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  1. Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Aminophosphonates with Unique Fluorescence

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2024, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  2. Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin(thio)one Containing Scaffold: Biginelli-like Reactions

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  3. Synthesis of Ketones by C−H Functionalization of Aldehydes with Boronic Acids under Transition‐Metal‐Free Conditions

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2021, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  4. Unlocking a Chemistry's Secret: Nitrosobenzene Unleashes Aldehyde Power for C-H to C-C Conversion

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, March 2021, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  5. How to make C–N bonds using boronic acids without transition metals

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  6. Unlocking the Power of “Boronics”: Easy Method for Creating Tertiary Aryl Amines from “Ar-Nitros”

    Article • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  7. Mono-N-Methyl/Alkyl Amines: Synthesis without overalkylation

    Article • ACS Omega, August 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  8. Making Flufenamic Acid with Boronic Acids & Nitrosoarenes – A Lab Adventure for Chemistry Students

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  9. Selective Functionalization of Achmatowicz Rearrangement Products by Reactions with Potassium Organotrifluoroborates under Transition-Metal-Free Conditions

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, July 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  10. Metal-Free Organocatalysis

    Article • Catalysts, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  11. Synthesis of Di(hetero)arylamines from Nitrosoarenes and Boronic Acids: A General, Mild, and Transition-Metal-Free Coupling

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  12. Towards understanding the behavior of polyelectrolyte–surfactant mixtures at the water/vapor interface closer to technologically-relevant conditions

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  13. Transition-Metal-Free Stereocomplementary Cross-Coupling of Diols with Boronic Acids as Nucleophiles

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  14. C–C Bond Formation with Boronic Acids and Derivatives by Tran­sition-Metal-Free Conjugate Addition Reactions

    Article • Synthesis, July 2016, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  15. Ring-Opening of Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes by Boronic Acids and Potassium Organotrifluoroborates under Transition-Metal-Free Conditions

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  16. Transition-metal free reactions of boronic acids: cascade addition – ring-opening of furans towards functionalized γ-ketoaldehydes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  17. Metal-Free Conjugate Addition of Alkenylboronic Acids to Enedicarbonyl Compounds towards the Synthesis of Pyridazine Derivatives

    Article • Synthesis, April 2015, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  18. Transition-Metal-Free Direct anti-Carboboration of Alkynes with Boronic Acids To Produce Alkenylheteroarenes

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  19. 1,2‐Stereochemical Induction in the PdII‐Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2015, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  20. Metal-free ring-opening of epoxides with potassium trifluoroborates

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  21. Transition-metal-free C–C bond forming reactions of aryl, alkenyl and alkynylboronic acids and their derivatives

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  22. Transition-Metal-Free Reactions of Boronic Acids: 1,3-Stereochemical Induction in the Substrate-Controlled Conjugate Addition

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  23. Discovery of alkenylboronic acids as neuroprotective agents affecting multiple biological targets involved in Alzheimer’s disease

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  24. Stereoselective Synthesis of Indanylglycine Derivatives by a Tandem Michael–Michael Reaction

    Article • Synlett, October 2012, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  25. PdII‐Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids to Ketoglutaconic Esters toward the Synthesis of Functionalized Pyridazin‐3(2H)‐ones with Neuroprotective Activity

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  26. Trifluoroacetic anhydride—catalyzed conjugate addition of boronic acids to α,β-unsaturated ketones

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  27. Trifluoroacetic Anhydride Promoted Tandem Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids/Acetal Ring Opening

    Article • Organic Letters, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  28. Regioselective 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids and Grignard Reagents to Dienylpyridines

    Article • Synlett, August 2011, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  29. Synthesis and evaluation of arylquinones as BACE1 inhibitors, β-amyloid peptide aggregation inhibitors, and destabilizers of preformed β-amyloid fibrils

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  30. In vitro antiamyloidogenic properties of 1,4-naphthoquinones

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  31. Conjugate addition reactions of carbon nucleophiles to electron-deficient dienes

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  32. N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Monoacylation of 1,4-Naphthoquinones with Aldehydes

