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Lanny S. Liebeskind

Emory University(US)Emerson (United States)(US)Atlanta University Center(US)

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms, Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions, Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Most-Cited Works

→ Thiol Ester−Boronic Acid Coupling. A Mechanistically Unprecedented and General Ketone Synthesis(2000)625 cited
→ 3-Stannylcyclobutenediones as nucleophilic cyclobutenedione equivalents. Synthesis of substituted cyclobutenediones and cyclobutenedione monoacetals and the beneficial effect of catalytic copper iodide on the Stille reaction(1990)304 cited
→ Heteroaromatic Thioether−Boronic Acid Cross-Coupling under Neutral Reaction Conditions(2002)275 cited
→ Nickel(0)-catalyzed synthesis of substituted phenols from cyclobutenones and alkynes(1991)165 cited
→ A general, regiospecific synthesis of highly substituted quinones(1986)126 cited
→ An improved method for the synthesis of substituted cyclobutenediones(1988)120 cited

→ Rhodium(I)-catalyzed intramolecular carbocyclic ring fusion: a new approach to medium-sized-ring ketones(1993)

116 cited

→ Reaction of cyclobutenones with low-valent metal reagents to form .eta.4- and .eta.2-vinylketene complexes. Reaction of .eta.4-vinylketene complexes with alkynes to form phenols(1992)111 cited

→ Practical organic synthesis with strained ring molecules. Rhodium catalyzed carbonylation of cyclopropenecarboxylate esters and cyclopropenyl ketones to .alpha.-pyrones and of vinylcyclopropenes to phenols(1987)104 cited

→ Insertion of (.eta.5-indeny)cobalt(I) into cyclobutenones: the first synthesis of phenols from isolated vinylketene complexes(1990)78 cited