Professor Franklin Davis — Selected Publications

Davis FA, Song M. "Asymmetric synthesis of syn-alpha-substituted beta-amino ketones by using sulfinimines and prochiral weinreb amide enolates". Organic Letters. 9 (12): 2413-2416 (2007).

Davis FA, Deng JH. "Asymmetric Synthesis of 2H-azirine 3-carboxylates". Organic Letters 9 (9): 1707-1710 (2007).

Davis FA, Xu H, Zhang JY. "Asymmetric synthesis of ring funtionalized trans-2,6-disubstituted piperdines from N-sulfinyl delta-amino beta-keto phosphonates.  Total synthesis of (-)-myrtine". Journal of Organic Chemistry 72 (6): 2046-2052 (2007).

Davis FA, Zhang YF, Qui H. "Asymmetric synthesis of anti- and syn-2,3-diamino esters using sulfinimines.  Water and concentration effects". Organic Letters 9 (5): 833-836 (2007).

Davis FA, Yang B, Deng J, Zhang JY. "Asymmetric synthesis of heterocycles using sulfinimines (N-sulfinyl imines)". Arkivoc: Part 7. 120-128 (2006).

Davis FA.; Melamed JY.; Sharik SS. "Total Synthesis of (-)-normalindine via addition of metalated 4-methyl-3-cyanopyridine." Journal of Organic Chemistry 71 (23): 8761-8766 (2006).

Davis FA.  "Adventures in sulfur-nitrogen".  Journal of Organic Chemistry 71 (24): 8993-9003 (2006).

Davis FA .; Zhang JY.; Li YX. "Asymmetric synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted piperidines from sulfinimine-derived delta-amino beta-ketoesters. Formal synthesis of pseudodistomin B triacetate." Journal of Organic Chemistry 70 (14): 5413-5419 (2005).

Davis FA .; Yang B. "Asymmetric synthesis of alpha-substituted beta-amino ketones from sulfinimines (N-sulfinyl imines). Synthesis of the indolizidine alkaloid (-)-223A". Journal of The American Chemical Society 127 (23): 8398-8407 (2005).

Davis FA .; Nolt MB.; Wu YZ.; Prasad KR.; Li DY.; Yang B.; Bowen K.; Lee SH.; Eardley JH. "Asymmetric synthesis of beta-amino carbonyl compounds with N-sulfinyl beta-amino Weinreb amides". Journal of Organic Chemistry 70 (6): 2184-2190 (2005).

Davis FA.; Deng J. "Asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-agelastatin A using sulfinimine (N-sulfinyl imine) derived methodologies".  Organic Letters 7 (4): 621-623 (2005).

Zhou, P.; Chen, B.-C; Davis, F. A. "Syntheses and Reactions of Sulfinimines," Advances in Sulfur Chemistry, Rayner, C. M. Ed., JAI Press Inc., Stamford, CT, Vol 2. 249-282 (2000).

McCoull, W.; Davis, F. A., “Recent Synthetic Applications of Chiral Aziridines,” Synthesis 1347 (2000).

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