Publications

At MIT

Reaction: A Systems Approach Enables Discoveries in Synthetic Chemistry

Ferry, E.; Elkin, M.*

Chem 2024, 10, 2336-2338.

Prior to MIT

Substitution, Elimination, and Integration of Methyl Groups in Terpenes Initiated by C–H Bond Functionalization

Kang, Y. C.; Wetterer, R. T.; Karimov, R. R.; Kojima, M.; Surke, M.; Martín-Torres, I.; Nicolai, J.; Elkin, M.; Hartwig, J. F.*

ACS Cent. Sci. 2024, ASAP.

Featured in First reactions

Deconvolution and Analysis of ¹H NMR Spectra of Crude Reaction Mixtures

Venetos, M. C.; Elkin, M.; Delaney, C.; Hartwig, J. F.; Persson, K. A.*

J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2024, 64, 3008–3020.

Featured in Scienmag

Hybrid Machine Learning Approach to Predict the Site Selectivity of Iridium-Catalyzed Arene Borylation

Caldeweyher, E.^‡; Elkin, M.^‡; Gheibi, G.; Johansson, M. J.; Sköld, C.; Norrby, P.-O.; Hartwig, J. F.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 17367–17376.

A Neural Network Model Informs the Total Synthesis of Clovane Sesquiterpenoids

Zhang, P.^‡; Eun, J.^‡; Elkin, M.; Zhao, Y.; Cantrell, R. L. Newhouse, T. R.*

Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 527–534.

Featured in Simplifying Synthesis

trans,trans-Farnesyl Bromide

Elkin, M.*

Encyclopedia for Reagents in Organic Synthesis, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/047084289X.rn02476

Computational and Synthetic Investigation of Cationic Rearrangement in the Putative Biosynthesis of Justicane Triterpenoids

Elkin, M.^‡; Scruse, A. C.^‡; Turlik, A.; Newhouse, T. R.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1025–1029.

Computational Chemistry Strategies in Natural Products Synthesis

Elkin, M.; Newhouse, T. R.*

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 7830–7844.

Cover Feature

Traversing Biosynthetic Carbocation Landscapes in the Total Synthesis of Andrastin and Terretonin Meroterpenes

Xu, G.; Elkin, M.; Tantillo, D. J.; Newhouse, T. R.; Maimone, T. J.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12498–12502.

Total Synthesis of (±)-Berkeleyone A

Elkin, M.; Szewczyk, S. M.; Scruse, A. C.; Newhouse, T. R.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1790–1793.

^‡These authors contributed equally *Corresponding author

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