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Bruce Branchaud

  1. Zoretic, P. A.; Branchaud, B.; Maestrone, T., "Robinson annelation with a beta-hydroxyketal in the presence of an acid" Organic Preparations and Procedures International 1975, 7, 51-54.
  2. Zoretic, P. A.; Branchaud, B.; Maestrone, T., "Robinson annelations with a beta-chloro ketone in the presence of an acid" Tetrahedron Letters 1975, 527-528.
  3. Zoretic, P. A.; Barcelos, F.; Branchaud, B., "Mild method for enamine formation" Organic Preparations and Procedures International 1976, 8, 211-214.
  4. Zoretic, P. A.; Bendiksen, B.; Branchaud, B., "Robinson annelation by reactions of 2-methyl 1,3 diketones with a beta-chloro ketone" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1976, 41, 3767.
  5. Zoretic, P. A.; Branchaud, B.; Sinha, N. D., "Preparation of an 8-azaprostaglandin synthon" Organic Preparations and Procedures International 1977, 9, 159-164.
  6. Zoretic, P. A.; Branchaud, B.; Sinha, N. D., "Synthesis of 11-deoxy-8-azaprostaglandin E1" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1977, 42, 3201-3203.
  7. Zoretic, P. A.; Sinha, N. D.; Branchaud, B., "Synthesis of 11-desoxy-8-azaprostaglandin E2" Synthetic Communications 1977, 7, 299-303.
  8. Zoretic, P. A.; Sinha, N. D.; Shiah, T.; Maestrone, T.; Branchaud, B., "Synthesis of 8-aza-15-hydroxy-7-oxo-12S-13E-prostenoic acids" Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 1978, 15, 1025-1026.
  9. Dixon, D. A.; Lindner, D. L.; Branchaud, B.; Lipscomb, W. N., "Conformations and electronic structures of oxidized and reduced isoalloxazine" Biochemistry 1979, 18, 5770-5775.
  10. Zoretic, P. A.; Ferrari, J. L.; Bhakta, C.; Barcelos, F.; Branchaud, B., "Sesquiterpene synthesis. Studies relating to the synthesis of (+-)-dugesialactone" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1982, 47, 1327-1329.
  11. Walsh, C.; Branchaud, B.; Fox, B.; Latham, J., "Mechanistic studies on mercuric ion reductase and cyclohexanone oxygenase: pharmacologic and toxicologic aspects" Colloquium der Gesellschaft fuer Biologische Chemie 1983, 34th, 140-148.
  12. Branchaud, B. P., "Studies on the preparation and reactions of tritylsulfenimines" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1983, 48, 3531-3538.
  13. Branchaud, B. P., "Studies on the development of the tritylsulfenyl group as a nitrogen protecting group and application in a synthesis of d-coniceine" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1983, 48, 3538-3544.
  14. Branchaud, B. P.; Walsh, C. T., "Functional group diversity in enzymic oxygenation reactions catalyzed by bacterial flavin-containing cyclohexanone oxygenase" Journal of the American Chemical Society 1985, 107, 2153-2161.
  15. Latham, J. A., Jr.; Branchaud, B. P.; Chen, Y. C. J.; Walsh, C., "Allylic and propargylic phenyl selenide oxygenation by cyclohexanone oxygenase: [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the enzyme-generated selenoxide" Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications 1986, 528-530.
  16. Branchaud, B. P.; Tsai, P., "Relative ease of transient acyl imine formation via selenoxide, sulfoxide, and sulfone b N-H elimination. A feasibility study on the preparation of novel peptide analog" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1987, 52, 5475-5478.
  17. Branchaud, B. P.; Meier, M. S.; Malekzadeh, M. N., "New synthetic methods via free radicals. Free-radical generation via photolytic homolysis of alkylcobaloxime carbon-cobalt bonds. Efficient radical trapping with useful functional groups" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1987, 52, 212-217.
  18. Branchaud, B. P.; Yu, G. X., "Cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-nitroalkyl anion cross coupling" Tetrahedron Letters 1988, 29, 6545-6548.
