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Yubai Zhou, Munmun Mukherjee, Anil K. Gupta, and William D. Wulff*

207.Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenes via Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling with Terminal Alkynes: Efficient Construction of a-Chirality of Ketones

Bin Yang, Youai Qiu, Tuo Jiang, William D. Wulff, Xiaopeng Yin, Can Zhu,* and Jan-E. B-ckvall*

Chem. Eur. J,

2017, 23, 2552-2556.

206.Catalyst-controlled multicomponent aziridination of chiral aldehydes

Mukherjee, M.; Zhou, Y; Dai, Y.; Gupta, K. A.; Pulgam, V. R.; Staples, R. J.; Wulff, W. D.

Synlett.

2015,26, 1606

205.The Nature of meso- and pyro-Borate Precatalysts to the VANOL and VAPOL BOROX Catalysts

Zhao, W.; Yin, X.; Gupta, K. A.; Zhang, X.; Wulff, W.D.

ACS Catal.

2015,5, 2329

204.Catalytic Synthesis of 2H‑Chromenes

Majumdar, N.; Paul, N. D.; Mandal, S.; Bruin B.; Wulff, W.D.

Tetrahedron Lett.

2015,56, 3481

203.Self-assembly of a library of polyborate chiral anions for asymmetric catalytic quinoline reduction

Desai, A.; Guan, Y.; Odom, A. L.; Majumder, S.; Wulff, W. D.; Vetticatt, M.J.

J. Org. Chem.

2014,79, 10068.

202. β-Amino Esters from the Reductive Ring Opening of Aziridine-2-carboxylates

Zhao, W.; Lu, Z.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2014, 136, 13971-13974.

201. Catalytic Asymmetric α-Iminol Rearrangement: New Chiral Platforms

Zhang, X.; Staples, R. J.; Rheingold, A. L.; Wulff, W. D.

Chem. Eur. J,

2014, 20, 13894-13900.

200. Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Alkynyl Aziridines: Both Enantiomers of cis-Aziridines from One Enantiomer of the Catalyst

Guan, Y.; López-Alberca, M. P.; Lu, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Desai, A. A.; Patwardhan, A. P.; Dai, Y.; Vetticatt, M. J.; Wulff, W. D.

Catal. Sci. Technol.

2014, 4, 4406.

199. The iso-VAPOL ligand: synthesis, solid-state structure and its evaluation as a BOROX catalyst

Gupta, A. K.; Zhang, X.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2014, 136, 10700-10707.

198. Transition State Analysis of Enantioselective Br∅nsted Base Catalysis by Chiral Cyclopropenimines

Bandar, J. S.; Sauer, G. S.; Wulff, W. D.; Lambert, T. H.; Vetticatt, M. J.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

2014, 126, 9411-9415.

197. Enantioselective Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Kuwanons I and J and Brosimones A and B

Han, J.; Li, X.; Guan, Y.; Zhao, W.; Wulff, W. D., Lei, X.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

2014, 53, 3436-3441.

196. Three-Component Asymmetric Catalytic Ugi Reaction--Concinnity from Diversity by Substrate-Mediated Catalyst Assembly

Zhao, W.; Huang, L.; Guan, Y.; Wulff, W. D.

Eur. J. Org. Chem.

2014, 7, 1386-1390.

195. A General Synthesis of Sphinganines through Multicomponent Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination

Mukherjee, M.; Zhou, Y.; Gupta, A. K.; Guan, Y.; Wulff, W. D.

Chem. Eur. J,

2013,19, 15565-15571

194. Vaulted Biaryls in Catalysis: A Structure-Activity Relationship Guided Tour of the Immanent Domain of the VANOL Ligand

Guan, Y.; Ding, Z.; Wulff, W. D.

Chem. Eur. J,

2013,19, 8261-8267

193. Synthesis of [m.n]Cyclophanes: Regiochemistry Transfer from Vinyl Halides to Cyclophanes via Fischer Carbene Complexes

Wang, H.; Predeus, A. V.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Org. Chem.

