2021

"Synthesis, Absolute Configurations, and Biological Activities of Floral Scent Compounds from Night-Blooming Araceae"

2020

"The Impact of Macrocycle Conformation on the Taxadiene-Forming Carbocation Cascade: Insight Gained from Sobralene, a Recently Discovered Verticillene Isomer"

2019

Continuous Pd-Catalyzed Carbonylative Cyclization Using Iron Pentacarbonyl as a CO Source

Synthesis of the Sex Pheromone of the Oleander Scale ( Aspidiotus nerii)

2018

"Bidirectional Synthesis of 6-Acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide, the Mosquito Oviposition Pheromone of Culex quinquefasciatus, from a C(2)-Symmetric Building Block Using Olefin Metathesis Reactions"

2017

Haloarene-Linked Unsymmetrically Substituted Triarylethenes: Small AIEgens To Detect Nitroaromatics and Volatile Organic Compounds

Alternate Cyclization Cascade Initiated by Substrate Isomer in Multiproduct Terpene Synthase from Medicago truncatula

2015

Enantiospecific Synthesis of Both Enantiomers of the Longtailed Mealybug Pheromone and Their Evaluation in a New Zealand Vineyard

Synthesis of Peptides Containing C-Terminal Esters Using Trityl Side-Chain Anchoring: Applications to the Synthesis of C-Terminal Ester Analogs of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mating Pheromone a-Factor

2014

Sequential Diels-Alder reaction/rearrangement sequence: synthesis of functionalized bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivatives and revision of their relative configuration

"A formal, one-pot beta-chlorination of primary alcohols and its utilization in the transformation of terpene feedstock and the synthesis of a C2-symmetrical terminal bis-epoxide"

2013

Alternative synthesis of the Colorado potato beetle pheromone

Stereodivergent synthesis of (+)- and (-)-isolineatin

Intramolecular carbolithiation as a route to a sterically congested cyclopentene: synthesis of the longtailed mealybug pheromone

Highly stereocontrolled total synthesis of beta-D-mannosyl phosphomycoketide: a natural product from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Syntheses and determination of absolute configurations and biological activities of the enantiomers of the longtailed mealybug pheromone

2012

"A general, asymmetric, and noniterative synthesis of trideoxypropionates. Straightforward syntheses of the pheromones (+)-vittatalactone and (+)-norvittatalactone"

A soluble copper(I) source and stable salts of volatile ligands for copper-catalyzed C-X couplings

2010

"A concise, protection-free and divergent approach for the enantioselective syntheses of two pheromonal epoxide components of the fall webworm moth and other species"

"An efficient synthesis of (+/-)-grandisol featuring 1,5-enyne metathesis"

Enantioselective total synthesis of the unnatural and the natural stereoisomers of vittatalactone

Algal pheromone biosynthesis: stereochemical analysis and mechanistic implications in gametes of Ectocarpus siliculosus

2009

"Synthesis of the pheromone of the longtailed mealybug, a sterically congested, irregular monoterpenoid"

2008

Hetero-double-helix formation by an ethynylhelicene oligomer possessing perfluorooctyl side chains

"Photochemical cycloaddition of mono-, 1,1-, and 1,2-disubstituted olefins to a chiral 2(5H)-furanone. Diastereoselective synthesis of (+)-lineatin"

Enantioselective synthesis of a mealybug pheromone with an irregular monoterpenoid skeleton

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of vicinal dialkyl arrays

2007

Enantiodivergent synthesis of both enantiomers of gypsy moth pheromone disparlure

Efficient generation of a trisporoid library by combination of synthesis and biotransformation

Details of the structure determination of the sulfated steroids PSDS and PADS: new components of the sea lamprey (petromyzon marinus) migratory pheromone

"The reactivity of epoxides with lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide in combination with organolithiums or grignard reagents"

"Bidirectional, organocatalytic synthesis of lepidopteran sex pheromones"

Synthesis and use of deuterated palmitic acids to decipher the cryptoregiochemistry of a Delta13 desaturation

2006

Thiopyran route to polypropionates: an efficient synthesis of serricornin

Ring closing metathesis/fragmentation route to (Z)-configured medium ring cycloalkenes. Total synthesis of (+/-)-periplanone C

Determination of the preferred conformation of the bicyclic Galerucella pheromone using density functional theory optimization and calculations of chemical shifts

Synthesis and use of probes to investigate the cryptoregiochemistry of the first animal acetylenase

