RECENT PUBLICATIONS (1995 – 2003)

 

 

1.                  BAILEY, W. F., Brubaker, J. D., Jordan, K. P.  Effect of Solvent and Temperature on the Lithium–Iodine Exchange of Primary Alkyl Iodides:  Reaction of t-Butyllithium with 1-Iodooctane in Heptane – Ether Mixtures.  J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 681, 210 - 214.

 

2.                  BAILEY, W. F.; Luderer, M. R.; Mealy, M. J. Preparation of Differentially 1,3-Disubstituted Indolines by Intramolecular Carbolithiation. Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 5303 - 5305.

 

3.                  BAILEY, W. F.; Luderer, M. R.; Mealy, M. J.; Punzalan, E. R. Generation and Cyclization of 5-Hexenyllithium: Preparation of 2-Cyclopentylacetophenone. Organic Syntheses IN PRESS

 

4.                  BAILEY, W. F.; Daskapan, T.; Rampalli, S.  Cyclization of Aryllithiums Tethered to Methylenecycloalkanes: Stereoselective Synthesis of 4a-Substituted cis-Hexahydrofluorenes.  J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 1334 - 1338.

 

5.                  Wiberg, K. B.; BAILEY, W. F.  Dipole-Stabilized Carbanions:  A Computational Study of N-Methylformamide Anion and Methyl N-Methylcarbamate Anion.  J. Org. Chem  2002, 67, 5365 - 5368.

 

6.                  BAILEY, W. F.; Mealy, M. J.; Wiberg, K. B  Comparative Study of Anionic and Radical Cyclization for the Preparation of 1,3-Dimethylindans: Highly Stereoselective Preparation of cis-1,3-Disubstituted Indans via Intramolecular Carbolithiation. Org. Letters 2002, 4, 791 - 794.

 

7.                  BAILEY, W. F.; Beak, P.; Kerrick, S. T.; Ma, S.; Wiberg, K. B.  An Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Enantioselective Deprotonation of Boc-Piperidine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 1889 - 1896.

 

8.                  Mealy, M. J.; BAILEY, W. F.  Synthesis of Heterocycles by Cyclization of Unsaturated Organolithiums: A Review  J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 646, 59 - 67.

 

9.                  BAILEY, W. F.; Zarcone, L. M. J. Regioselective and Stereoselective Cleavage of cis-4-Methyl-2-vinyl-1,3-dioxane by Alkyllithiums. Chirality 2002, 14, 163 - 165.

 

10.              BAILEY, W. F.; Longstaff, S. C. Cyclization of Methyl-Substituted 6-Heptenyl Radicals.  Org. Letters 2001, 3, 2217 - 2219.

 

11.              BAILEY, W. F.; Reed, D. P.; Clark, D. R.; Kapur, G. N.  Grignard Reactions of 4-Substituted-2-keto-1,3-dioxanes: Highly Diastereoselective Additions Controlled by a Remote Alkyl Group. Org. Letters 2001, 3, 1865 - 1868.

 

12.              BAILEY, W. F.; Longstaff, S. C. "tert-Butyllithium in Organic Synthesis: a Brief Review.  Part 2.  Chimica Oggi (Chemistry Today) 2001, 19, 28 - 32.

 

13.              BAILEY, W. F.; Longstaff, S. C. "tert-Butyllithium in Organic Synthesis: a Brief Review.  Part 1.  Chimica Oggi (Chemistry Today) 2001, 19, 27 - 31.

 

14.              Wiberg, K. B.; Sklenak, S.; BAILEY, W. F.  A Computational Study of 10-X-2 Ate Complexes Derived from Vinyllithiums and Vinyl Halides. Organometallics  2001, 20, 771 - 774.

 

15.              Wiberg, K. B.; BAILEY, W. F.  Chiral Diamines. 1. Relative Energies of (–)-Sparteine Conformers, Interconversion Barriers, and Alkyllithum Complexes. J. Mol. Struct. 2000, 556, 239 - 244.

 

16.              BAILEY, W. F.; Longstaff, S. C.  tert-Butyllithium in Organic Synthesis.  “Lithium Link”; FMC Corporation: Gastonia, NC, 2000, p. 1 - 11.

 

17.              Wiberg, K. B.; BAILEY, W. F. Chiral Diamines 3.  Effect of Ligand Structure on the Enantioselective Deprotonation of N-Boc-pyrrolidine with i-PrLi: a Computational Comparison of (–)-Sparteine and (S,S)-1,2-Bis(N,N-dimethylamino)cyclohexane. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 9365 - 9368.

 

18.              Wiberg, K. B.; BAILEY, W. F.  A Transition State for the Enantioselective Deprotonation of N-Boc-pyrrolidine with Isopropyllithium–(–)-Sparteine. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2000, 39, 2127-2129.

 

19.              BAILEY, W. F.; Mealy, M. J.  Asymmetric Cyclization of Achiral Olefinic Organolithiums Controlled by a Stereogenic Lithium:  Intramolecular Carbolithiation in the Presence of (–)-Sparteine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 6787 – 6788.

 

20.              Wiberg, K. B.; Sklenak, S.; BAILEY, W. F.  Solvation and Structural Effects on the Stability of 10-X-2 Ate Complexes: a Computational Study.  J. Org. Chem 2000, 65, 2014 – 2021.

 

21.              Wiberg, K. B.; Castejon, H.; BAILEY, W. F.; Ochterski, J.  Conformational Studies in the Cyclohexane Series. 2. Phenylcyclohexane and 1-Methyl-1-phenylcyclohexane.  J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 1181 – 1187.

