James Bour

Faculty Profile

Assistant Professor
hf0697@wayne.edu

Department

Chemistry

Phone

(313)577-6677

Office

 Chem 275

Education

  • B.Sc., Hope College, 2013
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2018
  • Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018-2020

Selected publications

 Porath, A. J.; Lybrand, T.; Bour, J. R. Relationships Between Defectivity and Porosity in High Surface Area Porous Aromatic Frameworks. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202314120.

Porath, A. J.; Hettiarachchi, M. A.; Li, S.; Bour, J. R. "A Ni(COD)2-Free Approach for the Synthesis of High Surface Area Porous Aromatic Frameworks" Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 6841

Bour, J. R.; Ferguson, D. M.; McClain, E. J.; Kampf, J. W. Sanford, M. S. “Connecting Organometallic Ni(III)/(IV):Reactions of Carbon-Centered Radicals with High-Valent Organonickel Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8914

Malapit, C. A.; Bour, J. R.; Brigham, C. B. Sanford, M. S. “Base-Free Nickel-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Acid Fluorides” Nature, 2018, 563, 100

Bour, J. R.; Kariofilis, S. K.; Sanford, M. S. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Applications of (NHC)Cu(CHF2) Complexes,” Organometallics 2017, 36, 1220.

Bour, J. R.; Camasso, N. M.; Meucci, E. M.; Canty, A. J.; Kampf, J. W.; Sanford, M. S. “Carbon- Carbon Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Isolated Ni(III) Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 16105.

Bour, J. R.; Camasso, N. M.; Sanford, M. S. “Oxidation of NiII to NiIV with Aryl Electrophiles Enables Ni-Mediated Ar-CF3 Coupling,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 8034.
 

 

 

 

Research Description

Research in the Bour Lab seeks to address outstanding challenges in catalysis and organic reaction development through the design and synthesis of new catalyst platforms in both solution and solid phases. Our approach exploits the long range molecular order in supramolecular assemblies and contemporary porous organic solids to effect highly selective chemical transformations. Researchers in the Bour Lab are trained in organometallic chemistry, materials chemistry, as well as more traditional organic and inorganic synthesis.