Publications
Everything we've published, newest first.
17 peer-reviewed papers and reviews. Every entry links straight to the journal.
Landmark papers
17 papers
- 2026Acta Materialia2026
Discovery and Characterization of a Silicon Aluminum Scandate (SAS) Material
Yu, K.; Stokes, J.; Kunal, J. K.; Harder, B.; Nelson, H. M.; Faber, K. T.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025LandmarkCoverSpatially-Aware Diffraction Mapping Enables Fully Autonomous MicroED
Eremin, D.; Kunal, J. K.; Delgadillo, D. A.; Zhang, H.; Foxman, S.; Johnson, S.; Vlahakis, N.; Cascio, D.; Lavallo, V.; Rodriguez, J.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2025Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.2025
Combining MicroED and Native Mass Spectrometry for Structural Discovery of Enzyme-Small Molecule Complexes
Vlahakis, N. W.; Flowers, C. W.; Liu, M.; Agdanowski, M. P.; Johnson, S.; Summers, J. A.; Jacobs, L. M. C.; Keyser, C.; Russell, P.; Rose, S. L.; Orlans, J.; Adhami, N.; Chen, Y.; Sawaya, M. R.; Basu, S.; de Sanctis, D.; Wakatsuki, S.; Nelson, H. M.; Loo, J. A.; Tang, Y.; Rodriguez, J. A.
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025LandmarkCoverMicrocrystal Electron Diffraction-Guided Discovery of Fungal Metabolites
Delgadillo, D. A.; Wu, L.; Wang, C.; Zhang, Y.; Jha, K. K.; Burch, J. E.; de Moraes, L. S.; Rodriguez, I. H.; Tang, M. J.; Bills, G. F.; Tu, B. P.; Tang, Y.; Nelson, H. M.
Highlighted in Science.
- 2025J. Nat. Prod.2025
Genome Mining of Fungal Aza-Polycyclic Natural Products Derived from Arginine-Containing Cyclodipeptides
Niwa, K.; Delgadillo, D. A.; Yee, D. A.; Luo, C.; Fan, F.; Jha, K. K.; Nelson, H. M.; Tang, Y.
Eur. J. Org. Chem.2024LandmarkCarbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions of Vinyl Cations: A Personal Perspective
Riu, M. Y.; Popov, S.; Wigman, B.; Zhao, Z.; Wong, J.; Houk, K. N.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2024Chem. Mater.2024
High-Silica, Enantiomerically Enriched STW-Type Molecular Sieve
Park, Y.; Alshafei, F. H.; de Moraes, L. S.; Rodriguez, I. H.; Deem, M. W.; Nelson, H. M.; Davis, M. E.
Org. Lett.2024Main Group-Catalyzed Cationic Claisen Rearrangements via Vinyl Carbocations
Williams, C. G.; Nistanaki, S. K.; Dong, K.; Lee, W.; Houk, K. N.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2024Org. Lett.2024
Accessing Medium-Sized Rings via Vinyl Carbocation Intermediates
Zhao, Z.; Popov, S.; Lee, W.; Burch, J. E.; Delgadillo, D. A.; Kim, L. J.; Shahgholi, M.; Lebrón-Acosta, N.; Houk, K. N.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2024ACS Cent. Sci.2024Landmark
High-throughput Identification of Crystalline Natural Products from Crude Extracts Enabled by Microarray Technology and MicroED
Delgadillo, D. A.; Burch, J. E.; Kim, L. J.; de Moraes, L.; Niwa, K.; Williams, J.; Tang, M. J.; Lavallo, V.; Chhetri, B.; Jones, C. G.; Rodriguez, I. H.; Signore, J.; Marquez, L.; Bhanushali, R.; Greene, M.; Woo, S.; Kubanek, J.; Quave, C. L.; Tang, Y.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2023Org. Lett.2023
α-Vinylation of Ester Equivalents via Main Group Catalysis for the Construction of Quaternary Centers
Williams, C. G.; Nistanaki, S. K.; Wells, C. W.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2022Science2022Landmark
Catalytic asymmetric C–H insertion reactions of vinyl carbocations
Nistanaki, S. K.; Williams, C. G.; Wigman, B.; Wong, J. J.; Haas, B. C.; Popov, S.; Werth, J.; Sigman, M. S.; Houk, K. N.; Nelson, H. M.
Highlighted in Nature, C&EN, and The Caltech Weekly.
- 2022Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2022
Electrochemical Fluorination of Vinyl Boronates Through Donor-Stabilized Vinyl Carbocation Intermediates
Wigman, B.; Lee, W.; Wei, W.; Houk, K. N.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2019Chem. Rev.2019
Nonclassical Applications of closo-Carborane Anions: From Main Group Chemistry and Catalysis to Energy Storage
Fisher, S. P.; Tomich, A. W.; Lovera, S. O.; Kleinsasser, J. F.; Guo, J.; Asay, M. J.; Nelson, H. M.; Lavallo, V.
- 2019J. Am. Chem. Soc.2019
Vinyl Carbocations Generated under Basic Conditions and Their Intramolecular C–H Insertion Reactions
Wigman, B.; Popov, S.; Bagdasarian, A. L.; Shao, B.; Benton, T. R.; Williams, C. G.; Fisher, S. P.; Lavallo, V.; Houk, K. N.; Nelson, H. M.
- 2018ACS Cent. Sci.2018Landmark
The CryoEM Method MicroED as a Powerful Tool for Small Molecule Structure Determination
Jones, C. G.; Martynowycz, M. W.; Hattne, J.; Fulton, T. J.; Stoltz, B. M.; Rodriguez, J. A.; Nelson, H. M.; Gonen, T.
- 2014Science2014Landmark
Catalytic Intermolecular C–H Silylation of Arenes by High-Valent Iron Complexes
Cheng, C.; Hartwig, J. F.; Nelson, H. M.