Gung Group Recent Publications^1-50

(1) Gung, B. W.; Emenike, B. U.; Alverez, C. N.; Rakovan, J.; Kirschbaum, K.; Jain, N. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1648-1650. "Relative substituent position on the strength of pi-pi stacking interactions"

(2) Gung, B. W.; Craft, D. T.; Bailey, L. N.; Kirschbaum, K. Chem.-Eur. J. 2010, 16, 639-644. "Gold-Catalyzed Transannular [4+3] Cycloaddition Reactions"pdf

(3) Gung, B. W.; Bailey, L. N.; Wonser, J. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 2251-2253. "Gold-catalyzed intermolecular [4C+3C] cycloaddition reactions"

(4) Gung, B. W.; Craft, D. T. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 2685-2687. "Gold-catalyzed transannular [4+3] cycloaddition reactions"

(5) Gung, B. W. Comptes Rendus Chimie 2009, 12, 489-505. "Total synthesis of polyyne natural products"

(6) Gung, B. W.; Omollo, A. O. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 1136-1138. "A Concise Synthesis of R-(-)-Cicutoxin, a Natural 17-Carbon Polyenyne"

(7) Craft, D. T.; Gung, B. W. Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 5931-5934. "The first transannular [4+3] cycloaddition reaction: synthesis of the ABCD ring structure of cortistatins"

(8) Gung, B. W.; Omallo, A. O. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4790-4795. "First total synthesis of the potent anticancer natural product dideoxypetrosynol A: Preparation of the "Skipped" (Z)-enediyne moiety by oxidative coupling of homopropargylphosphonium ylide"

(9) Amicangelo, J. C.; Gung, B. W.; Irwin, D. G.; Romano, N. C. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2008, 10, 2695-2705. "Ab initio study of substituent effects in the interactions of dimethyl ether with aromatic rings"

(10) Gung, B. W.; Zou, Y.; Xu, Z. G.; Amicangelo, J. C.; Irwin, D. G.; Ma, S. Q.; Zhou, H. C. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 689-693. "Quantitative study of interactions between oxygen lone pair and aromatic rings: Substituent effect and the importance of closeness of contact"

(11) Gung, B. W.; Omollo, A. O. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 1067-1070. "Total synthesis of (+)- and (-)-duryne: A potent anticancer agent from the marine sponge Cribrochalina dura. Establishment of the central double bond geometry and the absolute configuration of the chiral centers"

(12) Gung, B. W.; Wekesa, F.; Barnes, C. L. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 1803-1808. "Stacking interactions between nitrogen-containing six-membered heterocyclic aromatic rings and substituted benzene: Studies in solution and in the solid state"

(13) Gung, B. W.; Xue, X. W.; Zou, Y. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2469-2475. "Enthalpy (Delta H) and entropy (Delta S) for pi-stacking interactions in near-sandwich configurations: Relative importance of electrostatic, dispersive, and charge-transfer effects"

(14) Gung, B. W.; Craft, D. T.; Truelove, J. Tet. Asymmetry 2007, 18, 1284-1287. "A short synthesis of (S)-(+)-siphonodiol"

(15) Gung, B. W.; Amicangelo, J. C. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 9261-9270. "Substituent effects in C6F6-C6H5X stacking interactions"

(16) Gung, B. W.; Fox, R. M.; Falconer, R.; Shissler, D. Tet. Asymmetry 2006, 17, 40-46. "Total synthesis of two naturally occurring polyacetylenic glucosides (-)-bidensyneoside A1 and B, and an analogue of (-)-bidensyneoside C"

(17) Gung, B. W.; Xue, X. W.; Reich, H. J. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 3641-3644. "The strength of parallel-displaced arene-arene interactions in chloroform"

(18) Gung, B. W.; Xue, X. W.; Reich, H. J. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 7232-7237. "Off-center oxygen-arene interactions in solution: A quantitative study"

(19) Gung, B. W.; Gibeau, C.; Jones, A. Tet. Asymmetry 2005, 16, 3107-3114. "Total synthesis of two novel brominated acetylenic diols (+)-diplyne C and E: stereoselective construction of the (E)-1-bromo-1-alkene"

(20) Gung, B. W.; Patel, M.; Xue, X. W. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 10532-10537. "A threshold for charge transfer in aromatic interactions? A quantitative study of pi-stacking interactions"

(21) Gung, B. W.; Kumi, G. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 3488-3492. "Total synthesis of (S)-(-)-(E)-15,16-dihydrominquartynoic acid: A highly potent anticancer agent"

(22) Gung, B. W.; Taylor, R. T. J. Chem. Edu. 2004, 81, 1630-1632. "Parallel combinatorial synthesis of Azo dyes - A combinatorial experiment suitable for undergraduate laboratories"

(23) Gung, B. W.; Fox, R. M. Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 9405-9415. "Total synthesis of bidensyneosides A(2) and C: remarkable protecting group effects in glycosylation"

(24) Gung, B. W.; Gibeau, C.; Jones, A. Tet. Asymmetry 2004, 15, 3973-3977. "First total synthesis of the brominated polyacetylenes (+)-diplyne A and D: proof of absolute configuration"

(25) Gung, B. W.; Kumi, G. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 5956-5960. "Remarkable reactivity difference in oxygen-substituted versus non-oxygen-substituted bromoalkynes in Cu(I)-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions: Total synthesis of (-)-S-18-hydroxyminquartynoic acid"

