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  1. Thadani, A. N.; Huang, Y.; Rawal, V.H., "Expedient, high-yielding synthesis of silyl-substituted salen ligands," Org. Lett., 2007, 9 (20),3873-3876.

  2. Hutson, G. E.; Dave, A. H.; Rawal, V.H., "Highly enantioselective carbonyl-ene reactions catalyzed by a hindered silyl-salen-cobalt complex," Org. Lett., 2007, 9 (20),3869-3872.

  3. Jewett, J. C.; Rawal, V.H., "Total Synthesis of Pederin," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46 (34), 6502-6504.

  4. Zhong, H. M.; Sohn, J.-H.; Rawal, V. H. "Studies toward the asymmetric synthesis of the right part of the mycalamides," J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72 (2), 386-397.

  5. Iwama, T.; Rawal, V. H. "Palladium-catalyzed regiocontrolled alpha-arylation of trimethylsilyl enol ethers with aryl halides," Org. Lett., 2006, 8 (25), 5725-5728.

  6. Johnson, P. D.; Sohn, J.-H.; Rawal, V. H., "Synthesis of C-15 vindoline analogues by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions," J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71 (20), 7899-7902.

  7. McGilvra, J.; Unni, A.; Modi, K.; Rawal, V. H., "Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions Catalyzed by Hydrogen Bonding," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45 (37), 6130-6133.

  8. Huang, Q.; Rawal, V. H., "Total Synthesis of (±)-Bipinnatin J," Org. Lett., 2006, 8 (3), 543-545. pdf

  9. Sohn, J.-H.; Waizumi, N.; Rawal, V. H., "Total Synthesis of Mycalamide A," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127 (20), 7290-7291. pdf

  10. Gondi, V. B.; Gravel, M.; Rawal, V. H., "Hydrogen Bond Catalyzed Enantioselective Vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction," Org. Lett., 2005, 7 (25), 5657-5660. pdf

  11. Smith, N. D.; Hayashida, J.; Rawal, V. H., "Facile Synthesis of the Indeno-Tetrahydropyridine Core of Haouamine A," Org. Lett., 2005, 7 (20), 4309-4312. pdf

  12. MacKay, J. A.; Bishop, R. L.; Rawal, V. H., "Rapid Synthesis of the N-Methylwelwitindolinone Skeleton," Org. Lett., 2005, 7 (16), 3421-3424. pdf

  13. Unni, A. K.; Takenaka, N.; Yamamoto, H.; Rawal, V. H., "Axially Chiral Biaryl Diols Catalyze Highly Enantioselective Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions through Hydrogen Bonding," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 1336-1337. pdf

  14. Santos, L. S.; Pilli, R. A.; Rawal, V. H., " Enantioselective Total Syntheses of (+)-Arborescidine A, (-)-Arborescidine B, and (-)-Arborescidine C," J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 1283-1289. pdf

  15. Thadani, A. N.; Stankovic, A. R., Rawal, V. H. " Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions Catalyzed by Hydrogen Bonding," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2004, 101, 5846-5850.

  16. Xhu, X.; Lambertino, A. T.; Houghton, T. J.; McGilvra, J. D.; Xu, C.; Rawal, V. H.; Leff, A. R., " Structural determinants of blockade of eosinophil activation, adhesion and secretion by synthetic analogs of phomactin," Life Sciences, 2003, 73 (23), 3005-3016.

  17. Waizumi, N.; Stankovic, A. R.; Rawal, V. H. "A General Strategy to Elisabethae Diterpenes: Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Elisapterosin B via Oxidative Cyclization of an Elisabethin Precursor," Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125 (43), 13022-13023. pdf

  18. Huang, Y.; Unni, A. K.; Thadani, A. N.; Rawal, V. H. "Hydrogen Bonding by a Chiral Alcohol to an Aldehyde Catalyzes Highly Enantioselective Reactions," Nature, 2003, 424, 146.

