Publications

Kelley, A. M.; Haywood, R. D.; White, J. C.; Petersen, K. S. Enantioselective Desymmetrizations of Diesters to Synthesize Fully Substituted Chiral Centers of 3,4-Dihydrocoumarins and Related Compounds. ChemistrySelect 2020, 5, 3018–3022. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.202000312

Kelley, A. M.; Minerali, E.; Wilent, J. E.; Chambers, N. J.; Stingley, K. J.; Wilson, G. T.; Petersen, K. S. Asymmetric synthesis of novel spirocycles via a chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed desymmetrization.Tetrahedron Lett. 2019, 60, 1262–1264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.03.074

Wilent, J. E.; Qabaja, G.; Petersen, K. S. Enantioselective Synthesis of a,a-Disubstituted Lactones via a Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization. Org. Synth. 2016, 93, 75–87. http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=v93p0075

Petersen, K. S. Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Kinetic Resolutions. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2016, 5, 308–320. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajoc.201600021/abstract

Petersen, K. S. Nonenzymatic enantioselective synthesis of all-carbon quaternary centers through desymmetrization. Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 6523–6535.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403915013970

Karlsson, I; Zhou, X; Thomas, R; Smith, A. T.; Bonner, M. Y.; Bakshi, P.; Banga, A. K.; Bowen, J. P.; Qabaja, G.; Ford, S. L; Ballard, M.D.; Petersen, K. S.; Li, X.; Chen, G.; Ogretmen, B.; Zhang, J.; Watkins, E. B.; Arnold, R. S.; Arbiser, J. L. Solenopsin A and analogs exhibit ceramide-like biological activity. Vascular Cell 2015, 7, 5. http://www.vascularcell.com/content/7/1/5/comments

Qabaja, G.; Benavides, A. R.; Shubin, L.; Petersen, K. S. Facile Synthesis of Versatile Enantioenriched α-Substituted Hydroxy Esters through a Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution Asymmetric Synthesis of Hydroxy Esters with Multiple Stereocenters via a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 133-140.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo5022019

Wilent, J. E.; Petersen, K. S. Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Diesters. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 2303–2307. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo402853v

Sakavuyi, K., Petersen, K. S. Nucleophilic trifluoromethylation of conjugate acceptors via phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfone. Tetrahedron Lett. (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.08.132

Qabaja, G.; Wilent, J. E.; Benavides, A. R.; Bullard, G. E.; Petersen, K. S. Facile Synthesis of Versatile Enantiosenriched α-Substituted Hydroxy Esters through a Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution. Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 1266–1269. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ol400207t

Petersen, K. S.; Stoltz, B. M. Palladium-catalyzed, asymmetric Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of prochiral cyclobutanones with PHOX ligands. Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 4352–4357.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402011005539

Posner, G. H.; Chang, W.; Hess, L.; Woodard, L.; Sinishtaj, S.; Usera, A. R.; Maio, W.; Rosenthal, A. S.; Kalinda, A. S.; Petersen, K. S.; Stohler, R.; Chollet, J.; Santo-Tomas, J.; Snyder, C.; Rottmann, M.; Wittlin, S.; Brun, R.; Shapiro, T. A. Malaria-infected mice are cured by oral administration of new artemisinin derivatives. J. Med. Chem. 2008, 51, 1035–1042. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm701168h

Petersen, K. S.; Posner, G. H. Asymmetric, organocatalytic, 3-step synthesis of γ-hydroxy-(E)-α,β-unsaturated sulfones and esters. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 4685–4687. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ol8020513

Posner, G. H.; Suh, B. C.; Petersen, K. S.; Dolan, P.; Kensler, T. W.; Koh, J. T.; Peleg, S. Difluoromethyl analogs of the natural hormone 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3: design, synthesis, and preliminary biological evaluation. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2007, 103, 213–221. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076006003724

Petersen, K. S.; Dolan, P. M.; Kensler, T. W.; Peleg, S.; Posner, G. H. Low-calcemic, highly antiproliferative, 23-oxa ether analogs of the natural hormone 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3: design, synthesis, and preliminary biological evaluation. J. Med. Chem. 2007, 50, 5824–5832. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm070882d

Peleg, S.; Petersen, K. S.; Suh, B. C.; Dolan, P.; Agoston, E. S.; Kensler, T. W.; Posner, G. H. Low-calcemic, highly antiproliferative, 1-difluoromethyl hybrid analogs of the natural hormone 1α,25-dihydroxy D3: design, synthesis, and preliminary biological evaluation. J. Med. Chem. 2006, 49, 7513–7517. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm0609925

Thibout, E.; Arnault, I.; Auger, J.; Petersen, K. S.; Oliver, J. E. Characterization of a behaviorally active, gender-specific volatile compound from the male asparagus fly. J. Chem. Ecol. 2005, 31, 893–909. http://www.springerlink.com/content/m8256035522rp387/

Copper, L. D.; Doss, R. P.; Price, R.; Peterson, K.; Oliver, J. E. Application of Bruchin B to pea pods results in the up-regulation of CYP93C18, a putative isoflavone synthase gene, and an increase in the level of pisatin, an isoflavone phytoalexin. J. Exp. Bot. 2005, 56, 1229–1237. http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/414/1229.abstract