2008 Publications

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  1. Quantitative study of interactions between oxygen lone pair and aromatic rings: Substituent effect and the importance of closeness of contact.
  • 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. link

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

  1. 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.
  • Gung, B. W.; Omollo, A. O.J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 1067-1070. link

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

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

  1. Ab initio study of substituent effects in the interactions of dimethyl ether with aromatic rings.
  • Amicangelo, J. C.; Gung, B. W.; Irwin, D. G.; Romano, N. C.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2695-2705. Link