1. Sanhueza, I. A.; Wagner, A. M.; Sanford, M. S.; Schoenebeck, F. "On the role of anionic ligands in the site-selectivity of oxidative C–H functionalization reactions of arenes." " Chem. Sci. 2013, Advance Article.

  2. Gary, J. B.; Cook, A. K.; Sanford, M. S. " Palladium Catalysts Containing Pyridinium-Substituted Pyridine Ligands for the C–H Oxygenation of Benzene with K2S2O8, " ACS Catalysis. 2013, 3, 700-703.

  3. Seigerman, C. K.; Micyus, T. M.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. " Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Arylation Using Aryltrifluoroborates in Conjunction with a Mn(III) Oxidant under Mild Conditions, " Tetrahedron. 2013, Articles in Press.

  4. Maleckis, A.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. " A Detailed Study of Acetate-Assisted C–H Activation at Palladium(IV) Centers," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6618-6625.

  5. Neufeldt, S. R.; Seigerman, C. K.; Sanford, M. S. " Mild Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Alkylation Using Potassium Alkyltrifluoroborates in Combination with MnF3," Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2302-2305.

  6. Ye, Y.; Sanford, M. S."Mild Copper-Mediated Fluorination of Aryl Stannanes and Aryl Trifluoroborates, " J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 4648–4651.

  7. Canty, A. J.; Ariafard, A.; Sanford, M. S.; Yates, B. F. "Mechanism of Pd-Catalyzed Ar-Ar Bond Formation Involving Ligand-Directed C-H Arylation and Diaryliodonium Oxidants: Computational Studies of Orthopalladation at Binuclear Pd(II) Centers, Oxidation To Form Binuclear Palladium(III) Species, and Ar···Ar Reductive Coupling, " Organometallics, 2013, 32, 544-555.

  8. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Asymmetric Chiral Ligand-Directed Alkene Dioxygenation, " Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 46-49.

  9. McMurtrey, K. B.; Sanford, M. S. "C-F Bond-Forming Reactions, "In Cross-Coupling and Heck-Type Reactions from the Science of Synthesis Reference Library. Vol. 2, John P. Wolfe, Ed., Thieme, 2012.

  10. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Combining Transition Metal Catalysis with Radical Chemistry: Dramatic Acceleration of Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts, " Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 3517-3522.

  11. Ye,Y.; Kuenzi, S. A.; Sanford, M. S. "Practical Method for the Cu-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of Arylboronic Acids with CF3 Radicals Derived from NaSO2CF3 and tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide (TBHP)," Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4979.

  12. Stowers, K. J.; Kubota, A.; Sanford, M. S. "Nitrate as a redox co-catalyst for the aerobic Pd-catalyzed oxidation of unactivated sp3-C–H bonds, " Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 3192-3195.

  13. McMurtrey, K. B.; Racowski, J. M.; Sanford, M. S. "Pd-Catalyzed C-H Fluorination with Nucleophilic Fluoride, " Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4094-4097.

  14. Powers, D. C.; Lee, E.; Ariafard, A.; Sanford, M. S.; Yates, B. F.; Canty, A. J.; Ritter, T. "Connecting Binuclear Pd(III) and Mononuclear Pd(IV) Chemistry by Pd-Pd Bond Cleavage," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12002-12009.

  15. Ye, Y.; Sanford, M. S. "Investigations into Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Arene Trifluoromethylation Reactions," Synlett. 2012, 23, 2005-2013.

  16. Gary, J. B; Carter, T. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Rh(III) Pyridinium Substituted Bipyridine Complexes as Catalysts for Arene H/D Exchange, " Top. Catal. 2012, 55, 565-570.

  17. Huff, C. A.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S."Role of a Noninnocent Pincer Ligand in the Activation of CO2 at (PNN)Ru(H)(CO)," Organometallics 2012, 31, 4643-4635.

  18. Hickman, A. J.; Sanford, M. S."High-Valent Organometallic Copper and Palladium in Catalysis," Nature 2012, 484, 177-185.

  19. Ye, Y.; Sanford, M. S. "Merging Visible-Light Photocatalysis and Transition-Metal Catalysis in the Copper-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Boronic Acids with CF3I," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9034-9037.

