Standout Papers

Protection of hydroxyl groups as tert-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives 1965 2026 1985 2005 1.6k
  1. Protection of hydroxyl groups as tert-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives (1972)
    E. J. Corey, A. Venkateswarlu Journal of the American Chemical Society
  2. Pyridinium chlorochromate. An efficient reagent for oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to carbonyl compounds (1975)
    E. J. Corey, J. William Suggs Tetrahedron Letters
  3. Inhibition of Proteasome Activities and Subunit-Specific Amino-Terminal Threonine Modification by Lactacystin (1995)
    Gabriel Fenteany, Robert F. Standaert et al. Science
  4. A synthetic method for formyl→ethynyl conversion (RCHO→RCCH or RCCR′) (1972)
    E. J. Corey et al. Tetrahedron Letters
  5. Dimethyloxosulfonium Methylide ((CH3)2SOCH2) and Dimethylsulfonium Methylide ((CH3)2SCH2). Formation and Application to Organic Synthesis (1965)
    E. J. Corey, Michael Chaykovsky Journal of the American Chemical Society
  6. Highly enantioselective borane reduction of ketones catalyzed by chiral oxazaborolidines. Mechanism and synthetic implications (1987)
    E. J. Corey, Raman K. Bakshi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  7. Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds with Chiral Oxazaborolidine Catalysts: A New Paradigm for Enantioselective Catalysis and a Powerful New Synthetic Method (1998)
    E. J. Corey, Christopher J. Helal Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  8. The Catalytic Enantioselective Construction of Molecules with Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters (1998)
    E. J. Corey, Angel Guzmán-Pérez Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  9. Effect of Dietary Enrichment with Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids on in Vitro Neutrophil and Monocyte Leukotriene Generation and Neutrophil Function (1985)
    TH Lee, Richard L. Hoover et al. New England Journal of Medicine
  10. Useful procedures for the oxidation of alcohols involving pyridinium dichromate in aprotic media (1979)
    E. J. Corey, Greg Schmidt Tetrahedron Letters
  11. Catalytic Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reactions: Methods, Mechanistic Fundamentals, Pathways, and Applications (2002)
    E. J. Corey Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  12. Structural requirements of ligands for the oxysterol liver X receptors LXRα and LXRβ (1999)
    Bethany A. Janowski, Michael J. Grogan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  13. A stable and easily prepared catalyst for the enantioselective reduction of ketones. Applications to multistep syntheses (1987)
    E. J. Corey, Raman K. Bakshi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  14. A Rational Approach to Catalytic Enantioselective Enolate Alkylation Using a Structurally Rigidified and Defined Chiral Quaternary Ammonium Salt under Phase Transfer Conditions (1997)
    E. J. Corey, Feng Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  15. Novel Acetoxylation and C−C Coupling Reactions at Unactivated Positions in α-Amino Acid Derivatives (2006)
    B. V. Subba Reddy, Leleti Rajender Reddy et al. Organic Letters
  16. Local Effects of Synthetic Leukotrienes (LTC4, LTD4, and LTB4) in Human Skin (1983)
    Nicholas A. Soter, Robert A. Lewis et al. Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  17. Generation and synthetic applications of 2-lithio-1,3-dithianes (1975)
    Dieter Seebàch, E. J. Corey The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  18. Stereo-controlled synthesis of dl-prostaglandins F2.alpha. and E2 (1969)
    E. J. Corey, Ned M. Weinshenker et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  19. New methods for the oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids and esters (1968)
    E. J. Corey, Norman W. Gilman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  20. Methylsulfinyl Carbanion (CH3-SO-CH2-). Formation and Applications to Organic Synthesis (1965)
    E. J. Corey, Michael Chaykovsky Journal of the American Chemical Society
  21. Computer-Assisted Design of Complex Organic Syntheses (1969)
    E. J. Corey, W. Todd Wipke Science
  22. Efficient and mild lactonization method for the synthesis of macrolides (1974)
