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PUBLICATIONS


Muthukumar Y.; Roy, M.; Raja, A.; Taylor, R. E.; Sasse, F. “The Marine Polyketide Myriaporone 3/4 Stalls Translation by Targeting the Elongation Phase” ChemBioChem 2013, 6, in press.

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Stefan, E.; Taylor, R. E. “Stereoselective Synthesis of the C9–C19 Fragment of Lyngbyaloside B and C via Ether Transfer” Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3490-3493.

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Wilson, M. R.; Taylor, R. E. “Toward an Enantioselective Synthesis of (−)-Zampanolide: Preparation of the C9–C20 Region” Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3408-3411.

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Zhao, Z.; Taylor, R. E. “Rapid Access to Conformational Analogues of Peloruside A” Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 669-671.

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Anderl, T.; Nicolas, L.; Münkemer, J.; Muthukumar, Y.; Baro, A.; Frey, W.; Sasse, F.; Taylor, R. E. Laschat, S.; “Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Gephyronic Acid Derivatives - Initial Steps Toward Identification of the Biological Target of Polyketide Inhibitors of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, , 3387-3396.

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Begaye, A.; Trostel, S.; Zhao, Z.; Taylor, R. E.; Schriemer, D. C.; Sackett, D. L. “Mutations in the beta-tubulin binding site for peloruside A confer riesistance by targeting a cleft significant in sidechain binding” Cell Cycle 2011, 10:19, 3387-3396.

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Anderl, T.; Nicolas, L; Mükemer, J.; Baro, A.; Sasse, F.; Steinmetz, H.; Jansen, R.; Höfle, G.; Taylor, R. E.; Laschat, S. “Gephyronic Acid, a Missing Link between Polyketide Inhibitors of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis (Part II): Total Synthesis of Gephyronic Acid” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 942-945.

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Nicolas, L; Anderl, T.; Sasse, F.; Steinmetz, H.; Jansen, R.; Höfle, G.; Laschat, S.; Taylor, R. E. “Gephyronic Acid, a Missing Link between Polyketide Inhibitors of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis (Part I): Structural Revision and Stereochemical Assignment of Gephyronic Acid” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 938-941.

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Liu, K.; Arico, J. W.; Taylor, R. E. “Application of Stereoselective Ether Transfer to the Synthesis of Isotactic Polyethers” J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 3953-3957.

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Frein, J.D.; Taylor, R. E.; Sackett, D.L. "New Sources of Chemical Diversity Inspired by Biosynthesis: Rational Design of a Potent Epothilone Analogue" Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 3186-3189.

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Daly, E., Taylor, R. E "“Entropy and Enthalpy in the Activity of Tubulin-based Antimitotic Agents” Curr. Chem. Biol. 2009,3 367-379.


Kartika, R.; Gruffi, T. R.; Taylor, R. E. "Concise Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Neopeltolide Macrolactone Highlighted by Ether Transfer" Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 5047-5050.

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Taylor, R. E. "Tedanolide and the Evolution of Polyketide Inhibitors of Eukaryotic Protein Synthesis" Nat. Prod. Res. 2008, 25, 854-861. Highlighted on the cover.



Kartika, R.; Frein, J. D.; Taylor, R. E. "Electrophilone-Induced Ether Transfer: Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,6-Disubstituted-3,4-Dihydropyrans" J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 5592-5594.

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Huzil, J. T.;  Chik, J. K.; Slysz, G. W.; Freedman, H.; Tuszynski, J.; Taylor, R. E.; Sackett, D. L.; Schriemer, D. C. “A Unique Mode of Microtubule Stabilization Induced by Peloruside A” J. Mol. Biol. 2008, 378, 1016-1030.

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Young, J.; Taylor, R. E. “Evolution of Polyketides: Post-PKS Processing in the Formation of Spiroketals” Nat. Prod. Rep. 2008, 25, 651-655.

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Taylor, R. E.; Zhao, Z.; Wünsch, S. “Synthetic Efforts Towards Peloruside A” Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - CHIMIE 2008, in press.


Kartika, R.; Taylor, R. E. "Electrophile-Induced Ether Transfer: An Expedient Route to 2-Cyano-tetrahydropyrans" Heterocycles 2007, 74, 447-459.

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Kartika, R.; Taylor, R. E. "Electrophile-Induced Ether Transfer: Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,4,6-Trisubstituted Tetrahydropyrans" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6874-6877.

Taylor, R. E.; Diene, C. R.; Daly, E. M. “46.11 Synthesis of 1,3-Dienes by Isomerization of Unconjugated Dienes, Allenes, and Alkynes” in Houben-Weyl Science of Synthesis; V. H. Rawal and S. A. Kozmin, Eds.;  G. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, 2008, Vol. 46.