  19. Reddy, T. J.; Iwama, T.; Halpern, H. J.; Rawal, V. H. "General Synthesis of Persistent Trityl Radicals for EPR Imaging of Biological Systems," Journal of Organic Chemistry 2002, 67, 4635-4639. pdf

  20. Huang, Y.; Rawal, V. H. "Hydrogen-Bond-Promoted Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions of Unactivated Ketones," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 9662-9663. pdf

  21. Thadani, A. N.; Rawal, V. H. "Multifunctional Palladium Catalysis. 2. Tandem Haloallylation Followed by Wacker-Tsuji Oxidation or Sonogashira Cross-Coupling," Organic Letters, 2002, 4, 4321-4323. pdf

  22. Thadani, A. N.; Rawal, V. H. "Stereospecific Synthesis of Highly Substituted Skipped Dienes through Multifunctional Palladium Catalysis," Organic Letters, 2002, 4, 4317-4320. pdf

  23. Takenaka, N.; Huang, Y.; Rawal, V. H. "The First Catalytic Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions of 1,2-Dihydropyridine: Efficient Syntheses of Optically Active 2-Azabicyclo[2.2.2]Octanes with Chiral Binam Derived Cr(III) Salen Complexes," Tetrahedron, 2002, 58, 8299-8305.

  24. Huang, Y.; Iwama, T.; Rawal, V. H. "Design and Development of Highly Effective Lewis Acid Catalysts for Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 122, 5950-5951. pdf

  25. Kozmin, S. A.; Iwama, T.; Huang, Y.; Rawal, V. H. "An Efficient Approach to Aspidosperma Alkaloids via [4+2] Cycloadditions of Aminosiloxydienes: Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Tabersonine. Gram-Scale Catalytic Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)-Tabersonine and (+)-16-Methoxytabersonine. Asymmetric Syntheses of (+)-Aspidospermidine and (-)- Quebrachamine," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 4628-4641. pdf

  26. Huang, Y.; Iwama, T.; Rawal, V. H. "Broadly Effective Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions of 1- Amino-Substituted-1,3-Butadienes," Organic Letters, 2002, 4, 1163-1166. pdf

  27. Houghton, T. J.; Choi, S.; Rawal, V. H. "Efficient Assembly of the Phomactin Core via Two Different Macrocyclization Protocols," Organic Letters, 2001, 3, 3615-3617. pdf

  28. Huang, Y.; Rawal, V. H. "Hetero Diels-Alder Reactions of 1-Amino-3-Siloxy-1,3-Butadienes under Strictly Thermal Conditions," Organic Letters, 2000, 2, 3321-3323. pdf

  29. Kozmin, S. A.; He, S.; Rawal, V. H. "[4+2] Cycloaddition of 1-Dimethylaminio-3-tert-butyldimethyl-siloxy-1,3-butadiene with Methyl Acrylate: 4-Hydroxymethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one," Organic Syntheses, 2000, 78, 160-168.

  30. Kozmin, S. A.; He, S.; Rawal, V. H. "Preparation of (E)-1-Dimethylaminio-3-tert-butyldimethylsiloxy-1,3-butadiene," Organic Syntheses, 2000, 78, 152-159.

  31. Janey, J. M.; Iwama, T., Kozmin, S. A.; Rawal, V. H. "Racemic and Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions of 1-(2-Oxazolidinon-3-yl)-3-siloxy-1,3-butadienes," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2000, 65, 9059-9068. pdf

  32. Huang, Y.; Iwama, T.; Rawal, V. H. "Highly Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions of 1-Amino-3- Siloxy-Dienes Catalyzed by Cr(III)-Salen Complexes," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 7843-7844. pdf

  33. Reddy, T. J.; Rawal, V. H. "Expeditious Syntheses of (+/-)-5-Oxosilphiperfol-6-ene and (+/- )-Silphiperfol-6-Ene," Organic Letters, 2000, 2, 2711-2712. pdf

  34. He, S. W.; Kozmin, S. A.; Rawal, V. H. "Highly Diastereoselective Asymmetric Thio-Claisen Rearrangements," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2000, 122, 190-191. pdf

  35. Dorr, H.; Rawal, V. H. "The Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reactions of Photochemically Generated Trans-Cycloalkenones," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999, 121, 10229-10230. pdf

  36. Hennings, D. D.; Iwama, T.; Rawal, V. H. "Palladium-Catalyzed (Ullmann-Type) Homocoupling of Aryl Halides: A Convenient And General Synthesis of Symmetrical Biaryls Via Inter- And Intramolecular Coupling Reactions," Organic Letters, 1999, 1, 1205-1208. pdf

  37. Iwama, T.; Birman, V. B.; Kozmin, S. A.; Rawal, V. H. "Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Carbocycle-Fused Indoles Via Arylation of Silyl Enol Ethers With O-Nitrophenylphenyliodonium Fluoride," Organic Letters, 1999, 1, 673-676. pdf

