Dotsevi Y. Sogah

Professor Emeritus

Publications

Winningham, M. J.; Sogah, D. Y. A modular approach to polymer architecture control via catenation of prefabricated biomolecular segments. Polymers containing parallel beta-sheets templated by a phenoxathiin-based reverse turn mimic. Macromolecules 1997, 30, 862.
Puts, R. D.; Sogah, D. Y. Universal multifunctional initiator containing orthogonal reactive sites. Synthesis of macromonomers and comb polymers using consecutive controlled free radical and cationic ring-opening polymerizations. Macromolecules 1997, 30, 7050.
Weimer, M. W.; Scherman, O. A.; Sogah, D. Y. Multifunctional initiators containing orthogonal sites. One-pot, one-step, block copolymerization by simultaneous free radical and either cationic ring-opening or anionic ring-opening polymerizations. Macromolecules 1998, 31.
Puts, R. D.; Sogah, D. Y. Cationic ring-opening cyclopolymerization of bis(oxazolines). Synthesis of chiral polymers containing pendent heteromacrocycles. Macromolecules 1997, 30, 6826.
Zheng, S.; Sogah, D. Y. Highly isotactic optically active methacrylate polymers by free radical cyclopolymerization. Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 15469.
Puts, R. D.; Chao, J.; Sogah, D. Y. Novel biaryl bis(oxazolines). Synthesis 1997, 431.
Puts, R. D.; Sogah, D. Y. Control of living free radical polymerization by a new chiral nitroxide and implications for the polymerization mechanism. Macromolecules 1996, 29, 3323.
Nakano, T., Sogah, D. Y. Toward control of stereochemistry in GTP by a rational monomer design. Cyclopolymerization of 2,2'-bis(methacryloylxymethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 534.
Shen, J., Sogah, D. Y. Novel alternating copolymers of controlled sequence. Regiochemical control in aldol group transfer polymerization of substituted (butadienyloxy)trialkylsilanes. Macromolecules 1994, 27, 6996.

dys2@cornell.edu
607/255-4205

Education

1975-1977 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (UCSB, T. C. Bruice)
1975 - Ph.D. UCLA (D. J. Cram)
1974 - M.S. UCLA (D. J. Cram)
1971 - B.Sc. Hons Chem (University of Ghana at Legon)
1970 - B.Sc. Chem & Math (University of Ghana at Legon)

Departments and programs

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Keywords

Polymer science, control of macromolecular stereochemistry, protein-based polymers, nanoscale materials