2005

Synthesis of all 16 stereoisomers of pinesaw fly sex pheromones--tools and tactics for solving problems in fluorous mixture synthesis

"A new method for the preparation of 1,5-diynes. Synthesis of (4E,6Z,10Z)-4,6,10-hexadecatrien-1-ol, the pheromone component of the cocoa pod borer moth Conopomorpha cramerella"

"A new route to methyl (R,E)-(-)-tetradeca-2,4,5-trienoate (pheromone of Acanthoscelides obtectus) utilizing a palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allene formation reaction"

2004

Synthesis and use of stereospecifically deuterated analogues of palmitic Acid to investigate the stereochemical course of the delta11 desaturase of the processionary moth

"A concise asymmetric synthesis of (2S,3S,7S)-3,7-dimethylpentadecan-2-yl Acetate and propionate, the sex pheromones of pine sawflies"

2003

"A suite of novel allenes from Australian melolonthine scarab beetles. Structure, synthesis, and stereochemistry"

2002

"Stereospecificity of an enzymatic monoene 1,4-dehydrogenation reaction: conversion of (Z)-11-tetradecenoic acid into (E,E)-10,12-tetradecadienoic acid"

Addition of organocerium reagents to morpholine amides: synthesis of important pheromone components of Achaea janata

2001

Studies on the alkylation of 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol dianion: an efficient synthesis of 3-methylene-1-alkanols including a San Jose scale sex pheromone

"Stereoselective synthesis of delta-lactones from 5-oxoalkanals via one-pot sequential acetalization, Tishchenko reaction, and lactonization by cooperative catalysis of samarium Ion and mercaptan"

Stereoselective synthesis of trifluoro- and monofluoro-analogues of frontalin and evaluation of their biological activity

2000

"Enantioselective synthesis of alkyl-branched alkanes. Synthesis Of the stereoisomers of 7,11-dimethylheptadecane and 7-methylheptadecane, components of the pheromone of lambdina species"

Synthesis and biological evaluation of the geometric farnesylated analogues of the a-factor mating peptide of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

"Tandem reduction-chloroallylboration of esters: asymmetric synthesis of lamoxirene, the spermatozoid releasing and attracting pheromone of the laminariales (Phaeophyceae)"

"An asymmetric synthesis of (+)-grandisol, a constituent of the aggregation pheromone of the cotton boll weevil, via a kinetic resolution"

A single step conversion of tetrahydropyranyl ethers to acetates

1999

"Systematic Synthesis of Multifluorinated alpha,alpha-Difluoro-gamma-lactones through Intramolecular Radical Cyclization"

Total Synthesis of the Gypsy Moth Pheromones (+)- and (-)-Disparlure from a Single Nonracemic alpha-Silyloxy Allylic Stannane

An Efficient Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-Disparlure

1997

Preparation of Optically Active Tertiary Alcohols by Enzymatic Methods. Application to the Synthesis of Drugs and Natural Products

1996

"A Novel Synthesis of (S)- and (R)-1-Methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-ol, Aggregation Pheromones of Dendroctonous pseudotsugae"

1977

"A new preparation of acetylenic ketones and application to the synthesis of exo-brevicomin, the pheromone from Dendroctonus brevicomis"

"Synthesis and activity of 29-hydroxy-3,11-dimethyl-2-nonacosanone, component B of the German cockroach sex pheromone"

A facile synthesis of the sex pheromone of the red bollworm moth from 10-undecen-1-ol

1976

Synthesis and absolute configuration of multistriatin

"Stereocontrolled synthesis of alpha-multistriatin, an essential component of the aggregation pheromone for the European elm bark beetle"

"Synthesis of optically active delta-n-hexadecalactone, the proposed pheromone from Vespa orientalis"

A synthesis of (Z)-6-heneicosen-11-one. The sex pheromone of the Douglas fir tussock moth

A stereoselective total synthesis of exo- and endo-brevicomin

A facile synthesis of the cyclohexyl constituents of the boll weevil sex pheromone

1975

A biogenetic-type synthesis of the cyclohexyl constituents of the boll weevil pheromone

Applications of sulfenylations of ester enolates. Synthesis of pheromones of the honey bee

"Synthesis of 3,11-dimethyl-2-nonacosanone, a contact courting pheromone of the German cockroach"

1974

The synthesis of alkenes from carbonyl compounds and carbanions alpha to silicon. III. A full report and a synthesis of the sex pheromone of gypsy moth

1972

Synthesis of the housefly sex attractant

1970

A short synthesis of the sex pheromone of the pink bollworm moth