Refereed ISI Journal Articles
Independent research [corresponding author = (*)]
73. Nhan N. H. Ton, Binh K. Mai, Thomas Fallon, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202502713: “Rapid Access to Conjugated Z,Z,Z-Trienes“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202502713
72. Tuan H. Ho, Binh K. Mai, Tuong A. To, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Org. Lett. 2024, ASAP: “A 1,2-Aryl Migration Reaction in Visible-Light-Mediated Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives: Mechanistic Studies“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03293
71. Emily Jacobs, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202402339: “N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and N-Heterocycles as Synthetic Reagents and Building Blocks“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402339
70. Domenic P. Pace, Reece D. Crocker,* William J. Kendrick, Bolong Zhang, Wallace W. H. Wong,* Binh K. Mai,* Timothy W. Schmidt, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Adv. Optical Mater. 2024, e2401523: “Development of a Novel Solid State Organic Fluorophore: Excited-State Aromatization-Induced Structural Planarization“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401523
69. Tuong A. To, Nhu T. A. Phan, Binh K. Mai,*Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 7187-7197: “Controlling Regioselectivity of Bromolactonization Reaction in HFIP“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC01503G
68. Tuong A. To, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202317003: “Olefination of Aromatic Carbonyls via Site-Specific Activation of Cycloalkanone Ketals” [Hot Paper].
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202317003
67. Son H. Doan, Binh K. Mai,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8981-8986: “Moisture-Assisted Hydroboration of Nitriles and Conversion Thereof to N-Heterocyles and N-Containing Derivatives“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03533
66. Son H. Doan, Binh K. Mai,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 8099–8105: “A Universal Organocatalyst for Selective Mono-, Di-, and Triboration of Terminal Alkynes“.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c01435
65. Jasnoor S. Mann, Binh K. Mai, Thanh V. Nguyen,* ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 2696-2701: “Carbocation-Catalyzed Intramolecular and Intermolecular Carbonyl-Alkyne Metathesis Reactions“.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c06016
64. Bonnie Pu, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Aus. J. Chem. 2023, 76, 58-62: “HFIP-assisted Brønsted acid catalysed synthesis of furan derivatives“.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH22212
[Invited – Special issue for Heron9]
63. Tuong A. To, Binh K. Mai,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 7237–7241: “Towards Homogeneous Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Reactions“.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03099
62. Son H. Doan,‡ Nhan N. H. Ton,‡ Binh K. Mai,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 12409–12418: “Organosuperbase Catalyzed 1, 1-Diboration of Alkynes“. (‡ = equal contribution)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c03901
61. Son H. Doan, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Green Chem. 2022, 24, 7382-7387: “Tropylium Tetrafluoroborate Promoted Hydroboration of Nitriles, Imines and Amides“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D2GC01905A
60. Demelza J. M. Lyons, An H. Dinh, Reece D. Crocker, Binh K. Mai,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 2520-2525: “Formal Electrophilic Phenylation Reaction with Tropylium Ion“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00663
59. Tuong A. To, Chao Pei, Rene M. Koenigs,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e2021173: “Hydrogen Bonding Networks Enable Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202117366
58. Reece D. Crocker, Domenic P. Pace, Bolong Zhang, Demelza J. M. Lyons, Mohan M. Bhadbhade, Wallace W. H. Wong,* Binh K. Mai,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20384–20394: “Unusual Alternating Crystallization-Induced Emission Enhancement Behavior in Non-Conjugated ω-Phenylalkyl Tropylium Salts“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c10038
57. Son H. Doan, Mohanad A. Hussein, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 8901-8904: “Tropylium-Catalyzed Ritter Reactions“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC02947A
56. Nhan N. H. Ton, Binh K. Mai,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 9117-9133: “Tropylium Salt Promoted Hydroboration Reactions: Mechanistic Insights via Experimental and Computational Studies“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c01208
55. Domenic P. Pace, Raphaël Robidas, Uyen P. N. Tran, Claude Y. Legault,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 8154–8171: “Iodine Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Furans and Pyrans: Reaction Scope and Mechanistic Insights“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00608
54. Lisa Djuandhi, Neeraj Sharma,* Bruce C. C. Cowie, Thanh V. Nguyen, Aditya Rawal,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 14075-14092: “Mechanistic implications of Li–S cell function through modification of organo-sulfur cathode architectures“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP01838H
53. Sripati Jana, Claire Empel, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene Koenigs,* Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 2628-2632: “Multi C-H Functionalization Reactions of Carbazole Heterocycles via Gold-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202004724
52. Claire Empel, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene Koenigs,* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 548-553: “Tropylium-Catalyzed O–H Insertion Reactions of Diazoalkanes with Carboxylic Acids“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c04069
