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30) Olefin π-coordination chemistry at low-oxidation-state boron

Maximilian Michel, Marco Weber, Arumugam Jayaraman, Rian D. Dewhurst, Ivo Krummenacher, Christian Voigt, Marcel Härterich, Alfredo Vargas, and Holger Braunschweig  

Nature Chem., 2026, 18, 135−141

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29) Formation and metallomimetic reactivity of a transient dicoordinate alkylborylene

Yannick Konrad, Arumugam Jayaraman, Ivo Krummenacher, and Holger Braunschweig

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202423669

28) Straightforward formation of borirenes from boroles and dialkynes

Pedro H. R. Oliveira, Marieli O. Rodrigues, Caren D. G. Da Silva, Josina L. Bohlen, Merle Arrowsmith, Arumugam Jayaraman, Lukas Lubczyk, Felipe Fantuzzi, Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior, and Holger Braunschweig

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202423391

27) Reactivity of a stable and highly electron-rich (η6 ‑Diborabenzene)nickel(0) synthon

Maximilian Dietz, Merle Arrowsmith, Arumugam Jayaraman, Anna Lamprecht, and Holger Braunschweig

Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 1788−1797

26) Intermolecular 1,2-aminoboration of alkynes and the critical role of electron-rich alkynes

Simon Dotzauer, Arumugam Jayaraman, David Reinhart, Holger Braunschweig

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202413370

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25) Experimental observation of a terminal borylene-dinitrogen adduct via cleavage of a 1,2,3,4,5 diboratriazoline

Arumugam Jayaraman, Benedikt Ritschel, Merle Arrowsmith, Christian Markl, Malte Jürgensen, Anel Halkić, Yannick Konrad, Andreas Stoy, Krzysztof Radacki, Holger Braunschweig

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, 202412307

24) Full electron delocalization across the cluster in 1,12-bisBMes2-p-carborane radical anion

Lin Wu, Xinning Zhang, Michael Moos, Ivo Krummenacher, Maximillian Dietz, Arumugam Jayaraman, Rüdiger Bertermann, Qing Ye, Maik Finze, Christoph Lambert, Holger Braunschweig, and Lei Ji

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 17956–17963

23) Trapping of a transient base-stabilised alumylene and alumylene-type reactivity of a self-stabilising dialumene towards organic azides

Debabrata Dhara, Arumugam Jayaraman, Marcel Härterich, Merle Arrowsmith, Malte Jürgensen, Maximilian Michel and Holger Braunschweig

Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202300483

22) Carbodicarbenes and striking redox transitions of their conjugate acids: Influence of NHC versus CAAC as donor substituents

Ramapada Dolai, Rahul Kumar, Benedict J Elvers, Pradeep Kumar Pal, Benson Joseph, Rina Sikari, Mithilesh Kumar Nayak, Avijit Maiti, Tejender Singh, Nicolas Chrysochos, Arumugam Jayaraman, Ivo Krummenacher, Jagannath Mondal, U. Deva Priyakumar, Holger Braunschweig, Cem B. Yildiz, Carola Schulzke and Anukul Jana

Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 29, e202202888

21) Synthesis and hydrogenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-substituted diborenes via uncatalyzed hydrogenative B‒C bond cleavage

Alexander Okorn, Arumugam Jayaraman, Lukas Englert, Merle Arrowsmith, Theresa Swoboda, Jeanette Weigelt, Carina Brunecker, Merlin Hess, Anna Lamprecht, Carsten Lenczyk, Maximilian Rang and Holger Braunschweig

Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 7566−7574

20) Generation of a transient base-stabilised arylalumylene for the facile deconstruction of aromatic molecules

Debabrata Dhara, Arumugam Jayaraman, Marcel Härterich, Rian D. Dewhurst and Holger Braunschweig

Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 5631–5638

19) Diboramacrocycles: reversible borole dimerisation-dissociation systems

Sonja Fuchs, Arumugam Jayaraman, Ivo Krummenacher, Laura Haley, Marta Baštovanović, Maximilian Fest, Krzysztof Radacki, Holger Helten and Holger Braunschweig

Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 2932–2938

18) Azide-alkyne cycloadditions with an electronically activated alkyne: indole formation via 1-aryl-1,2,3-triazole-derived imino carbenes

Stephanie Kachel, Arumugam Jayaraman, Alexander Okorn, Ivo Krummenacher, Regina Drescher, Carina Brunecker, Sonja Fuchs, Merlin Heß, Tom E. Stennett and Holger Braunschweig

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 2331–2334

17) An unsymmetrical, cyclic diborene based on a chelating CAAC ligand and its small-molecule activation and rearrangement chemistry

