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1. Published Articles

 

1.      "Cyclohexanecarbonitriles: Assigning Configurations at Quaternary Centers From 13C NMR CN Chemical Shifts" Fleming, F. F.; Wei, G. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, submitted.

2.      "Direct Conversion of Aldehydes and Ketones to Allylic Halides by a NbX5-[3,3] Rearrangement" Fleming, F. F.; Ravikumar, P. C., Yao, L. Synlett, 2009, 1077-1080.

3.      "Metalated Nitriles: Internal 1,3-Asymmetric Induction" Fleming, F. F.; Liu, W. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 699-708.

4.      "Metalated Nitriles: Stereodivergent Cation-Controlled Cyclizations" Fleming, F. F.; Wei, Y.; Liu, W.; Zhang, Z. Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 7477-7488.

5.      "Cyclic Nitriles: Stereodivergent Addition-Alkylation-Cyclization to cis- and trans-Abietanes" Fleming, F. F.; Wei, G.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 3674-3679.

6.      "Metalated Nitriles: Internal 1,2-Asymmetric Induction" Fleming, F. F.; Liu, W.; Ghosh, S.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 2803-2810.

7.      "Preparation of Functionalized Alkylmagnesium Derivatives Using an I/Mg-Exchange" Rauhut, C. B.; Vu, V. A.; Fleming, F. F.; Knochel, P. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1187-1189.

8.      "Grignard Reagents: Expedient Iodine-Magnesium Exchange at sp3 Centers" Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, S.; Vu, V. A.; Mycka, R. J.; Knochel, P. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 4507-4509.

9.      "Metalated Nitriles: Diastereoselective Internal Asymmetric Induction" Fleming, F. F.; Liu, W.; Ghosh, S.; Steward, O. W. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7098-7100.

10.  "Alkenenitriles: Conjugate Additions of Alkyl Iodides With a Silica-Supported Zinc-Copper Matrix in Water " Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, S.; Aitken, J. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 6961-6969.

11.  "Metalated Nitriles: Cation-Controlled Cyclizations" Fleming, F. F.; Wei, Y.; Liu, W.; Zhiyu, Z. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 2733-2736.

12.  "Cyclic Oxonitriles: Stereodivergent Grignard Addition-Alkylations" Fleming, F. F.; Wei, G.; Zhiyu, Z.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 5270-5275.

13.  "Metalated Nitriles: Chelation-Controlled Cyclizations to cis and trans­ Hydrindanes and Decalins" Fleming, F. F.; Vu, V. A.; Shook, B. C.; Raman, M.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 1431-1436.

14.  "Oxonitriles: A Grignard Addition-Acylation Route to Enamides" Fleming, F. F.; Wei, G.; Zhiyu, Z.; Steward, O. W. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4903-4906.

15.  "Alkenenitriles: Zn-Cu Promoted Conjugate Additions of Alkyl Iodides in Water" Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, S. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 1557-1559.

16.  "C-Metalated Nitriles: Electrophile-Dependent Alkylations and Acylations" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Wei, G.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 1430-1435.

17.  "Preparation of 3-Oxacyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonitrile" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Wei, G. Synthesis 2005, 3179-3180.

18.  "Cyclic Nitriles: Diastereoselective Alkylations" Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, S.; Zhiyu, Z.; Liu, W.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 3845-3849.

19.  "Metalated Nitriles: Organolithium, -Magnesium, and -Copper Exchange of a-Halonitriles" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Liu, W.; Knochel, P. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 2200-2205.

20.  "Metalated Nitriles: Electrophile-Dependent Alkylations" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Wei, G.; Steward, O. W. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 447-449.

21.  "Metalated Nitriles: Halogen-Metal Exchange with a-Halonitriles" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Knochel, P. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 501-503.

22.  (a) "Oxonitriles: Multicomponent Grignard Addition-Alkylations" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Wang, Q.; Steward, O. W. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 1126-1129. (b) "Oxonitriles: Multicomponent Grignard Addition-Alkylations" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Wang, Q.; Steward, O. W. Angew. Chem. 2004, 116, 1146-1149.

23.  "Cyclic Alkenenitriles: Synthesis, Conjugate Addition, and Stereoselective Annulation" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Wang, Q.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 7646-7650.

24.  "Alkynenitriles: Stereoselective Chelation Controlled Conjugate Addition-Alkylations" Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, V.; Steward, O. W. Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 5585-5593.

