| A radical mechanism for frustrated Lewis pair reactivity LL Liu, LL Cao, Y Shao, G Menard, DW Stephan Chem 3 (2), 259-267, 2017 | 137 | 2017 |
| Nitrogen‐Based Lewis Acids: Synthesis and Reactivity of a Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino) Nitrenium Cation J Zhou, LL Liu, LL Cao, DW Stephan Angewandte Chemie 130 (13), 3380-3384, 2018 | 61 | 2018 |
| Single Electron Delivery to Lewis Pairs: An Avenue to Anions by Small Molecule Activation LL Liu, LL Cao, Y Shao, DW Stephan Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (29), 10062-10071, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| A transient vinylphosphinidene via a phosphirene–phosphinidene rearrangement LL Liu, J Zhou, LL Cao, R Andrews, RL Falconer, CA Russell, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (1), 147-150, 2018 | 57 | 2018 |
| Cationic aluminum hydride complexes: reactions of carbene–alane adducts with trityl-borate LL Cao, E Daley, TC Johnstone, DW Stephan Chemical communications 52 (30), 5305-5307, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
| Synthesis and properties of imidazolo-fused benzotriazinyl radicals AA Berezin, CP Constantinides, SI Mirallai, M Manoli, LL Cao, ... Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 11 (39), 6780-6795, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
| Homolytic cleavage of peroxide bonds via a single electron transfer of a frustrated Lewis pair LL Liu, LL Cao, D Zhu, J Zhou, DW Stephan Chemical communications 54 (54), 7431-7434, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| N-Heterocyclic carbene stabilized parent sulfenyl, selenenyl, and tellurenyl cations (XH+, X= S, Se, Te) LL Liu, D Zhu, LL Cao, DW Stephan Dalton Transactions 46 (10), 3095-3099, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| Facile Cleavage of the P= P Double Bond in Vinyl‐Substituted Diphosphenes LL Liu, LL Cao, J Zhou, DW Stephan Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (1), 273-277, 2019 | 41 | 2019 |
| A phosphorus Lewis super acid: η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl phosphorus dication J Zhou, LL Liu, LL Cao, DW Stephan Chem 4 (11), 2699-2708, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| S (VI) Lewis acids: fluorosulfoxonium cations FA Tsao, AE Waked, L Cao, J Hofmann, L Liu, S Grimme, DW Stephan Chemical Communications 52 (84), 12418-12421, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| The Arene‐Stabilized η5‐Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Arsenic Dication [(η5‐Cp*)As(toluene)]2+ J Zhou, LL Liu, LL Cao, DW Stephan Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (16), 5407-5412, 2019 | 37 | 2019 |
| Double FLP-alkyne exchange reactions: a facile route to Te/B heterocycles FA Tsao, L Cao, S Grimme, DW Stephan Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (41), 13264-13267, 2015 | 35 | 2015 |
| Phosphaaluminirenes: synthons for main group heterocycles LL Liu, J Zhou, LL Cao, DW Stephan Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (42), 16971-16982, 2019 | 32 | 2019 |
| An umpolung of Lewis acidity/basicity at nitrogen by deprotonation of a cyclic (amino)(aryl) nitrenium cation J Zhou, LL Liu, LL Cao, DW Stephan Chemical communications 54 (35), 4390-4393, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| FLP reactivity of [Ph 3 C]+ and (o-tolyl) 3 P and the capture of a Staudinger reaction intermediate J Zhou, LL Cao, LL Liu, DW Stephan Dalton Transactions 46 (29), 9334-9338, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Homolytic Cleavage Reactions of a Neutral Doubly Base Stabilized Diborane (4) LL Cao, DW Stephan Organometallics 36 (16), 3163-3170, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Reversible intramolecular cycloaddition of phosphaalkene to an arene ring LL Liu, J Zhou, LL Cao, Y Kim, DW Stephan Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (20), 8083-8087, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Single Electron Transfer to Diazomethane–Borane Adducts Prompts C− H Bond Activations LL Cao, J Zhou, ZW Qu, DW Stephan Angewandte Chemie 131 (51), 18658-18662, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| Diazonium Salts as Nitrogen-Based Lewis Acids ERM Habraken, AR Jupp, JC Slootweg Synlett 30 (08), 875-884, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
Doug StephanProfessor of Chemistry University of TorontoVerified email at chem.utoronto.ca
