“Sulfonate N‐Heterocyclic Carbene–Copper Complexes: Uniquely Effective Catalysts for Enantioselective Synthesis of C−C, C−B, C−H, and C−Si Bonds,” Prof. Amir H. Hoveyda, Yuebiao Zhou, Dr. Ying Shi, Prof. M. Kevin Brown, Dr. Hao Wu, and Dr. Sebastian Torker, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 21304-21359.
“Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Clavirolide C. Applications of Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Additions and Ru-Catalyzed Ring-Closing Metathesis,” M. Kevin Brown and Amir H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12904-12906.
•Highlighted in Nature Chemistry, September 2008
“Enantioselective Synthesis of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereogenic Centers by Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Additions of Alkyl and Aryl Aluminum Reagents to Five-, Six-, and Seven-Membered-Ring -Substituted Cyclic Enones,” Tricia L. May, M. Kevin Brown and Amir H. Hoveyda, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7358-7362.
“Highly Site- and Enantioselective Cu-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Reactions with Easily Accessible Vinylaluminum Reagents,” Yunmi Lee, Katsuhiro Akiyama, Dennis G. Gillingham, M. Kevin Brown and Amir H. Hoveyda, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 446-447.
“All-Carbon Quaternary Stereogenic Centers by Enantioselective Cu-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions Promoted by a Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene,” M. Kevin Brown, Tricia L. May, Carl A. Baxter and Amir H. Hoveyda Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 1097–1110.
“A Practical Method for Enantioselective Synthesis of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereogenic Centers through NHC-Cu-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions of Alkyl- and Arylzinc Reagents to b-Substituted Cyclic Enones,” Kang-sang Lee, M. Kevin Brown, Alexander W. Hird and Amir H. Hoveyda J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7182–7184.
“Highly Enantioselective Cu-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions of Dialkylzinc Reagents to Unsaturated Furanones and Pyranones. Preparation of Air Stable and Catalytically Active Cu-Peptide Complexes,” M. Kevin Brown, Sylvia J. Degrado and Amir H. Hoveyda Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 5306–5310.
Post-Doctoral Publications
“Mechanism of the Enantioselective Oxidation of Racemic Secondary Alcohols Catalyzed by Chiral Mn(III)-Salen Complexes,” M. Kevin Brown, Megan M. Blewett, James R. Colombe and E. J. Corey, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11165-11170.
“Catalytic Enantioselective Formation of Chiral-Bridged Dienes Which Are Themselves Ligands for Enantioselective Catalysis,” M. Kevin Brown and E. J. Corey, Org. Lett. 2010, 11, 172-175