  19. Branchaud, B. P.; Choi, Y. L., "Effect of a remote ligand substituent on premature beta-hydrogen elimination in a cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-alkenyl cross coupling" Tetrahedron Letters 1988, 29, 6037-6038.
  20. Branchaud, B. P.; Meier, M. S., "Synthesis of ammonium 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonate (ammonium KDO) from D-mannose via cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-alkenyl cross coupling" Tetrahedron Letters 1988, 29, 3191-3194.
  21. Branchaud, B. P.; Meier, M. S.; Choi, Y., "Alkyl-alkenyl cross coupling via alkyl cobaloxime radical chemistry. An alkyl equivalent to the Heck reaction compatible with common organic functional groups" Tetrahedron Letters 1988, 29, 167-170.
  22. Branchaud, B. P.; Choi, Y. L., "Cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-heteroaromatic substitution" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1988, 53, 4638-4641.
  23. Branchaud, B. P.; Meier, M. S., "A novel strategy for the synthesis of ammonium 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonate (ammonium KDO) from lower monosaccharides. C-C bond construction of C6 of D-mannose via cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-alkenyl cross coupling" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1989, 54, 1320-1326.
  24. Karpusas, M.; Branchaud, B.; Remington, S. J., "Proposed mechanism for the condensation reaction of citrate synthase: 1.9-.ANG. structure of the ternary complex with oxaloacetate and carboxymethyl coenzyme A" Biochemistry 1990, 29, 2213-2219.
  25. Branchaud, B. P.; Detlefsen, W. D., "Cobaloxime-catalyzed radical alkyl-styryl cross couplings" Tetrahedron Letters 1991, 32, 6273-6276.
  26. Branchaud, B. P.; Yu, G. X., "Some carbon-carbon bond constructions on monosaccharides using cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-nitroalkylanion cross coupling reactions" Tetrahedron Letters 1991, 32, 3639-3642.
  27. Branchaud, B. P.; Yu, G. X., "Stereoelectronic control of electron transfer in the oxidative addition of [py(dmgH)2CoI]-Na+ to carbohydrate secondary iodides" Organometallics 1991, 10, 3795-3797.
  28. Branchaud, B. P.; Glenn, A. G.; Stiasny, H. C., "Round-trip radical probes: ring cleavage of the bicyclo[1.1.1]pentylcarbinyl radical" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1991, 56, 6656-6659.
  29. Ahrens, M.; Macheroux, P.; Eberhard, A.; Ghisla, S.; Branchaud, B. P.; Hastings, J. W., "Boronic acids as mechanistic probes for the bacterial luciferase reaction" Photochemistry and Photobiology 1991, 54, 295-299.
  30. Montague-Smith, M. P.; Wachter, R. M.; Branchaud, B. P., "Preparation of fully oxidized active and reduced inactive forms of galactose oxidase from Dactylium dendroides using ferricyanide-containing oxidizing and ferrocyanide-containing reducing forms of ion exchange resins" Analytical Biochemistry 1992, 207, 353-355.
  31. Branchaud, B. P.; Slade, R. M.; Janisse, S. K., "A cobaloxime-mediated radical route to butenolides" Tetrahedron Letters 1993, 34, 7885-7888.
  32. Branchaud, B. P.; Yu, G. X., "An example of the persistent radical effect in cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-alkenyl cross coupling" Organometallics 1993, 12, 4262-4264.
  33. Branchaud, B. P.; Montague-Smith, M. P.; Kosman, D. J.; McLaren, F. R., "Mechanism-based inactivation of galactose oxidase: evidence for a radical mechanism" Journal of the American Chemical Society 1993, 115, 798-800.
  34. Bullock, T. L.; Branchaud, B.; Remington, S. J., "Structure of the Complex of L-Benzylsuccinate with Wheat Serine Carboxypeptidase II at 2.0-.ANG. Resolution" Biochemistry 1994, 33, 11127-11134.
  35. Branchaud, B. P.; Slade, R. M., "A cobaloxime-mediated synthesis of the Ras farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitor chaetomellic acid A" Tetrahedron Letters 1994, 35, 4071-4072.
