Brett Fors

Brett Fors

Lab Positions	Start Date	End Date	End Date2	Degree Received	Current Position	Previous Institutions
Graduate Student	2008	2011	2011	PhD	Assistant Professor Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Publications

Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Aryl Carbamates	Vinogradova, E. V. ; Park, N. H. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1394 - 1397.
Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl chlorides and triflates with sodium cyanate: a practical synthesis of unsymmetrical ureas	Vinogradova, E. V. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 11132-5.
Me3(OMe)tBuXPhos: a surrogate ligand for Me4tBuXPhos in palladium-catalyzed C-N and C-O bond-forming reactions	Ueda, S. ; Ali, S. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2543-7.
Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diarylureas via Pd-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions	Breitler, S. ; Oldenhuis, N. J. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3262-3265.
A single phosphine ligand allows palladium-catalyzed intermolecular C-O bond formation with secondary and primary alcohols	Wu, X. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9943-7.
A Multiligand Based Pd Catalyst for C−N Cross-Coupling Reactions	Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15914-15917.
Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Amides and Aryl Mesylates	Dooleweerdt, K. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2350-2353.
Stille Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryl Mesylates and Tosylates Using a Biarylphosphine Based Catalyst System	Naber, J. R. ; Fors, B. P. ; Wu, X. ; Gunn, J. T. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Heterocycles 2010, 80, 1215-1226.
Commentary on "A New, Efficient and Recyclable Lanthanum(III) Oxide-Catalyzed C-N Cross-Coupling" by S. Narayana Murthy, B. Madhav, V. Prakash Reddy, and Y. V. D. Nageswar, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 3241-3245	Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 3119-3120.
An efficient system for the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of amides and aryl chlorides	Fors, B. P. ; Dooleweerdt, K. ; Zeng, Q. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 6576-6583.
An Efficient Process for Pd-Catalyzed C−N Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryl Iodides: Insight Into Controlling Factors	Fors, B. P. ; Davis, N. R. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5766-5768.
Pd-Catalyzed Conversion of Aryl Chlorides, Triflates, and Nonaflates to Nitroaromatics	Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12898-12899.
A Versatile Catalyst System for Suzuki−Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions of C(sp2)-Tosylates and Mesylates	Bhayana, B. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 3954-3957.
A New Class of Easily Activated Palladium Precatalysts for Facile C−N Cross-Coupling Reactions and the Low Temperature Oxidative Addition of Aryl Chlorides	Biscoe, M. R. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6686-6687.
Water-Mediated Catalyst Preactivation: An Efficient Protocol for C−N Cross-Coupling Reactions	Fors, B. P. ; Krattiger, P. ; Strieter, E. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3505-3508.
A Highly Active Catalyst for Pd-Catalyzed Amination Reactions: Cross-Coupling Reactions Using Aryl Mesylates and the Highly Selective Monoarylation of Primary Amines Using Aryl Chlorides	Fors, B. P. ; Watson, D. A. ; Biscoe, M. R. ; Buchwald, S. L. . J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13552-13554.
Pd-catalyzed amination reactions of aryl halides using bulky biarylmonophosphine ligands	Altman, R. A. ; Fors, B. P. ; Buchwald, S. L. . Nature Protocols 2007, 2, 2881-2887.

Patents

Ligands for transition-metal-catalyzed cross-couplings, and methods of use thereof.

Buchwald, Stephen L.; Fors, Brett P.; Surry, David S.

WO2009076622 A3

June 18, 2009