    E. J. Corey, K. C. Nicolaou Journal of the American Chemical Society
  23. Designed catalyst for enantioselective Diels-Alder addition from a C2-symmetric chiral bis(oxazoline)-iron(III) complex (1991)
    E. J. Corey, Nobuyuki Imai et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  24. Oxidative hydrolysis of 1,3-dithiane derivatives to carbonyl compounds using N-halosuccinimide reagents (1971)
    E. J. Corey, Bruce W. Erickson The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  25. Studies with trialkylsilyltriflates: new syntheses and applications (1981)
    E. J. Corey, Hidetsura Cho et al. Tetrahedron Letters
  26. Preparation of an optically active prostaglandin intermediate via asymmetric induction (1975)
    E. J. Corey, Harry E. Ensley Journal of the American Chemical Society
  27. Docosahexaenoic acid is a strong inhibitor of prostaglandin but not leukotriene biosynthesis. (1983)
    E. J. Corey, C Shih et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  28. The Stereochemistry of Complex Inorganic Compounds. XXII. Stereospecific Effects in Complex Ions1 (1959)
    E. J. Corey, John C. Bailar Journal of the American Chemical Society
  29. An efficient and catalytically enantioselective route to (S)-(-)-phenyloxirane (1988)
    E. J. Corey, Saizo Shibata et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  30. General methods for the construction of complex molecules (1967)
    E. J. Corey Pure and Applied Chemistry
  31. Selective cleavage of allyl ethers under mild conditions by transition metal reagents (1973)
    E. J. Corey, J. William Suggs The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  32. The Wittig Reaction Using Methylsulfinyl Carbanion-Dimethyl Sulfoxide 1 (1963)
    Richard B. Greenwald, Michael Chaykovsky et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  33. A New, Stereospecific Olefin Synthesis from 1,2-Diols (1963)
    E. J. Corey et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  34. A Study of the Photochemical Reactions of 2-Cyclohexenones with Substituted Olefins (1964)
    E. J. Corey, Ronald A. LeMahieu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  35. Carbanions of 1,3‐Dithianes. Reagents for CC Bond Formation by Nucleophilic Displacement and Carbonyl Addition (1965)
    E. J. Corey, D. Seebach Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
  36. Stereospecific total synthesis of a "slow reacting substance" of anaphylaxis, leukotriene C-1 (1980)
    E. J. Corey, David A. Clark et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  37. Practical enantioselective Diels-Alder and aldol reactions using a new chiral controller system (1989)
    E. J. Corey, René Imwinkelried et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  38. A new general method for protection of the hydroxyl function (1976)
    E. J. Corey, Jean‐Louis Gras et al. Tetrahedron Letters
  39. Highly selective, kinetically controlled enolate formation using lithium dialkylamides in the presence of trimethylchlorosilane (1984)
    E. J. Corey, Andrew W. Gross Tetrahedron Letters
  40. Evidence for a reversible d, π-complexation, β-cupration sequence in the conjugate addition reaction of Gilman reagents with α,β-enones. (1985)
    E. J. Corey, Neil W. Boaz Tetrahedron Letters
  41. New and highly effective method for the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to carbonyl compounds (1972)
    E. J. Corey et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  42. Characterization and biologic properties of 5,12-dihydroxy derivatives of eicosapentaenoic acid, including leukotriene B5 and the double lipoxygenase product. (1984)
    C Shih, E. J. Corey et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry
  43. Total synthesis of (+-)-fumagillin (1972)
    E. J. Corey, Barry B. Snider Journal of the American Chemical Society
  44. A practical and efficient method for enantioselective allylation of aldehydes (1989)
    E. J. Corey, Chan Mo Yu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  45. Phenylthiomethyllithium and Bis(phenylthio)methyllithium (1966)
    E. J. Corey, Dieter Seebàch The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  46. The reactions of combined organocuprate-chlorotrimethylsilane reagents with conjugated carbonyl compounds (1985)
    E. J. Corey, Neil W. Boaz Tetrahedron Letters
  47. Effects of exogenous arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acids on the generation of 5-lipoxygenase pathway products by ionophore-activated human neutrophils. (1984)
    Jean‐Michel Mencia‐Huerta, C Shih et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation
  48. A new system for catalytic enantioselective reduction of achiral ketones to chiral alcohols. Synthesis of chiral α-hydroxy acids (1990)
    E. J. Corey, Raman K. Bakshi Tetrahedron Letters
  49. Mixed cuprate reagents of type R1R2CuLi which allow selective group transfer (1972)
    E. J. Corey et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  50. A method for selective conversion of allylic and benzylic alcohols to halides under neutral conditions (1972)
    E. J. Corey, Makoto Takeda et al. Tetrahedron Letters
  51. Dimethylsulfonium Methylide, a Reagent for Selective Oxirane Synthesis from Aldehydes and Ketones (1962)
    E. J. Corey, Michael Chaykovsky Journal of the American Chemical Society
  52. A new synthesis of conjugated nitro cyclo olefins, unusually versatile synthetic intermediates (1978)
    E. J. Corey et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  53. Stereoelectronic Control in Enolization-Ketonization Reactions1 (1956)
    E. J. Corey, Richard A. Sneen Journal of the American Chemical Society
  54. Stereospecific Syntheses of Olefins from 1,2-Thionocarbonates and 1,2-Trithiocarbonates. trans-Cycloheptene (1965)
    E. J. Corey, F. A. CAREY et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  55. Synthesis of α-Silyl Ketones via 1,3-Dithianes (1967)
    E. J. Corey, Dieter Seebàch et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  56. Conversion of ketones having δ, ϵ-π-functions to cyclopentanols by zinc-trimethylchlorosilane (1983)
    E. J. Corey, Stephen G. Pyne Tetrahedron Letters
  57. Total Synthesis of Prostaglandins F2α and E2 as the Naturally Occuring Forms (1970)
    E. J. Corey, Thomas Schaaf et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  58. Stereospecific synthesis of trisubstituted and tetrasubstituted olefins. Conjugate addition of dialkylcopper-lithium reagents to .alpha.,.beta.-acetylenic esters (1969)
    E. J. Corey, John A. Katzenellenbogen Journal of the American Chemical Society
  59. Stereospecific total synthesis of gibberellic acid. A key tricyclic intermediate (1978)
    E. J. Corey, Rick Danheiser et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  60. Chemical and enzymic syntheses of 5-HPETE, a key biological precursor of slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS), and 5-HETE (1980)
    E. J. Corey, J. O. Albright et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  61. The Synthesis of Olefins from O,O'-Dialkyl β-Lithioalkylphosphonothioate Esters (1966)
    E. J. Corey, G. T. Kwiatkowski Journal of the American Chemical Society
  62. Total synthesis of prostaglandins. Synthesis of the pure dl-E1, -F(sub 1.alpha.), -F(sub 1.beta.), -A1, and -B1 hormones (1968)
    E. J. Corey, Niels H. Andersen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  63. A Study of the Formation of Haloamines and Cyclic Amines by the Free Radical Chain Decomposition of N-Haloammonium Ions (Hofmann-Löffler Reaction)1 (1960)
    E. J. Corey, W. R. Hertler Journal of the American Chemical Society
  64. New reagents for stereoselective carbonyl reduction. Improved synthetic route to the primary prostaglandins (1971)
    E. J. Corey, Sem M. Albónico et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society
  65. Method for catalytic dehalogenations via trialkyltin hydrides (1975)
    E. J. Corey, J. William Suggs The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  66. Synthesis of 1,n‐Dicarbonyl Derivates Using Carbanions from 1,3‐Dithianes (1965)
    E. J. Corey, Dieter Seebàch Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
  67. Application of lithium reagents from (1-methylthio) alkylphosphonate esters to the synthesis of ketones (1970)
    E. J. Corey et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry

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The Logic of Chemical Synthesis: Multistep Synthesis of Complex Carbogenic Molecules (Nobel Lecture)
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