Publications
Selected Recent Publications:
"Concise Total Synthesis of (+)-WIN 64821 and (-)-Ditryptophenaline." Movassaghi, M.; Schmidt, M. A.; Ashenhurst, J. A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 1485-1487.
"Efficient and Stereoselective Dimerization of Pyrroloindolizine Derivatives Inspired by a Hypothesis for the Biosynthesis of Complex Myrmicarin Alkaloids." Movassaghi, M.; Ondrus, A. E.; Chen, B. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 10065-10074.
"Direct Synthesis of Pyridine Derivatives ." Movassaghi, M.; Hill, M. D.; Ahmad, O. K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 10096-10097.
'Concise Total Synthesis of (-)-Calycanthine, (+)-Chimonanthine, and (+)-Folicanthine." Movassaghi, M.; Schmidt, M. A. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 3725-3728.
"Stereoselective Intermolecular Formal [3+3] Cycloaddition Reaction of Cyclic Enamines and Enones." Movassaghi, M.; Chen, B. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 565-568.
"Single-Step Synthesis of Pyrimidine Derivatives." Movassaghi, M.; Hill, M. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14254-14255.
"Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (–)-Acylfulvene and (–)-Irofulven." Movassaghi, M.; Piizzi, G.; Siegel, D. S.; Piersanti, G. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5859-5863.
"Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemical Assignment of (+)- and (–)-Galbulimima Alkaloid 13." Movassaghi, M.; Hunt, D. K.; Tjandra, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 8126-8127.
"Synthesis of Substituted Pyridine Derivatives via the Ruthenium–Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 3-Azadienynes." Movassaghi, M.; Hill, M. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 4592-4593.