  20. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S."Controlling Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization" Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 936-946.

  21. Kubota, A.; Emmert, M. H.; Sanford, M. S."Pyridine Ligands as Promoters in PdII/0-Catalyzed C–H Olefination Reactions" Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1760-1763.

  22. Hickman, A. J.; Cismesia, M. A.; Sanford, M. S."Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Diimine PtII Catalysts for H/D Exchange" Organometallics 2012, 31, 1761-1766.

  23. Racowski, J. M.; Gary, B. G.; Sanford, M. S."Carbon(sp3)–Fluorine Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Palladium(IV)" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2012, 51, 3414-3417

  24. Park, T.-H.; Hickman, A. J.; Koh, K.; Martin, S.; Wong-Foy, A. G.; Sanford, M. S.; Matzger, A. J. "Highly Dispersed Palladium(II) in a Defective MOF: Application to C–H Activation and Functionalization" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 20138-20141.

  25. Maleckis, A; Sanford, M. S. "Facial Tridentate Ligands for Stabilizing Palladium(IV) Complexes" Organometallics 2011, 30, 6617-6627.

  26. Kalyani, D.; McMurtrey, K. B.; Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Room-Temperature C–H Arylation: Merger of Pd-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization and Visible-Light Photocatalysis" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18566-18569.

  27. Huff, C. A.; Sanford, M. S. "Cascade Catalysis for the Homogeneous Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18122-18125.

  28. Gary, J. B.; Sanford, M. S. "Participation of Carbonyl Oxygen in Carbon-Carboxylate Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Palladium" Organometallics 2011, 30, 6143-6149.

  29. Racowski, J. M.; Ball, N. D.; Sanford, M. S. "C–H Bond Activation at Palladium(IV) Centers" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 18022-18025.

  30. Ye, Y.; Lee, S.; Sanford, M. S. "Silver-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of Arenes Using TMSCF3" Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5464-5467.

  31. Emmert, M. H.; Cook, A. K.; Xie, Y. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Remarkably High Reactivity of Pd(OAc)2/Pyridine Catalysts: Nondirected C–H Oxygenation of Arenes" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9409-9412.

  32. Lanci, M. P.; Remy, M. S.; Lao, D. B.; Sanford, M. S.; Mayer, J. M. "Modulating Sterics in Trimethylplatinum(IV) Diimine Complexes to Achieve C–C Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination," Organometallics 2011, 30, 3704-3707.

  33. Kubota, A; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed Ligand-Directed Oxidative Functionalization of Cyclopropanes" Synthesis 2011, 16, 2579-2589.

  34. Loy, R. N.; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Perfluoroalkylation of Arenes," Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2548-2551.

  35. Ball, N. D.; Gary, J. B.; Ye, Y.; Sanford, M. S. "Mechanistic and Computational Studies of Oxidatively-Induced Aryl–CF3 Bond-Formation at Pd: Rational Design of Room Temperature Aryl Trifluoromethylation," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7577-7584.

  36. Stowers, K. J.; Fortner, K. C.; Sanford, M. S. "Aerobic Pd-Catalyzed sp3 C–H Olefination: A Route to Both N-Heterocyclic Scaffolds and Alkenes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6541-6544.

  37. Racowski, J.; Sanford, M. S. "Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Forming Reductive Elimination from Palladium(IV) Complexes," In Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 53, Allan Canty, Ed., Springer, 2011, 61-84.

  38. Satterfield, A. D.; Kubota, A.; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed 1,1-Aryloxygenation of Terminal Olefins," Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1076-1079.

  39. Lyons, T. W.; Hull, K. L.; Sanford M. S. "Controlling Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Oxidative Cross-Coupling," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4455-4464.

  40. Hickman, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Catalyst Control of Site Selectivity in the PdII/IV-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Naphthalene," ACS Catal. 2011, 1, 170-174.

  41. Wagner, A. M.; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Arylation of 2,5-Disubstituted Pyrroles," Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 288-291.