25.  "Hydroxy Alkenenitriles – Diastereoselective Conjugate Addition-Alkylations" Fleming, F. F.; Wang, Q.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 4235-4238.

26.  "w-Halonitriles: Domino Cyclizations to Oxa- and Carbocyclic Nitriles" Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, V. Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 3943-3946.

27.  "b-Siloxy Unsaturated Nitriles: Stereodivergent Cyclizations to cis- and trans-Decalins" Fleming, F. F.; Shook, B. C.; Jiang, T.; Steward, O. W. Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 737-745.

28.  "Cyclic Alkenenitriles: Chemoselective Oxonitrile Cyclizations" Fleming, F. F.; Funk, L. A.; Altundas, R.; Sharief, V. J. Org. Chem.  2002, 67, 9414-9416.

29.  "Alkenenitriles: Annulations with w-Chloro Grignard Reagents" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z.; Wang, Q.; Steward, O. W. Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 2493-2495.

30.  "g-Hydroxy-a,b-alkenenitriles: Chelation-Controlled Conjugate Additions" Fleming, F. F.; Wang, Q.; Zhiyu, Z.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 5953-5956.

31.  "Unsaturated Nitriles: Stereoselective MgO Eliminations" Fleming, F. F.; Shook, B. C. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 3668-3672.

32.  "Nitrile Anions: Solvent-Dependent Cyclizations" Fleming, F. F.; Shook, B. C. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 2885-2888.

33.  "Alkynenitriles: Chelation-Controlled Conjugate Additions" Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, V.; Steward, O. W. Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 659-661.

34.  "Crystal Structure of 2-(tertbutyldimethylsilyloxy)-6-phenyl]-1-cyclohexene-1-carbonitrile, C19H27NOSi" Fleming, F. F.; Pu, Y.; Norman, R. E.; Chang, S. –C. Z. Kristallogr. 2001, 216, 647-648.

35.  "Deprotecting Dithiane-Containing Alkaloids" Fleming, F. F.; Funk, L.; Altundas, R.; Tu, Y.  J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 6502-6504.

36.  "Hydroxylated a,b-Unsaturated Nitriles: Stereoselective Synthesis " Fleming, F. F.; Wang, Q.; Steward, O. W. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 2171-2174.

37.  "1-Oxo-2-cyclohexenyl-2-carbonitrile" Fleming, F. F.; Shook, B. C. Org. Syn. 2001, 77, 254-260.

38.  "g-Hydroxy Unsaturated Nitriles: Chelation-Controlled Conjugate Additions" Fleming, F.F.; Wang, Q.; Steward, O.W. Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 1477-1479.

39.  "a,b-Unsaturated Nitriles: Preparative MgO Elimination" Fleming, F. F.; Shook, B. C. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 8847-8851.

40.  "Unsaturated Nitriles: Precursors for a Domino Ozonolysis-Aldol Synthesis of Oxonitriles" Fleming, F. F.; Huang, A. Sharief, V.; Pu, Y. J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 2830-2834.

41.  "b-Siloxy Unsaturated Nitriles: Stereoselective Cyclizations to cis- and trans-Decalins" Fleming, F. F.; Shook, B.C.; Jiang, T.; Steward, O.W. Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 1547-1550.

42.  "Unsaturated Oxo-Nitriles:  Stereoselective, Chelation-Controlled Conjugate Additions" Fleming, F. F.; Guo, J.; Wang, Q.; Weaver, D.  J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 8568-8575.

43.  "Unsaturated Nitriles:  Optimized Coupling of the Chloroprene Grignard Reagent with w-Bromonitriles" Fleming, F. F.; Jiang, T. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 7890-7891.

44.  "Unsaturated Nitriles:  Conjugate Addition-Silylation with Grignard Reagents" Fleming, F. F.; Pu, Y. Tercek, F. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 4883-4885.

45.  "a,b-Unsaturated Nitriles:  A Domino Ozonolysis-Aldol Synthesis of Highly Reactive Oxonitriles" Fleming, F. F.; Huang, A.; Sharief, V.A.; Pu, Y. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 3036-3037.

46.  "a,b-Unsaturated Nitriles:  Stereoselective Conjugate Addition Reactions" Fleming, F. F.; Hussain, Z.; Weaver, D.; Norman, R. E. J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 1305-1309.

47.  "(8R, 8aS)-Indolizidine-1-spiro-2'-(1,3-dithiane)-8-carbonitrile" Fleming, F. F.; Hussain, Z.; Mullaney, M.; Norman, R. E. ; Chang, S.-C. Acta Crystallogr. 1996, C52, 2849-2851.

