102. Mondal, S.; Gold, B.; Mohamed, R.; Phan, H.; Alabugin, I. V.Rerouting Radical Cascades: Intercepting the Homoallyl Ring Expansion in Enyne Cyclizations via C-S Scission. J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 7491-7501. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jo5012043.
101. Gold, B.; Batsomboon, P.; Dudley, G. B.; Alabugin, I. V.Alkynyl Crown Ethers as a Scaffold for Hyperconjugative Assistance in Non-catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Click Reactions: Ion Sensing through Enhanced Transition State Stabilization. J. Org. Chem., 2014,79, 6221–6232. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jo500958n.
100. Hybridization Trends for Main Group Elements and Expanding the Bent’s Rule Beyond Carbon: More than Electronegativity. Alabugin, I. V.; Bresch S.; Manoharan, M. J. Phys. Chem. 2014, 118, 3663–
98. A CO2 Cloak the Cyanide Dagger. Alabugin, I. V.; Mohamed, R. Science, 2014, 344, 45-46.
96. Formation of Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds from Hexane and Water in a Liquid Film Plasma Reactor. Wandell, R. J.; Bresch S.; Hsieh K.; Alabugin, I. V.; Locke B. R. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2014, 42, 1195-1205.
95. Mechanistic Insights into the Rh(I)-Catalyzed Propargyl Claisen/Prototropic Rearrangement Cascade: Stereoelectronic Role of Trans-Effect on the Pericyclic Process and a Shift from Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Catalysis During a One-Pot Reaction. Vidhani, D. V.; Krafft, M. E.; Alabugin, I. V. J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 352-364. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jo402505f.
93. Drawing from a pool of radicals for the design of selective enyne cyclizations. Mondal, S.; Mohamed, R. K.; Manoharan, M.; Phan, H.; Alabugin, I. V. Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 5650–5653.http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ol4028072.
91.Mohamed, R. K.; Peterson, P. W.; Alabugin, I. V. Concerted Reactions that Produce Diradicals and Zwitterions: Electronic, Steric, Conformational and Kinetic Control of Cycloaromatization Processes. Chem. Rev., 2013, 7089–7129. (invited article, special issue on Reactive Intermediates) http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1021/cr4000682.
90. Stereocontrolled synthesis of (E, Z)-dienals via tandem Rh(I)-catalyzed rearrangement of propargyl vinyl ethers. Vidhani, D. V.; Krafft, M. E.; Alabugin, I. V. Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 4462-4465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol4019985.
87.Zhan, N.; Palui, G.; Grise, H.; Tang, H.; Alabugin, I.; Mattoussi, H.Combining ligand design with photo-ligation to provide compact, colloidally stable and easy to conjugate quantum dots. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (invited). 2013, 5, 2861-2869.
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85. Shatruk, M., Alabugin, I. V. Reinvestigation of "Single-Crystal X-ray Structure of 1,3-dimethylcyclobutadiene.” Chemistry – Eur. Journal, 2013,19, 4942–4945. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201103017/abstract.
83.Gold, B.; Dudley, G. B.; Alabugin, I. V.Moderating strain without sacrificing reactivity: Design of fast and tunable non-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloadditions via stereoelectronically controlled transition state stabilization. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 1558-1569. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja3114196.
81.Vidhani, D. V.; Cran, J. W.; Krafft M. E.; Manoharan, M.; Alabugin, I. V. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Claisen Rearrangement of Allenyl Vinyl Ethers: Missing Transition States Revealed through Evolution of Aromaticity, Au(I) as an Oxophilic Lewis Acid, and Lower Energy Barriers from a High Energy Complex. J. Org. Chem. 2013,78, 2059–2073(Special issue dedicated to H. E. Zimmerman). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo302152j.
80.Baranov, D.; Gold, B.; Vasilevsky, S.; Alabugin, I. V.Divergent Cyclizations of 1-R-Ethynyl-9,10-anthraquinones: Use of Thiourea as a “S2-” Equivalent in an “Anchor-Relay” Addition Mediated by Formal C-H Activation. J. Org. Chem. 2013,78,2074-2082 (Special issue dedicated to H. E. Zimmerman). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jo302146r.
79. Byers, P. M.; Rashid, J. I.; Mohamed, R. K.; Alabugin, I. V. Polyaromatic Ribbon- Benzofuran Fusion via Consecutive Endo Cyclizations of Enediynes. Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 6032–6035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol302922t.
