The Olofsson Research Group

 

Publications by Group Members

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Theses - Papers by PhD students - Papers by post docs

Doctoral and Licentiate Theses          

18. Erika Linde
New Reactivity in Diaryliodonium Salt Chemistry
Doctoral Thesis 2023. PDF
17. Ester Maria Di Tommaso
Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies with Iodine(III) Reagents
Doctoral Thesis 2023. PDF
16. Erika Linde
Diarylation of Heteroatom Nucleophiles Atom-efficient Applications of Diaryliodonium Salts under Metal-Free Conditions
Half time report 2021.
15. Ester Maria Di Tommaso
Vinylbenziodoxolones (VBX) - Applications and Mechanistic studies
Half time report 2021.
14. Gabriella Kervefors
Transition Metal-Free O-, N- and S-Arylations with Diaryliodonium Salts
Doctoral Thesis 2021. PDF
13. Gabriella Kervefors
Arylation of Amines and Thioamides -
Broadening the Application Scope of Diaryliodonium Salts
Half time report 2019.
12. Marcus Reitti
Diaryliodonium Salts - Synthesis, Applications and Computational Investigations
Doctoral Thesis 2019. PDF
11. Marcus Reitti
Diaryliodonium Salts - Applications and Computational Investigations
Half time report 2017.
10. Elin Stridfeldt
Hypervalent Iodine Reagents in Metal-Free Arylations and Vinylations: Investigation of Suitable Coupling Partners and Synthesis of New Reagents
Doctoral Thesis 2017. PDF
9. Erik Lindstedt
Metal-Free O- and C-Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts
Doctoral Thesis 2017. PDF
8. Elin Stridfeldt
Metal-Free Arylations of Oxygen and Nitrogen Nucleophiles: Applications of Diaryliodonium Salts
Licentiate Thesis 2015. Link
7. Erik Lindstedt
Synthesis of Aryl Ethers: Metal-Free Arylation of Alcohols using Diaryliodonium Salts
Licentiate Thesis 2015. Link
6. Joel Malmgren
Iodonium Salts: Preparation, Chemoselectivity and Metal-Catalyzed Applications
Doctoral Thesis 2014. PDF
5. Joel Malmgren
Unsymmetrical Diaryliodonium Salts: Development and Chemoselectivity studies
Licentiate Thesis 2013. Link
4.
Nazli Jalalian
Development and Applications of Hypervalent Iodine Compounds: Powerful Arylation and Oxidation Reagents
Doctoral Thesis 2012. PDF
3. Marcin Bielawski
Diaryliodonium Salts: Development of Synthetic Methodologies and α-Arylation of Enolates
Doctoral Thesis
2011. PDF
2. Nazli Jalalian
Synthesis and applications of diaryliodonium salts
Licentiate Thesis 2010. Link
1. Marcin Bielawski
Efficient and High-Yielding Routes to Diaryliodonium Salts
Licentiate Thesis 2008. PDF

 

Publications by PhD students

Benjamin
1. Transition Metal-Free C-Diarylations to reach All-Carbon Quaternary Centers
Shobhan Mondal, Benjamin Gunschera and Berit Olofsson*
JACS Au 2024, 4, 2832-2837. Link (open access) PDF
Leonard
1. Gabriella Kervefors, Leonard Kersting and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free N-Arylation of Amino Acid Esters
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 5790-5795. Link (open access) PDF
Erika
7. Synthesis of Complex Diarylamines through a Ring-Opening Difunctionalization Strategy
Erika Linde and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202310921. Link (open access)
Angew. Chem. 2023, e202310921.
Preliminary version in ChemRxiv 2023. Link (open access)
6.

Advancements in the synthesis of diaryliodonium salts: updated protocols
Erika Linde, Shobhan Mondal and Berit Olofsson*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 2751-2756. Link (open access)
VIP paper in the invited issute on Iodine in Catalysis and Organic Synthesis.