48.  "Fatty Acid Amide Biosynthesis: A Possible New Role for Peptidylglycine a-Amidating Enzyme and Acyl-CoA:Glycine N-Acyltransferase" Merkler, D. J.; Merkler, K. A.; Stern, W.; Fleming, F. F. Arch.  Biochem. Biophys. 1996, 330, 430.

49.  "1-Cyanomethyl-6, 7, 8-trioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane" Zhou, J.-R.; Huang, A.; Fleming, F. F.; Norman, R. E.; Chang, S.-C. Acta Crystallogr. 1996, C52, 1012-1014.

50.  "3-Cyano-1-[4-(1,3-dithian-2-yl)butyl]-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine" Hussain, Z.; Fleming, F. F.; Norman, R. E.; Chang, S.-C. Acta Crystallogr. 1996, C52, 1010-1012.

51.  "(9S, 9aR)-1,3,4,6,7,8,9,9a-Octahydro-2H-quinolizine-1-spiro-2'-(1,3-dithiane)-9-carbonitrile" Hussain, Z.; Fleming, F. F.; Norman, R. E.; Chang, S.-C. Acta Crystallogr. 1996, C52, 1296-1298.

52.  "a,b-Unsaturated Nitriles:  An Efficient Conjugate-Addition of Potassium Phenyl Selenide", Fleming, F. F.; Pak, J. J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 4299-4301.

53.  "Improved Labelling Methods For C9-2H-Retronecine", Hovermale, J. T.; Fleming, F. F.; White, J. D.; Craig M. Heterocycles 1994, 38, 135-142.

54.  "Palladium (0)-catalyzed conversion of vinyl trifluoromethane-sulfonates into a,b-unsaturated nitriles", Piers, E.; Fleming, F. F. Can. J. Chem. 1993, 71, 1867-1872.

55.  "Tin (IV)-catalyzed Lactonization of w-Hydroxy Trifluoroethyl Esters", White, J. D.; Green, N. J.; Fleming, F. F. Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 3515.

56.  "Bifunctional conjunctive reagents: 5-chloro-2-lithio-1-pentene and related substances. A methylenecyclohexane annulation method" Piers, E.; Yeung, B. W. A., Fleming, F. F. Can. J. Chem. 1993, 71, 280-286.

57.  "Conversion of Enol Trifluoromethanesulphonates into a,b-Unsaturated Nitriles" Piers, E.; Fleming, F. F. J. C. S. Chem. Commun. 1989, 756-757.

58.  "Total Synthesis of the trans-Clerodane Diterpenoid (±) Stephalic Acid" Piers, E.; Fleming, F. F. J. C. S. Chem. Commun. 1989, 1665-1667.

 

2. Review Articles

 

1.      "Cyclic Metalated Nitriles: Stereoselective Cyclizations to cis- and trans-Hydrindanes, Decalins, and Bicyclo[4.3.0]undecanes" Fleming, F. F.; Gudipati, S. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 5365-5374.

2.      "Cyclic Oxonitriles: Synergistic Juxtaposition of Ketone and Nitrile Functionalities" Fleming, F. F.; Iyer, P. S. Synthesis 2006, 893-913.

3.      "Cyclic Nitriles: Tactical Advantages in Synthesis" Fleming, F. F.; Zhiyu, Z. Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 747-789.

4.      "Unsaturated Nitriles: Conjugate Additions of Carbon Nucleophiles to A Recalcitrant Class of Acceptors " Fleming, F. F.; Wang, Q. Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 2035-2078.

5.      "Nitrile Anion Cyclizations" Fleming, F. F.; Shook, B. C. Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 1-23.

6.      "Nitrile-Containing Natural Products" Fleming, F. F. Nat. Prod. Rep. 1999, 16, 597-606.

 

 

3. Teaching Articles

 

1.     "Sink Inserts for Flood Prevention" Fleming, F. F.; Bodnar, D. J.; Hardesty, D. L. J. Chem. Ed. 2004, 81, 1344.

2.     "Flood Prevention by Recirculating Condenser Cooling Water" Fleming, F. F.; Iyer, P. S. J. Chem. Ed. 2001, 78, 946.

3.     "No Small Change: Cooperative Learning in a Microscale Organic Course", Fleming, Fraser F. J. Chem. Ed.  1995, 72, 719.

 

 

 

 

Duquesne University     Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry