Michael Harmata
Norman Rabjohn Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
332 Chemistry
Tel: (573) 882-1097
HarmataM@missouri.edu


Recent Representative Publications (updated on 17 September 2007)
1. "Diastereoselectivity in an Electrocyclization Reaction of Cyclopentadienones." Michael Harmata, Pinguan Zheng, Peter R. Schreiner and Armando Navarro- Vázquez Tetrahedron Letters 2007, 48, 5919-5922.
2. "Benzothiazines in Organic Synthesis. The Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure 4-Substituted Quinolones." Michael Harmata and Xuechuan Hong. Organic Letters 2007, 10, 2701-2704.
3. "Intramolecular Dimerizations of Cyclopentadienones." Michael Harmata and Kanok-on Rayanil. Synthesis 2007, 2370-2378.
4. "Addition of Functionalized Nucleophiles to a Bridgehead Bromoketone." Michael Harmata and Sumrit Wacharasindhu. Synthesis 2007, 2365-2369.
5. "[4+3]-Cycloadditions of Some Allylic Dioxolanes." Michael Harmata, James A. Brackley III and Charles L. Barnes. Tetrahedron Letters 2006, 47, 8151-8155.
6. "Catalytic, Asymmetric [4+3]-Cycloaddition Reactions." Michael Harmata. Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 2006, 348, 2297-2306.
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"Sequential Alkylation of Tröger’s Base. An Approach to New Chiral Ligands." Michael Harmata, Kanok-on Rayanil and Charles L. Barnes. Supramolecular Chemistry 2006, 18, 581-586.
8. "Intermolecular [4+2]-Cycloaddtions of a Reactive Cyclopentadienone." Michael Harmata and Maria G. Gomes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2006, 2273-2277.
9. "Deantiaromatization as a Driving Force in an Electrocyclic Reaction." Michael Harmata, Pinguan Zheng, Peter R. Schreiner and Armando Navarro-Vázquez, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition 2006, 45, 1966-1971.
10. "Intramolecular 4+3 Cycloadditions. Stereochemical Issues in the Cycloaddition Reactions of Cyclopentenyl Cations. A Synthesis of (+)-Dactylol." Michael Harmata, Paitoon Rashatasakhon and Charles L. Barnes. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2006, 84, 145-69.
11. "Benzothiazines in Synthesis. A Synthesis of Pseudopteroxazole." Michael Harmata and Xuechuan Hong. Organic Letters 2005, 8, 3581-3583.
12. "The [4+3]-Cycloaddition/Quasi-Favorskii Process. Synthesis of the Carbocyclic Core of Tricycloclavulone." Michael Harmata and Sumrit Wacharasindhu. Organic Letters 2005, 8, 2563-2565.
13. "Stereospecific Synthesis of Dienones Via a Torquoselective Retro-Nazarov Reaction." Michael Harmata, Dong Reyoul Lee and Charles L. Barnes. Organic Letters 2005, 8, 1881-1883.
14. "Combined Computational and Experimental Studies of the Mechanism and Scope of the Retro-Nazarov Reaction." Michael Harmata, Peter R. Schreiner, Patrick Kirchhoefer and Dong Reyoul Lee. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 10954-10957.
15. "Chiral Molecular Tweezers." Michael Harmata, Accounts of Chemical Research 2004, 37, 862-873.