5. A One-Pot Cascade Protocol for Diarylation of Amines and Water
Erika Linde and Berit Olofsson*
STAR Protocols, 2022, 3, 101700. Link (open access) PDF
Invited paper based on the methodology presented in our Chem paper.
4. Synthesis of Cyclic and Acyclic ortho-Aryloxy Diaryliodonium Salts for Chemoselective Functionalizations
Erika Linde, Niels Knippenberg and Berit Olofsson*
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, DOI:10.1002/chem.202202453. Link (open access)
Invited paper to Special Edition for ECC8.
3. Conceptually novel diarylation for sustainable synthesis
Erika Linde
Chem 2022, 8, 599-603. Link (Potential energy profile)
2. Diarylation of N- and O-nucleophiles through a metal-free cascade reaction
Erika Linde, David Bulfield, Gabriella Kervefors, Nibadita Purkait and Berit Olofsson*
Chem 2022, 8, 850-865. Link (open access) PDF
1. Nibadita Purkait, Gabriella Kervefors, Erika Linde and Berit Olofsson*
Regiospecific N-Arylation of Aliphatic Amines under Mild and Metal-Free Conditions
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11427-11431. Link (open access) PDF
Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 11597-11601. Link (open access) PDF
Ester
6. Structure-reactivity analysis of novel hypervalent iodine reagents in S-vinylation of thiols
Sayad Doobary, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Alexandru Postole, A. Ken Inge and Berit Olofsson*
Front. Chem. 2024, 12:1376948. Link (open access) PDF
5. Ortho-Functionalization of Azobenzenes via Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Melanie Walther, Anne Staubitz,* and Berit Olofsson*
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 5047-5050. Link (open access) PDF
Selected as HOT articles 2023!
4. Stereoselective Photoredox-Catalyzed Vinylations to Functionalized Alkenes and C-Glycosides
Kumar Bhaskar Pal, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, A. Ken Inge, and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301368. Link (open access)
3. Transition Metal-Free Difunctionalization of Sulfur Nucleophiles
Shobhan Mondal, Ester Maria Di Tommaso and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202216296. Link (open access) PDF
2. Explaining Regio-Divergent Vinylations with Vinylbenziodoxolones
Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Per-Ola Norrby and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206347. Link (open access) PDF
1. Electrophilic Vinylation of Thiols under Mild and Transition Metal-Free Conditions
Laura Castoldi, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Marcus Reitti, Barbara Gräfen and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15642-15646. Link (open access) PDF
Gabriella
6. Diarylation of N- and O-nucleophiles through a metal-free cascade reaction
Erika Linde, David Bulfield, Gabriella Kervefors, Nibadita Purkait and Berit Olofsson*
Chem 2022, 8, 850-865. Link (open access) PDF
5. Gabriella Kervefors, Leonard Kersting and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free N-Arylation of Amino Acid Esters
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 5790-5795. Link (open access) PDF
4. Gabriella Kervefors, Kumar Bhaskar Pal; Gergely L. Tolnai, Mukul Mahanti, Hakon Leffler, Ulf J. Nilsson* and Berit Olofsson*
Biological Studies of O-Aryl Galactosides as Galectin Inhibitors
Helv. Chim. Acta 2021, 104, e2000220. Link (open access) PDF
3. Piret Villo, Gabriella Kervefors and Berit Olofsson*
Transition Metal-Free, Chemoselective Arylation of Thioamides Yielding Aryl Thioimidates or N-Aryl Thioamides
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 8810-8813. Link (open access). PDF
Inside front cover: Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 8788. Link
2. Nibadita Purkait, Gabriella Kervefors, Erika Linde and Berit Olofsson*
Regiospecific N-Arylation of Aliphatic Amines under Mild and Metal-Free Conditions
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11427-11431. Link (open access) PDF
Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 11597-11601. Link (open access) PDF
1. Gabriella Kervefors, Antonia Becker, Chandan Dey and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Formal Synthesis of Phenoxazine
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1491–1497. Link (open access) PDF
Invited paper for a special issue on Hypervalent iodine chemistry.
Marcus
5. Electrophilic Vinylation of Thiols under Mild and Transition Metal-Free Conditions
Laura Castoldi, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Marcus Reitti, Barbara Gräfen and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15642-15646. Link (open acces) PDF
