Organic

Organic

Synthesis of Molecules with Useful Biological Properties

R. L. Funk, S. P. Fearnley, and R. J. Gregg, Preparation of 2-Alkyl- and 2-Acylpropenals from 5-(Trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy)-4H-1,3 dioxin: A Versatile Acrolein a-Cation Synthon, Tetrahedron, 56:10275 (2000). R. L. Funk and G. Yang, C(1)-Substituted Menthone Derivatives: Self-Removing Chiral Auxiliaries for Asymmetric Conjugate Additions to Cycloalkenones, Tetrahedron Lett, 40:1073 (1999). R. L. Funk, E. R. R. Young, M. F. Flanagan, R. M. Williams, and T. L. Cecil, Photochemical Cycloaromatization Reactions of ortho-Dialkynylarenes: A New Class of DNA Photocleaving Agents, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 118:3291 (1996). R. L. Funk and K. J. Yost III, Preparation and Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of 2-Acyloxyacroleins. Facile Synthesis of Functionalized Taxol A-Ring Synthons, J. of Organic Chemistry, 61:2598 (1996).