Publications
GML group:
16- Rufai Madiu, Erin L. Doran, Jenna M. Doran, Ali A. Pinarci, Kiran Dhillon, Dominic A. Rivera, Amari M. Howard, James L. Stroud, Dylan A. Moskovitz, Steven J. Finneran, Alyssa N. Singer, Morgan E. Rossi, Gustavo Moura-Letts. Synthesis of N-Tosyl Allylic Amines from Substituted Alkenes via Vanadooxaziridine Catalysis. Journal of Organic Chemistry 2023, 89,6,4001-4008.
15- Rufai Madiu, Brandon R. Dellosso, Ali A. Pinarci, Erin L. Doran, Jenna M. Doran, Tyler M. TenHoeve, Amari M. Howard, James L. Stroud, Dominic A. Rivera, Gustavo Moura-Letts. Synthesis of Aminoalcohols from Substituted Alkenes via Tungstenooxaziridine Catalysis. Chem Sci 2023, 22, 2300-2306.
14- Brooke E. Austin, Ryan P. Palner, Elissa M. Tobias, Rufai Madiu, Erin L. Doran, Jenna M. Doran, Amari M. Howard, James L. Stroud, Morgan E. Rossi, Dylan A. Moskovitz, Dominic A. Rivera, Michael D. Mullen, Amy H. Zinsky, Rose A. Rosario, and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Visible-Light Promoted Synthesis of Vinyloxaziridines from Conjugated Carbonyls. Synlett 2023, 10.1055/a-2153-6687.
13- Phillip Trieu, William H. Filkin, Ali Pinarci, Elisa M. Tobias, Rufai Madiu, Brandon Dellosso, Justin Roldan, Pulakesh Das, Brooke E. Austin, and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Synthesis of Isoxazolidines from Substituted Vinylnitrones and Conjugated Carbonyls via Visible‐Light Photocatalysis. ChemPhotoChem 2022, 7, 10.1002/cptc.202200277.
12- Ali A. Pinarci, Noah Daniecki, Tyler M. TenHoeve, Brandon Dellosso, Rufai Madiu, Liliana Mejia, Seda E. Bektas, and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Synthesis of N -tosylaziridines from substituted alkenes via zirconooxaziridine catalysis. Chemical Communications 2022, 58, 10.1039/D2CC00686C.
11- Pulakesh Das, David W. Almond, Lauren N. Tumbelty, Brooke E. Austin, and Gustavo Moura-Letts. From Heterocycles to Carbacycles: Synthesis of Carbocyclic Nucleoside Analogues from Enals and Hydroxylamines. Organic Letters 2020, 22, 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01846.
10- Graham Haun, Alyson N. Paneque, David W. Almond, Brooke E. Austin, and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Synthesis of Chromenoisoxazolidines from Substituted Salicylic Nitrones via Visible-Light Photocatalysis. Organic Letters 2019, 21, 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00097.
9- Dylan J. Quinn, Lauren N. Tumbelty, Erica M. Moscarello, Alyson N. Paneque, Amy H. Zinsky, Maxim P. Russ, Graham J. Haun, Nicholas A. Cinti, Ross M. Dare, and Gustavo Moura-Letts. One-Pot Synthesis of Vinylisoxazolidines from Simple Hydroxylamines and Conjugated Carbonyls. Tetrahedron Letters 2017, 58, 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.10.076.
8- Joseph Liz and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Solvent-Directed Epoxide Opening with Primary Amines for the Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols. Synthesis 2016, 49, 10.1055/s-0036-1588356.
7- William C. Neuhaus and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Alumina-Promoted Synthesis of N-Aryl-1,2,4-Triazoles from Substituted Hydrazines and Imides. Tetrahedron Letters 2016, 57, 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.09.086.
6- Ian J. Bakanas and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Synthesis of Novel Tetrasubstituted Pyrazoles from Substituted Hydrazines and β-Ketoesters. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 10.1002/ejoc.201601093.
5- Joseph R. Lizza, Savan V. Patel, Catherine F. Yang and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Direct Synthesis of Cyanopyrrolidinyl β-Amino Alcohols for the Development of Diabetes Therapeutics. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 10.1002/ejoc.201600969
4- Dylan J. Quinn, Graham J. Haun and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Direct Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes with Hydroxylamine-O-Sulfonic Acid in Acidic Water. Tetrahedron Letters 2016, 57, 3844-3847.
3- Nicholas V. Costantini, Alex D. Bates, Graham Haun, Natasha M. Chang and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Rutile Promoted Synthesis of Sulfonylamidonitriles from Simple Aldehydes and Sulfonamides. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2016, 4, 1906-1911.
2- William C. Neuhaus, Ian J. Bakanas, Joseph R. Lizza, Charles Boon Jr. and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Novel Biodegradable Protonic Ionic Liquid for the Fischer Indole Synthesis. Green Chemistry Letters & Reviews 2016, 9, 39-43.
1- Alexander W. Beebe, Emma F. Dohmeier and Gustavo Moura-Letts. Diastereoselective Synthesis of Substituted Diaziridines from Simple Ketones and Aldehydes. Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 13511-13514.
GML PhD/postdoc:
9- Gustavo Moura-Letts, Christine M. Diblasi, Renato A. Bauer, and Derek S. Tan. Solid-Phase Synthesis and chemical space analysis of a 190-membered Alkaloid/Terpenoid like library. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2011, 108, 6745-6750.
8-Leo A. Paquette, Gustavo Moura-Letts, and George Peng Wang. From D-Glucose to Enantiomerically Pure Cycloctanoses. The Glycosidase Inhibitory Capacity of Medium-Ring Carbasugars. J. Org. Chem 2009, 74, 2099-2107. C
7- Gustavo Moura-Letts, and Leo Maquette. ChemInform Abstract: Contiguously Substituted Cyclooctane Polyols. Conformational Assignments via 1 H NMR Correlations and Symmetry Considerations. Cheminform 2009, 40, 10.1002/chin.200901065.
6- Gustavo Moura-Letts and Leo A. Paquette. Contiguously substituted cycloctane polyols. Configurational assignments via 1H NMR correlations and symmetry considerations. J. Org. Chem 2008, 73, 7663-7670.
5- Julie L. Eiseman, Lihua Bai, Won-Hyuk Jung, Gustavo Moura-Letts, Billy W. Day, and Dennis P. Curran. Improved synthesis and antitumor efficacy of 6-epi-dictyostatin in MDA-MB231 human breast cancer xenograft-bearing mice. J. Med. Chem 2008, 51 (21), 6650-6653.
4- Gustavo Moura-Letts and Dennis P. Curran. Selective Synthesis of (2Z,4E)-Dienyl Esters by Ene-diene Cross Metathesis. Org. Lett 2007, 9, 5-8.
3- D. P. Curran, Gustavo Moura-Letts, and M. Pohlman. Solution-phase mixture synthesis with fluorous tagging en route: Total synthesis of an eight-member stereoisomer library of passifloricins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2006, 45, 2423-2426.
2- Gustavo Moura-Letts, Leon F. Villegas, Ana Marcalo, Arbraham J. Vaisberg, and Gerald B. Hammond. In Vivo Wound-Healing Activity of Oleanolic Acid Derived from the Acid Hydrolysis of Anredera diffusa. J. Nat Prod 2006, 69, 978-979.
1- D. P. Curran, K. Fischer, and Gustavo Moura-Letts. A Soluble Fluorous Palladium Complex that Promotes Heck Reactions and Can Be Recovered and Reused. SYNLETT 2004, 1379-1382.