Enantioselective organo-cascade catalysis

Y Huang, AM Walji, CH Larsen… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
A new strategy for organocatalysis based on the biochemical blueprints of biosynthesis has
enabled a new laboratory approach to cascade catalysis. Imidazolidinone-based catalytic …

Enantioselective organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation reactions using Hantzsch esters

SG Ouellet, AM Walji… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Within the realm of catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation, the focus continues to be on the use
of chiral metal complexes in conjunction with a hydrogen source. Recently, the widespread …

Cycle‐specific organocascade catalysis: application to olefin hydroamination, hydro‐oxidation, and amino‐oxidation, and to natural product synthesis

B Simmons, AM Walji, DWC MacMillan - Angewandte Chemie, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of new strategies that emulate nature s capacity to rapidly construct architectural
complexity continues to be a central focus for research and development in the chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies to bypass the taxol problem. Enantioselective cascade catalysis, a new approach for the efficient construction of molecular complexity

AM Walji, DWC MacMillan - Synlett, 2007 - thieme-connect.com
Millions of years of evolution have allowed Nature to develop ingenious synthetic strategies
and reaction pathways for the construction of architectural complexity. In contrast, the field of …

Preclinical characterization of 18F-MK-6240, a promising PET tracer for in vivo quantification of human neurofibrillary tangles

ED Hostetler, AM Walji, Z Zeng, P Miller… - Journal of nuclear …, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
A PET tracer is desired to help guide the discovery and development of disease-modifying
therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases characterized by neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), …

Discovery of 6-(Fluoro-18F)-3-(1H-pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridin-1-yl)isoquinolin-5-amine ([18F]-MK-6240): A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging Agent for …

AM Walji, ED Hostetler, H Selnick, Z Zeng… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) made up of aggregated tau protein have been identified as the
pathologic hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease. …

Direct and enantioselective α-allylation of ketones via singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) catalysis

…, AA Warkentin, AM Walji… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The first enantioselective organocatalytic α-allylation of cyclic ketones has been accomplished
via singly occupied molecular orbital catalysis. Geometrically constrained radical cations, …

Orally bioavailable macrocyclic peptide that inhibits binding of PCSK9 to the low density lipoprotein receptor

…, T Zhao, D Zhou, S Zhou, X Zhu, HJ Zokian, AM Walji… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Inhibition of PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9)-low density
lipoprotein receptor interaction with injectable monoclonal antibodies or small interfering …

Simple strategy for the immobilization of dirhodium tetraprolinate catalysts using a pyridine-linked solid support

HML Davies, AM Walji… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Dirhodium tetracarboxylates are readily immobilized on agitation in the presence of highly
cross-linked polystyrene resins with a pyridine attachment. A systematic study demonstrates …

Asymmetric Intermolecular C−H Activation, Using Immobilized Dirhodium Tetrakis((S)-N-(dodecylbenzenesulfonyl)- prolinate) as a Recoverable Catalyst

HML Davies, AM Walji - Organic letters, 2003 - ACS Publications
Heterogenization of dirhodium tetrakis((S)-N-dodecylbenzenesulfonyl)prolinate) (Rh 2 (S-DOSP)
4 ) can be readily achieved on a pyridine functionalized highly cross-linked polystyrene …