Using singlet oxygen to synthesise the CDE-ring system of the pectenotoxins.

The Diels--Alder reaction in total synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2002) 5.22

Tandem reactions, cascade sequences, and biomimetic strategies in total synthesis. Chem Commun (Camb) (2003) 1.91

Oxidation of silyl enol ethers by using IBX and IBX.N-oxide complexes: a mild and selective reaction for the synthesis of enones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2002) 1.27

o-Iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) as a viable reagent in the manipulation of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing substrates: scope, generality, and mechanism of IBX-mediated amine oxidations and dithiane deprotections. J Am Chem Soc (2004) 1.19

Total Synthesis of Colombiasin A This work was financially supported by the National Institutes of Health (USA) and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, postdoctoral fellowships from Bayer AG (to R.K. and W.M.), and grants from Abbott, Amgen, ArrayBiopharma, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Glaxo, Hoffmann-La Roche, DuPont, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and Schering Plough. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2001) 1.16

HIO3 and I2O5: mild and selective alternative reagents to IBX for the dehydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2002) 1.03

Modulation of the reactivity profile of IBX by ligand complexation: ambient temperature dehydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones to alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2002) 0.99

Synthesis of chinensines A-E. J Org Chem (2007) 0.96

Using singlet oxygen to synthesize polyoxygenated natural products from furans. Acc Chem Res (2008) 0.92

The total synthesis of coleophomones B, C, and D. J Am Chem Soc (2005) 0.91

cis-3,4-Dichlorocyclobutene as a Versatile Synthon in Organic Synthesis. Rapid Entry into Complex Polycyclic Systems with Remarkably Stereospecific Reactions We thank Drs. D. H. Huang and G. Siuzdak for their assistance with NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, respectively. This work was financially supported by the National Institutes of Health (USA) and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, a postdoctoral fellowship from the Skaggs Institute for Research (to V.G.), and grants from Abbott, Amgen, ArrayBiopharma, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Glaxo, Hoffmann-La Roche, DuPont, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, and Schering Plough. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2001) 0.87

First total synthesis of paracaseolide A. Org Lett (2012) 0.87

New reactions of IBX: oxidation of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing substrates to afford useful synthetic intermediates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2003) 0.86

Spiroperoxy lactones from furans in one pot: synthesis of (+)-premnalane a. Org Lett (2007) 0.85

Regioselective ortho lithiation of 3-aryl and 3-styryl furans. Org Lett (2005) 0.82

The total synthesis of coleophomones B and C. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2002) 0.82

Biomimetic total synthesis of litseaverticillols B, E, I, and J and structural reassignment of litseaverticillol E. Org Lett (2004) 0.79

Singlet-oxygen-mediated one-pot synthesis of 3-keto-tetrahydrofurans from 2-(beta-hydroxyalkyl) furans. Org Lett (2009) 0.78

Stereochemistry of the singlet oxygenation of simple alkenes: a stereospecific transformation. Org Lett (2008) 0.77

Illustrating the power of singlet oxygen chemistry in a synthetic context: biomimetic syntheses of litseaverticillols A-G, I and J and the structural reassignment of litseaverticillol E. Chemistry (2005) 0.75

One-pot transformation of simple furans into 4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenones in water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2014) 0.75

One-pot synthesis of 1-azaspiro frameworks initiated by photooxidation of simple furans. Chem Commun (Camb) (2014) 0.75

Using singlet oxygen to synthesise a [6,6,5]-bis-spiroketal in one-pot from a simple 2,5-disubstituted furan. Org Biomol Chem (2007) 0.75

From simple furans to complex nitrogen-bearing aromatic polycycles by means of a flexible and general reaction sequence initiated by singlet oxygen. Chemistry (2013) 0.75

Furans and singlet oxygen--why there is more to come from this powerful partnership. Chem Commun (Camb) (2014) 0.75

Photooxidations of 2-(γ,ε-dihydroxyalkyl) furans in water: synthesis of DE-bicycles of the pectenotoxins. Org Lett (2012) 0.75

Green oxidations of furans--initiated by molecular oxygen--that give key natural product motifs. Org Biomol Chem (2011) 0.75

Scope and limitations of the photooxidations of 2-(α-hydroxyalkyl)furans: synthesis of 2-hydroxy-exo-brevicomin. Org Lett (2011) 0.75

Singlet oxygen-mediated synthesis of bis-spiroketals found in azaspiracids. Org Lett (2014) 0.75

Synthesis of the spirocyclic core of the prunolides using a singlet oxygen-mediated cascade sequence. Org Lett (2005) 0.75

A versatile and general one-pot method for synthesizing bis-spiroketal motifs. Org Lett (2006) 0.75

Singlet oxygen initiated cascade transformation of a simple difuran into the key ABC-ring motif of the pectenotoxins. Chem Commun (Camb) (2010) 0.75

Remarkable change of the diastereoselection in the dye-sensitized ene hydroperoxidation of chiral alkenes by zeolite confinement. Org Lett (2003) 0.75

A versatile synthesis of Meyers' bicyclic lactams from furans: singlet-oxygen-initiated reaction cascade. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2012) 0.75

One-pot synthesis of the tetracyclic framework of the aromatic erythrina alkaloids from simple furans. Org Lett (2013) 0.75

Oxone-mediated oxidative cleavage of β-keto esters and 1,3-diketones to α-keto esters and 1,2-diketones in aqueous medium. J Org Chem (2013) 0.75

Synthesis of (+)-zerumin B using a regioselective singlet oxygen furan oxidation. J Org Chem (2008) 0.75

cis-Semihydrogenation of alkynes with amine borane complexes catalyzed by gold nanoparticles under mild conditions. Chem Commun (Camb) (2015) 0.75

Enzymatic reductions for the regio- and stereoselective synthesis of hydroxy-keto esters and dihydroxy esters. Org Lett (2012) 0.75

Gamma-spiroketal gamma-lactones from 2-(gamma-hydroxyalkyl)furans: syntheses of epi-pyrenolide D and crassalactone D. Org Lett (2009) 0.75