  38. Kozmin, S.A.; Rawal, V. H. "Chiral Amino Siloxy Dienes in the Diels-Alder Reaction: Applications to the Asymmetric Synthesis of 4-Substituted and 4,5-Disubstituted Cyclohexenones, and the Total Synthesis of (-)-a-Elemene," Journal of the American Chemical Society , 1999, 121, 9562-9573. pdf

  39. Kozmin, S. A.; Green, M. T.; Rawal, V. H. "On the Reactivity of 1-Amino-3-Siloxy-1,3-Dienes: Kinetics Investigation and Theoretical Interpretation," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1999, 64, 8045-8047. pdf

  40. Kozmin, S. A.; Janey, J. M.; Rawal, V. H. "1-Amino-3-Siloxy-1,3-Butadienes: Highly Reactive Dienes for the Diels-Alder Reaction," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1999, 64, 3039-3052. pdf

  41. Kozmin, S.A.; Rawal, V. H. "A General Strategy to the Aspidosperma Alkaloids: Efficient, Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Tabersonine," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998, 120, 13523-13524. pdf

  42. Birman, V. B.; Rawal, V.H. "A General, Stereocontrolled Route to the Geissoschizine Family of Alkaloids. A Concise Synthesis of the Apogeissoschizine Skeleton," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998, 63, 9146-9147. pdf

  43. Krishnamurthy, V.; Rawal, V. H. "Novel Routes to Angular and Linear Triquinanes via Radical Induced Epoxide Fragmentation-H-Abstraction-Cyclization Cascades," Journal of Brazilian Chemical Society, 1998, 9, 341-344.

  44. Birman, V. B.; Rawal, V. H. "A Novel Route to the Geissoschizine Skeleton: The Influence of Ligands on the Diastereoselectivity of the Heck Cyclization," Tetrahedron Letters, 1998, 39, 7219-7222.

  45. Dvorak, C.A.; Dufour, C.; Iwasa, S.; Rawal, V. H. "Rapid Synthesis of Di- and Triquinanes by Direct Reductive Fragmentation of Paterno-Büchi Derived Oxetanes," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1998, 63, 5302-5303. pdf

  46. Dvorak, C. A.; Rawal, V. H. "Catalysis of Benzoin Condensation by Conformationally-Restricted Chiral Bicyclic Thiazolium Salts," Tetrahedron Letters, 1998, 39, 2925-2928.

  47. Yotsu-Yamashita, M.; Yasumoto, T.; Rawal, V. H. "Syntheses and Confirmation of the Structures of Polonicumtoxins A, B, and C," Heterocycles, 1998, 48, 79-93.

  48. Dvorak, C. A.; Rawal, V. H. "Synthesis of the Naturally Occurring [3.3.3]Propellane (+/-)-Modhephene Featuring a Photoaddition-Reductive Fragmentation Diquinane Construction," Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1997, 2381-2382.

  49. Hennings, D. D.; Iwasa, S.; Rawal, V. H. "Anion-Accelerated Palladium-Mediated Intramolecular Cyclizations: Synthesis of Benzofurans, Indoles, and a Benzopyran," Tetrahedron Letters, 1997, 38, 6379-6382.

  50. Chambournier, G.; Krishnamurthy. V.; Rawal, V. H. "Radical Induced Cyclopropane Fragmentation-H-Abstraction-Cyclization Cascade: Synthesis of Carbocyclic Systems Containing Bridgehead Methyl Groups," Tetrahedron Letters, 1997, 38, 6313-6316.

  51. Kozmin, S.; Rawal, V. H. "Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction Employing Chiral 1-Amino-3-siloxy-1,3-butadienes: Application to Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-a-Elemene," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997, 119, 7165-7166. pdf

  52. Kozmin, S.; Rawal, V. H. "Preparation and Diels-Alder Reactivity of 1-Amino-3-siloxy-1,3-butadienes," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1997, 62, 5252-5253. pdf

  53. Krishnamurthy. V.; Rawal, V. H. "Kinetics of the Oxiranylcarbinyl Radical Rearrangement," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1997, 62, 1572-1573. pdf

  54. Michoud, C.; Iwasa, S.; Rawal, V. H. "General Strategy for the Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Strychnos Alkaloids," in New Horizons in Organic Synthesis; Nair, V., Kumar, S., Eds.; New Age Int'l. 1997.

  55. Hennings, D. D.; Iwasa, S.; Rawal, V. H. "Anion-Accelerated Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Coupling of Phenols with Aryl Halides," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1997, 62, 2-3. pdf

  56. Dufour, C.; Iwasa, S.; Fabre, A.; Rawal, V. H. "Unexpected Fragmentations Leading to Quinanes and Hydrindanes Mediated by a Silyl Radical," Tetrahedron Letters, 1996, 37, 7867-7870.