  36. Branchaud, B. P.; Gage, J. L., "A new method for c-c bond formation via trapping of cobaloxime pi-cations with C-nucleophiles" Book of Abstracts, 210th ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 20-24 1995, ORGN-451.
  37. Friestad, G. K.; Branchaud, B. B., "Intramolecular Pd-catalyzed aryl-enone conjugate additions. Control of reductive vs non-reductive cyclization" Tetrahedron Letters 1995, 36, 7047-7050.
  38. Wachter, R. M.; Branchaud, B. P., "Thiols as mechanistic probes for catalysis by the free radical enzyme galactose oxidase" Biochemistry 1996, 35, 14425-14435.
  39. Detlefsen, W. D.; Branchaud, B. P., "Attachment of a styryl group to the 6-position of a protected penicillanic acid via cobaloxime-mediated radical alkyl-alkenyl cross coupling" Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 1996, 6, 2289-2292.
  40. Slade, R. M.; Branchaud, B. P., "Oxidative Addition of py(dmgH)2Co-Na+ to a Ribofuranosyl Bromide: An Unusual Reaction with the Cobaloxime Ligand" Organometallics 1996, 15, 2585-2587.
  41. Wachter, R. M.; Branchaud, B. P., "Molecular Modeling Studies on Oxidation of Hexopyranoses by Galactose Oxidase. An Active Site Topology Apparently Designed To Catalyze Radical Reactions, Either Concerted or Stepwise" Journal of the American Chemical Society 1996, 118, 2782-2789.
  42. Gage, J. L.; Branchaud, B. P., "Exploratory Studies on Reactions of Cobaloxime pi-Cations with C-Nucleophiles: Irreversible Alkene Decomplexation versus Nucleophilic Capture" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1996, 61, 831-837.
  43. Bystrom, C. E.; Pettigrew, D. W.; Remington, S. J.; Branchaud, B. P., "ATP analogs with non-transferable groups in the g position as inhibitors of glycerol kinase" Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 1997, 7, 2613-2616.
  44. Gage, J. L.; Branchaud, B. P., "A synthesis of (-)-tashiromine and formal synthesis of (+)-tashiromine utilizing a highly enantioselective pyrrole/cobaloxime p-cation cyclization" Tetrahedron Letters 1997, 38, 7007-7010.
  45. Friestad, G. K.; Branchaud, B. P., "A new approach to the pancratistatin C-ring from D-glucose: Ferrier rearrangement, pseudoinversion and Pd-catalyzed cyclizations" Tetrahedron Letters 1997, 38, 5933-5936.
  46. Wachter, R. M.; Montague-Smith, M. P.; Branchaud, B. P., "beta-Haloethanol substrates as probes for radical mechanisms for galactose oxidase" Journal of the American Chemical Society 1997, 119, 7743-7749.
  47. Grubb, L. M.; Branchaud, B. P., "Complete Retention of Configuration in a Cobaloxime p-Cation-Mediated Cyclization of an (w-Hydroxy-b-hydroxyalkyl)cobaloxime" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1997, 62, 242-243.
  48. Wachter, R. M.; Montague-Smith, M. P.; Turner, B. E.; Branchaud, B. P., "Radical redox mechanisms of galactose oxidase" Book of Abstracts, 216th ACS National Meeting, Boston, August 23-27 1998, INOR-356.
  49. Grubb, L. M.; Brown, K. A.; Branchaud, B. P., "Tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran and oxepane formation by cobaloxime p-cation cyclizations" Tetrahedron Letters 1998, 39, 3447-3448.
  50. Slade, R. M.; Branchaud, B. P., "Cross Coupling of Alkyl Cobaloximes with Maleic Anhydrides. Basic Studies and Applications to the Synthesis of Chaetomellic Acid A Anhydride and C-Glycosyl Maleic Anhydrides" Journal of Organic Chemistry 1998, 63, 3544-3549.
  51. Wachter, R. M.; Branchaud, B. P., "Construction and analysis of a semi-quantitative energy profile for the reaction catalyzed by the radical enzyme galactose oxidase" Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1998, 1384, 43-54.