78. Photo-Induced Phase Transfer of Luminescent Quantum Dots to Aqueous Media. Palui, G.; Avellini, T.; Zhan, N.; Pan, F.; Gray, D.; Alabugin, I. V.; Mattoussi, H. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16370–16378. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja306621n.
77. Strain Control in Nucleophilic Cyclizations: Reversal of exo-Selectivity in Cyclizations of Hydrazides of Acetylenyl Carboxylic Acids by Annealing to a Pyrazole Scaffold. Vasilevsky, S. F.; Gold, B.; Mikhailovskaya, T. F.;Alabugin, I. V. J. Phys. Org. Chem. (invited article for a special issue), 2012, 25, 998–1005. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/poc.2990/pdf.
76. Gilmore, K.; Manoharan, M.; Wu, J.; Schleyer, P. v. R; Alabugin, I. V.Aromatic Transition States in Non-Pericyclic Reactions: Anionic 5-Endo Cyclizations are Aborted Sigmatropic Shifts. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 10584−10594.http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja303341b.
75. Batsomboon, P.; Gold, B.; Alabugin, I. V.; Dudley, G. B. Tandem Nucleophilic Addition/Fragmentation of Vinylogous Acyl Nonaflates for the Synthesis of Functionalized Alkynes, with a Key Mechanistic Insight. Synthesis 2012, 44, 1818-1824 (invited paper to a Special Topic Issue on Tandem Reactions). https://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0031-1290945.
74. Byers, P.; Alabugin, I. V. Polyaromatic Ribbons from Oligo-Alkynes via Selective Radical Cascade: Stitching Aromatic Rings with Polyacetylene Bridges, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9609–9614. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja3023626. (Highlighted in SYNFACTS)
71. Gold, B.; Shevchenko, N.; Bonus, N.; Dudley, G. B.; Alabugin, I. V.Selective Transition State Stabilization via Hyperconjugative and Conjugative Assistance: Stereoelectronic Concept for Copper-Free Click Chemistry. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 75−89. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo201434w.
70. Yang, W.-Y.;Roy, S.; A. R.; Phrathep, B.; Rengert, Z.;Zorio, D. A. R.; Alabugin, I. V.Engineering Multiple pH-Gated Transitions for Selective and Efficient Double Strand DNA Photocleavage in Hypoxic Tumors. J. Med. Chem., 2011, 54, 8501−8516. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm2010282.
69. Baranov, D. S.; Vasilevsky, S. F.; Gold, B.; Alabugin, I. V.Urea as a Solvent and Reagent for the Addition/Cyclization/Fragmentation Cascades Leading to 2-R-7H-dibenzo[de,h]quinolin-7- one Analogues of Aporphinoid Alkaloids. RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1745-1750. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/ra/c1ra00622c.
68. Stepanov, A.A.; Gornostaev, L. M.; Vasilevsky, S. F.; Arnold, E. V.; Mamatyuk, V.I.; Fadeev, D.S.; Gold, B.; Alabugin, I. V.Chameleonic reactivity of vicinal diazonium salt of acetylenyl-9,10-antraquinones: Synthetic application towards two heterocyclic targets. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 8737–8748, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo2014214.
67. Roy, S.; Davydova, M. P.; Pal, R.; Gilmore, K.; Tolstikov, G. A.; Vasilevsky, S. F.; Alabugin, I. V.Dissecting Alkynes: Full Cleavage of Polarized C≡C Moiety via Sequential Bis-Michael Addition/Retro-Aldol Cascade. J. Org. Chem., 2011, 76, 7482–7490. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo201259j.
66. Gilmore, K.; Alabugin, I. V. Cyclizations of Alkynes: Revisiting Baldwin’s Rules for Ring Closure. Chem. Rev. 2011. 111, 6513–6556. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cr200164y.
64. Yang, W.-Y.;Marrone, S. A.; Minors, N.; Zorio, D. A. R.; Alabugin, I. V.Fine-tuning alkyne cycloadditions: Insights into photochemistry responsible for the double-strand DNA-cleavage via structural perturbations in diaryl alkyne conjugates. "Beilst. J. Org. Chem., 2011, 7,813–823. http://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/pdf/1860-5397-7-93.pdf. (Invited article in special issue on "Photocycloadditions and Photorearrangements”), doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.93.
