Publications of Dr. Huw M. L. Davies

RECENT REVIEWS

1. Catalytic enantioselective C–H activation by means of metal-carbenoid induced C–H insertion, invited review article, Davies, H. M. L.; Beckwith, R. E. J. Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 2861.
2. Intermolecular C–H Insertions of Donor/Acceptor-Substituted Rhodium Carbenoids: A Practical Solution for Catalytic Enantioselective C–H Activation, Davies, H. M. L.; Loe, O. invited review article, Synthesis 2004, 2595.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

1. Asymmetric intermolecular C-H activation using immobilized dirhodium tetrakis(( S )- N -(dodecylbenzenesulfonyl)prolinate) as a recoverable catalyst, Davies, H. M. L.; Walji, A. M., Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 479.
2. Intermolecular C–H activation at benzylic positions. Synthesis of (+)-imperanene and (-)-alpha-conidendrin, Davies, H. M. L.; Jin, Q., Tetrahedron Asymmetry 2003, 14, 941.
3. New strategic reactions for organic synthesis: catalytic asymmetric C–H activation alpha to nitrogen as a surrogate to the Mannich reaction, Davies, H. M. L.; Venkateramani, C.; Hansen, T.; Hopper, D. W., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6462.
4. New strategic reactions for organic synthesis: catalytic asymmetric C–H activation alpha to oxygen as a surrogate to the aldol reaction, Davies, H. M. L.; Beckwith, R. E. J.; Antoulinakis, E. G.; Jin, Q., J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 6126.
5. Dirhodium tetraprolinates catalyzed asymmetric cyclopropanation with extremely high turnover numbers, Davies, H. M. L.; Venkateramani, C., Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1403.
6. Synthesis of substituted 4-acyl-3-aryl-6-azabicyclo[3.2.2]nonanes and their binding affinities at dopamine and serotonin transporters, Davies, H. M. L.; Hodges, L. M.; ElAraby, M.; Hammond, P. S.; Sexton, T.; Childers, S. R., J. Med. Chem., submitted.
7. Effect of HD-23, a potent long acting cocaine-analog, on cocaine self-administration in rats, Roberts, D. G. S.; Kelly, R.; Jungersmith, K. R.; Phelan, R.; Gregg, T. M.; Davies, H. M. L., Psychopharmacology 2003, 167, 386.
8. The reinforcing efficacy of psychostimulants in rhesus monkeys: the role of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, Lile, J. A.; Wang, Z.; Woolverton, W. L.; France, J. E.; Gregg, T. M.; Davies, H. M. L.; Nader, M. A., J. Pharmacol. and Exp. Therapeutics 2003, 307, 356.
9. Influence of a beta-alkoxy substituent on the C–H activation chemistry of alkyl ethers, Davies, H. M. L.; Yang, J., Adv. Synth. Catal. 2003, 345, 1133.
10. Isotope effects and the nature of selectivity in rhodium-catalyzed cyclopropanations, Nowlan, D. T., III; Gregg, T. M.; Davies, H. M. L.; Singleton, D. A., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 15902.
11. Direct gas-phase interaction of aryldiazoacetates and dirhodium catalysts, Petrukhina, M. A.; Andreini, K. W.; Walji, A. M.; Davies, H. M. L., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2003, 4221.
12. Double C–H activation strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of C2 symmetric anilines, Davies, H. M. L.; Jin, Q., Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1769-1772.
13. Effects of 2beta-propanoyl-3beta(4-tolyl)-tropane (PTT) on the self-administration of cocaine, heroin and cocaine/heroin combinations in rats, Sizemore, G. M.; Davies, H. M. L.; Martin, T. J.; Smith, J. E., Drug Alcohol Depend. 2004, 73, 259.
14. Simple strategy for the immobilization of dirhodium tetraprolinate catalysts using a pyridine-linked solid support, Davies, H. M. L.; Walji, A. M.; Nagashima, T., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4271.
15. Synthesis of methylphenidate analogues and their binding affinities at dopamine and serotonin transport sites, Davies, H. M. L.; Hopper, D. W.; Hansen, T.; Liu, X.; Childers, S. R., Biorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2004, 14, 1799.
16. New catalytic asymmetric reactions in organic synthesis: the combined C–H activation/Cope rearrangement, Davies, H. M. L.; Jin, Q., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 2004, 101, 5472.
17. Dirhodium tetrakis(( S )- N -(dodecylbenzenesulfonyl)prolinate catalyzed enantioselective cyclopropenation of alkynes, Davies, H. M. L.; Lee, G. H., Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1233.
18. Lewis acid induced tandem Diels-Alder reaction/ring expansion as an equivalent of a [4 + 3] cycloaddition, Davies, H. M. L.; Dai, X., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2692.
19. Enantioselective synthesis of cyclopropylphosphonates containing quaternary stereocenters using a D 2-symmetric chiral catalyst Rh ₂ ( S -biTISP) ₂ Davies, H. M. L.; Lee, G. H., Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 2117.
20. Highly diastereoselective and enantioselective C–H functionalization of 1,2-dihydronaphthalenes: a combined C–H activation/Cope rearrangement followed by a retro-Cope rearrangement, Davies, H. M. L.; Jin, Q., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10862.