1975 B.S. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima, Peru 1979 M.S. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 1985 Ph.D. University of Birmingham, England

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis and Natural Products

Supported Gold Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Hydration of Alkynes under Basic Conditions Shengzong Liang †, Jacek Jasinski ‡, Gerald B. Hammond *†, and Bo Xu *† Org. Lett., 2015, 17 (1), pp 162–165

Efficient hydration of alkynes through acid-assisted Brønsted acid catalysis Shengzong Liang,a Gerald B. Hammond*a and Bo Xu*a Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 903-906

"Designer HF-based Fluorination Reagent: Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Fluoro-alkenes and gem-Difluoromethylene Compounds from Alkynes" Otome. E. Okoromoba, J. Han, G. B. Hammond, B. Xu. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (41), pp 14381–14384

“Rapid Chemical Reaction Workup Based on Rigid Solvent Extraction” B. Xu, G. B. Hammond Org. Lett. 2014,16, 5238-5241.

“Synthesis of Pyrrolidines and Pyrroles via Tandem Amination/Cyanation/Alkylation and Amination/Oxidation Sequences" J. Han, Z. Lu, G.B. Hammond, B. Xu Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014,2014, 5786-5792.

“Gold Catalyzed Synthesis of Fluorinated Tetrahydrofurans and Lactones” D. Malhotra, L. Liu, W. Wang, M. Durham, G. B. Hammond, B. Xu J. Fluorine Chem. (Special Issue ACS Award on Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry Dr. Teruo Umemoto) 2014

“Cationic Gold Catalyst Poisoning and Re-activation” M. Kumar, G. B. Hammond, B. Xu. Org. Lett.2014, 16, 3452–3455

“Efficient Generation and Increased Reactivity of Cationic Gold via Brønsted Acid- or Lewis Acid-Assisted Activation of an Imidogold Precatalyst” J. Han, N. Shimizu, Z. Lu, H. Amii,G. B. Hammond, B. Xu Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3500–3503.

A Highly Efficient and Broadly Applicable Cationic Gold Catalyst** Deepika Malhotra, Mark S. Mashuta, Gerald B. Hammond,* and Bo Xu* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310239

Alkyne/Alkene/Allene-Induced Disproportionation of Cationic Gold(I) Catalyst Manish Kumar,[a] Jacek Jasinski,[b] Gerald B. Hammond,*[a] and Bo Xu* Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 3113 – 3119

“A Novel Small Molecule that Selectively Kills Malignant Cells via an Oxidative Stress-Dependent Mechanism” F. Salipur, E. Merit Reyes-Reyes, B. Xu, G. B. Hammond, P. J. Bates. Free Radical Biology and Medicine,2014,68, 110-121

Enhanced Reactivity in Homogeneous Gold Catalysis through Hydrogen Bonding Weibo Wang, Manish Kumar, Gerald B. Hammond*, and Bo Xu* Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 636-639

Gold-Catalyzed Addition of N‑Hydroxy Heterocycles to Alkynes and Subsequent 3,3-Sigmatropic Rearrangement M. Kumar, M. Scobie, M. S. Mashuta, G. B. Hammond, B. Xu Org. Lett2013, 15, 724–727

Physangulidine A, the New Withanolide from Physalis angulata, Perturbs the Cell Cycle and Induces Cell Death by Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells E. Reyes-Reyes, Z. Jin, A. Vaisberg, G. B. Hammond, P. J. Bates J. Nat. Prod. 2013, 76, 2–7.

Gold Catalyzed Annulation of 2- Alkynyl Benzaldehyde with Vinyl Ether: Synthesis of Substituted 3,4-Dihydronapthalenyl Ketones, 1H-Isochromenes, and Bicyclo[2.2.2]octanyl Ketones via a Gold-Benzopyrylium Intermediate M. Deepika, M. Mashuta, G. B. Hammond, L. Liu, Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 4043-4050.

Synthesis of Cyclic a-Aminophosphonates through Copper Catalyzed Enamine Activation J. Han,R. S. Paton,B. Xu, G. B. Hammond Synthesis 2013,45, 463-470.

Transition Metal Sponsored Fluorination, Difluoromethylation and Trifluoromethylation Z. Jin, B. Xu, G. B. Hammond Aldrichimica Acta2012, 45, 67- 83.

Stereoselective Synthesis of Monofluoroalkyl a,b-Unsaturated Ketones From Allenyl Carbinol Esters Mediated by Gold and Selectfluor Z. Jin, R. Hidinger, B. Xu, G.B. Hammond . J. Org. Chem.2012, 77, 7725–7729.

Replacement of BF4- by PF6-Makes Selectfluor Greener” Z. Jin, B. Xu, G. B. Hammond, S. G. DiMagno J. Fluorine Chem. 2012,143, 226-230

Ligand Effects and Ligand Design in Homogeneous Gold Catalysis W. Wang, G. B. Hammond, B. Xu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 5697-5705.