Daly, E. M.; Taylor, R. E. “Recent Applications of the Nozaki-Hiyama Kishi Reaction in Natural Product Synthesis” Chemtracts 2007, 20, 1-8.


Tung, J. C.; Chen, W.; Taylor, R. E.; Fields, S. C.; Dent III, W. H.; Green, F. R. "Toward the Synthesis of the Cornexistins" Synthesis 2007, 2388-2396.

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Kartika, R., Taylor, R. E. “An Exhaustive Hydrogenation Strategy to Bicyclic Alkaloids” Chemtracts 2006, 19, 385-390.


Melancon, B. J.; Perl, N. R.; Taylor, R. E. "Competitive Cationic Pathways and the Asymmetric Synthesis of Aryl-Substituted Cyclopropanes" Org Lett. 2007, 9, 1425-1428.

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Liu, K.; Taylor, R. E.; Kartika, R. "Electrophile-Induced Ether Transfer: A New Approach to Polyketide Structural Units" Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 5393-5395. 




Hines, J.;  Roy, M.; Cheng, H.; Agapakis, C. M.; Taylor, R. E.; Crews, C. M. “Myriaporone 3/4 SAR Studies Reveal a Novel Pharmacophore Targeting Eukaryotic  Protein Synthesis” Molecular Biosystems 2006, 2, 371-379. Highlighted on the cover.


    Taylor, R. E.; Fleming, K. N.; Hearn, B. R. "Total Synthesis of Myriaporones 1, 3, and 4" in Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis" M. Harmata, Ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2005, pp. 246-268.





            Paquette, W. D.; Taylor, R. E. "Conformationally-Biased Macrocyclizations" Chemtracts 2005, 18,                 584.



    Jin, M.; Taylor, R. E. "The Total Synthesis of (+)-Peloruside A" Org. Lett . 2005, 7, 1303-1305.


    Risatti, C. A.; Taylor, R. E. "Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclopropanes via Aldehyde Homologation" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 6671-6672.



      

              
    Suckow, M. A.; Gutierrez, L. S.; Risatti, C. A.; Wolter, W. R.; Taylor, R. E.; Pollard, M.; Navarri, R. M.; Castellino, F. J.;  Paoni, N. F. “The Anti-ischemia Agent Ranolazine Promotes the Development of Intestinal Tumors in APC(Min/+) Mice” Cancer Lett. 2004, 209, 165-169.


    Fleming, K. N.; Taylor, R. E. "Total Synthesis and Structural Assignment of Myriaporones 1, 3, and 4" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 1728-1730.


          
    Paquette, W. D.; Taylor, R. E. "Enantioselective Preparation of the C1-C11 Fragment of Apoptolidin" Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 103.


    Taylor, R. E.; Jin, M. "Towards the Total Synthesis of Peloruside A; Enantioselective Preparation of the C8-C19 Region" Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 4959.


    Risatti, C. A.; Taylor, R. E. "Biomimetic Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products from Polyolefinic Precursors" Chemtracts 2004, 17, 83-91.


    Taylor, R. E.; Chen, Y.; Galvin, G. M.; Pabba, P. "Conformation-Activity Relationships in Polyketide Natural Products: Towards the Biologically Active Conformation of Epothilone" Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2004, 2, 127.


    Taylor, R. E.;  Engelhardt, F. C.; Schmitt, M. J.  "Biosynthetic Inspirations: Cationic Approaches to Cyclopropane Formation" Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 5623-5634.


    Vitale-Brown, A. Taylor, R. E. "Lewis Acid-Induced Epoxide Rerrangement for Complex Molecule Synthesis" Chemtracts 2003, 16, 254-258.


    Taylor, R. E.; Risatti, C. A.; Engelhardt, F. C.; Schmitt, M. J. "Cyclopropane Structural Units from Homoaldol Adducts" Org. Lett . 2003, 5, 1377-1379.


    Fumihiko Yoshimura, Alexey Rivkin, Ana E. Gabarda, Ting-Chao Chou, Huajin Dong, George Sukenick, Florence F.  Morel, Richard E. Taylor, and Samuel J. Danishefsky "Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of (E)-9,10-Dehydroepothilone B, the Most Potent Epothilone Reported to Date: A Suggestive Linkage Between Observations in the Chemistry and Biology of Epothilones." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 2518-2521.


    Yuan, H.; Junker, B.; Helquist, P.; Taylor, R. E. "Synthesis of Anti-Angiogenic Isocoumarins" Current Organic Synthesis 2004, 1, 1.