4. Marcus Reitti, Ramani Gurubrahaman, Melanie Walther, Erik Lindstedt and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis of Phenols and Aryl Silyl Ethers via Arylation of Complimentary Hydroxide Surrogates
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1785-1788. Link
3. Erik Lindstedt, Marcus Reitti and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot Synthesis of Unsymmetric Diaryliodonium Salts from Iodine and Arenes
J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 11909–11914 (invited for Special issue) Link
2. Elin Stridfeldt, Erik Lindstedt, Marcus Reitti, Jan Blid, Per-Ola Norrby and Berit Olofsson*
Competing Pathways in O-Arylations with Diaryliodonium Salts - Mechanistic Insights
"Hot Paper" in Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 13249-13258. Link
Among the top 10 most accessed papers in September!
1. Marcus Reitti, Piret Villo and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot C-H Functionalization of Arenes via Diaryliodonium Salts
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8928–8932. Link (online open) PDF
Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 9074-9078. Link (online open)
Among the 10 most accessed papers in ACIE in June!
Highlighted in Organic Process Research & Development in August.
Elin
5. Elin Stridfeldt, Erik Lindstedt, Marcus Reitti, Jan Blid, Per-Ola Norrby and Berit Olofsson*
Competing Pathways in O-Arylations with Diaryliodonium Salts - Mechanistic Insights
"Hot Paper" in Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 13249-13258. Link
4. Elin Stridfeldt, Alexandra Seemann, Marinus J. Bouma, Chandan Dey, Anne Ertan and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis, Characterization and Unusual Reactivity of Vinylbenziodoxolones - Novel Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
"Hot Paper" in Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 16066-16070. Link
Among the top 10 most accessed papers in September!
3. Erik Lindstedt, Elin Stridfeldt and Berit Olofsson*
Mild Synthesis of Sterically Congested Alkyl Aryl Ethers
Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 4234-4237. Link (online open) PDF
Highlighted in Organic Synthesis Highlights (Organic Chemistry Portal) in June 2017.
2. Fredrik Tinnis,‡ Elin Stridfeldt,‡ Helena Lundberg, Hans Adolfsson* and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Arylation of Amides at Room Temperature
Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 2688-2691. Link
Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
1. Raju Ghosh, Elin Stridfeldt and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free One-Pot Synthesis of Benzofurans
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 8888-8892. Link
Erik
7. Marcus Reitti, Ramani Gurubrahaman, Melanie Walther, Erik Lindstedt and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis of Phenols and Aryl Silyl Ethers via Arylation of Complimentary Hydroxide Surrogates
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1785-1788. Link
6. Erik Lindstedt, Marcus Reitti and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot Synthesis of Unsymmetric Diaryliodonium Salts from Iodine and Arenes
J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 11909–11914 (invited for Special issue) Link
5. Elin Stridfeldt, Erik Lindstedt, Marcus Reitti, Jan Blid, Per-Ola Norrby and Berit Olofsson*
Competing Pathways in O-Arylations with Diaryliodonium Salts - Mechanistic Insights
"Hot Paper" in Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 13249-13258. Link
Among the top 10 most accessed papers in September!
4. Erik Lindstedt, Elin Stridfeldt and Berit Olofsson*
Mild Synthesis of Sterically Congested Alkyl Aryl Ethers
Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 4234-4237. Link (online open) PDF
Highlighted in Organic Synthesis Highlights (Organic Chemistry Portal) in June 2017.
3. Chandan Dey, Erik Lindstedt and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free C-Arylation of Nitro Compounds with Diaryliodonium Salts
Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4554-4557. Link
Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
2. Raju Ghosh, Erik Lindstedt, Nazli Jalalian and Berit Olofsson*
Room Temperature, Metal-Free Arylation of Aliphatic Alcohols
ChemistryOpen, 2014, 3, 54-57. Link (open access)
1. Erik Lindstedt, Raju Ghosh and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Synthesis of Aryl Ethers in Water
Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 6070-6073. Link
Highlighted in the Organic Chemistry Portal.
Joel
5. Michael Brown, Marion Delorme, Florence Malmedy, Joel Malmgren, Berit Olofsson,