  57. Rawal, V. H.; Eschbach, A.; Dufour, C.; Iwasa, S. "Photocycloaddition-Fragmentation Route to Di- and Triquinanes: Stereocontrolled Asymmetric Synthesis of (-)-Isocomene," IUPAC Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1996, 68, 675-678.

  58. Monestel, R. M.; Rawal, V. H. "Bis(Diethylaluminum) sulfate," Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley: New York, 1995, vol. 1, 488-489.

  59. Michoud, C.; Rawal, V. H. "(Maleic anhydride)bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium," Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley: New York, 1995, vol.. 5, 3210-3211.

  60. Singh, S. P.; Krishnamurthy, V.; Rawal, V. H. "Dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(II)-Tin(II)Chloride," Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley: New York, 1995, vol. 3, 1684-1685.

  61. Johnson, C. R.; Dufour, C.; Rawal, V. H. "S,S-Dimethyl-N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)sulfoximine," Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley: New York, 1995, vol. 3, 2180-2181.

  62. Zhong, H. M.; Rawal, V. H. "1,3-Pentadiene," Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley: New York, 1995, vol. 6, 3916-3919.

  63. Rawal, V. H.; Florjancic, A. S.; Fabr}, A. "Alumina," Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley: New York, 1995, vol. 1,141-144.

  64. Rawal, V. H.; Fabr}, A.; Iwasa, S. "Photocycloaddition-Fragmentation Route to Linear Triquinanes: Stereocontrolled Synthesis of endo-Hirsutene," Tetrahedron Letters, 1995, 36, 6851-6854.

  65. Rawal, V. H.; Dufour, C.; Iwasa, S. "Photocycloaddition-Fragmentation Route to Quinanes: Alternate Fragmentation Pathways," Tetrahedron Letters, 1995, 36, 19-22.

  66. Rawal, V. H.; Florjancic, A. S.; Singh, S. P. "A New Strategy for the Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryl Compounds," Tetrahedron Letters, 1994, 35, 8985-8988.

  67. Rawal, V. H.; Dufour, C.; Eschbach, A. "Synthesis of Isocomene by a Novel Photocyclization-Fragmentation Strategy," Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1994, 1797-1798.

  68. Rawal, V. H.; Zhong, H. M. "One-Step Conversion of Esters to Acyl Azides Using Diethylaluminum Azide," Tetrahedron Letters, 1994, 35, 4947-4950.

  69. Rawal, V. H.; Iwasa, S. "A Short, Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Strychnine," The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1994, 59, 2685-2686.

  70. Rawal, V. H.; Dufour, C. "A General Strategy for Increasing Molecular Complexity: Photocycloaddition-Fragmentation Route to Functionalized Di- and Triquinanes," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1994, 116, 2613-2614.

  71. Rawal, V. H.; Singh, S. P.; Dufour, C.; Michoud, C. "The Scope of Alkoxymethyl Radical Cyclizations," The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993, 58, 7718-7727.

  72. Rawal, V. H.; Michoud, C. "An Unusual Heck Reaction Proceeding with Inversion of Olefin Geometry: The Effect of Intramolecular Chelation of the s-Palladium Intermediate," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993, 58, 5583-5584.

  73. Fitzgerald, L. J.; Gerkin, R. E.; Wei, G. P.; Rawal, V. H. "Structure of Diphenanthro[1,2-b:2',1'-d] furan at 191 K," Acta Crystallographica, 1993, C49, 1949-1952.

  74. Rawal, V. H.; Zhong, H. M. "Radical Induced Epoxide Chemistry-Part V: Formation of Medium-Sized Rings via b-Scission of Alkoxy Radicals," Tetrahedron Letters, 1993, 34, 5197-5200.

  75. Rawal, V. H.; Krishnamurthy, V.; Fabr}, A. "Radical-Induced Epoxide Fragmentation Chemistry. n-Bu3SnĄ Radical Catalyzed Isomerization of Epoxyketones to Carbocycles," Tetrahedron Letters, 1993, 34, 2899-2902.

  76. Rawal, V. H.; Michoud, C.; Monestel, R. "General Strategy for the Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Strychnos Alkaloids: A Concise Synthesis of (±)-Dehydrotubifoline," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993, 115, 3030-3031.

