Publications

Bioinspired Aerobic Oxidation to Functionalize the CD Ring of the Steroid Framework: Synthesis and Stereochemical Assignments of Gargalol C and Related Oxysterols

Bioinspired Chemical Transformations of Grayanotoxin III to Kalmanol, seco-Rhodomollone, Rhodomolleins XXIII and XXIV

Uncovering hericenones from the fruiting bodies of Hericium erinaceus through interdisciplinary collaboration

Skeletal Isomerization of Ergosterol-5,8-peroxide Leading to the Discovery of Unprecedented Ergostanes and Collective Syntheses of 5,6-Epoxysterols and (+)-Sarocladione

One-Pot Conversion of Benzyl Alcohols to N-Protected Anilines and Alkyl Alcohols to Carbamoyl Azides

Total Synthesis of Geranyl-Resorcinols Isolated from Mushrooms of genus Hericium

Potential Degradation of 4-Methyltetrahydropyran (4-MeTHP) under Oxidation Conditions

Cyclopentyl methyl ether  (CPME) and 4-methyltetrahydropyran (4-MeTHP): Basic chemical properties  and applications as next generation reaction solvents

Total Synthesis, Structure Revision and Neuroprotective Effect of Hericenones C–H and Their Derivatives

Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of (+)-Isolaurenidificin and (–)-Bromlaurenidificin

4-Methyltetrahydropyran (4-MeTHP): Application as an Organic Reaction Solvent

Total syntheses and endoplasmic reticulum stress suppressive activities of hericenes A−C and their derivatives

Syntheses of (−)-Tripterifordin and (−)-Neotripterifordin from Stevioside

Grignard Reactions in Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether (CPME)

Stereocontrolled Synthesis  of a Possible Stereoisomer of Laurenidificin and a Formal Total  Synthesis of (+)-Aplysiallene Featuring a Stereospecific Ring  Contraction

Divergent Total Synthesis of Bioactive Molecules Derived from the Fruiting Bodies of Hericium erinaceum

Divergent Synthesis of  Bioactive Resorcinols Isolated from the Fruiting Bodies of Hericium erinaceum: Total Syntheses of Hericenones A, B and I, Hericenols B−D, and Erinacerins A and B

Evaluation of Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether (CPME) as a Solvent for Radical Reactions

Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Hericerin

Rapid Access to  6-Bromo-5,7-dihydroxyphthalide 5-Methyl Ether by a CuBr2-Mediated  Multi-Step Reaction. Concise Total Syntheses of Hericenone J and  5'-Deoxohericenone C (Hericene A)

Stereocontrolled Synthesis  of Substituted Bicyclic Ethers through Oxy-Favorskii Rearrangement.  Total Synthesis of (±)-Communiol E

Black Light Induced Radical  Hydroxymethylation of Alkyl Iodides with Atmospheric CO in the Presence  of Tetrabutylammonium Borohydride

Novel Radical Cyclization Method Accompanied by Elimination of Hydrazyl Radical

Organocatalytic  Enantioselective Synthesis of Nitrogen-Substituted Dihydropyran-2-one, A  Key Synthetic Intermediate of 1β-Methylcarbapenems

Enantioselective Synthesis of the Fully Functionalized ABC ring of Zoanthenol

Construction of the CDE-Ring Framework of Erinacine E through Pummerer-type Cyclization

Synthesis of trans-Fused Tetrahydrooxepins: Stereoselective Allylation of Sulfur or Fluoro-substituted Tetrahydrooxepins

Radical chain reactions using THP as a solvent

Formal Total Synthesis of Neocarzinostatin Chromophore

Stereocontrolled Synthesis of the ABCDE Ring Moiety of Ciguatoxin CTX3C

Total Synthesisof 9-Membered Enediyne Antibiotic N1999-A2: Absolute Stereochemistry and DNA Cleavage

Synthesis of the Fully Functionalized ABCDE Ring Moiety of Ciguatoxin

Diastereoselective Additions of Ethynyl Grignard Reagent to Erythrulose Derivatives

The First Total Synthesis of N1999-A2: Absolute Stereochemistry and Stereochemical Implications into DNA Cleavage

Investigation of the Total Synthesis of N1999-A2: Implication of Stereochemistry

Palladium-Catalyzed  Coupling of Alkenyl Iodides with Ethynyl Oxiranes: Synthesis of Epoxy  Enediyne Core Intermediates Related to Neocarzinostatin Chromophore