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  33. Arylation of Benzo-Fused 1,4-Quinones by the Addition of Boronic Acids under Dicationic Pd(II)-Catalysis

    Article • Organic Letters, October 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  34. 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids to 2-Allylidenemalonates

    Article • Synlett, February 2009, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  35. A Convenient Approach to Polycyclic Derivatives with a cis‐Fused 2,6‐Dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane System by the Sequence Ring‐Opening/Intramolecular Ring‐Closing Enyne Metathesis/Diels–Alder Reaction

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2009, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  36. Diastereoselective Synthesis of 1,2,3-Trisubstituted Indanes via Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Tandem Conjugate Additions

    Article • Synthesis, December 2008, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  37. Stereoselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids to Unprotected δ-Hydroxy-γ-butenolides. Synthesis of (−)-7-Oxamuricatacin and β-Substituted Derivatives

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  38. Stereoselective RhI-Catalyzed Tandem Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids−Michael Cyclization

    Article • Organic Letters, December 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  39. Stereoselective Conjugate Addition of Aryl- and Alkenylboronic Acids to Acyclic γ,δ-Oxygen-Substituted α,β-Enoates

    Article • Organic Letters, July 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  40. An Efficient Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure (1R,2S,5S)- and (1S,2R,5R)-Rosaprostol Methyl Esters

    Article • Synlett, June 2007, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  41. Benzylic Substitution of Gramines with Boronic Acids and Rhodium or Iridium Catalysts†

    Article • Organic Letters, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  42. Stereochemistry of the Tetrabutylammonium Cyanide-Catalyzed Cyanosylilation of Cyclic α,β-Epoxyketones – Dependence of the Diastereoselectivity on the Ring Size

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Israel Fernandez, Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  43. Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of Aryl- and Alkenylboronic Acids with 2,4-Dienoate Esters:  Conjugate Addition and Heck Reaction Products

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  44. Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrofuran Spiro‐β‐Lactams by Ru‐Catalyzed Metathesis of 7‐Oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptenes

    Article • Helvetica Chimica Acta, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  45. Stereoselectivity Control in the Rh(I)-Catalyzed Conjugate Additions of Aryl and Alkenylboronic Acids to Unprotected Hydroxycyclopentenones

    Article • Organic Letters, March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  46. The reaction of spiroepoxycyclohexadienones towards cyanide nucleophiles

    Article • Tetrahedron, April 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  47. Asymmetric synthesis of cyclopentenones with benzylic α-quaternary carbon stereogenic centres from furans

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, February 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  48. Control of product distribution in the domino metathesis reactions of N-alkynyl 2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-ones. A convenient synthesis of functionalized γ-lactams and indolizidinones

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  49. Enantioselective Synthesis of γ,δ-Disubstituted β-Hydroxy δ-Lactones from Furans: Synthesis of (+)-Prelactone B and its C-4 Epimer

    Article • Synlett, January 2003, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  50. The Staudinger reaction of imines derived from 7-oxanorbornenone: formation of spiranic oxazinone versus β-lactam rings

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  51. Asymmetric C C bond formation by the mixed oxidative coupling of 1,1′-bi-2-naphthyl esters

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, May 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  52. Diastereoselective Synthesis and Estimation of the Conformational Flexibility of 6-Oxoperhydropyridazine-3-carboxylic Acid Derivatives

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  53. Domino Metathesis of 2-Azanorbornenones:  A New Strategy for the Enatioselective Synthesis of 1-Azabicyclic Compounds

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  54. On the Reactivity of (7-Oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-2-ylidene)amines. Different Reaction Paths Leading to the Same Final Products

    Article • Helvetica Chimica Acta, December 2001, Wiley

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  55. Regio- and Stereoselective Addition of Grignard and Organolithium Reagents to 4-Hydroxy-2-cyclopentenones

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  56. Regio- and stereoselective ring-opening dimerization–cross-coupling metathesis of 7-oxanorbornene derivatives

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, May 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  57. First intermolecular Pauson–Khand reaction of 7-azanorbornenes. Control of the regioselectivity by the effect of the substituents attached to the olefinic partner

