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“Light-Promoted C(sp³)–C(sp³) Reductive Elimination from Dialkyl Ni(II) Complexes” Cusumano, A. Q.*; Chaffin, B. C*; Cagan, D. A.; DiLuzio, S.; Sutcliffe, E.; Hadt, R. G.; Doyle, A. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 36, 32941–32950. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c09925]

“Mechanism of Ni-Catalyzed Photochemical Halogen Atom-Mediated C(sp³)–H Arylation” Cusumano, A. Q; Chaffin, B. C.; Doyle, A. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 15331-15344. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03099]

“Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Dienolate [4 + 2] Reactions” Chen, P. J.*; Cusumano, A. Q.*; Flesch, K. N.; Strong, C. S.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoltz, B. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 12758–12765. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02681]

“Origins of Enhanced Enantioselectivity in the Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation of N-Benzoyl Lactams” Cusumano, A. Q.; Zhang, T.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoltz, B. M. Catalysts 2023, 13, 1258. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13091258] (Invited submission in honor of late Prof. Hiro Jiro Tsuji).

“Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of α-Methylene Lactams to Construct Spirocycles” Nishiura, Y.*; Gonzalez, K. J.*; Cusumano, A. Q.; Stoltz, B. M. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 6469–6473. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01978]

“Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acids to α,β-Unsaturated Lactams: Enantioselective Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters in Saturated Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles” Zhang, T.; Nishiura, Y.; Cusumano, A. Q.; Stoltz, B. M. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 6479–6484. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c02064]

“Divergent Catalysis: Catalytic Asymmetric [4+2] Cycloaddition of Palladium Enolates” Flesch, K. N.*; Cusumano, A. Q.*; Chen, P. J.; Strong, C. S.; Sardini, S. R.; Du, Y. E.; Bartberger, M. D.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoltz, B. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11301–11310. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02104]

“Investigations of an Unexpected [2+2] Photocycloaddition in the Synthesis of (−)-Scabrolide A from Quantum Mechanics Calculations” Zhang, T.*; Cusumano, A. Q.*; Hafeman, N. J.; Loskot, S. A.; Reimann, C. E.; Virgil, S. C.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoltz, B. M. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 14115-14124. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01693]

“Ir-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Dialkyl Malonates Enabling the Construction of Enantioenriched All-Carbon Quaternary Centers” Moghadam, F. A.*; Hicks, E. F.*; Sercel, Z. P.; Cusumano, A. Q.; Bartberger, M. D.; Stoltz, B. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7983–7987. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02960]

“Identifying the Imperative Role of Metal–Olefin Interactions in Catalytic C–O Reductive Elimination from Nickel(II)” Lohrey T. D.; Cusumano, A. Q.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoltz, B. M. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 10208–10222. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02790]

“Synthetic strategy toward ineleganolide: A cautionary tale” Cusumano, A. Q.; Houk K. N.; Stoltz, B. M. Tetrahedron, 2021, 93, 132289. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.132289] (Invited submission in honor of Prof. Dale L. Boger).

“Global Diastereoconvergence in the Ireland–Claisen Rearrangement of Isomeric Enolates: Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted α-Amino Acids” Fulton, T. J.†; Cusumano, A Q.†; Alexy, E. J.; Du, Y. E.; Zhang, H.; Houk, K. N.; Stoltz, B. M. Stoltz J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21938–21947. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c11480]

“The Transition Metal Catalyzed [π2s + π2s + σ2s + σ2s] Pericyclic Reaction: Woodward–Hoffmann Rules, Aromaticity, and Electron Flow” Cusumano, A. Q.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoltz, B. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19033–19039. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09575] Featured in C&EN: “Chemists shine light on new way to think about reductive elimination” and in JACS Spotlight: “Follow the Yellow Brick Density.”

“Reaction Mechanism, Origins of Enantioselectivity, and Reactivity Trends in Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation: A Comprehensive Quantum Mechanics Investigation of a C(sp³)–C(sp³) Cross-Coupling” Cusumano, A. Q.; Goddard III, W. A.; Stoltz, B. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 13917–13933. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06243].

“Probing Trends in Enantioinduction via Substrate Design: Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation of α-Enaminones” Duquette, D. C.; Cusumano, A. Q.; Lefoulon, L.; Moore, J. T.; Stoltz, B. M. Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4966–4969. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01441].

“3-Hydroxy-1,5-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-2-ones as Novel Antibacterial Scaffolds Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphlyococcus aureus” Cusumano, A. Q.; Pierce, J. G. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2018, 28, 2732. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.02.047].

“Direct Access to Highly Functionalized Heterocycles through the Condensation of Cyclic Imines and a-Oxoesters.” Cusumano, A. Q.; Boudreau, M. W.; Pierce, J. G. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 13714. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02572].