Thomas Wirth*
Synthesis of Chiral Diaryliodonium Salts
Synlett 2015, 26, 1573-1577. Link (open access)
4. Joel Malmgren, Anuja Nagendiran, Cheuk-Wai Tai, Jan-E. Bäckvall,* and Berit Olofsson*
C-2 Selective Arylation of Indoles with Heterogeneous Nanopalladium and Diaryliodonium Salts
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 13531-13535. Link (online open)
3. Marcin Bielawski, Joel Malmgren, Leticia M. Pardo, Ylva Wikmark and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot Synthesis and Applications of N-Heteroaryl Iodonium Salts     
ChemistryOpen 2014, 3, 19-22. Link (open access)
2. Joel Malmgren, Stefano Santoro, Nazli Jalalian, Fahmi Himo* and Berit Olofsson*
Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts – a Chemoselectivity Study
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 10334-10342. Link (online open)
1. Eleanor A. Merritt, Joel Malmgren, Felix J. Klinke and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Triflates using Environmentally Benign Oxidizing Agents
Synlett 2009, 2277-2280. Link
Nazli
8. Raju Ghosh, Erik Lindstedt, Nazli Jalalian and Berit Olofsson*
Room Temperature, Metal-Free Arylation of Aliphatic Alcohols
ChemistryOpen, 2014, 3, 54-57. Link (open access)
7. Anees Ahmad, Paulo Scarassati, Nazli Jalalian, Berit Olofsson and Luiz F. Silva, Jr.*
Oxidative Rearrangement of Alkenes using In Situ Generated Iodine(III) Reagents Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 5818-5820. Link 
6. Joel Malmgren, Stefano Santoro, Nazli Jalalian, Fahmi Himo* and Berit Olofsson*
Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts – a Chemoselectivity Study
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 10334-10342. Link (online open)
5. Nazli Jalalian and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis of Koser's Reagent & Derivatives
Org. Synth. 2013, 90, 1-9. Link
4. Nazli Jalalian, Tue B. Petersen and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Arylation of Oxygen Nucleophiles with Diaryliodonium Salts
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 14140-14149. Link 
3. Nazli Jalalian, Eloisa E. Ishikawa, Luiz F. Silva Jr. and Berit Olofsson*
Room Temperature, Metal-Free Synthesis of Diaryl Ethers with Use of Diaryliodonium Salts
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1552-1555. Link
Highligted in the Organic Chemistry Portal.
2. Nazli Jalalian and Berit Olofsson*
Design and Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Diaryliodonium Salts
Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 5793-5800. Link
1. Mingzhao Zhu, Nazli Jalalian and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Salts using Toluenesulphonic Acid: A Fast Entry to Electron-Rich Diaryliodonium Tosylates and Triflates
Synlett, 2008, 592-596. Link
Highligted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
Marcin
7. Marcin Bielawski, Joel Malmgren, Leticia Pardo, Ylva Wikmark and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot Synthesis and Applications of N-Heteroaryl Iodonium Salts     
ChemistryOpen 2014, 3, 19-22. Link (open access)
6. Fernanda A. Siqueira, Eloisa E. Ishikawa, André Fogaca, Andréa T. Faccio, Vânia M. T. Carneiro, Rafael R. S. Soares, Aline Utaka, Iris R. M. Tébéka, Marcin Bielawski, Berit Olofsson and Luiz F. Silva, Jr.*
Metal-Free Synthesis of Indanes by Iodine(III)-Mediated Ring Contraction of 1,2-Dihydronaphthalenes
J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 2011, 22, 1795-1807. Link 
5. Per-Ola Norrby,* Tue B. Petersen, Marcin Bielawski and Berit Olofsson*
α-Arylation by Rearrangement: On the Reaction of Enolates with Diaryliodonium Salts
Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 8251-8254. Link
4. Marcin Bielawski and Berit Olofsson*
Efficient One-pot Synthesis of Bis(4-tert-Butylphenyl)Iodonium Triflate
Org. Synth. 2009, 86, 308-314. Link
3. Marcin Bielawski, David Aili and Berit Olofsson*
Regiospecific One-Pot Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Tetrafluoroborates from Arylboronic Acids and Aryl Iodides
J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 4602-4607. Link
Highligted in the Organic Chemistry Portal.
2. Marcin Bielawski, Mingzhao Zhu and Berit Olofsson*
Efficient and General One-Pot Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Triflates: Optimization, Scope and Limitations
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007, 349, 2610-2618. Link
1. Marcin Bielawski and Berit Olofsson*
High-Yielding One-Pot Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Triflates from Arenes and Iodine or Aryl Iodides
Chem. Commun. 2007, 2521-2523. Link