51. Sripati Jana, Claire Empel, Chao Pei, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene Koenigs,* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 342, 5721-5727: “Gold-catalyzed C-H Functionalization of Phenothiazines with Aryldiazoacetates“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202000962
50. Demelza J. M. Lyons, Claire Empel, Domenic P. Pace, An H. Dinh, Binh K. Mai,* Rene M. Koenigs,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 12596–12606: “Tropolonate Salts as Acyl Transfer Catalysts for Esterification Reactions under Thermal and Photochemical Conditions“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03702
49. Claire Empel, Sripati Jana, Chao Pei, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene Koenigs,* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 7225–7229: “Photochemical O-H Functionalization of Aryldiazoacetates with Phenols via Proton Transfer“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02564
48. Sripati Jana, Claire Empel, Chao Pei, Polina Aseeva, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene Koenigs,* ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 9925–9931: “C-H Functionalization Reactions of Unprotected N-Heterocycles by Gold-Catalyzed Carbene Transfer“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c02230
47. Mohanad A. Hussein, An H. Dinh, Vien T. Huynh, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 8691-8694: “Synthesis of Tertiary Amines by Direct Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Reductive Amination“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC02955F
46. Christian Dankers, Joseph Tadros, David G. Harman, Janice R. Aldrich-Wright, Thanh V. Nguyen, Christopher P. Gordon,* ACS Comb. Sci. 2020, 22, 255-267: “Immobilized Carbodiimide Assisted Flow Combinatorial Protocol to Facilitate Amide Coupling and Lactamization“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscombsci.0c00001
45. Klaus Omoregbee, Kevin N. H. Luc, An H. Dinh, Thanh V. Nguyen,* J. Flow. Chem. 2020, 10, 161-166: “Tropylium-promoted prenylation reactions of phenols in continuous flow“.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41981-020-00082-w
[Invited article for Emerging Researchers special issue]
44. Mohanad A. Hussein, Uyen P. N. Tran, Vien T. Huynh, Junming Ho, Mohan Bhadbhade, Herbert Mayr, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 1455-1459: “Halide Anion Triggered Reactions of Michael Acceptors with Tropylium Ion“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201910578
43. Uyen P. N. Tran, Renè Hommelsheim, Zhen Yang, Claire Empel, Katharina J. Hock,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene M. Koenigs,* Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 1254-1257: “Catalytic Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Cyclopropenes and oligo-Cyclopropenes“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904680
42. Yujing Guo, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene M. Koenigs,* Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 8814-8818: “Norcaradiene Synthesis via Visible Light Mediated Cyclopropanation Reactions of Arenes“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03453
41. Giulia Oss, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Synlett 2019, 30, 1966-1970: “Iodonium-Catalyzed Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Reactions“. (invited – special Cluster on metathesis reactions)
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1690297
[Invited article to Cluster: Metathesis beyond Olefins]
40. Reece D. Crocker, Bolong Zhang, Domenic P. Pace, Wallace W. H. Wong, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 11591-11594: “Tetrabenzo[5.7]Fulvalene: A Forgotten Aggregation Induced-Emission Luminogen“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC06289K
39. Lisa Djuandhi, Neeraj Sharma,* Bruce C. C. Cowie, Thanh V. Nguyen, Aditya Rawal,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2019, 21, 18667-18679: “Elucidation of Structures and Lithium Environments for an Organo-Sulfur Cathode“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CP03057C
38. Mohanad A. Hussein, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 7962-7965: “Promotion of Appel-Type Reactions by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC02132A
37. Uyen P. N. Tran, Giulia Oss, Martin Breugst, Eric Detmar, Domenic P. Pace, Kevin Liyanto, Thanh V. Nguyen,* ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 912-919: “Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Catalyzed by Molecular Iodine“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03769
36. Mohanad A. Hussein, Vien T. Huynh, Renè Hommelsheim, Rene M. Koenigs,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 12970-12973: “An Efficient Method for retro-Claisen-type C-C Bond Cleavage of Diketones with Tropylium Catalyst“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC07329E
35. Renè Hommelsheim, Katharina J. Hock, Christian Schumacher, Mohanad A. Hussein, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene M. Koenigs,* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 11439-11442: “Cyanomethyl Anion Transfer Reagents for Diastereoselective Corey Chaykovsky Cyclopropanation Reactions“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC05602A
34. Demelza J. M. Lyons, Reece D. Crocker, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 10959-10965: “Stimuli‐Responsive Organic Dyes with Tropylium Chromophore“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201801956
33. Uyen P. N. Tran, Giulia Oss, Domenic P. Pace, Junming Ho,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5145-5151: “Tropylium-Promoted Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis Reactions“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC00907D
Highlighted in Chemistry in Australia issue September/October 2018.
