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2004-2006

1.Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrile Imines to -Substituted and ,-Disubstituted α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Substrates: A Method for Synthesizing Dihydropyrazoles Bearing a Chiral Quaternary Center. Sibi, M. P.; Stanley, L. M.; Soeta, T. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2006, 2371-2375.

2.Fluxional Additives: A Second Generation Control in Enantioselective Catalysis. Sibi, M. P.; Manyem, S.; Palencia, H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13660-13661.

3.Pyrones to Pyrans: Enantioselective Radical Additions to Acyloxy Pyrones. Sibi, M. P.; Zimmerman, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13346-13347.

4.Enantioselective Conjugate Radical Addition to α'-Hydroxy Enones. Lee, S.; Lim, C. J.; Kim, S.; Subramaniam, R.; Zimmerman, J.; Sibi, M. P. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4311-4313.

5.Enantioselective Radical Reactions.  Formation of Chiral Quaternary Centers. Sibi, M. P.; He, L. Synlett 2006, 689-692.

6.Enantioselective Radical Reactions.  Evaluation of Nitrogen Protecting Groups in the Synthesis of β2-Amino Acids. Sibi, M. P.; Patil, K. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2006, 17, 516-519.

7.Zimmerman, J.; Sibi, M. P. Topics in Current Chemistry 2006, 263 (Radicals in Synthesis 1), 107-162.

8.5,5-Dimethyl-1-(Phenylmethyl)-3-Pyrazolidinone. Stanley, L. M.; Sibi, M. P. Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley, 2006.

9.Stereoselective Conjugate Radical Additions: Application of a Fluorous Oxazolidinone Chiral Auxiliary for Efficient Tin Removal. Hein, J. E.; Zimmerman, J.; Sibi, M. P.; Hultin, P. G. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2755-2758.

10.Enantioselective Cycloadditions with α,β-disubstituted Acrylimides. Sibi, M. P.; Ma, Z.; Itoh, K.; Prabagaran, N.; Jasperse, C. P. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2349-2352.

11.Enantioselective Rhodium Enolate Protonations. A New Methodology for the Synthesis of β2-Amino Acids.  Sibi, M. P.; Tatamidani, H.; Patil. K. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2571-2573.

12.Enantioselective Radical Methods for Lactone Synthesis. Use of Unprotected Haloalcohols as Radical Precursors. Sibi, M. P.; Guerrero, M. A. Synthesis 2005, 1528-1532.

13.An Entry to Chiral Dihydropyrazole Scaffolds: Enantioselective [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Nitrile Imines. Sibi, M. P.; Stanley, L. M.; Jasperse, C. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8276-8277.

14.Enantioselective H-Atom Transfer Reactions.  Synthesis of Formaldehyde Aldol Products. Sibi, M. P.; Patil, K. Org. Lett. 2005, 6, 1453-1456.

15.Novel Indole Chemistry in the Synthesis of Heterocycles.  Gribble, G. W.; Saulnier, M. G.; Pelkey, E. T.; Kishbaugh, T. L. S.; Liu, Y.; Jiang, J.; Trujillo, H. A.; Keavy, D. J.; Davis, D. A.; Conway, S. C.; Switzer, F. L.; Roy, S.; Silva, R. A.; Obaza-Nutaitis, J. A.; Sibi, M. P.; Moskalev, N. V.; Barden, T. C.; Chang, L.; Simon, W.; Pelcman, B.; Sponholtz, III, W. R.; Chau, R. W.; Alison, B.; Garass, S. D.; Sinha, M. S.; McGowan, M. A.; Reese, M. R.; Harpp, K. S. Curr. Org. Chem. 2005, 9, 1493-1519.

16.Enantioselective Addition of Nitrones to Activated Cyclopropanes. Sibi, M. P.; Ma, Z. Jasperse, C. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 5764-5765.

17.Enantioselective Radical Addition/trapping Reactions with α,β-Disubstituted Enoates. Synthesis of anti-Propionate Aldols. Sibi, M. P.; Petrovic, G.; Zimmerman, J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 2390-2391.

18.Preparation of Enantiopure beta-Amino Acids via Enantioselective Conjugate Addition. Liu, M.; Sibi, M. P. in Enantioselective Synthesis of β-amino Acids. Juaristi, E.; Soloshonok, V. Eds, Wiley, New York, 2005, pp 377-397.

19.Radical Reactions. Patil, K; Sibi, M. P., In Stereoselective Synthesis of Quaternary Centers, Christoffers, J.; Baro, A. Eds, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.

20.β-Heteroatom-substituted Alkanamides. Sibi, M. P.; Manyem, S. Chapter 21.7, Science of Synthesis, Weinreb, S. M. Ed.; Georg Thieme Verlag: Stuttgart, 2005.

21.Enantioselective Diethylzinc Additions to Aldehydes Catalyzed by Chiral Relay Ligands.  Sibi, M. P.; Stanley, L. A. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2004, 16, 3353-3356.

22.The nature, limits, and implications of asymmetric autocatalysis.  Manyem, S.; Sibi, M. P. Chemtracts 2004, 17, 255-260.

23.Chiral Relay in Enantioselective Conjugate Radical Additions Using Pyrazolidinone Templates.  How Does Metal Geometry Impact Selectivity? Sibi, M. P.; Prabagaran, N. Synlett 2004, 2421-2424.

24.Enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions of 3-(acyloxy)acrylates. Sibi, M. P.; Matsunaga, H. Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 5925-5929.

25.Application of Enantioselective Radical Reactions: Synthesis of (+)-Ricciocarpin A and B. Sibi, M. P.; He, L. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1749-1752.

26.Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Stemoamide. Sibi, M. P.; Subramanain, T. Synlett 2004, 1211-1214.

27.Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis in Nitrile Oxide Cycloadditions. Sibi, M. P.; Itoh, K.; Jasperse, C. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5366-5367.

28.Enantioselective H-atom Transfer Reactions. Synthesis of β2-Amino Acids.  Sibi, M. P.; Patil, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 1235-1238.

29.Exo Selective Enantioselective Nitrone Cycloadditions. Sibi, M. P.; Ma, Z.; Jasperse, C. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 718-719.

30.Synthesis of Oxacycles by Tandem Radical Addition-Cyclization Reactions. Sibi, M. P.; Patil, K.; Rheault, T. R. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 372-384.

31.Ytterbium Triflate. Patil, K.; Sibi, M. P. Contribution to Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley, 2004.