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Publications by Post Docs

Sayad
4. Hypervalent iodine chemistry with a mechanochemical twist
Sayad Doobary,* Miguel M. de Vries Ibáñez and Berit Olofsson*
Green Chem. 2024, 26, 11518-11523. Link (open access) PDF
3. Nanocellulose: New Horizons in Organic Chemistry and Beyond (Perspective)
Sayad Doobary, Varvara Apostolopoulou Kalkavoura, Aji P. Mathew* and Berit Olofsson*
Chem
2024, 10, 3279-3293. Link (open access)
2. Cyclopropenium functionalisation
Sayad Doobary* and Berit Olofsson*
Nature Chemistry 2024, 16, 847-848. Link (open access)
1. Structure-reactivity analysis of novel hypervalent iodine reagents in S-vinylation of thiols
Sayad Doobary, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Alexandru Postole, A. Ken Inge and Berit Olofsson*
Front. Chem. 2024, 12:1376948. Link (open access) PDF
Bhaskar
1. Stereoselective Photoredox-Catalyzed Vinylations to Functionalized Alkenes and C-Glycosides
Kumar Bhaskar Pal, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, A. Ken Inge, and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301368. Link (open access)
Shobhan
4. Transition Metal-Free C-Diarylations to reach All-Carbon Quaternary Centers
Shobhan Mondal, Benjamin Gunschera and Berit Olofsson*
JACS Au 2024, 4, 2832-2837. Link (open access) PDF
3. Advancements in the synthesis of diaryliodonium salts: updated protocols
Erika Linde, Shobhan Mondal and Berit Olofsson*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 2751-2756. Link (open access)
VIP paper in the invited issute on Iodine in Catalysis and Organic Synthesis.
2. Regioselective Arylations via Aryne Intermediates (Mechanism of the month)
Shobhan Mondal, and Berit Olofsson*
Trends in Chemistry 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.trechm.2023.02.004. Link (open access)
1. Transition Metal-Free Difunctionalization of Sulfur Nucleophiles
Shobhan Mondal, Ester Maria Di Tommaso and Berit Olofsson*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202216296. Link (open access) PDF
David
1. Diarylation of N- and O-nucleophiles through a metal-free cascade reaction
Erika Linde, David Bulfield, Gabriella Kervefors, Nibadita Purkait and Berit Olofsson*
Chem 2022, 8, 850-865. Link (open access) PDF
Laura
2. Laura Castoldi, Adam A. Rajkiewicz, and Berit Olofsson*
Transition Metal-Free and Regioselective Vinylation of Phosphine Oxides and
H-Phosphinates with VBX reagents
Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 14389-14392. Link (open access) PDF
1. Laura Castoldi, Ester Maria Di Tommaso, Marcus Reitti, Barbara Gräfen and Berit Olofsson*
Electrophilic Vinylation of Thiols under Mild and Transition Metal-Free Conditions
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 15642-15646. Link (open acces) PDF
Guru
1. Marcus Reitti, Ramani Gurubrahaman, Melanie Walther, Erik Lindstedt and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis of Phenols and Aryl Silyl Ethers via Arylation of Complimentary Hydroxide Surrogates
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1785-1788. Link
Nibadita
2. Diarylation of N- and O-nucleophiles through a metal-free cascade reaction
Erika Linde, David Bulfield, Gabriella Kervefors, Nibadita Purkait and Berit Olofsson*
Chem 2022, 8, 850-865. Link (open access) PDF
Preliminary version in ChemRxiv 2021 Link
1. Nibadita Purkait, Gabriella Kervefors, Erika Linde and Berit Olofsson*
Regiospecific N-Arylation of Aliphatic Amines under Mild and Metal-Free Conditions
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11427-11431. Link (open access) PDF
Angew. Chem. 2018, 130, 11597-11601. Link (open access) PDF
Janne
1. Elin Stridfeldt, Erik Lindstedt, Marcus Reitti, Jan Blid, Per-Ola Norrby and Berit Olofsson*