Featured on the front cover of ChemSci issue 23, 2018:
32. Giulia Oss, Junming Ho,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 3974-3981: “Tropylium Ion Catalyzes Hydration Reactions of Alkynes“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201800579
31. Lawson K. Spare, David G. Harman, Janice R. Aldrich-Wright, Thanh V. Nguyen, Christopher P. Gordon,* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 1209-1217: “Chemoselective Flow Hydrogenation Approaches to Diversify the Cytotoxic Tetrahydroepoxyisoindole Carboxamide Scaffold“
https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201701471
30. Giulia Oss, Sander D. de Vos, Kevin N. H. Luc, Jason B. Harper, Thanh V. Nguyen,* J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 1000-1010: “Tropylium-Promoted Oxidative Functionalization of Tetrahydroisoquinolines“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b02584
29. Katharina J. Hock, Renè Hommelsheim, Lucas Mertens, Junming Ho,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Rene M. Koenigs,* J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 8220–8227: “Corey Chaykovsky Reactions of Nitro Styrenes Enable cis-Configured Trifluoromethyl Cyclopropanes“.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b00951
28. Demelza J. M. Lyons, Reece D. Crocker, Dieter Enders, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Green Chem. 2017, 19, 3993-3996: “Tropylium Salts as Efficient Organic Lewis Acid Catalysts for Acetalization and Transacetalization Reactions in Batch and Flow“.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC01519D
[Highlighted by C&EN: http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i27/Tropylium-cation-serves-organocatalyst.html ]
[Featured on the front cover of Issue September 07, 2017]
27. Uyen P. N. Tran, Katharina J. Hock, Christopher Gordon,* Rene M. Koenigs,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 4950-4953: “Efficient Phosphine-Mediated Formal C(sp3)-C(sp3) Coupling Reactions of Alkyl Halides in Batch and Flow”.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC02033C
26. Ugur Kaya, Uyen P. N. Tran, Dieter Enders, Junming Ho, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 1398–1401: “N-Heterocyclic Olefins Promote Dehydrogenative Silylation and Hydrosilylation Reactions of Hydroxyl and Carbonyl Compounds”.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00306
25. Reece D. Crocker, Mohanad A. Hussein, Junming Ho,* Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 6259–6263: “NHC-Catalyzed Metathesis and Phosphorylation Reactions of Disulfides: Development and Mechanistic Insights”.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201700744
24. Demelza J. M. Lyons, Reece D. Crocker, Marcus Blümel, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 1466-1484; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 1488-1506: “Promotion of Organic Reactions by Non-Benzenoid Carbocyclic Aromatic Ions“.
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201605979
23. Cuong V. Nguyen, Thanh V. Nguyen, Chi M. Phan,* Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 2017, 106, 1035–1040: “Dynamic Adsorption of Alkytrimethylammonium Bromide Surfactants at the Air/Water Interface“.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.10.075
22. Chi M. Phan,* Cuong V. Nguyen, Hiromichi Nakahara, Osamu Shibata, Thanh V. Nguyen, Langmuir 2016, 32, 12842–12847: “Ionic Nature of a Gemini Surfactant at Air/Water Interface“.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03484
21. Marcus Blümel, Reece D. Crocker, Jason B. Harper, Dieter Enders, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 7958-7961: “N-Heterocyclic Olefins as Efficient Phase-Transfer Catalysts for Base-Promoted Alkylation Reactions“.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc03771b
20. Marcus Blümel, Janina-Miriam Noy, Dieter Enders, Martina H. Stenzel, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 2208-2211: “Development and Applications of Transesterification Reactions Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Olefins“.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00835
19. Reece Crocker, Thanh V. Nguyen,* Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2208-2213: “The Resurgence of N-Heterocyclic Olefins as a New Class of Organocatalysts“.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201503575
18. Van C. Nguyen, Thanh V. Nguyen, Chi M. Phan,* Colloids Surf., A 2015, 482, 365-370: “Dynamic Adsorption of a Gemini Surfactant at the Air/Water Interface“.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.06.012
