2022

Identification and Synthesis of a Macrolide as an Anti-aphrodisiac Pheromone from Males of Heliconius erato phyllis

"Cu-Catalyzed Dual C-O Bonds Cleavage of Cyclic Ethers with Carboxylic Acids, NaI, and TMSCF(3) to Give Iodoalkyl Ester"

2020

"Identification of Brassicadiene, a Diterpene Hydrocarbon Attractive to the Invasive Stink Bug Bagrada hilaris, from Volatiles of Cauliflower Seedlings, Brassica oleracea var. botrytis"

Cobalt-Bisoxazoline-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Coupling of alpha-Bromo Esters with Alkenyl Grignard Reagents

2019

"Identification and Synthesis of Luteolide, a Highly Branched Macrolide Semiochemical from the Mantellid Frog Gephyromantis luteus"

2017

"Aluminum Chloride-Mediated Dieckmann Cyclization for the Synthesis of Cyclic 2-Alkyl-1,3-alkanediones: One-Step Synthesis of the Chiloglottones"

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Amination of 2-Substituted Indolin-3-ones: A Strategy for the Synthesis of Chiral alpha-Hydrazino Esters

Synthesis of Isothiocyanates and Unsymmetrical Thioureas with the Bench-Stable Solid Reagent (Me(4)N)SCF(3)

Improved Synthesis for Modular Ascarosides Uncovers Biological Activity

Direct Synthesis of Acyl Fluorides from Carboxylic Acids with the Bench-Stable Solid Reagent (Me(4)N)SCF(3)

An Entirely Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis-Based Strategy for Synthesis of Gelatinase Biosynthesis-Activating Pheromone (GBAP) Analogue Libraries: Investigating the Structure-Activity Relationships of the Enterococcus faecalis Quorum Sensing Signal

2015

Identification of a Grain Beetle Macrolide Pheromone and Its Synthesis by Ring-Closing Metathesis Using a Terminal Alkyne

"Double-Bond Isomerization: Highly Reactive Nickel Catalyst Applied in the Synthesis of the Pheromone (9Z,12Z)-Tetradeca-9,12-dienyl Acetate"

2014

Alkylations and hydroxymethylations of pyrazines via green Minisci-type reactions

2013

'One-pot' reductive lactone alkylation provides a concise asymmetric synthesis of chiral isoprenoid targets

"(6R,10S)-Pallantione: the first ketone identified as sex pheromone in stink bugs"

2012

Synthesis of peptides containing C-terminal methyl esters using trityl side-chain anchoring: application to the synthesis of a-factor and a-factor analogs

The discovery of 2-hydroxymethyl-3-(3-methylbutyl)-5-methylpyrazine: a semiochemical in orchid pollination

2010

Ru-catalyzed decarbonylative addition of aliphatic aldehydes to terminal alkynes

Efficient synthesis of a peculiar vicinal diamine semiochemical from Streptomyces natalensis

"Highly alpha-selective hydrolysis of alpha,beta-epoxyalcohols using tetrabutylammonium fluoride"

"(1R,2S,6R)-2-Hydroxymethyl-2,6-dimethyl-3-oxabicyclo[4.2.0]octane, a new volatile released by males of the papaya borer Pseudopiazurus obesus (Col.: Curculionidae)"

2009

Allenyl sulfones and allenyl sulfides in the synthesis of 3-pyrrolines. A novel nucleophilic [3 + 2] cycloaddition on allenyl sulfones giving rearranged cycloadducts

"Iterative approach to enantiopure syn/anti-1,3-polyols via proline-catalyzed sequential alpha-aminoxylation and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination of aldehydes"

Sex pheromone of the longtailed mealybug: a new class of monoterpene structure

Enantioselective total synthesis and determination of absolute configuration of vittatalactone

An indole-containing dauer pheromone component with unusual dauer inhibitory activity at higher concentrations

2008

HRMS directly from TLC slides. A powerful tool for rapid analysis of organic mixtures

"Efficient and stereoselective synthesis of yellow scale pheromone via alkyne haloboration, Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes (ZACA reaction), and Pd-catalyzed tandem Negishi coupling"

Efficient preparation of terminal conjugated dienes by coupling of dienol phosphates with grignard reagents under iron catalysis

2007

More than a protective group: synthesis and applications of a new chiral silane

A general method for the synthesis of nonracemic trans-epoxides: concise syntheses of trans-epoxide-containing insect sex pheromones

2005

de novo asymmetric synthesis of daumone via a palladium-catalyzed glycosylation

2004

Ring-closing metathesis/fragmentation route to geometrically defined medium-ring cycloalkenes: total synthesis of (+/-)-periplanone C

Highly efficient and diastereoselective synthesis of (+)-lineatin

2003

"Unexpected stereochemistry in the lithium salt catalyzed ring expansion of nonracemic oxaspiropentanes. formal syntheses of (-)-(4R,5R)-muricatacin and the pheromone (R)-japonilure"

2002

The preparation of nonracemic secondary alpha-(carbamoyloxy)alkylzinc and copper reagents. A versatile approach to enantioenriched alcohols

2001

"Efficient intramolecular asymmetric reductions of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-keto acids with diisopinocampheylborane"

2000

"Desymmetrization of 1,4-dien-3-ols and related compounds via Ueno-Stork radical cyclizations"

"Highly efficient, enantioselective synthesis of (+)-grandisol from a C2-symmetric bis(alpha,beta-butenolide)"

1999

"Desymmetrization by ring-closing metathesis leading to 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octanes: a new route for the synthesis of (+)-exo- and endo-brevicomin"