Wei Lu, Arumugam Jayaraman, Felipe Fantuzzi, Rian D. Dewhurst, Marcel Härterich, Maximilian Dietz, Stephan Hagspiel, Ivo Krummenacher, Kai Hammond, Jingjing Cui and Holger Braunschweig

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202113947

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16) Palladium-catalyzed homocoupling of highly fluorinated arylboronates: studies of the influence of strongly vs weakly coordinating solvents on the reductive elimination process

Yudha P. Budiman, Arumugam Jayaraman, Alexandra Friedrich, Florian Kerner, Udo Radius and Todd B. Marder

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 6036−6050

15) Hydrophosphination of boron–boron multiple bonds

Tom E. Stennett, Arumugam Jayaraman, Tobias Brückner, Lena Schmeider and Holger Braunschweig

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 1335–1341

14) Revisiting the reduction of indoles by hydroboranes: A combined experimental and computational study

Arumugam Jayaraman, Henry Powell-Davies and Frédéric-G. Fontaine

Tetrahedron, 2019, 75, 2118–2127

13) Alkyne insertion into P–C(sp2) bonds as a route to fused phospholes: Transition-metal-like reactivity at phosphorus

Shrikant Nilewar, Arumugam Jayaraman and Brian T. Sterenberg

Organometallics, 2018, 37, 4699–4710

12) Practical and scalable synthesis of borylated heterocycles using bench stable precursor of metal-free Lewis pair catalysts

Arumugam Jayaraman, Luis C. Misal Castro and Frédéric-G. Fontaine

Org. Process Res. Dev., 2018, 22, 1489–1499

11) Metal-free borylative dearomatization of indoles: exploring the divergent reactivity of aminoborane C–H borylation catalysts

Arumugam Jayaraman, Luis C. Misal Castro, Vincent Desrosiers and Frédéric-G. Fontaine

Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 5057−5063

10) Sequential electrophilic substitution reactions of tungsten-coordinated phosphenium ions and phosphine triflates

Arumugam Jayaraman, Shrikant Nilewar, Tyler V. Jacob and Brian T. Sterenberg

ACS Omega, 2017, 2,7849−7861

9) Metal-free borylation of heteroarenes using ambiphilic aminoboranes: On the importance of sterics in frustrated Lewis pair C-H bond activation

Julien L. Lavergne, Arumugam Jayaraman, Luis C. Misal Castro, Étienne Rochette and Frédéric-G. Fontaine

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 14714−14723

8) A potent synthetic inorganic antibiotic with activity against drug-resistant pathogens

Shelby Hubick, Arumugam Jayaraman, Shelby Reid, Jane Alcorn, John Stavrinides and Brian T. Sterenberg

Sci. Rep. (Nature), 2017, 7, 41999

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7) Phosphorus–carbon bond forming reactions of diphenylphosphenium and diphenylphosphine triflate complexes of tungsten

Arumugam Jayaraman and Brian T. Sterenberg

Organometallics, 2016, 35, 2367−2377

6) Sequential electrophilic P–C bond formation in metal-coordinated chlorophosphines

Arumugam Jayaraman, Tyler V. Jacob, Jeff Bisskey and Brian T. Sterenberg

Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 8788−8791

5) Reactivity of a dichlorophosphido complex. Nucleophilic substitution reactions at metal-coordinated phosphorus

Rakesh Rajagopalan, Arumugam Jayaraman and Brian T. Sterenberg

J. Organomet. Chem., 2014, 761, 84−92

4) Electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions of a tungsten-coordinated phosphirenyl triflate

Arumugam Jayaraman and Brian T. Sterenberg

Organometallics, 2014, 33, 522−530

3) Facile phosphorus–carbon bond formation using a tungsten-coordinated phosphirenyl cation

Arumugam Jayaraman and Brian T. Sterenberg

Organometallics, 2013, 32, 745−747

2) The mechanism of permanganate oxidation of sulfides and sulfoxides

Arumugam Jayaraman and Allan L. L. East

J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77, 351−356

1) Tungsten (II)-catalyzed rearrangements of norbornadiene: Effects of alternative complexation stages

Arumugam Jayaraman, Greg M. Berner, Lynn M. Mihichuk, and Allan L. L. East

J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2011, 351, 143−153

Patents filed

1) A potent synthetic inorganic antibacterial with activity against drug-resistant pathogens
Arumugam Jayaraman, Brian T. Sterenberg and John Stavrinides
Filed as: U. S. Patent (Application No. CA 2017-2972079, application date 29.06.2017)