  77. Rawal, V. H.; Iwasa, S. "Radical-Induced Epoxide Fragmentation Chemistry. Atom Transfer Cyclization of Iodoepoxides to Cyclopentanols," Tetrahedron Letters, 1992, 33, 4687-4690.

  78. Rawal, V. H.; Krishnamurthy, V. "Phenylthio Radical Catalyzed Rearrangement of Acetoxyalkenyl Epoxides to Acetoxyalkenyl Cyclopentanols," Tetrahedron Letters, 1992, 33, 3439-3442.

  79. Fitzgerald, L. J.; Gallucci, J. C.; Gerkin, R. E.; Rawal, V. H. "Structure of 4-Dibenzofurancarboxaldehyde, C13H8O2," Acta Crystallographica, 1991, C47, 2134.

  80. Rawal, V. H.; Singh, S. P.; Dufour, C.; Michoud, C. "Cyclization of Alkoxymethyl Radicals," The Journal of Organic Chemistry , 1991, 56, 5245-5147.

  81. Rawal, V. H.; Michoud, C. "A General Solution to the Synthesis of 2-Azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane Unit of Strychnos Alkaloids," Tetrahedron Letters, 1991, 32, 1695-1698.

  82. Rawal, V. H.; Newton, R. C.; Krishnamurthy, V. "Synthesis of Carbocyclic Systems via Radical-Induced Epoxide Fragmentation," The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990, 55, 5181-5183.

  83. Rawal, V. H.; Jones, R. J.; Cava, M. P. "Review of Synthetic Studies toward CC-1065, PDE-I and PDE-II," Heterocycles, 1987, 25, 701.

  84. Rawal, V. H.; Jones, R. J.; Cava, M. P. "Photocyclization Strategy for Synthesis of Antitumor Agent CC-1065: Synthesis of Dideoxy Analogs of PDE-I and PDE-II. Synthesis of Thiophene and Furan Analogs of Dideoxy PDE-I and PDE-II," The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1987, 52, 19.

  85. Rawal, V. H.; Cava, M. P. "Photocyclization Strategy for Synthesis of Antitumor Agent CC-1065: Synthesis of PDE-I and PDE-II," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1986, 108, 2110.

  86. Rawal, V. H.; Cava, M. P. "Thermolytic Removal of t-Butyloxycarbonyl (BOC) Protecting Group on Indoles and Pyrroles," Tetrahedron Letters, 1985, 26, 6141.

  87. Rawal, V. H.; Rao, J. A.; Cava, M. P. "A Convenient Synthesis of t-Butyldimethylsilyl Protected Cyanohydrins," Tetrahedron Letters, 1985, 26, 4275.

  88. Rawal, V. H.; Jones, R. J.; Cava, M. P. "Palladium Mediated Dehydrogenation in the Photochemical Cyclization of Heterocyclic Analogs of Stilbene," Tetrahedron Letters, 1985, 26, 2423.

  89. Rawal, V. H.; Cava, M. P. "Photocyclizations of Pyrrole Analogs of Stilbene: an Expedient Approach to Antitumor Agent CC-1065," Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1984, 1526.

  90. Rawal, V. H.; Akiba, M.; Cava, M. P. "a-Methoxythioanisole. Further Uses as an Umpolung Reagent," Synthetic Communications, 1984, 14, 1129.

  91. Adesomoju, A. A.; Rawal, V. H.; Lakshmikantham, M. V.; Cava, M. P. "Cimilophytine, a New Bisindole Alkaloid from Haplophyton cimicidum (Apocynacae)," The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1983, 48, 3015.

  92. Rawal, V. H.; Cava, M. P. "Synthesis of Scillascillin, A Naturally Occurring Benzocyclobutene," Tetrahedron Letters, 1983, 24, 5581.

  93. Epling, G. A.; Black, C.; Rawal, V. H. "Photochemistry in Micelles as a Model for the in vivo Phototoxicity of Chlorpromazine," Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions II, 1983, 1313.

  94. Rademacher, C. M.; Rawal, V. H. "Synthesis and Photochromic Properties of Novel Dithienylethene-Based Crown Ethers," Work completed; manuscript in preparation.

  95. Rawal, V. H.; Zhong, H. M. "Stereoselective Synthesis of the Trioxadecalin Skeleton of the Mycalamides," Work completed; manuscript in preparation.

  96. Iwama, T.; Rawal, V. H. "Palladium Catalyzed Arylation of Trimethylsilyl Enol Ethers with Aryl Halides," Work completed; manuscript in preparation.

 
 
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