Alexandre Mikhailine

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Research field: Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, using metal-ligand cooperation for the activation of various chemical bonds.
Current research interests: Study of carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization reactions
Journals:
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Mazharul I. Maishan and Robert H. Morris Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketimines Using Well-Defined Iron(II)-Based Precatalysts Containing a PNNP Ligand. 2012. Organic Letters, 14: 4638-4641.(Featured in SYNFACTS, H.Yamamoto, L.Luo, Synfacts, 2013, 0054)
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Mazharul I. Maishan, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris The Mechanism of Efficient Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Using an Iron(II) Complex Containing an (S,S)-Ph2PCH2CH=NCHPhCHPhN=CHCH2PPh2 Ligand: Partial Ligand Reduction Is the Key. 2012. Journal of the American Chemical Society 134:12266-12280
• H. Afifi, Alexandre. A Mikhailine, G. Mladenova, A. Chtchemelinine, I. Sultana, T. Dyblenko, E. Danilov, R. Fournier, E. Lee-Ruff Direct observation of a doubly destabilized cation. 2012. ARKIVOC 6: 343-354.
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine and Robert H. Morris Effect of the Structure of the Diamine Backbone of P-N-N-P ligands in Iron(II) Complexes on Catalytic Activity in the Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone. 2011. Inorganic Chemistry 49: 11039-11044
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Paraskevi O. Lagaditis, Peter E. Sues, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris New Cyclic Phosphonium Salts Derived From the Reaction of Phosphine-aldehydes with Acid. 2010. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 695: 1824-1830
• Paraskevi O. Lagaditis, Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris Template Synthesis of Iron (II) Complexes Containing P-N-S, P-N-N, P-N-P, and Tetradentate P-N-N-P Ligands. 2010. Inorganic Chemistry 49: 1094-1102
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris Efficient Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by an Iron Complex Containing a P-N-N-P Tetradentate Ligand Formed by Template Synthesis. 2009. Journal of the American Chemical Society 131: 1394-1395. (Featured in SYNFACTS , M. Lautens, P. Thansandote, Synfacts, 2009, 5(1), 0415)
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Carsten Dingels, Eunice Kim, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris Template Syntheses of Iron (II) Complexes Containing Chiral PNNP and PNN Ligands. 2008. Inorganic Chemistry 47: 6587-6589
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Mazharul I. Maishan and Robert H. Morris Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketimines Using Well-Defined Iron(II)-Based Precatalysts Containing a PNNP Ligand. 2012. Organic Letters, 14: 4638-4641.(Featured in SYNFACTS, H.Yamamoto, L.Luo, Synfacts, 2013, 0054)
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Mazharul I. Maishan, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris The Mechanism of Efficient Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone Using an Iron(II) Complex Containing an (S,S)-Ph2PCH2CH=NCHPhCHPhN=CHCH2PPh2 Ligand: Partial Ligand Reduction Is the Key. 2012. Journal of the American Chemical Society 134:12266-12280
• H. Afifi, Alexandre. A Mikhailine, G. Mladenova, A. Chtchemelinine, I. Sultana, T. Dyblenko, E. Danilov, R. Fournier, E. Lee-Ruff Direct observation of a doubly destabilized cation. 2012. ARKIVOC 6: 343-354.
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine and Robert H. Morris Effect of the Structure of the Diamine Backbone of P-N-N-P ligands in Iron(II) Complexes on Catalytic Activity in the Transfer Hydrogenation of Acetophenone. 2011. Inorganic Chemistry 49: 11039-11044
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Paraskevi O. Lagaditis, Peter E. Sues, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris New Cyclic Phosphonium Salts Derived From the Reaction of Phosphine-aldehydes with Acid. 2010. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 695: 1824-1830
• Paraskevi O. Lagaditis, Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris Template Synthesis of Iron (II) Complexes Containing P-N-S, P-N-N, P-N-P, and Tetradentate P-N-N-P Ligands. 2010. Inorganic Chemistry 49: 1094-1102
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris Efficient Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by an Iron Complex Containing a P-N-N-P Tetradentate Ligand Formed by Template Synthesis. 2009. Journal of the American Chemical Society 131: 1394-1395. (Featured in SYNFACTS , M. Lautens, P. Thansandote, Synfacts, 2009, 5(1), 0415)
• Alexandre A. Mikhailine, Carsten Dingels, Eunice Kim, Alan J. Lough and Robert H. Morris Template Syntheses of Iron (II) Complexes Containing Chiral PNNP and PNN Ligands. 2008. Inorganic Chemistry 47: 6587-6589