17. Anh S. Hoang,* Hong N. Nguyen, Nam Q. Bui, Hong S. Vu, Thanh P. Vo, Thanh V. Nguyen, Chi M. Phan, Miner. Eng. 2015, 79, 88-93: “Extraction of gallium from Bayer liquor using extractant produced from cashew nutshell liquid“.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2015.05.012
16. Thanh V. Nguyen,* Demelza J. M. Lyons, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 3131-3134: “A Novel Aromatic Carbocation-based Coupling Reagent for Esterification and Amidation Reactions”.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4CC09539A
15. Anh S. Hoang,* Thi H. Tran, Hong N. Nguyen, Hong S. Vu, Thanh P. Vo, Chi M. Phan and Thanh V. Nguyen, Korean J. Chem. Eng. 2015, 32, 1598-1605: “Synthesis of Oxime from a Renewable Resource for Metal Extraction”.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11814-014-0348-0
14. Thanh V. Nguyen,* Michael Hall, Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 6895-6898: “Activation of DMSO for Swern-type Oxidation by 1,1-Dichlorocycloheptatriene”.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.10.100
13. Thanh V. Nguyen,* Alp Bekensir, Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1720-1723: “Aromatic Cation Activation: Nucleophilic Substitution of Alcohols and Carboxylic Acids”.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol5003972
12. Thanh V. Nguyen,* Aust. J. Chem. 2010, 63, 1309-1310: “Convenient Access to Hydroquinone and Quinone Derivatives from Cyclobutenedione Units.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH10189
11. Thanh V. Nguyen,* Aust. J. Chem. 2008, 61, 316-316: “Intramolecular Oxidative Heck Cyclization: a Novel Pathway to Cyclopentenones.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH08026
Publications from supervised studies (postdoc, Ph.D, Honours):
10. Thanh V. Nguyen, Michael S. Sherburn,* Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14991-14995: “Simple Synthetic Receptors for Aspirin”.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201304808
9. Thanh V. Nguyen, Michael S. Sherburn, e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2014 : “Nitrosobenzene”. [Invited contribution]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/047084289X.rn00696.pub2
8. Thanh V. Nguyen, Jan M. Hartmann, Dieter Enders,* Synthesis 2013, 45, 845-873: “Recent Synthetic Strategies to Access Seven-Membered Carbocycles in Natural Product Synthesis”.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1318152
7. Dieter Enders,* Thanh V. Nguyen, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 5327-5331: “Chiral Quaternary Phosphonium Salts: A New Class of Organocatalysts”.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C2OB25823D
6. Dieter Enders,* Thanh V. Nguyen, Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 2091-2095: “Secondary Amine Catalyzed Retro-Aldol Reactions of Enals and Enones: One-Pot Conversion of Enals to a-Substituted Derivatives.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.02.039
5. Gomotsang Bojase, Thanh V. Nguyen, Alan D. Payne, Anthony C. Willis and Michael S. Sherburn,* Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 229-232: “Synthesis and Properties of the Ivyanes: The Parent 1,1-Oligocyclopropanes.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0sc00500b
[Highlighted in C&EN: “Meet the Ivyanes”, 2011, 89, 26.
4. Thanh V. Nguyen, Hiroshi Yoshida, Michael S. Sherburn,* Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 5921-5923: “Selective Binding and Release of Aspirin by an Encapsulating Receptor.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0cc00422g
[Featured on the front page of the Canberra Times, issued in September 2010]
3. Thanh V. Nguyen, David J. Sinclair, Anthony C. Willis and Michael S. Sherburn,* Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 5892-5895: “Guest Binding Drives Reversible Atropisomerism in Cavitand Hosts.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200900695
2. Tuan Huy Nguyen, Thanh Vinh Nguyen, Yong Joon Lee, Tomasz Safinski and Adesoji A. Adesina,* Mater. Res. Bull. 2005, 40, 149-157: “Structural evolution of alumina supported Mo -W carbide nanoparticles synthesized by precipitation from homogeneous solution.”
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2004.09.007
Book Chapters:
1. Tuan Huy Nguyen, Thanh Vinh Nguyen, Cyrus G. Cooper and Adesoji A. Adesina,* “Carbothermal synthesis of nano-sized tungsten carbide catalyst”, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Hyun-Ku Rhee, In-Sik Nam and Jong Moon Park (Editors), Vol. 159, p.781-784, 2006, Elsevier, Amsterdam (book chapter).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2991(06)81713-1
The Nguyen group at UNSW Sydney 