 

22.              BAILEY, W. F.; England, M. E.; Mealy, M. J.; Thongsornkleeb, C.; Teng, L. Facile O-Deallylation of Allyl Ethers via SN2' Reaction with tert-Butyllithium  Org. Letters 2000, 2, 489 - 491.

 

23.              BAILEY, W. F.; Longstaff, S. C.  Cyclization of Benzyne–Tethered Alkyllithiums:  Preparation of 3-Substituted Benzocyclobutenes and 5-Substituted Tetralins. Tetrahedron Lett.  1999, 40, , 6899 - 6901.

 

24.              BAILEY, W. F.; Carson, M. W. PhLi–Initiated Cycloisomerization of Unsaturated Organoiodides:  Mechanism of the Isomerization of Olefinic Primary Alkyl Iodides. Tetrahedron Lett.  1999, 40, 5433 - 5437.

 

25.              Wiberg, K. B.; Hammer, J. D.; Castejon, H.; BAILEY, W. F.; DeLeon, E. L.; Jarret, R. M.  Conformational Studies in the Cyclohexane Series. 1  Experimental and Computational Investigation of Methyl, Ethyl, Isopropyl and t-Butylcyclohexanes.  J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 2085 - 2095.

 

26.              BAILEY, W. F.; Carson, M. W.  Catalytic Cycloisomerization of Unsaturated Organoiodides.  J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 9960 - 9967.

 

27.              Cioffi, E. A.; BAILEY, W. F.  Facile Preparation of Pyrylium and Pyridinium Bromides Under Neutral Conditions.  Tetrahedron Lett.  1998, 39,  2679 - 2680.

 

28.              BAILEY, W. F.; Longstaff, S. C.  Generation and Cyclization of a Benzyne–Tethered Alkyllithium:  Preparation of 4-Substituted Indans. J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 432 - 433.

 

29.              BAILEY, W. F.; Carson, M. W. Lithium–Iodine Exchange Mediated Atom Transfer Cyclization: Catalytic Cycloisomerization of 6-Iodo-1-hexene.  J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 361 - 365.

 

30.              Bett, J. S.; Kunz, H. R.; Aldykiewicz, A. J., Jr.; Fenton, J.; BAILEY, W.F.; McGrath, D. V. Platinum – Macrocycle Co-catalysts for the Electrochemical Oxidation of Methanol.  Electrochim. Acta 1998, 43, 3645 - 3655.

 

31.              BAILEY, W. F.; Tao, Y.  Efficient Preparation of Vinylcyclopropane by SN' Cyclization of the Organolithium Derived from (E)-5-Iodo-1-methoxy-2-pentene.  Tetrahedron Lett.  1997, 38, 6157 - 6158.

 

32.              BAILEY, W. F.; Croteau,A. A.; Rivera, A. D.  The Stereochemistry of the Grignard – Ortho Ester Reaction Revisited: Regioselective Endocyclic Cleavage in the Reaction of Grignard Reagents with cis-2-Methoxy-4-methyl-1,3-dioxane.  Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 4047 - 4050.

 

33.              BAILEY, W. F.; Carson, M. W.; Zarcone, L. M. J.  Selective Protection of 1,3-Diols at the More Hindered Hydroxyl Group: 3-(Methoxymethoxy)-1-butanol. Organic Syntheses 1997, Vol. 75, p. 177-183.

 

34.              BAILEY, W. F.; Carson, M. W. Reaction of Organolithiums with Fluoro-N,N-diallylanilines: A Benzyne–Mediated Anionic Cascade Leading to 3,4-Disubstituted Indolines. Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 1329 - 1332.

 

35.              BAILEY, W. F.; Wachter-Jurcsak, N. M.; Pineau, M. R.; Ovaska, T. V.; Warren, R. R.; Lewis, C. E.  Acetylenic Vinyllithiums: Consecutive Cycloisomerization – [4+2] Cycloaddition Reactions.  J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 8216 - 8228.

 

36.              BAILEY, W. F.; Punzalan, E. R.  Isomerization of 2-(2-Propenoxy)phenyllithium: Tandem Anionic Cyclization – g-Elimination.  Tetrahedron Lett. 1996, 37, 5435 - 5436.

 

37.              BAILEY, W. F.; Jiang, X.-L.  Preparation of Substituted Indolines via Anionic Cyclization.  J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 2596 - 2597.

 

38.              BAILEY, W. F.; Jiang, X.-L.; McLeod, C. E.  Conformational Control in the Cyclization of an Unsaturated Vinyllithium: Synthesis of (±)-Laurene.  J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 7791-7795.

 

39.              Jiang, X-L.; BAILEY, W. F.  Facile Retro-[1,4]-Brook Rearrangement of a [(2-Siloxy­cyclopentyl)methyl]lithium Species .  Organometallics 1995, 14, 5704 - 5707.

 

40.              BAILEY, W. F.; Zarcone, L. M. J.; Rivera, A. D.  Selective Protection of 1,2- and 1,3-Diols via Acylative Cleavage of Cyclic Formals.  J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 2532-2536.

 

41.              BAILEY, W. F.; Wachter-Jurcsak, N.  t-Butyllithium. In “Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis”, Paquette, L. A., Ed.; Wiley: New York, NY, 1995, p. 914 - 920.

 

42.              BAILEY, W. F.; Punzalan, E. R.; Della, E. W.; Taylor, D. K.  Ring-Opening of (Cyclobutylmethyl)lithium and [(3-tert-Butyl-1-bicyclo[1.1.1]pentyl)methyl]lithium.  J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 297-300.

 

43.              BAILEY, W. F.: Aspris, P. H.  Facile Preparation of Alkenylidenecycloalkanes by Cyclization of Acetylenic Alkyllithiums Bearing a Propargylic Leaving Group.  J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 754-757.