, 18, 206.
  3. Well-Defined, Living Polymers with High Fullerene Content and Their Use in Block Copolymers for Solution-Phase and Bulk Organization. Ball, Z.T.; Sivula, K.; Fréchet, J.M.J.Macromolecules 2006, 39, 70–72.
  4. Alkyne Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by a Cationic Ruthenium Complex: Efficient and General Trans Addition. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 17644–17655.
  5. Selective synthesis of functionalized, tertiary silanes by diastereoselective rearrangement-addition. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T.; Kang, E.-J. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 4911–4913.
  6. An Alkyne Hydrosilylation-Oxidation Strategy for the Selective Installation of Oxygen Functionality. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T.; Laemmerhold, K. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10028–10038.
  7. Addition of metalloid hydrides to alkynes: Hydrometallation with boron, silicon, and tin. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T. Synthesis 2005, 853–887.
  8. Synthetic Stitching with Silicon: Geminal Alkylation-Hydroxylation of Alkynyl Carbonyl Compounds. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13942–13944.
  9. A Theoretical Study on the Mechanism, Regiochemistry, and Stereochemistry of Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Cationic Ruthenium Complexes. Chung, L. W.; Wu, Y.-D.; Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11578–11582.
  10. Regioselective Hydrosilylation of Propargylic Alcohols: An Aldol Surrogate. Trost, B. M.; Ball, Z. T.; Jöge, T. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 3415–3418.
  11. Ruthenium-catalyzed vinylsilane synthesis and cross-coupling as a selective approach to alkenes: Benzyldimethylsilyl as a robust vinylmetal functionality. Trost, B.M.; Machacek, M. R.; Ball, Z.T. Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1895–1898.
  12. Intramolecular endo-dig hydrosilylation catalyzed by ruthenium: Evidence for a new mechanistic pathway. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 30–31.
  13. A Stereospecific Ruthenium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation. Trost, B.M.; Fraisse, P.L.; Ball, Z.T. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 1059–1061.
  14. A Chemoselective Reduction of Alkynes to (E)-Alkenes. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T.; Jöge, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 7922–7923.
  15. Markovnikov Alkyne Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complexes. Trost, B.M.; Ball, Z.T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 12726–12727.
  16. A synthetic library of cell-permeable molecules. Koide, K.; Finkelstein, J.M.; Ball, Z.; Verdine, G.L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 398–408.
  17. Design and Synthesis of Novel NK1/NK2 Dual Antagonists. Reichard, G.A.; Ball, Z.T.; Aslanian, R.; Anthes, J.C.; Shih, N.Y.; Piwinski, J.J. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2000, 10, 2329-–2332.


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