Publications


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Porphyrins pave the way to precision polymers

Wekasinghe, K., Teator, A.J. Nat. Synth. 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s44160-023-00338-y

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Publications Prior to Joining KU

Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Stereoselective Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers

Knutson, P. C.; Teator, A. J.; Varner, T. P.; Kozuszek, C. T.; Jacky, P. E.; Leibfarth, F. A. Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Stereoselective Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08282.

Chemical drawing depicting a Bronsted acid catalyst for vinyl ether polymerization

100th Anniversary Of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: The Past, Present, And Future Of Stereocontrolled Vinyl Polymerization

Teator, A. J.; Varner, T. P.; Knutson, P. C.; Sorensen, C. C.; Leibfarth, F. A. ACS Macro Lett. 2020, 9, 1638.

Stereoselective Polymerization

Mechanistic Insight Into The Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization Of Vinyl Ethers

Varner, T. P.; Teator, A. J.; Reddi, Y.; Jacky, P. E.; Cramer, C. J.; Leibfarth, F. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17175.

Expanded monomer scope, structure-reactivity relationships, stereoselectivity & kinetic analyses, computational analysis, and stereo-matched catalyst & monomer

Partially Fluorinated Copolymers As Oxygen Sensitive 19F MRI Agents

Taylor, N. G.; Chung, S. H; Kwansa, A. L.; Johnson III, R. R.; Teator, A. J.; Milliken, N. J. B.; Koshlap, K. M.; Yingling, Y. G.; Lee, Y. Z.; Leibfarth, F. A. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 9982.

Highly sensitive 19F MRI agents for non-invasive quantification of solution oxygenation

Polar Thermoplastics With Tunable Physical Properties Enabled By The Stereoselective Polymerization Of Vinyl Ethers

Teator, A. J.; Varner, T. P.; Jacky, P. E.; Sheyko, K. A.; Leibfarth, F. A. ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8, 1559.

Poly(Vinyl Ether) Control Panel

Catalyst-Controlled Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization Of Vinyl Ethers

Teator, A. J. & Leibfarth, F. A. Science 2019, 363, 1439.

Chemical molecules drawing

Remote Control Grubbs’ Catalysts That Modulate Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerizations

Teator, A. J. & Bielawski, C. W. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2017, 55, 2949.

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A Redox-Switchable Ring-Closing Metathesis Catalyst

Lastovickova, D. N.; Teator, A. J.; Shao, H.; Liu, P.; Bielawski, C. W. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 1525.

A Redox-Switchable Ring-Closing Metathesis Catalyst

A Photoswitchable Olefin Metathesis Catalyst

Teator, A. J.; Shao, H.; Lu, G.; Liu, P.; Bielawski, C. W. Organometallics 2017, 36, 490.

A Photoswitchable Olefin Metathesis Catalyst

Chloroacylation And Chloroalkoxycarbonylation Of Alkynes

Lastovickova, D. N.; Teator, A. J.; Bielawski, C. W. In Science of Synthesis: N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Catalytic Organic Synthesis, Nolan, S. P.; Cazin, C. S. J., Eds.; Thieme: Stuttgart, (2017); Vol 1, p 439.

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Halides With Fifteen Aliphatic C–H···Anion Interaction Sites

Shi, G.; Tehrani, Z. A.; Kim, D.; Cho, W. J.; Yoon, I.-S.; Lee, H. M.; Yousuf, M.; Ahmed, N.; Shirinfar, B.; Teator, A. J.; Lastovickova, D. N.; Rasheed, L.; Lah, M. S.; Bielawski, C. W.; Kim, K. S. Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 30123.

Chemical molecule drawing

Switchable Polymerization Catalysts

Teator, A. J.*; Lastovickova, D. N.*; Bielawski, C. W. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 1969.
Asterisk indicates equal contribution.

Active catalysts

An Isolable, Photoswitchable N-Heterocyclic Carbene: On Demand Reversible Ammonia Activation

Teator, A. J.; Tian, Y.; Chen, M.; Lee, J. K.; Bielawski, C. W. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11559.

Reversible capture of ammonia

A Two-Dimension Polymer From The Anthracene Dimer And Triptycene Motifs

Bhola, R.; Payamyar, P.; Murray, D. J.; Kumar, B.; Teator, A. J.; Schmidt, M. U.; Hammer, S. M.; Saha, A.; Sakamoto, J.; Schlüter, A. D.; King, B. T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14134.

Monomer and 2D polymer