62. Alabugin, I. V.; Gilmore, K.; Peterson, P. Hyperconjugation. WIREs Comput Mol Sci 2011, 1, 109–141. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcms.6/abstract.
61. Vasilevsky, S.F.; Govdi, A. I.; Sorokina, I. V.; Tolstikova, T. G.; Baev, D. S.; Tolstikov, G. A.; Mamatuyk, V. I.; Alabugin, I. V. Rapid Access to New Bioconjugates of Betulonic Acid via Click Chemistry. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2011, 21, 62-65. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960894X10016975.
60. Alabugin, I. V.; Gold, B.; Shatruk, M.; Kovnir, K. “On the “Single-Crystal X-ray Structure of 1,3-dimethylcyclobutadiene…”” Science, 2010, 330, 1047 DOI: 10.1126/science.1196188.
59. Pal, R.; Clark, R.J.; Manoharan, M.; Alabugin I. V. Fast Oxy-Cope Rearrangements of Bis-Alkynes: Competition with Central C-C bond Fragmentation and Incorporation in Tunable Cascades Diverging from a Common bis-Allenic Intermediate. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 8689 – 8692 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo101838a.
58. Yang, W.-Y.;Cao, Q.; Callahan, C.; Galvis, C.; Sang, A. Q.-X.; Alabugin, I. V.Intracellular DNA Damage by Lysine-Acetylene Conjugates. Journal of Nucleic Acids 2010, doi:10.4061/2010/931394. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jna/2010/931394/
57. Baroudi, A.; Flack, P.; Alabugin, I. V. Metal-Free Transformation of Phenols into Substituted Benzamides: A Highly Selective Radical 1,2-O à C transposition in O-Aryl-N-phenyl-thiocarbamates. Chemistry Eur. Journal, 2010, 16, 12316–12320. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002303. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.201002303/pdf
56. Baroudi, A.; Alicea, J.; Alabugin, I. V. Radical 1,2 OàC Transposition for Conversion of Phenols into Benzoates via O-Neophyl Rearrangement/Fragmentation Cascade. Chemistry Eur. Journal, 2010, 16, 7683–7687. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001056.
55. Baroudi, A.;Mauldin, J.;Alabugin, I. V. Conformationally Gated Fragmentations and Rearrangements Promoted by Interception of the Bergman Cyclization through Intramolecular H-Abstraction: A Possible Mechanism of Auto-Resistance to Natural Enediyne Antibiotics? J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 967-979. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja905100u.
54. Velizhanin, K. A.; Zeidan, T. A.; Alabugin, I. V.; Smirnov, S. Single Molecule Conductance of Bipyridyl Ethynes: The Role of Surface Binding Modes. J. Phys. Chem. A 2010, 114, 14189–14193
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53. Vasilevsky, S. F.; Mikhailovskaya, T. F.; Mamatyuk, V. I.; Bogdanchikov, G. A.; Manoharan, M.; Alabugin, I. V. Tuning Selectivity of Anionic Cyclizations: Competition between 5-Exo- and 6-Endo-dig Closures of Hydrazides of o-Acetylenyl Benzoic Acids and Based-catalyzed Fragmentation/Recyclization of the Initial 5-Exo-Dig Products. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 8106–8117. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo901551g.
52. Vasilevsky, S. F.; Baranov, D. S.; Mamatyuk, V. I.; Gatilov, Y. V.; Alabugin, I. V. An Unexpected Rearrangement which Disassembles Alkyne Moiety Through Formal Nitrogen Atom Insertion between Two Acetylenic Carbons and Related Cascade Transformations: New Approach to Sampagine Derivatives and Polycyclic Aromatic Amides, J. Org. Chem., 2009,74, 6143–6150. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo9008904.
51. Yang, W.-Y.;Breiner, B.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Ben, C.; Singh, M.; LeGrand, S. N.; Sang, A. Q.-X.; Strouse, G. F., Copland, J. A.; Alabugin I. V. C-Lysine Conjugates: pH-Controlled Light-Activated Reagents for Efficient Double Stranded DNA Cleavage with Implications for Cancer Therapy, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 11458–11470. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja902140m.
50. Vasilevsky, S.F.; Govdi, A. I.; Shults, E. E.; Shakirov, M. M.; Tolstikov, G. A.; Alabugin, I. V. Efficient Synthesis of the Betulonic Acid -Acetylene Hybrids and Their Hepatoprotective and Anti-Inflammatory Activity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 17, 5164-5169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2009.05.059.