2013, 78, 5142-5152

192. Isotope Effects and Mechanism of the Asymmetric BOROX Bronsted Acid Catalyzed Aziridination Reaction

Vetticatt, M. J.; Desai,A. A.; Wulff, W. D.

Org. Lett.

2013, 15, 242-245.

191. Total Synthesis of Sedium Alkaloids via Catalyst Controlled aza-Cope Rearrangement and Hydroformylation with Formaldehyde

Ren, H.; Wulff, W. D.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

2013, 52, 911-915.

190. Rational Synthesis of All All-Homocalixarenes

Predeus, A. V.; Gopalsamuthiram, V.; Staples, R. J.; Wulff, W. D.

Chem. Sci.

2013, 4, 622-628.

189.Multifaceted Interception of 2-Chloro-2-Oxoacetic Anhydrides: A Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of beta-Lactams

Huang, L.; Zhao, W.; Staples, R. J.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Org. Chem.

2012, 77, 7932-7944.

188. BOROX Catalysis: Self-assembled amino-BOROX and imino-BOROX Intermediates in a Singular Five Component Catalyst Assembly/Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination

Gupta, A. K.; Mukherjee, M.; Hu, G.; Wulff, W. D.

Chem. Eur. J,

2012, 18, 5302-5313.

187. Double Stereodifferentiation in the Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination of Imines Prepared from α-Chiral Amine

Huang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Staples, R. J.; Huang, R. H.; Wulff, W. D.

paper

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2012, 134, 1357-1362.

186. Simultaneous Synthesis of both Rings of Chromenes via a Benzannulation/o-Quinone Methide Formation/Electrocyclization Cascade

Majumdar, N.; Korthals, K. A.; Wulff, W. D.

Org. Process. Res. & Dev.

2011, 15, 1089-1107.

185. Scalable Syntheses of the Vaulted Biaryl Ligands VAPOL and VANOL via the Cycloaddition/Electrocyclization Cascade

Ding, Z.; Osminski, W. E. G.; Ren, H.; Wulff, W. D.

Org. Process. Res. & Dev.

2011, 15, 1108-1115.

184. Practical Gram Scale Asymmetric Catalysis with Boroxinate Brønsted Acids Derived from the VAPOL and VANOL Ligands

Desai, A. A.; Ren, H.; Mukherjee, M.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2011, 133, 8892-8895.

183. Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Tri-substituted Aziridines

Li Huang and William D. Wulff

Org. Lett.

2011, 13, 5866-5869.

182. Multicomponent Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination of Aldehydes

Gupta, A. K.; Mukherjee, M.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2011, 133, 5656-5659.

181. Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aminoallylation of Aldehydes – Synergism of Chiral- and Non-Chiral Brønsted Acids

Hong Ren and William D. Wulff

J. Org. Chem.

2011, 76, 2913-2919.

180. One Pot Synthesis of 2-Imidazolines via the Ring Expansion of Imidoyl Chlorides with Aziridines

Kuszpit, M. R.; Wulff, W. D.; Tepe, J. J.

Chem. Asian J.

2011, 6, 2130-2146.

179. A Succinct Synthesis of the Vaulted Biaryl Ligand VANOL via a Dienone-Phenol Rearrangement

Zhensheng Ding, Song Xue and William D. Wulff

Organic Synthesis,

2011, 88, 224-237.

178. Preparation of (2R,3R)-Ethyl 1-Benzhydr yl-3-(4-bromophenyl)aziridine-2-carboxylate by Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination

Aman A. Desai, Roberto Morán-Ramallal and William D. Wulff

Chem. Commun.

2010, 8213-8215.

177. The Synthesis of Optically Active Calix[4]arenes with One or Three Substituents on the Methylene Bridges

Vijayagopal Gopalsamuthiram, Rui H. Huang and William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

2010, 132, 14669-14675.

176. Substrate-Induced Covalent Assembly of a Chemzyme and Crystallographic Characterization of a Chemzyme-substrate Complex

Gang Hu, Anil K. Gupta, Rui H. Huang, Munmun Mukherjee and William D. Wulff

Org. Lett.