  52. Gage, J. L.; Weakley, T. J. R.; Branchaud, B. P., "Bis[2,3-butanedione dioximato(1-)-N,N'](pyridine){[(R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-8-indolizinyl]methyl}cobalt(III)" Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications 1998, C54, 22-24.
  53. Turner, B. E.; Branchaud, B. P., "Probing the radical mechanism of galactose oxidase using an ultrafast radical probe" Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 1999, 9, 3341-3346.
  54. Isobe, H.; Branchaud, B. P., "Epoxide deoxygenation mediated by salen complexes" Tetrahedron Letters 1999, 40, 8747-8749.
  55. Nishikubo, Y.; Branchaud, B. P., "Cobaloxime pi-Cation Steric and Stereoelectronic Effects: The Amazing Effect of a Single Methyl Group Adjacent to the Site of Reaction" Journal of the American Chemical Society 1999, 121, 10924-10927.
  56. Branchaud, B. P., "Free radicals as a result of dioxygen metabolism" Metal Ions in Biological Systems 1999, 36, 79-102.
  57. Grubb, L. M.; Dowdy, A. L.; Blanchette, H. S.; Friestad, G. K.; Branchaud, B. P., "An approach to (+)-pancratistatin from D-glucose: a conformational lock solves a stereochemical problem" Tetrahedron Letters 1999, 40, 2691-2694.
  58. Juarez, T.; Isechal, A. L.; Blaszczak, L. C.; Branchaud, B. P.; Kingsbury, K. B., "Penicillin derived 2-iodobenzyl sulfinate esters: Convenient sources of azetidin-2-one C4 radicals" Book of Abstracts, 217th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, Calif., March 21-25 1999, CHED-137.
  59. Bystrom, C. E.; Pettigrew, D. W.; Branchaud, B. P.; O'Brien, P.; Remington, S. J., "Crystal Structures of Escherichia coli Glycerol Kinase Variant S58->W in Complex with Nonhydrolyzable ATP Analogs Reveal a Putative Active Conformation of the Enzyme as a Result of Domain Motion" Biochemistry 1999, 38, 3508-3518.
  60. Branchaud, B. P., "Heme Peroxidases. By H. Brian Dunford (University of Alberta). Wiley-VCH, John Wiley and Sons: New York. 1999. xi + 507 pp. $195.00. ISBN 0-471-24244-6" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122, 7434.
  61. Yu, G.-X.; Tyler, D. R.; Branchaud, B. P., "Thermal and Photochemical Epimerization/Equilibration of Carbohydrate Cobaloximes" Journal of Organic Chemistry 2001, 66, 5687-5691.
  62. Branchaud, B. P.; Turner, B. E., "Galactose oxidase: Probing radical mechanism with ultrafast radical probe" Methods in Enzymology 2002, 354, 415-425.
  63. Branchaud, B. P.; Bingham, J. R.; Hallows, W., "New single-molecule molecular switches designed to act as molecular motors" Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002 2002, ORGN-442.
  64. Branchaud, B. P.; Blanchette, H. S., "Highly stereoselective Friedel-Crafts alkylations of unactivated benzenes by episulfonium ion cyclizations" Tetrahedron Letters 2002, 43, 351-353.
  65. Remiington, S. J.; Wachter, R. M.; Yarbrough, D. K.; Branchaud, B. P.; Anderson D.; Kallio, K.; Lukyanov, K. A. “Crystal structures of yellow fluorescent protein from Zoanthus sp. and the K66M green variant: evidence for a novel chromophore and multistep maturation” Nature Structural Biology, 2003, submitted for publication.
  66. Branchaud, B. P.. “Studies on the Radical Reaction Mechanism of Galactose Oxidase”, This is an invited review article in for Accounts of Chemical Research on my group's work on this topic.
  67. Gage, J. L.; Branchaud, B. P.. “Preparation, Structure, and Reactions of dihapto-Cobalt-Alkene Complexes”, This is an invited Tetrahedron Reports review article in Tetrahedron Research on my group's work on this topic and on the work of others.

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