Independent

20 “Highly regioselective, ligand-differentiated platinum-catalysed hydrosilylation of propynamides” Leonard, E. L. R.,  Boyd, M. E., Akien, G. R and McLaughlin, M.G* Chem. Commun. 2025, Accepted [Link]

19 “Calcium Catalysed Strecker-Type Reactions Towards α-Aminonitriles” Basson, A. J., Cameron, M. P., and McLaughlin, M.G* Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 5739 [Link]

18. “An Operationally Simple, Regioselective, Platinum-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Unactivated Alkynes” Hale, K. L. E., Roberts, D. D and McLaughlin, M. G. Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2025,  28, e202401355

Invited article in collection Heteroatoms in Synthetic Chemistry and Organic Materials

17. “Synthesis of Diverse Allylsilanes Employing Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Reductive Functionalization” Leonard, E. L. R.,  Akien, G. R., Britten, T. K., Kazi, N., Roberts, D. D. and McLaughlin, M. G, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2023, 365, 3872 [Link]

16.”Strategies for the Controlled Hydrostannylation of Alkynes” Roberts, D. D and McLaughlin, M. G., Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 26, e2023007 [Link]

15. “Platinum Catalysed Hydrostannylation of Terminal Alkynes; Highly Selective Synthesis of Vinyl Stannanes” Roberts, D. D and McLaughlin, M. G., Adv. Synth. Catal., 2023, 365, 1602 [Link]

14. “Access to functionalized Mannich scaffolds via a calcium-catalyzed dehydrative aza-Friedel-Crafts reaction” Basson, A. J. and McLaughlin, M.G* Cell Reports Phys. 2023, 4, 101234  [Link]

13. “Aza-[4 + 2] cycloadditions employing catalytically derived N-acyliminium ions.” Owen, N. J and McLaughlin, M. G.*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 8209 [Link]

12. “Diastereoselective Access to Substituted Oxetanes via Hydrosilylation-Iodocyclisation of Homopropargylic Alcohols” Roberts, D. D and McLaughlin, M. G.*, Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 8376 [Link]

11. “Unified Approach to Diverse Fused Fragments via Catalytic Dehydrative Cyclization” Basson, A. J., Halcovitch, N. R and McLaughlin, M.G*, Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202201107 [Link]

10.”Strategic Applications of the β-Silicon Effect” Roberts, D. R and McLaughlin, M. G*, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2022, 364, 2307 [Link] Designated Very Important Publication (VIP)

9. “Recent advances in the catalytic generation of N-acyliminium ions and subsequent applications” Basson, A. J and McLaughlin, M. G.*, Tetrahedron, 2022, 114, 132764  [Link]

8. “Cucurbitacins elicit anti-platelet activity via perturbation of the actin cytoskeleton and integrin function” Collaboration with Unsworth Lab (MMU) Thromb Haemost. 2022, DOI: 10.1055/a-1788-5322 [Link]

7. “Regioselective Synthesis of Multifunctional Allylic Amines; Access to Ambiphilic Aziridine Scaffolds” Roberts, Dean. D. and McLaughlin, M. G* Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 4463 [Link]

6. “Aza-Peterson Olefinations: Rapid Synthesis of (E)-Alkenes”  Britten, T. K*,  Basson, A. J, Roberts, Dean. D. and McLaughlin, M. G* Synthesis, 2021, 53, 3535. Featured Article [Link]

5. “Sustainable Access to 5-Amino-Oxazoles and Thiazoles via Calcium Catalyzed Elimination-Cyclization with Isocyanides” Basson, A. J and McLaughlin, M. G.*, ChemSusChem, 2021, 14, 1696 [Link]

4. “Synthesis of Functionalized Isoindolinones via Calcium Catalyzed Generation and Trapping of N-Acyliminium Ions” Basson, A. J and McLaughlin, M. G*, J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 5615 [Link]

3. “Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Peterson Olefinations” Britten, T. K. and McLaughlin, M. G*    J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 301. Featured Article and Front Cover [Link],

Highlighted as a Synfact in Feb 2020

2. “Functionalisation of isoindolinones via a calcium catalysed Hosomi–Sakurai allylation” Basson, A. J and McLaughlin, M. G* Chem. Commun, 2019, 55, 8317. [Link]

1. “Mild, Calcium Catalysed Beckmann Rearrangements”.; Kiely-Collins, H, ;Sechi, I.; Brennan, P. E., McLaughlin, M. G.* Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 654 [Link]