Lightburn, T.E.; Dombrowski, M.T.; Tan, K.L. "Catalytic Scaffolding Ligands: An Efficient Strategy for Directing Reactions" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 9210.

Graduate and Posdoctoral Publications

Tan K. L.; Jacobsen E. N. “Indium-Mediated Asymmetric Allylation of Acylhydrazones Using a Chiral Urea Catalyst,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 1315.

O’Malley; S.J.; Tan, K.L.; Watzke, A.F.; Bergman, R.G.; Ellman, J.A. “Total Synthesis of (+)-Lithospermic Acid by Asymmetric Intramolecular Alkylation via C-H Bond Activation.” J. Am. Chem Soc. 2005, 127, 13496.

Tan, K.L.; Park S.; Ellman, J.A.; Bergman, R.G. “Intermolecular Coupling of Alkenes to Heterocycles via C-H Bond Activation.” J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 7329.

Blum, S.A.; Tan, K.L.; Bergman, R.G.; “Application of physical organic methods to the investigation of organometallic reaction mechanisms.” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 4127.

Tan, K.L.; Vasudevan, A.; Bergman, R.G.; Ellman, J.A.; Souers, A.J. “Microwave-assisted C-H bond activation: A rapid entry into functionalized heterocycles.” Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 2131.

Tan, K.L.; Ellman, J.A.; Bergman, R.G. “Intermolecular Coupling of Isomerizable Alkenes to Heterocycles via C-H Bond Activation.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 13964.

Tan, K.L.; Ellman, J.A.; Bergman, R.G. “Intermediacy of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complex in the Catalytic C-H Activation of a Substituted Benzimidazole.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3202.

Tan, K.L.; Ellman, J.A.; Bergman, R.G. “Annulation of Alkenyl-Substituted Heterocycles via Rhodium-Catalyzed Intramolecular C-H Activated Coupling Reactions.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2685.