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, April 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  58. Conformationally restricted glutamic acid derivatives: asymmetric synthesis of 4-substituted 4,5-dihydro-3(2H)-pyridazinones

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  59. Stereoselective coupling of ketone and carboxylate enolates

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  60. Regioselective domino metathesis of 7-oxanorbornene derivatives as a new stereoselective entry into 2,6-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonenes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, December 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  61. Synthesis of 1,1′-methylenedi[(1 R ,1′ R ,3 R ,3′ R ,5 R ,5′ R )-8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-en-3-ol] and derivatives: precursors of long-chain polyketides

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, December 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  62. Synthesis of γ,δ-Didehydrohomoglutamates by the Phosphine-Catalyzed γ-Addition Reaction to Acetylenic Esters

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  63. An expeditious entry to the hydrophenalene ring system of pseudopterosins

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, April 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  64. Carboxylates as pronucleophiles in the phosphine-catalyzed γ-addition reaction

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  65. Control of the Regioselectivity in the Pauson−Khand Reaction of 7-Oxanorbornene Derivatives

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  66. Reaction of α,β-unsaturated ketones with LiAlH4 under oxygen: synthesis of 1,3-diols

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, August 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  67. Study of the asymmetric synthesis of (Z)-γ-substituted α,β-dihehydroglutamates from N-alkylideneglycinates

    Article • Tetrahedron, June 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  68. Diastereoselective synthesis of syn,syn- and syn,anti-2,4-diamino-3-hydroxyglutaric acid derivatives from ethyl α-acyl alaninates

    Article • Tetrahedron, March 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  69. Diastereoselective Aldol Reactions of ( Z )- N -[Bis(methylthio)methylene]-α,β-didehydroglutamates

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  70. Reaction of N-[bis(methylthio)methylene]glycinates with electron deficient alkynes. Synthesis of (Z)-α,β-didehydroglutamic acid derivatives

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, June 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  71. Asymmetric Oxidative Dimerization of the Enolates ofN-[Bis(methylthio)methylene]- andN-(Diphenylmethylene)glycine Esters

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  72. On the acylation reactions of aza-allyl carbanions derived from N-[bis(methylthio)methylene]glycine ethyl ester and N-[bis(methylthio)methylene]benzylamine

    Article • Tetrahedron, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  73. Diastereoselective Synthesis of α,α-Disubstituted γ-Carboxypyroglutamates via Sm(III)−Azomethine Ylide Cycloadditions

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  74. Diastereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of Sm(III)-azomethine ylides to α,β-unsaturated esters

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  75. Asymmetric Alkylation of 8-Phenylmenthyl N-[Bis(methylthio)methylene]glycinate Enolates. Synthesis of D- and L-.alpha.-Amino Acids from a Single Chiral Precursor

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  76. Diastereoselective Synthesis of Substituted Glutamic Acid Derivatives via Michael Additions of N-[Bis(methylthio)methylene]glycinates under Solid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  77. Diastereoselective Alkylation of 8-Phenylmenthyl Phenylacetate: Aggregated Lithium Enolate versus "Naked" Enolate

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  78. Stereochemistry of Silyl Ketene Acetals of Some 8-Phenylmenthyl Arylacetates

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 1994, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  79. Diastereoselective synthesis of functionalized 2,4-diamino-3-hydroxyglutaric acid derivatives of potential biological interest from glycine derivatives

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  80. New aspects in the regioselective functionalization of furans. synthesis of tri-and tetrasubstituted furan derivatives.

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  81. Chemoselective reduction in carbonyl-conjugated vinylfurans by the Mg/MeOH system

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, August 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  82. Synthesis of 2,5-bis-(Ethynyl) furan Derivatives from 2,5-Furandicarboxaldehyde

    Article • Synthetic Communications, May 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  83. 1,3-Dipolar cycloadditions of benzonitrile oxide to vinyl and azavinyl furan derivatives

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  84. Magnesium monoperoxyphtalate: A new reagent for the oxidative ring opening of furans to cis-enediones

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY

  85. Selective Double Bond Reduction in Carbonyl-Conjugated Vinylfurans

    Article • Synthetic Communications, January 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Aurelio G CSAKY