Song Lin

Tisch University Professor

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Novaes, L. F. T.; Ho, J. S. K.; Mao, K.; Liu, K.; Tanwar, M.; Neurock, M.; Villemure, E.; Terrett, J. A.; Lin, S. “Exploring Electrochemical C(sp3)–H Oxidation for the Late-Stage Methylation of Complex Molecules.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 1187–1197.
Rein, J.; Annand, J. R.; Wismer, M. K.; Fu, J.; Siu, J. C.; Klapars, A; Strotman, N. A.; Kalyani, D.; Lehnherr, D.; Lin, S. “Unlocking the Potential of High-Throughput Experimentation for Electrochemistry with a Standardized Microscale Reactor.” ACS Cent. Sci. 2021, 8, 1347–1355.
Novaes, L. F. T.; Liu, J.; Shen, Y.; Lu, L.; Meinhardt, J. M.; Lin, S. “Electrocatalysis as an Enabling Technology for Organic Synthesis.” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 7941–8002.
Nelson, H. M.; Siu, J. C.; Saha, A.; Cascio, D.; MacMillan, S. N.; Wu, S.-B.; Lu, C.; Rodríguez, J. A.; Houk, K. N.; Lin, S. “Isolation and X‑ray Crystal Structure of an Electrogenerated TEMPO−N3 Charge-Transfer Complex.” Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 454–458.
Lu, L.; Siu, J. C.; Lai, Y.; Lin, S. “An Electroreductive Approach to Radical Silylation via the Activation of Strong Si–Cl Bonds.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21272–21278.
Zhang, W.; Lin, S. “Electroreductive Carbofunctionalization of Alkenes with Alkyl Bromides via a Radical-Polar Crossover Mechanism.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20661–20670.
Robinson, S. G.; Wu, X.; Jiang, B.; Sigman, M. S.; Lin, S. “Mechanistic Studies Inform Design of Improved Ti(salen) Catalysts for Enantioselective [3+2] Cycloaddition.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18471–18482.
Liu, J.; Lu, L.; Wood, D. P.; Lin, S. “New Redox Strategies in Organic Synthesis by Means of Electrochemistry and Photochemistry.” ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 1317–1340.
Song, L.; Fu, N.; Ernst, B. G.; Lee, W. H.; Frederick, M. O.; DiStasio, R. A. Jr.; Lin, S. “Dual Electrocatalysis Enables Enantioselective Hydrocyanation of Conjugated Alkenes.” Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 747–754.
Kim, H.; Kim, H.; Lambert, T.; Lin, S. “Reductive Electrophotocatalysis: Merging Electricity and Light to Achieve Extreme Reduction Potentials.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 142, 2087-2092.
Zhang, W.; Carpenter, K.; Lin, S. “Electrochemistry Broadens the Scope of Flavin Photocatalysis: Photoelectrocatalytic Oxidation of Unactivated Alcohols.” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 141, 14480-14485.
Fu, N.; Song, L.; Liu, J.; Shen, Y.; Siu, J. C.; Lin, S. “New Bisoxazoline Ligands Enable Enantioselective Electrocatalytic Cyanofunctionalization of Vinylarenes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14480-14485.
Ye, K-Y.; McCallum, T.; Lin, S. “Bimetallic Radical Redox-Relay Catalysis for the Isomerization of Epoxides to Allylic Alcohols.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 9548-9554.
Siu, J. C.; Parry, J. B.; Lin, S. “Aminoxyl-Catalyzed Electrochemical Diazidation of Alkenes Mediated by a Metastable Charge-Transfer Complex.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2825-2831.
Wu, X.; Hao, W.; Ye, K-Y.; Jiang, B.; Pombar, G.; Song, Z.; Lin, S. “Ti-Catalyzed Radical Alkylation of Secondary and Tertiary Alkyl Chlorides Using Michael Acceptors.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14836-14843.
Siu, J. C.; Sauer, G. S.; Saha, A.; Macey, R. L.; Fu, N.; Chauvirie, T.; Lancaster, K. L.; Lin, S. “Electrochemical Azidooxygenation of Alkenes Mediated by a TEMPO–N3 Charge-Transfer Complex.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 40, 12511-12520.
Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Lin, S. “A general, electrocatalytic approach to the synthesis of vicinal diamines.” Nat. Protoc. 2018, 13, 1725–1743.
Sauer, G. S.; Lin, S. “An Electrocatalytic Approach to the Radical Difunctionalization of Alkenes.” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 5175–5187.
Hao, W.; Harenberg, J. H.; Wu, X.; Macmillan, S. N.; Lin, S. “Diastereo- and Enantioselective Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Cyclopropyl Ketones and Alkenes via Ti-Catalyzed Radical Redox Relay” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3514–3517.
Ye, K.; Pombar, G.; Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Keresztes, I.; Lin, S. “Anodically Coupled Electrolysis for the Heterodifunctionalization of Alkenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2438–2441.
Peterson, B. M.; Lin, S.; Fors, B.P. “Electrochemically Controlled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2076–2079.
Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Lin, S. “Electrocatalytic Radical Dichlorination of Alkenes with Nucleophilic Chlorine Sources.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 15548–15553.
Hao, W.; Wu, X.; Sun, J. Z.; Siu, J. C.; MacMillan, S. N.; Lin, S. “Radical Redox-Relay Catalysis: Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition of N-Acylaziridines and Alkenes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 12141–12144.
Fu, N.; Sauer, G. S.; Saha, A.; Loo, A; Lin, S. “Metal-catalyzed electrochemical diazidation of alkenes”, Science 2017, 357, 575–579.
Kennedy, C. R.;* Lin, S.;* Jacobsen, E. N. “The cation–π interactions in small-molecule catalysis”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12596–12624. (* co-first author)
Cao, Z.; Kim, D.; Yu, Y.; Xu, J.; Lin, S.; Wen, X.; Nichols, E. M.; Jeong, K.; Reimer, J. A.; Yang, P.; Chang, C. J. “A molecular surface functionalization approach to tuning nanoparticle electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8120–8125.
Lin, S.;* Diercks, C. S.;* Zhang, Y.-B.;* Kornienko, N.; Nichols, E. M.; Zhao, Y.; Paris, A. R.; Kim, D.; Yang, P.; Yaghi, O. M.; Chang, C. J. “Covalent organic frameworks comprising cobalt porphyrins for catalytic CO2 reduction in water”, Science 2015, 349, 1208–1213. (* co-first author)
Kornienko, N.; Zhao, Y.; Kley, C.; Zhu, C.; Kim, D.; Lin, S.; Chang, C. J.; Yaghi, O. M.; Yang, P. “Metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14129–14135.
Rogers, C.; Chen, C.; Pedramrazi, Z.; Omrani, A. A.; Tsai, H.-Z.; Jung, H. S.; Lin, S.; Crommie, M. F.; Fischer, F. R. “Closing the nanographene gap: surface-assisted synthesis of peripentacene from 6,6’-bipentacene precursors”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15143–15146.
Zhang, H.; Lin, S.; Jacobsen, E. N. “Enantioselective selenocyclization via dynamic kinetic resolution of seleniranium ions by hydrogen-bond donor catalysts”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16485–16488.
Lin, S.; Jacobsen, E. N. “Thiourea-catalysed ring opening of episulfonium ions with indole derivatives by means of stabilizing non-covalent interactions”, Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 817–824.
Knowles, R. R.; Lin, S.; Jacobsen, E. N. “Enantioselective thiourea-catalyzed polycyclizations”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 5030–5032.
Li, Y.-Z.; Li, B.-J.; Lu, X.-Y.; Lin, S.; Shi, Z.-J. “Cross dehydrogenative arylation (CDA) of a benzylic C–H bond with arenes by iron catalysis”, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3817–3820.
Lin, S.; Song, C.-X.; Cai, G.-X.; Wang, W.H.; Shi, Z.-J. “Intra/Intermolecular direct allylic alkylation via Pd(II)-catalyzed allylic C–H activation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 12901–12903.

360B ST Olin
songlin@cornell.edu

Education

Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
PhD, Harvard University
BS, Peking University

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Organic chemistry, electrocatalysis, asymmetric catalysis, organic materials, green chemistry

Mikail Abbasov

Assistant Professor

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Phillip Milner

Assistant Professor

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Tristan Lambert

William T. Miller Professor of Chemistry

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Pamela Chang

Associate Professor

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Charles Wilcox

Professor Emeritus

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Dotsevi Y. Sogah

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Frank C. Schroeder

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Song Lin

Tisch University Professor

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Stephen Lee

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Bruce Ganem

Franz and Elisabeth Roessler Professor

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