49. Vasilevsky, S. F.; Govdi, A. I.; Shult’ts, E. E., Shakirov, M. M.; Alabugin I. V., Tolstikov, G. A. Synthesis of the First Acetylene Derivatives of Betulonic Acid. Proc. Russ. Acad. Sci. (Doklady Chemistry), 2009, 424, 631-635. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j78h637p866u3305/
48.Alabugin, I. V.; Gilmore, K.; Patil, S.; Manoharan, M.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Clark, R. J.; Ghiviriga, I.Radical Cascade Transformations of Tris-(o-aryleneethynylenes) into Substituted Benzo[a]indeno[2,1-c]fluorenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 2008, 11535-11545. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja8038213.
47. Alabugin, I. V.; Timokhin, V. I.; Abrams, J. N.; Manoharan, M.; Ghiviriga, I., Abrams, R. In Search of Efficient 5-Endo-dig Cyclization of a Carbon-Centered Radical: 40 Years from a Prediction to Another Success for the Baldwin Rules. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 10984-10995. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja801478n.
46. Vasilevsky, S. F.; Krivenko, O. L.; Gorelik, V. R.; Alabugin, I. V. (2008). Synthetic And Mechanistic Aspects Of Cross-Coupling Of Nitroxyl Radicals Of 3-Imidazoline Series With Terminal Alkynes, Tetrahedron, 64, 8807-8814. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2008.06.088.
45. Vasilevsky, S. F.; Krivenko, O. L.; Alabugin I. V. (2007). Oxidative coupling of alkynes mediated by nitroxyl radicals under Sonogashira conditions and Pd-free catalytic approach to stable radicals of 3-imidazoline family with triple bonds. Tetrahedron Lett., 48, 8246-8249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.09.031.
44. Breiner, B.; Schlatterer, J. C.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Greenbaum, N. L.; Alabugin I. V. DNA Damage-Site Recognition by Lysine Conjugates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2007, 104, 13016-13021. http://www.pnas.org/content/104/32/13016.
43. Alabugin I. V.; Manoharan, M.; Buck, M.; Clark, R. J. Substituted Anilines: The Tug-Of-War between Pyramidalization and Resonance Inside and Outside of Crystal Cavities. THEOCHEM, 2007, 813, 21-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theochem.2007.02.016.
42. Vasilevsky S.F.; Gornostaev L.M.; Stepanov A.A.; Arnold E.V.; Alabugin I. V. (2007). Unmasking of aminoanthroquinone moiety through a ring-opening in the presence of copper salts and a subsequent cross-coupling/recyclization cascade. Tetrahedron Lett., 2007, 48, 1867-1870. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.12.129.
41. Alabugin I. V.; Manoharan, M. Rehybridization as a General Mechanism for Maximizing Chemical and Supramolecular Bonding and a Driving Force for Chemical Reactions. J. Comp. Chem. (Invited paper for the special issue dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Chemical Bond), 2007, 28, 373-390. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/113493184/PDFSTART.
40. Breiner, B.; Schlatterer, J. C.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Greenbaum, N. L.; Alabugin I. V. Protected 32P-Labels in Deoxyribonucleotides: Investigation of Sequence Selectivity of DNA Photocleavage by Enediyne-, Fulvene-, and Acetylene-Lysine Conjugates. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006,45, 3666-3670. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112598740/PDFSTART.
39. Pickard IV, F. C.; Shepherd, R. L.; Gillis, A. E.; Dunn, M. E.; Feldgus, S.; Kirschner, K. N.; Shields, G C.; Manoharan, M.; Alabugin I. V. (2006). Ortho Effect in the Bergman Cyclization: Electronic and Steric Effects in Hydrogen Abstraction by 1-Substituted Naphthalene 5,8-Diradicals. J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 2517-2526. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp0562835.
38. Zeidan, T.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Manoharan, M.; Alabugin, I. V. OrthoEffect in the Bergman Cyclization: Comparison of Experimental Approaches and Dissection of Cycloaromatization Kinetics. J. Org. Chem., 2006,962-975. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo0520801.
37. Zeidan, T.; Manoharan, M.; Alabugin, I. V. Ortho Effect in the Bergman Cyclization: Interception of p-Benzyne Intermediate by Intramolecular Hydrogen Abstraction. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 71, 954-961. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo051857n.