(26) Gung, B. W.; Xue, X. W.; Knatz, N.; Marshall, J. A. Organometallics 2003, 22, 3158-3163. "Addition of chiral allenylzinc reagent to acetaldehyde: Diastereotopic cyclic transition states with a tetrahedral zinc atom located by ab initio and density functional theory"

(27) Gung, B. W.; Dickson, H. Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 2517-2519. "Total synthesis of (-)-minquartynoic acid: An anti-cancer, anti-HIV natural product"

(28) Gung, B. W.; Xue, X. W.; Roush, W. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10692-10697. "The origin of diastereofacial control in allylboration reactions using tartrate ester derived allylboronates: Attractive interactions between the Lewis acid coordinated aldehyde carbonyl group and an ester carbonyl oxygen"

(29) Gung, B. W.; Dickson, H. D.; Seggerson, S.; Bluhm, K. Synth. Commun. 2002, 32, 2733-2740. "A short synthesis of an acetylenic alcohol from the sponge Cribrochalina vasculum"

(30) Gung, B. W.; Dickson, H.; Shockley, S. Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 4761-4763. "A concise synthesis of (+)- and (-)-adociacetylene B"

(31) Gung, B. W.; Xue, X. W. Tet. Asymmetry 2001, 12, 2955-2959. "Asymmetric transition states of allylation reaction: an ab initio molecular orbital study"

(32) Gung, B. W.; Zou, D.; Miyahara, Y. Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 9739-9746. "Synthesis of a hybrid peptide with both alpha- and beta-amino acid residues: Toward a new beta-sheet nucleator"

(33) Gung, B. W.; MacKay, J. A.; Zou, D. J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 700-706. "Substituent effect on intramolecular hydrogen bonding in beta-amino acid-containing polyamides"

(34) Gung, B. W.; Zou, D.; Stalcup, A. M.; Cottrell, C. E. J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 2176-2177. "Characterization of a water-soluble, helical beta-peptide"

(35) Gung, B. W. Chem. Rev. 1999, 99, 1377-1386. "Structure distortions in heteroatom-substituted cyclohexanones, adamantanones, and adamantanes: Origin of diastereofacial selectivity"

(36) Gung, B. W.; le Noble, B. Chem. Rev. 1999, 99, 1067-1068. "Diastereoselection: Introduction"

(37) Roush, W. R.; Gung, B. W.; Bennett, C. E. Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 891-893. "2-Deoxy-2-iodo- and 2-deoxy-2-bromo-alpha-glucopyranosyl trichloroacetimidates: Highly reactive and stereoselective donors for the synthesis of 2-deoxy-beta-glycosides"

(38) Gung, B. W.; Zhu, Z. H.; Zou, D.; Everingham, B.; Oyeamalu, A.; Crist, R. M.; Baudlier, J. J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 5750-5761. "Requirement for hydrogen-bonding cooperativity in small polyamides: A combined VT-NMR and VT-IR investigation"

(39) Gung, B. W.; Zhu, Z. H. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 2324-2325. "Different folding patterns of two similar triamides: A sharp contrast in their intramolecular amide-amide hydrogen-bonding propensity"

(40) Gung, B. W.; Zhu, Z. H.; Everingham, B. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 3436-3437. "Elucidation of hydrogen-bonding cooperativity at the molecular level"

(41) Gung, B. W.; Zhu, Z. H. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 6100-6101. "Conformational study of succinic and glutaric beta-alanine derivatives: Resistance of beta-alanine amides to form intramolecular hydrogen bonds"

(42) Gung, B. W.; Wolf, M. A. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 232-236. "Distortion in the structures of 5-azaadamantanone and its N-oxide: Implication on diastereofacial selectivity"

(43) Gung, B. W.; Yanik, M. M. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 947-951. "Conformational study of SnCl4 complexes of aldehydes, alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes, and esters: Observation of both s-cis and s-trans isomers"

(44) Gung, B. W.; Zhu, Z. H. Tetrahedron Lett. 1996, 37, 2189-2192. "Enhanced intramolecular amide-amide hydrogen bonding through cooperativity"

(45) Gung, B. W. Tetrahedron 1996, 52, 5263-5301. "Diastereofacial selection in nucleophilic additions to unsymmetrically substituted trigonal carbons"

(46) Gung, B. W.; Fouch, R. A.; Zou, D. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 4200-4205. "The exceptional conformational bias of 1,5-diene-3,4-diols is controlled by electrostatic interactions: A theoretical elucidation of the origin in rotational isomer stability"

(47) Gung, B. W.; Zhu, Z. H. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 6482-6483. "Folding pattern of a succinyl and a glutaric glycine derivative in chloroform"

(48) Gung, B. W.; Mareska, D. A.; Karipidis, A.; Henry, T. Chirality 1995, 7, 96-102. "The Influence Of Protective Groups On Diastereofacial Selectivity Of Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Reactions"

(49) Gung, B. W.; Zhu, Z. H.; Fouch, R. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 1783-1788. "Conformational Study Of 1,5-Hexadiene And 1,5-Diene-3,4-Diols"

(50) Gung, B. W.; Melnick, J. P.; Wolf, M. A.; King, A. J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 1947-1951. "Steric And Electronic Effects In Conformational Preferences Of C1-Oxygenated Chiral Alkenes"