2010, 12, 4908-4911.

175. Trimethylsilyldiazomethane as a Versatile Stitching Agent for the Introduction of Aziridines into Functionalized Organic Moleculs

Hong Ren and William D. Wulff

Inorganic Chemica Acta,

2010, 364, 205-219.

174. Origin of the Regioselectivity in an Intramolecular Nucleophilic Addition to Arene Chromium Tricarbonyl Complexes, Steven Chamberlin

Nilanjana Majumdar, William D. Wulff, John V. Muntean, Robert L. Ostrander and Arnold L. Rheingold

Synthesis,

2010, 3670-3680.

173. New Derivatives of VAPOL and VANOL: Structurally Distinct Vaulted Chiral Ligands and Brønsted Acid Catalysts

Aman A. Desai and William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2010, 132, 13104-13107.

172. How the Binding of Substrates to a Chiral Polyborate Counterion Governs Diastereoselection in an Aziridination Reaction: H-Bonds in Equipoise

Mathew J. Vetticatt, Aman A. Desai and William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2010, 132, 13100-13103

171. Controlled Diastereo- and Enantioselection in a Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination,

Aman A. Desai and William D. Wulff

J. Org. Chem.

2010, 75, 5643-5660.

170. Seeking Passe-Partout in the Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination of Imines: Evolving Towards Substrate Generality for a Single Chemzyme

Munmun Mukherjee, Anil K. Gupta, Zhenjie Lu, Yu Zhang and William D. Wulff

Synthesis,

2010, 2106-2109.

169. Gram Scale Preparation of VAPOL Hydrogenphosphate, a Structurally Distinct Chiral Brønsted Acid

Aman A. Desai, Li Huang, William D. Wulff

J. Org. Chem.

2010, 75, 4441-4452.

168. Alkyne Competition in the Benzannulation Reaction with Chromium Carbene Complexes

Chunrui Wu, Dmytro O. Berbasov, William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2009, 131, 18018-18019.

167. Optically Active Calixarenes Conduced by Methylene Substitution

Vijay Gopalsamuthiram, Alexander V. Predeus, Rui H. Huang and William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2009, 131, 15615-15617.

166. Evidence for a Boroxinate Based Brønsted Acid Derivative of VAPOL as the Active Catalyst in the Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination Reaction

Gang Hu, Li Huang, Rui H. Huang and William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2009, 131, 14355-14364.

165. Optically Active (R)- and (S)-Linear and Vaulted Biaryl Ligands: Deracemization Versus Oxidative Dimerization

Gang Hu, Daniel Holmes, Brina F. Gendhar and William D. Wulff

J. Org. Chem.,

2009, 74, 5451-5457.

164. Absolute Configuration of 3,3'-Diphenyl-[2,2'-binaphthalene]-1,1'-diol Revisited

Prasad L. Polavarapu, Ana G. Petrovic, Sarah E. Vick, William D. Wulff, Hong Ren, Zhensheng Ding, Richard J. Staples

SynLett,

2009, 2715-2739.

163. Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination with VAPOL and/or VANOL Derived Catalysts

Yu Zhang, Zhenjie Lu and William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2008, 130, 13524-13525.

162. Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Michael Addition of Nitroalkanes to Nitroalkenes Promoted by a Unique Bifunctional DMAP-Thiourea

Constantinos Rabalakos and William D. Wulff

SYNLETT

2008, 2826-2830.

161. Diastereoselective synthesis of syn 1,3-dinitro compounds by Michael addition of nitroalkanes to nitroalkenes with a thiourea catalyst

Constantinos Rabalakos and William D. Wulff

Org. Lett.

2008, 8, 5429-5432.

160. Mapping the Active Site in a Chemzyme: Diversity in the N-Substituent in the Catalytic Asymmetric Aziridination of Imines

Yu Zhang, Zhenjie Lu, Aman Desai and William D. Wulff

Adv. Synth. Catal.

2008, 1785-1790.

159. A Novel Bis-Thiourea Organocatalyst for the Asymmetric Aza-Henry Reaction

Rampalakos, C.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2008, 130, 2898-2899.

158. Traceless Stereoinduction in the One-Pot Assembly of all Three Rings of Hexahydrodibenzopyrans

Keith A. Korthals and William D. Wulff

Chem. Eur. J.

2008, 3785-3803.

157. Asymmetric Catalytic Aziridination with Borate Catalysts Derived from the VANOL and VAPOL Ligands – Scope and Mechanistics Studies

Yu Zhang, Aman Desai, Zhenjie Lu, Gang Hu, Zhensheng Ding and William D. Wulff

Tetrahedron

2008, 64, 949-968.

156. Central-to-Axial Chirality Transfer in the Benzannulation Reaction of Optically Pure Fischer Carbene Complexes in the Synthesis of Allocolchicinoids

Andrei V. Vorogushin, William D. Wulff and Hans-Jürgen Hansen

Organic Reactions,

2008, 70, 121-623.

155. The Synthesis of Phenols and Quinones via Fischer Carbene Complexes

Waters, M. L.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.

2007, 129, 13366-13367.

154. Total Synthesis of (±)-Phomactin B2 via an Intramolecular Cyclohexadienone Annulation of a Chromium Carbene Complex

Jie Huang, Chunrui Wu and William D. Wulff

Org. Lett.

2007, 9, 2799-2802.

153. Intramolecular Cyclohexadienone Annulations of Fischer Carbene Complexes: Model Studies for the Synthesis of Phomactins

Jie Huang, Huan Wang, Chunrui Wu and William D. Wulff

J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

2007, 129, 7185-7194.

152. Direct Access to N-H Aziridines from the Asymmetric Catalytic Aziridination with Borate Catalysts Derived from the VANOL and VAPOL Ligands

Lu, Z.; Zhang, Y.; Wulff, W. D.

Eur. J. Org. Chem.

2007, 2068-2071.

151. Aziridinyl Vinyl Ketones from the Asymmetric Catalytic Aziridination Reaction

Deng, Y.; Lee, Y. R.; Newman, C. A.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

2007, 129, 7216-7217.

150. Regulation of Orthogonal Functions in a Dual Catalyst System. Subservient Role of a Non-chiral Lewis Acid in an Asymmetric Catalytic Heteroatom Diels-Alder Reaction

Newman, C. A.; Antilla, J. C.; Chen, P.; Wulff, W. D.

Eur. J. Org. Chem.

2006, 5219-5234.

149. Reactions of Alkenyl Fischer Carbene Complexes with Ketene Acetals: Formation of Alkynes

Siu Ling B. Wang, Xuejun Liu, Miriam C. Ruiz, Vijay Gopalsamuthiram and William D. Wulff

Synthesis

2006, 3679-3705.

148. Studies on the Synthesis of Richardianidin-1 via the Tautomer-Arrested Annulation of Fischer Carbene Complexes

Bos, M. E.; Loncaric, C.; Wu, C.; Wulff, W. D.

Can. J. Chem.,

2006, 84, 1487-1503.

147. An Examination of VANOL, VAPOL and VAPOL Derivatives as Ligands for Asymmetric Catalytic Diels-Alder Reactions

Heller, D. P.; Goldberg, D. R.; Wu, H.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

2006, 128, 11044-11053.

146. Chromene Chromium Carbene Complexes in the Syntheses of Naphthopyran and Naphthopyrandione Units in Photochromic Materials and Biologically Active Natural Products

Rawat, M.; Prutyanov, V.; Wulff, W. D.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

2005, 127, 15991-15992.

145. Metal Carbenes in Organic Synthesis. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 13. Edited by K. H. Doetz (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat). Springer-verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg. 2004 x + 378 pp. $349.00 ISBN 3-540-21833-5. Reviewed by W. W. Wulff.

J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

2005, 127, 17162-17163.

144. Iron in the Service of Chromium – the ortho-Benzannulation of trans,trans-dienyl Fischer Carbene Complexes

Lian, Y.; Wulff, W. D.