Competing Pathways in O-Arylations with Diaryliodonium Salts - Mechanistic Insights
"Hot Paper" in Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 13249-13258. Link
Gergely
2. Gabriella Kervefors, Kumar Bhaskar Pal; Gergely L. Tolnai, Mukul Mahanti, Hakon Leffler, Ulf J. Nilsson* and Berit Olofsson*
Biological Studies of O-Aryl Galactosides as Galectin Inhibitors
Helv. Chim. Acta 2021, 104, e2000220. Link (open access) PDF
1. Gergely L. Tolnai, Ulf J. Nilsson and Berit Olofsson*
Efficient O-Functionalization of Carbohydrates with Electrophilic Reagents
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11226-11230. Link (online open) PDF
Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 11392-11396. Link (online open)
Piret
3. Piret Villo and Berit Olofsson*
Arylations promoted by hypervalent iodine reagents
In Patai's Chemistry of Functional Groups: The Chemistry of Hypervalent Halogen Compounds
Ed: Berit Olofsson, Ilan Marek, Zvi Rappoport, 2018
DOI: 10.1002/9780470682531.pat0950 Link
2. Piret Villo, Gabriella Kervefors and Berit Olofsson*
Transition Metal-Free, Chemoselective Arylation of Thioamides Yielding Aryl Thioimidates or N-Aryl Thioamides
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 8810-8813. Link (open access). PDF
Inside front cover: Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 8788. Link
1. Marcus Reitti, Piret Villo and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot C-H Functionalization of Arenes via Diaryliodonium Salts
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 8928–8932. Link (online open) PDF
Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 9074-9078. Link (online open)
Among the 10 most accessed papers in ACIE in June!
Highlighted in Organic Process Research & Development in August.
Chandan
3. Gabriella Kervefors, Antonia Becker, Chandan Dey and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Formal Synthesis of Phenoxazine
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1491–1497. Link (open access) PDF
Invited paper for a special issue on Hypervalent iodine chemistry.
2. Elin Stridfeldt, Alexandra Seemann, Marinus J. Bouma, Chandan Dey, Anne Ertan and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis, Characterization and Unusual Reactivity of Vinylbenziodoxolones - Novel Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 16066-16070. Link
1. Chandan Dey, Erik Lindstedt and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free C-Arylation of Nitro Compounds with Diaryliodonium Salts
Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 4554-4557. Link (Article on Request)  SwePub
Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
Vittorio
2. Sustainable Asymmetric Organolithium Chemistry: Enantio- and Chemoselective Acylations through Recycling of Solvent, Sparteine and Weinreb “Amine”
Serena Monticelli, Wolfgang Holzer, Thierry Langer, Alexander Roller, Berit Olofsson,* Vittorio Pace*
ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 1147-1154. Link
1. Vittorio Pace,* Wolfgang Holzer and Berit Olofsson*
Increasing the Reactivity of Amide Bonds towards Organometallic Reagents: An Overview
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 3697-3736. Link
Cover page: Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 3686. Link
Raju
4. Raju Ghosh, Elin Stridfeldt and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free One-Pot Synthesis of Benzofurans
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 8888-8892. Link
3. Raju Ghosh, Erik Lindstedt, Nazli Jalalian and Berit Olofsson*
Room Temperature, Metal-Free Arylation of Aliphatic Alcohols
ChemistryOpen, 2014, 3, 54-57. Link (open access)
2. Raju Ghosh and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Synthesis of N-Aryloxyimides and Aryloxyamines
Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1830-1832. Link
Highligted in the Organic Chemistry Portal.
1. Erik Lindstedt, Raju Ghosh and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Synthesis of Aryl Ethers in Water
Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 6070-607. Link
Highlighted in the Organic Chemistry Portal.
Marien
3. Elin Stridfeldt, Alexandra Seemann, Marinus J. Bouma, Chandan Dey, Anne Ertan and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis, Characterization and Unusual Reactivity of Vinylbenziodoxolones - Novel Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 16066-16070. Link
2. Marinus J. Bouma and Berit Olofsson*
α-Oxygenation of Carbonyl Compounds
In Comprehensive Organic Synthesis 2nd Ed., Vol. 7, Eds. G. A. Molander and P. Knochel, Oxford: Elsevier; 2014, 213-241. Link  
1. Marinus J. Bouma and Berit Olofsson*
General One-Pot Synthesis of Alkynyliodonium Salts and Alkynyl Benziodoxolones from Aryl Iodides
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 14242-14245. Link 
Tue
3. Nazli Jalalian, Tue B. Petersen and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Arylation of Oxygen Nucleophiles with Diaryliodonium Salts
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 14140-14149. Link 
2. Tue B. Petersen, Rehan Khan and Berit Olofsson*
Metal-Free Synthesis of Aryl Esters from Carboxylic Acids and Diaryliodonium Salts
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3462-3465. Link
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1. Per-Ola Norrby,* Tue B. Petersen, Marcin Bielawski and Berit Olofsson*
α-Arylation by Rearrangement: On the Reaction of Enolates with Diaryliodonium Salts
Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 8251-8254. Link
Ellie
6. Bo Lindberg, Eleanor A. Merritt, Melanie Rayl, Chenxiao Liu, Ingela Parmryd, Berit Olofsson and Ingrid Faye*
Immunogenic and antioxidant effects of a pathogen-associated prenyl pyrophosphate in Anopheles gambiae
PLOS ONE 2013, 8, e73868. Link (open access)
5. Eleanor A. Merritt and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis of a Range of Iodine(III) Compounds Directly from Iodoarenes
Eur. J. Org. Chem. (Special Issue Women in Chemistry) 2011, 3690-3694. Link
4. Eleanor A. Merritt, Vania M. T. Carneiro, Luiz F. Silva Jr. and Berit Olofsson*
Facile Synthesis of Koser's Reagent & Derivatives from Iodine or Aryl Iodides
J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7416-7419. Link
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3. Eleanor A. Merritt and Berit Olofsson*
α-Functionalization of Carbonyl Compounds using Hypervalent Iodine Reagents
Synthesis 2011, 517-538. Link
2. Eleanor A. Merritt and Berit Olofsson*
Diaryliodonium salts - a Journey from Obscurity to Fame
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9052-9070. Link
Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 9214-9234. Link
1. Eleanor A. Merritt, Joel Malmgren, Felix J. Klinke and Berit Olofsson*
Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Triflates using Environmentally Benign Oxidizing Agents
Synlett 2009, 2277-2280. Link
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2. Mingzhao Zhu, Nazli Jalalian and Berit Olofsson*
One-Pot Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Salts using Toluenesulphonic Acid: A Fast Entry to Electron-Rich Diaryliodonium Tosylates and Triflates
Synlett, 2008, 592-596. Link
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1. Marcin Bielawski, Mingzhao Zhu and Berit Olofsson*
Efficient and General One-Pot Synthesis of Diaryliodonium Triflates: Optimization, Scope and Limitations
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007, 349, 2610-2618. Link

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