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2008 - 2002

Nucleophilic Carbene Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,2 Amino Alcohols Via Azidation of Epoxy Aldehydes

Harit U. Vora, Johannah R. Moncecchi, Oleg Epstein, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2008, 73, 9727-9731

Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Carboxylation of Styrenes Using CO2

Catherine M. Williams, Jeffrey B. Johnson, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2008, 130, 14936-14397

Catalytic Asymmetric Intermolecular Stetter Reaction of Glyoxamides with Alkylidenemalonates

Qin Liu, Stephane Perreault, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2008, 130, 14066-14067

Catalytic Asymmetric Stetter Reaction Onto Vinylphosphine Oxides and Vinylphosphonates

Stephen C. Cullen, Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC LETTERS, 2008, 10, 3141-3144

Scope of the Asymmetric Intramolecular Stetter Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Nucleophilic Triazolinylidene Carbenes

Javier Read de Alaniz, Mark S. Kerr, Jennifer L. Moore, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2008, 73, 2033-2040

Enantioselective Synthesis of Indolizidines Bearing Quaternary Substituted Stereocenters via Rhodium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates and Terminal Alkynes

Ernest E. Lee, Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC LETTERS, 2008, 10, 1231-1234

Asymmetric Synthesis of Bicyclic Amidines via Rhodium-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Carbodiimides

Robert T. Yu, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2008, 130, 3262-3263

Enantioselective Cross-Coupling of Anhydrides with Organozinc Reagents: The Controlled Formation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds through the Nucleophilic Interception of Metalacycles

Jeffrey B. Johnson, Tomislav Rovis

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ACCOUNTS IN CHEMICAL RESEARCH, 2008, 41, 327-338

A Diastereoselective Ring Contraction of 1,3-Dioxepins to 2,3,4-Trisubstituted and Tetrasubstituted Tetrahydrofurans

Christopher G. Nasveschuk, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2008, 73, 612-617

Development of Chiral Bicyclic Triazolium Salt Organic Catalysts: The Importance of the N-Aryl Substituent

Tomislav Rovis

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CHEMICAL LETTERS, 2008, 37, 2-7

A Rapid Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Sylvone

Christopher G. Nasveschuk, Tomislav Rovis

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SYNLETT, 2008, 126-128

More than Bystanders: The Effect of Olefins on Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

Jeffrey B. Johnson, Tomislav Rovis

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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2008, 47, 840-871

Towards the total synthesis of FD-838: modular enantioselective assembly of the core

Arturo Orellana, Tomislav Rovis

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2008, 730-732

The [1,3] O-to-C rearrangement: opportunities for stereoselective synthesis

Christopher G. Nasveschuwk, Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC AND BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 2008, 6, 240-254

Alkene-Directed Regioselective Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Cyclic Anhydrides with Diorganozinc Reagents

Rebecca L. Rogers, Jennifer L. Moore, Tomislav Rovis

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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2007, 46, 9301-9304

Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of meso-3,5-Dimethyl Glutaric Anhydride: A General Strategy to syn-Deoxypolypropionate Synthons

Matthew J. Cook, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2007, 129, 9302-9303

A Concise Synthesis of Eupomatilones 4, 6, and 7 by Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Cyclic meso Anhydrides with Organozinc Reagents Generated In Situ

Jeffrey B. Johnson, Eric A. Bercot, Catherine M. Williams, Tomislav Rovis

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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2007, 46, 4514-4518

Nucleophilic Carbene and HOAt Relay Catalysis in an Amide Bond Coupling:? An Orthogonal Peptide Bond Forming Reaction

Harit U. Vora, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2007, 129, 13796-13797

A Diastereoselective Intermolecular Heck Reaction of 1,3-Dioxepins

Christopher G. Nasveschuk, Jeffrey D. Frein, Nathan T. Jui, Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC LETTERS, 2007, 9, 5509-5512

Ligand-Dependent Catalytic Cycle and Role of Styrene in Nickel-Catalyzed Anhydride Cross-Coupling: Evidence for Turnover-Limiting Reductive Elimination

Jeffrey B. Johnson, Eric A. Bercot, John M. Rowley, Geoffrey W. Coates, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2007, 129, 2718-2725

Enantioselective Synthesis of Hydrobenzofuranones Using an Asymmetric Desymmetrizing Intramolecular Stetter Reaction of Cyclohexadienones

Qin Liu, Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 2007, 11, 598-604

A modular approach to the synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted tetrahydrofurans

Christopher G. Nasveschuk, Nathan T. Jui, Tomislav Rovis

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2006, 3119-3121

Selective Substituent Transfer from Mixed Zinc Reagents in Ni-Catalyzed Anhydride Alkylation

