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Publications

All articles originating from Western are available open-access via Scholarship@Western after a publication embargo

Publications

All articles originating from Western are available open-access via Scholarship@Western after a publication embargo. 

62. Cycloadditions of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes and Nitriles. Brian L. Pagenkopf and Naresh Vemula, Eur. J. Org. Chem2017, (17), 2561–2567.  [link]

This invited review article chronicles our group's development and applications of nitrile-cyclopropane cycloadditions and provides an overview of the area. This review stands as the third most accessed for the month.

61. Synthesis and Reactivity of Alkoxy-activated Cyclobutane-1,1-dicarboxylates. Naresh Vemula and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Org. Chem. Front20163, 1205-1212. [link]

This invited review article chronicles our group's development and applications of nitrile-cyclopropane cycloadditions and provides an overview of the area. This review stands as the third most accessed for the month.

61. Synthesis and Reactivity of Alkoxy-activated Cyclobutane-1,1-dicarboxylates. Naresh Vemula and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Org. Chem. Front20163, 1205-1212. [link]

This invited review article chronicles our group's development and applications of nitrile-cyclopropane cycloadditions and provides an overview of the area. This review stands as the third most accessed for the month.

60. Cascade Reaction of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes: Mechanistic Studies on Cycloadditions with Nitrosoarenes and cis-Diazenes. Tristan Chidley, Naresh Vemula, Cheryl A. Carson, Michael A. Kerr and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Org. Lett201618, 2922-2925. [link]
59. Oxidative Cyclization of Tertiary Pentenol Derivatives Forming 2,5,5-trisubstituted THF Rings and the Total Synthesis of Cyclocapitelline. Geoffrey A. Phillips, Cory Palmer, Andrew C. Stevens, Mathew L. Piotrowski, Daryl S. R. Dekruyf, and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Tetrahedron Lett201556, 6052–6055. [link]
58. Synthesis of Tetrahydro-1,2-oxazines and Pyrrolidines via Cycloadditions of Donor–Acceptor Cyclobutanes and Nitrosoarenes. Naresh Vemula and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Eur. J. Org. Chem2015, 4900-4906. [link]
57. Synthesis of (+)-Bovidic Acid. Geoffrey A. Phillips, Timothy B. Wright, Andrew C. Stevens, Brian L. Pagenkopf, Can. J. Chem201493, 193-198.  [link]  

This article is part of a Special Issue to celebrate the centennial of the first research article emanating from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Western Ontario.  Undergraduates: GAP, TBW. Graduates: GAP, ACS

56. The [4+2] Cycloaddition of Donor-Acceptor Cyclobutanes and Nitrosoarenes. Naresh Vemula, Andrew C. Stevens, Tyler B. Schon and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Chem. Commun201450, 1668-1670. [link]
55. Gram scale synthesis of the C(1)-C(9) fragment of amphidinolide C. Nicholas A. Morra and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Tetrahedron 201369, 8632-8644. [link]
54. BF2OBn∙OEt2: A Novel Lewis Acid and its use in a Regio- and Stereo-selective Opening of Trisubstituted Epoxides and its Application Towards Amphidinolide C and F. Nicholas A. Morra and Brian L. Pagenkopf, Eur. J. Org. Chem2013, 756–760. [link]
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