  42. Ye, Y.; Ball, N. D.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Oxidation of Catalytically Relevant Palladium Dimer with "CF3+": Formation and Reactivity of a Monomeric Palladium(IV) Aquo Product," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 14682-14687.

  43. Higgs, A. T.; Zinn, P. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Synthesis and Reactivity of (Phpy)2Ni (Phpy = 2-Phenylpyridine)," Organometallics 2010, 29, 5446-5449.

  44. Emmert, M. H.; Villalobos, J. M.; Gary, J. B.; Sanford, M. S. "Pt and Pd Complexes Containing Cationic Ligands as Catalysts for Arene H/D Exchange and Oxidation," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5884-5886.

  45. Kalyani, D.; Satterfield, A. D.; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylhalogenation of Alkenes: Synthetic Scope and Mechanistic Insights," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 8419-8427.

  46. Ball, N. D.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Aryl-CF3 Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Palladium(IV)," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2878-2879.

  47. Remy, M. S.; Cundari, T.; Sanford, M. S. "Computational and Experimental Studies of Methyl Group Exchange Between Group 10 Metal Centers," Organometallics 2010, 29, 1522-1525.

  48. Neufeldt, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. "O-Acetyl Oximes as Transformable Directing Groups for Pd-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization," Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 532-535.

  49. Villalobos, J. M.; Hickman, A. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Platinum(II) Complexes Containing Quaternized Nitrogen Ligands: Synthesis, Stability, and Evaluation as Catalysts for Methane and Benzene H/D Exchange," Organometallics 2010, 29, 257-262.

  50. Ball, N. D.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Synthesis and Reactivity of Palladium(II) Fluoride Complexes Containing Nitrogen Donor Ligands," Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 632-640.

  51. Lyons, T. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed Ligand-Directed C–H Functionalization Reactions," Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 1147-1169.

  52. Higgs, A. T.; Zinn, P. J.; Simmons, S. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Oxidatively Induced Carbon-Halogen Bond-Forming Reactions at Nickel," Organometallics 2009, 28, 6142-6144.

  53. Lanci, M. P.; Remy, M. S.; Kaminsky, W.; Mayer, J. M.; Sanford, M. S. "Oxidatively Induced Reductive Elimination from (tBu2bpy)Pd(Me)2: Palladium(IV) Intermediates in a One Electron Oxidation Reaction," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15618-15620.

  54. Stowers, K. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Mechanistic Comparison Between Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Acetoxylation and C–H Chlorination," Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4584-4587.

  55. Arnold, P. L.; Sanford, M. S.; Pearson, S. M. "Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Alkoxide as a Supporting Ligand for PdII/IV C–H Bond Functionalization Catalysis," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13912-13913.

  56. Hickman, A. J.; Villalobos, J. M.; Sanford, M. S. "A Quantitative Method to Assay Platinum Catalysts for Benzene H/D Exchange," Organometallics 2009, 28, 5316-5322.

  57. Deprez, N. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Pd-Catalyzed C–H Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts: Evidence for a Bimetallic High Oxidation State Pd Intermediate," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11234-11241.

  58. Racowski, J. M.; Dick, A. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Detailed Study of C–O and C–C Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Stable C2N2O2 Palladium(IV) Complexes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10974-10983.

  59. Hull, K. L.; Sanford, M. S. "Mechanism of Benzoquinone-Promoted Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross Coupling Reactions," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9651-9653.

  60. Ball, N. D.; Sanford, M. S. "Synthesis and Reactivity of a Mono-σ-Aryl Palladium(IV) Fluoride Complex," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3796-3797.

  61. Lyons, T. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Pd(II/IV)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation Reactions: Scope and Mechanism," Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 3211-3221.

  62. Desai, L. V.; Stowers, K. J.; Sanford, M. S. "Insights into Directing Group Ability in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 13285-13293.

  63. Whitfield, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Reactions of Platinum(II) Complexes with Chloride-Based Oxidants: Routes to Pt(IV) and Pt(III) Products," Organometallics 2008, 27, 1683-1689.

  64. Kalyani, D.; Sanford, M. S. "Oxidatively Intercepting Heck Intermediates: Pd-Catalyzed 1,2- and 1,1-Arylhalogenation of Alkenes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 2150-2151.

