Publications

(16) B. A. Williams, M. J. Tilby, N. A. Parker, M. R. Uehling, J. C. Hethcox, D. Kalyani, M. C. Willis* A modular synthesis of azetidines from reactive triplet imine intermediates using an intermolecular aza Paternò–Büchi reaction Nat. Catal. 2025.

(15) E. Rivera-Chao, W. J. Olivier, M. J. Tilby,* D. Leonori* Photocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes using ammonia-borane Chem 2025, 102711.

(14) R. Güdük, N. Kehl, C. Stavagna, M. J. Tilby, O. Turner, A. Ruffoni,* H. P. Caldora,* D. Leonori* A three-step strategy for the conversion of pyridines into benzonitriles Nat. Synth. 2025. 4, 848–858.  

(13) C. S. Buettner,‡ C. Stavagna,‡ M. J. Tilby, B. Górski, J. J. Douglas, N. Yasukawa,* D. Leonori* Synthesis and Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Amine-Boranes. A Boryl Radical-Enabled Strategy J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, (34), 24042–24052.

(12) Z. Zhang, M. J. Tilby, D. Leonori* Boryl Radical-Mediated Halogen-Atom Transfer Enables Arylation of Alkyl Halides with Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Coupling Partners Nat. Synth. 2024, 3, 1221–1230. 

(11) E .Matador, M. J. Tilby, I. Saridakis, M. Pedrón, D. Tomczak, J. Llaveria, I. Atodiresei, P. Merino,* A. Ruffoni,* D. Leonori* A Photochemical Strategy for the Conversion of Nitroarenes into Rigidified Pyrrolidine Analogues J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145 (50), 27810–27820. 

(10) H. P. Caldora,‡ Z. Zhang,‡ M. J. Tilby, O. Turner, D. Leonori* Dual Photochemical H‐Atom Transfer and Cobalt Catalysis for the Desaturative Synthesis of Phenols from Cyclohexanones Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62 (25). 

(9) T. Constantin,‡ B. Górski,‡ M. J. Tilby,‡ S. Chelli, F. Juliá, J. Llaveria, K. J. Gillen, H. Zipse, S. Lakhdar,* D. Leonori* Halogen-Atom and Group Transfer Reactivity Enabled by Hydrogen Tunneling Science 2022, 377 (6612), 1323–1328. 

(8) M. J. Tilby, D. F. Dewez, L. Pantaine, A. Hall, C. Martínez-Lamenca, M. C. Willis* Photocatalytic Late-Stage Functionalization of Sulfonamides via Sulfonyl Radical Intermediates ACS Catal. 2022, 12 (10), 6060–6067. 

(7) M. J. Tilby, D. F. Dewez, A. Hall, C. Martínez-Lamenca, M. C. Willis* Exploiting Configurational Lability in Aza‐Sulfur Compounds for the Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Sulfonimidamides Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60 (49), 25680–25687. 

(6) M. J. Tilby, M. C. Willis* How Do We Address Neglected Sulfur Pharmacophores in Drug Discovery? Expert Opin. Drug Discov. 2021, 16 (11), 1227–1231. 

(5) M. J. Tilby, M. C. Willis Benzenemethanamine, α , α ‐Diphenyl‐ N ‐Sulfinyl‐ Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis 2021, 1–3. 

(4) T. Q. Davies, M. J. Tilby, D. Skolc, A. Hall, M. C. Willis* Primary Sulfonamide Synthesis Using the Sulfinylamine Reagent N-Sulfinyl-O-(tert-Butyl)hydroxylamine, t-BuONSO Org. Lett. 2020, 22 (24), 9495–9499. 

(3) T. Q. Davies, M. J. Tilby, J. Ren, N. A. Parker, D. Skolc, A. Hall, F. Duarte, M. C. Willis* Harnessing Sulfinyl Nitrenes: A Unified One-Pot Synthesis of Sulfoximines and Sulfonimidamides J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (36), 15445–15453. 

(2) C. W. Kee, O. Tack, F. Guibbal. T. C. Wilson, P. G. Isenegger, M. Imiołek, S. Verhoog, M. J. Tilby, G. Boscutti, S. Ashworth, J. Chupin, R. Kashani, A. W. J. Poh, J. K. Sosabowski, S. Macholl, C. Plisson, B. Cornelissen, M. C. Willis, J. Passchier, B. G. Davis, V. Gouverneur* 18F-Trifluoromethanesulfinate Enables Direct C–H 18F-Trifluoromethylation of Native Aromatic Residues in Peptides J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (3), 1180–1185. 

(1) L. van Dijk, M. J. Tilby, R. Szpera, O. A. Smith, H. A. P. Bunce, S. P. Fletcher* Molecular Machines for Catalysis Nat. Rev. Chem. 2018, 2 (3).