36. Kauffman, J. F.; Turner, J. M.; Alabugin, I. V.; Breiner, B.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Badaeva, E. A.; Masunov A., Tretiak, S. (2006). Two Photon Excitation of Substituted Enediynes. J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 241-251. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp056127y.
35. Alabugin I.V.;Manoharan, M. “Thermodynamic and Strain Effects in the Competition Between 5-Exo-dig and 6-Endo-Dig Cyclizations of Vinyl and Aryl Radicals” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127,12583-12594.
34. Zeidan, T.; Clark, R. J.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Ghiviriga, I.; Alabugin I. V. “Triplet acetylenes as Synthetic Equivalents of 1,2-Dicarbenes. II. New Supramolecular Scaffolds from Photochemical Cycloaddition of Diarylacetylenes to 1,4-Cyclohexadienes”, Chemistry Eur. Journal, 2005, 11, 4953-4962.
33. Alabugin I.V.;Manoharan, M. “5-Endo-dig Cyclizations – the “Poor Cousins” of the Radical Cyclization Family” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 9534-9545.
32. Kovalenko, S. V.; Alabugin I. V. “Lysine-Enediyne Conjugates as Photochemically Triggered DNA Double-Strand Cleavage Agents”. Chem. Comm. 2005, 1444 – 1446.
31. Zeidan, T.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Manoharan, M.; Clark, R. J.; Ghiviriga, I.; Alabugin I. V. “Triplet acetylenes as Synthetic Equivalents of 1,2-Dicarbenes. Phantom n,p* State Controls Reactivity in Triplet Photocycloaddition”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 4270-4285. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ja043803l.
30. Peabody, S.; Breiner, B.; Kovalenko, S. V.; Patil, S.; Alabugin I. V. “Synthesis of Selectively Deuterated Fulvenes and Indenes from Enediynes” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005, 3, 218 - 221.
29. Alabugin I. V.; Manoharan, M. “Effect of Double Hyperconjugation on the Apparent Donor Ability of s-Bonds: Insights from the Relative Stability of d-Substituted Cyclohexyl Cations”, J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 9011-9024.
28. Alabugin I. V.;Manoharan, M.; Weinhold F. “Blue-Shifted and Red-Shifted Hydrogen Bonds in Hypervalent Rare-Gas FRg-H…Y Sandwiches” J. Phys. Chem. A. 2004, 108, 4720.
27. Kovalenko, S. V.; Peabody, S.; Manoharan, M.; Clark, R. J., Alabugin I.V. “5-Exo-dig Radical Cyclization of Enediynes: The First Synthesis of Tin-Substituted Benzofulvenes” Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 2457-2460.
26. Alabugin I.V.;Manoharan, M.; Zeidan, T. A. “Homoanomeric Effects in Saturated Heterocycles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14014-14031.
24. Alabugin I.V.;Manoharan, M.; Peabody S.; Weinhold, F. “The Electronic Basis of Improper Hydrogen Bonding: A Subtle Balance of Hyperconjugation and Rehybridization.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5973-5987.
23. Alabugin I. V.;Manoharan, M. “Radical-Anionic C1-C5 and C1-C6 Cyclizations of Enediynes: Remarkable Substituent Effects in Cyclorearomatization Reactions.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 4495-4509.
22. Nenajdenko, V. G.; Shevchenko, N. E.; Balenkova, E. S.; Alabugin I.V.“1,2-Dications in Organic Main Group Systems”, Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 229-282.
21. Alabugin I. V.;Manoharan, M. “Reactant Destabilization in the Bergman cyclization and Rational Design of Light and pH-Activated Enediynes” J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 3363-3371.
20. Alabugin I. V.;Kovalenko, S.V. “C1-C5 Photochemical Cyclization of Enediynes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 9052-9053.
19. Alabugin I. V.; Manoharan, M.; Kovalenko, S.V. “Tuning Rate of the Bergman Cyclization of Benzannelated Enediynes with Ortho Substituents”, Org. Letters 2002, 4, 1119-1122.
18. Alabugin I. V.;Zeidan, T. A. “Stereoelectronic Effects and General Trends in Hyperconjugative Acceptor Ability of σ Bonds.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 3175-3185.
17. Alabugin I. V.“Stereoelectronic interactions in cyclohexane, 1,3-dioxane, 1,3-oxathiane and 1,3-dithiane: W-effect, s C-X «s* C-H interactions, anomeric effect - what is really important? “J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 3910-3919.