  65. Whitfield, S. L.; Sanford, M. S. "Reactivity of Pd(II) Complexes with Electrophilic Chlorinating Reagents: Isolation of Pd(IV) Intermediates and Observation of C–Cl Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15142-15143.

  66. Hull, K. L.; Sanford, M. S. "Catalytic and Highly Regioselective Cross-Coupling of Aromatic C–H Substrates," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11904-11905.

  67. Deprez, N. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Reactions of Hypervalent Iodine Reagents with Palladium: Mechanisms and Applications in Organic Synthesis," Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 1924-1935.

  68. Desai, L. V.; Sanford, M. S. "Construction of Tetrahydrofurans via Pd(II/IV)-Catalyzed Aminooxygenation of Alkenes," Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 5737-5740.

  69. Welbes, L. L.; Lyons, T. W.; Cychosz, K. A.; Sanford, M. S. "Synthesis of Cyclopropanes via Pd(II/IV)-Catalyzed Reactions of Enynes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 5836-5837.

  70. Dick, A. R.; Remy, M. S.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Carbon-Nitrogen Bond-Forming Reactions Between Palladacycles and Hypervalent Iodine Reagents," Organometallics 2007, 26, 1365-1370.

  71. Kalyani, D.; Sanford, M. S. "Chelate-Directed Oxidative Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds: Synthetic Applications and Mechanistic Insights," In Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 24, Naoto Chatani, Ed., Springer, 2007, 85-116.

  72. Hull, K. L.; Lanni, E. L.; Sanford, M. S. "Highly Regioselective Catalytic Oxidative Coupling Reactions: Synthetic Scope and Mechanistic Insights," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14047-14049.

  73. Kalyani, D.; Dick, A. R.; Anani, W. Q.; Sanford, M. S. "Scope and Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Directed C–H Bond Halogenation Reactions," Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 11483-11498.

  74. Kalyani, D.; Dick, A. R.; Anani, W. Q.; Sanford, M. S. "A Simple Catalytic Method for the Regioselective Halogenation of Arenes," Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2523-2526.

  75. Hull, K. L.; Anani, W. Q.; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed Fluorination of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7134-7135.

  76. Deprez, N. R.; Kalyani, D.; Krause, A.; Sanford, M. S. "Room Temperature Palladium-Catalyzed 2-Arylation of Indoles," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4972-4973.

  77. Desai, L. V.; Malik, H. A.; Sanford, M. S. "Oxone as an Inexpensive Safe and Environmentally Benign Oxidant for C–H Bond Oxygenation," Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 1141-1144.

  78. Kalberer, E. W.; Whitfield, S. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Application of Recyclable, Polymer-Immobilized Iodine(III) Oxidants in Catalytic C–H Bond Functionalization," J. Mol. Catal. A. 2006, 251, 108-113.

  79. Dick, A. R.; Sanford, M. S. "Transition Metal Catalyzed Catalyzed Oxidative Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds," Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 2439-2463.

  80. Dick, A. R.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Unusually Stable Palladium(IV) Complexes: Detailed Mechanistic Investigation of C–O Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 12790-12791.

  81. Kalyani, D.; Sanford, M. S. "Regioselectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Activation/Oxygenation Reactions," Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 4149-4152.

  82. Kalyani, D.; Deprez, N. R.; Desai, L. V.; Sanford, M. S. "Oxidative C–H Activation/C–C Bond Forming Reactions: Synthetic Scope and Mechanistic Insights," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 7330-7331.

  83. Dick, A. R.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. "Platinum Model Studies for Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Functionalization of C–H Bonds," Organometallics 2005, 24, 482-485.

  84. Desai, L. V.; Hull , K. L.; Sanford, M. S. "Palladium-Catalyzed Oxygenation of Unactivated sp3 C–H Bonds," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9542-9543.

  85. Dick, A. R.; Hull, K. L.; Sanford, M. S. "A Highly Selective Catalytic Method for the Oxidative Functionalization of C–H Bonds," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2300-2301.