    Taylor, R. E.; Chen, Y.; Beatty, A.; Myles, D. C.; Zhou, Y. "Conformation-activity Relationships in Polyketide Natural Products. A New Perspective on the Rational Design of Epothilone Analogues"
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 26. This work was highlighted by a Science Concentrate in  Chemical and Engineering News,  a University of Notre Dame  Press Release, and a news story on NPR (WVPE and " " WFYI).


    Taylor, R. E.; Ciavarri, J. P.; Hearn, B. R.; Engelhardt, F. C.; Schmitt, M. J.; Yuan, H. "Synthetic Methods for Chemical  Diversity Inspired by Natural Products" in Natural Product Chemistry at the Turn of the Century , 2002, (eds. Rahman, Choudary, Khan; Print Arts, Karachi) p. 89


    Taylor, R. E.; Hearn, B. R.; Ciavarri, J. C. "A Divergent Approach to Tedanolide and Myriaporone: Completion of  the carbon Skeleton of Myriaporone 1." Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 2953.




    Taylor, R. E. "The Organic Chemist's Newswire" (journal review) Nature 2001, 413, 678-679. 


    Engelhardt, F. C.; Schmitt, M. J.; Taylor, R. E. "Kinetically Controlled Cross-Metathesis Reactions with High E-Selectivities" Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 2209-2212.


    Taylor, R. E.; Chen, Y. "The Total Synthesis of Epothilone B" Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 2221-2224.


    Taylor, R. E.; Engelhardt, F. C.; Schmitt, M. J.; Yuan, H. "Synthetic Methods for the Construction of Structurally Diverse Cyclopropanes"
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 2964.


    Taylor, R. E.; Schmitt, M. J.; Yuan, H. "Structural Diversity Based on Cyclopropane Scaffolds" Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 601-603.


    Taylor, R. E.; Engelhardt, F. C.; Yuan, H. "Oligocyclopropanes from Cationic Intermediates" Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 1257-1260.



    Taylor, R. E.; Ciavarri, J. P. "2-Bromoallyl Acetate: A Useful Structural Unit for Sequential Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation" Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 467-470.


    Taylor, R. E.; Zajicek, J. "The Conformational Properties of Epothilone" J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 7224-7228.


    Taylor, R. E.; Ciavarri, J. C.; Hearn, B. R. "A Divergent Approach to Tedanolide and Myriaporone: Enantioselective  Preparation of the Common Intermediate" Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 9361.


    Taylor, R. E.; Galvin, G. M.; Hilfiker, K. A.; Chen, Y. "A Formal Total Synthesis of Epothilone A: Asymmetric Preparation of the C1-C6 and C7-C12 Fragments" J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 9580.



    Patterson, S.; Smith, B. D.; Taylor, R. E. "Tuning the Affinity of a Synthetic Sialic Acid Receptor Using Combinatorial Chemistry" Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 3111.


    Patterson, S.; Smith, B. D.; Taylor, R. E. "Fluorescent Sensing of Ribonucleoside 5'-Triphosphate" Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 6323.


    Taylor, R. E.; Ameriks, M. K.; LaMarche, M. J. "A Novel Approach to Oligocyclopropane Structural Units" Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 2057.


    Taylor, R. E.; Haley, J. D. "Towards the Synthesis of Epothilone A. Enantioselective Preparation of the Thiazole Sidechain  and Macrocyclic Ring Closure" Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 2061.


        Publications with Paul Wender

    Wender, P. A.; Taylor, R. E.; Taxol subgroup "The Pinene Path to Taxanes 5. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of a Versatile Taxane Precursor" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 2755.

    Wender, P. A.; Taylor, R. E.; Taxol subgroup "The Pinene Path to Taxanes 6. A Concise Synthesis of Taxol" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 2757.

    Wender,P. A.; Taylor, R. E.; Taxol subgroup "The Pinene Path to Taxanes: Genesis and Evolution of a Synthesis Strategy" ACS Symposium Series 583, Taxane Anticancer Agents: Basic Science and Current Status Ojima, I.; Georg, G. Ed. American Chemical Society: Washington D. C., 1995, pp. 326-339.

        Publications with Art Schultz

    Schultz, A. G.; Taylor, R. E. "Diastereoselective Enolate Alkylations. Asymmetric Syntheses of 3-Alkyl-3-carbomethoxy-2-exo-methylene- cyclohex-5-en-1-ones." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 3937.

    Schultz, A. G.; Taveras, A. G.; Taylor, R. E.; Tham, F. S.; Kullnig, R. K. "Solid State Photochemistry. Remarkable Effects of the Packing of Molecules in Crystals on the Diastereoselectivity of the Intramolecular 2+2 Photocycloaddition of a 4-(3'-Butenyl) -2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 8725