David MacMillan
Research Focus
Research in the MacMillan Group is centered on the field of organic synthesis and catalysis. We are inspired by the pursuit of new concepts in synthetic organic chemistry involving organocatalysis, organo-cascade catalysis, metal-mediated catalysis, and total synthesis of natural products and pharmaceuticals.
- The Advent and Development of Organocatalysis
D. W. C. MacMillan
Nature, 455, 304-308 (2008)
- Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes
D. Nicewicz, D. W. C. MacMillan
Science, 322, 77-80 (2008)
- Enantioselective Organocatalysis Using SOMO Activation
T. D. Beeson, A. Mastracchio, J. Hong, K. Ashton, D. W. C. MacMillan
Science, 316, 582-585 (2007)
- Two Step Synthesis of Carbohydrates by Selective Aldol Reactions
A. B. Northrup, D. W. C. MacMillan
Science, 305, 1752-1755 (2004)
- New Strategies for Organic Synthesis: The First Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels-Alder Reaction
K. A. Ahrendt, C. J. Borths, D. W. C. MacMillan
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 4243-4244 (2000)