Jeffrey B. Johnson, Robert T. Yu, Paul Fink, Eric A. Bercot, T. Rovis

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ORGANIC LETTERS, 2006, 8, 4307-4310

Enantioselective formation of quaternary stereocenters using the catalytic intramolecular Stetter reaction

Jennifer L. Moore, Mark S. Kerr, Tomislav Rovis

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TETRAHEDRON, 2006, 62, 11477-11482

Surveying approaches to the formation of carbon-carbon bonds between a pyran and an adjacent ring

Jeffrey D. Frein, Tomislav Rovis

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TETRAHEDRON, 2006, 62, 4573-4583

Rhodium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates and Alkynes

Robert T. Yu, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2006, 128, 2782-2783

Asymmetric Synthesis of Hydrobenzofuranones via Desymmetrization of Cyclohexadienones Using the Intramolecular Stetter Reaction

Qin Liu, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2006, 128, 2552-2553

Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkenyl Isocyanates and Terminal Alkynes: Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)-Lasubine II

Robert T. Yu, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2006, 128, 12370-12371

A Sakurai-Prins-Ritter Sequence for the Three-Component Diastereoselective Synthesis of 4-Amino Tetrahydropyrans

Oleg L. Epstein, Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2006, 128, 16480-16481

A highly enantio- and diastereoselective catalytic intramolecular stetter reaction

Javier Reid de Alaniz; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2005, 127, 6284-6289

An efficient synthesis of achiral and chiral 1,2,4-triazolium salts: Bench stable precursors for N-heterocyclic carbenes

Mark S. Kerr; Javier Reid de Alaniz; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 2005, 70, 5725-5728

The effect of pre-existing stereocenters in the intramolecular asymmetric Stetter reaction

Nathan T. Reynolds; Tomislav Rovis

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TETRAHEDRON, 2005, 61, 6368-6378

Enantioselective protonation of catalytically generated chiral enolates as an approach to the synthesis of alpha-chloroesters

Nathan T. Reynolds; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2005, 127, 16406-16407

Highly efficient nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of succinic and glutaric anhydrides with organozinc reagents

Eric A. Bercot; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2005, 127, 247-254

Regioselective Lewis acid-mediated [1,3] rearrangement of allylvinyl ethers

Christopher G. Nasveschuk; Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC LETTERS, 2005, 7, 2173-2176

Stereoselective Lewis acid mediated [1,3] ring contraction of 2,5-dihydrooxepins as a route to polysubstituted cyclopentenes

Christopher G. Nasveschuk; Tomislav Rovis

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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2005, 44, 3264-3266

Complementary diastereoselective reduction of cyclic gamma-keto acids: Efficient access to trisubsituted gamma-lactones

Eric A. Bercot; David E. Kindrachuk; Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC LETTERS, 2005, 7, 107-110

Use of acid fluorides increases the scope of the reductive acylation of esters

Yongda Zhang; Tomislav Rovis

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ORGANIC LETTERS, 2004, 6, 1877-1879

Enantioselective synthesis of quaternary stereocenters via a catalytic asymmetric Stetter reaction

Mark S. Kerr; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2004, 126, 8876-8877

A palladium-catalyzed enantioselective alkylative desymmetrization of meso-succinic anhydrides

Eric A Bercot; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2004, 126, 10248-10249

Conversion of alpha-haloaldehydes into acylating agents by an internal redox reaction catalyzed by nucleophilic carbenes

Nathan T. Reynolds; Javier Reid de Alaniz; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2004, 126, 9518-9519

A unique catalyst effects the rapid room-temperature cross-coupling of organozinc reagents with carboxylic acid fluorides, chlorides, anhydrides, and thioesters

Yongda Zhang; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2004, 126, 15964-15965

Decarbonylative cross-coupling of cyclic anhydrides: Introducing stereochemistry at an sp(3) carbon in the cross-coupling event

Erin M. O'Brien; Eric A. Bercot; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2003, 125, 10498-10499

Effect of the Michael acceptor in the asymmetric intramolecular Stetter reaction

Mark. S. Kerr; Tomislav Rovis

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SYNLETT, 2003, 12, 1934-1936

1,3-polyol arrays via the stereoselective rearrangement of vinyl acetals

Yongda Zhang, Tomislav Rovis

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TETRAHEDRON, 2003, 59, 8979-8987

Stereoretentive O-to-C rearrangement of vinyl acetals: Solvent cage effects as a stereocontrol element

Yongda Zhang; Nathan T. Kavita Manju; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2002, 124, 9720-9721

A highly enantioselective catalytic intramolecular Stetter reaction

Mark S. Kerr; Javier Reid de Alaniz; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2002, 124, 10298-10299

A mild and efficient catalytic alkylative monofunctionalization of cyclic anhydrides

Eric A. Bercot; Tomislav Rovis

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2002, 124, 174-175

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