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PUBLICATIONS 1998-2003
26. Nicolaou, K. C.; Chen, D. Y.-K.; Li, Y.; Qian, W.; Ling, T.; Vyskocil, S.; Koftis, T. V.; Govindasamy, M.; Uesaka, N. "Total Synthesis of the Proposed Azaspiracid-1 Structure: Part 2. Coupling of C1-C20, C21-C27 and C28-C40 Fragments and Completion of the Synthesis"
Angew. Chem. 2003, 115, 3777 - 3781.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 3649 - 3653. Read more....
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25. Nicolaou, K. C.; Li, Y; Uesaka, N.; Koftis, T. V.; Vyskocil, S.; Ling, T.; Govindasamy, M.; Qian, W.; Bernal, F.; Chen, D. Y.-K. "Total Synthesis of the Proposed Azaspiracid-1 Structure: Part 1. Construction of the Enantiomerically Pure C1-C20, C21-C27, and C28-C40 Fragments"
Angew. Chem. 2003, 115, 3771 - 3776.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 3643 - 3648. Read more....
24. Mugesh, G.; Klotz, L.-O.; du Mont, W.-W.; Becker, K.; Sies, H."Selenenyl Iodide: A New Substrate for Mammalian Thioredoxin Reductase"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 2848 - 2852. Read more....
23. Jones, P. G.; Wismach, C.; Mugesh, G.; du Mont, W.-W. "Methyl 2-selenocyanatobenzoate"
Acta Cryst. E. 2002, E58, O1298 - O1300. Read more....
22. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B. "Heteroatom-directed Aromatic Lithiation: A Versatile Route to the Synthesis of Organochalcogen Compounds."
Acc. Chem. Res. 2002, 35, 226 - 236. Read more....
21. Mugesh, G.; Panda, A., Kumar, S., Apte, S.; Singh, H. B., Butcher, R. J. "Intramolecularly Coordinated Diorgano Ditellurides: Thiol Peroxidase-like Antioxidants."
Organometallics, 2002, 21, 884 - 892. Read more....
20. Mugesh, G.; du Mont, W.-W.; Wismach, C.; Jones, P. G. "Biomimetic Studies on the Iodothyronine Deiodinase Intermediates: Modeling the Reduction of Selenenyl Iodide by Thiols."
ChemBioChem. 2002, 3, 440 - 447. Read more....
19. du Mont, W.-W.; Mugesh, G.; Wismach, C.; Jones, P. G. "Reactions of Organoselenenyl Iodides with Thiouracil Drugs: An Enzyme Mimetic Study on the Inhibition of Iodothyronine Deiodinase".
Angew. Chem. 2001, 113, 2547 - 2550.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 2486 - 2489. Read more....
18. Mugesh, G*.; du Mont, W.-W.; Sies, H. "The Chemistry of Biologically Important Synthetic Organoselenium Compounds".
Chem. Rev. 2001, 101, 2125 - 2179. Read more....
17. du Mont, W.-W., Martents-von Salzen, A., Ruthe, F., Seppälä, E., Mugesh, G., Devillanova, F. A.; Lippolis, V., Kuhn, N. "Tunning Selenium-Iodine Contacts: from Secondary Soft-Soft Interactions to Covalent Bonds"
J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 623, 14 - 28. Read more....
16. Mugesh, G.*; du Mont, W.-W. "Structure- Activity Correlation between Natural Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx) and Mimics: A Biomimetic Concept for the Design and Synthesis of More Efficient GPx Mimics"
Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 1365 - 1370. Read more....
15. Mugesh, G.; Panda, A.; Singh, H. B.; Punekar, N. S.; Butcher, R. J. "Glutathione Peroxidase-like Antioxidant Activity of Diaryl Diselenides- A Mechanistic Study".
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 839 - 850. Read more....
14. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "2-4,4'-(Dimethlyl-3',4'-dihydrooxazol-2'-yl)phenol: Some First Row Transition Metal Complexes of This Naturally Occurring Binding Group"
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 669 - 678. Read more....
13. Panda, A.; Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "Intramolecularly Coordinated Organoselenium Derivatives: Syntheses, Structure and Reactivity"
Phosph. Sulphur and Silicon, 2001, 171, 187 - 205.
12. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B. "Biological Activities of Synthetic Organoselenium Compounds: Recent Developments"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., (Ind) 2000, 70, 207 - 220.
11. Mugesh, G.; Panda, A.; Singh, H. B. "Aspects of Organochalcogen (S, Se, Te) Compounds Stabilized by Intramolecular Coordination".
Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci., 2000, 112, 239 - 248. Read more....
10. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B. "Synthetic Organoselenium Compounds as Antioxidants: Glutathione Peroxidase Activity"
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2000, 29, 347 - 357. Read more....
9. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "Intramolecular S...N Nonbonded Interactions in Organosulfur Derivatives: Crystal and Molecular Structures of [2-(4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)phenyl]benzyl sulfide and bis[2-(4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)phenyl] sulfide,
J. Chem. Res. (S), 1999, 472 - 473; J. Chem. Res. (M), 1999, 2020 - 2051. Read more....
8. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Monomeric Zinc(II), Cadmium(II) and Mercury(II) Arenethiolates with a Chelating Oxazoline Ligand,"
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 1999, 1229 - 1236. Read more....
7. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "The First Example of a Structurally Characterized Monomeric Bismuth Selenolate",
J. Chem. Res. (S), 1999, 416 - 417; J. Chem. Res. (M), 1999, 1801 - 1810. Read more....
6. Panda, A.; Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Organochalcogen (Se, Te) Compounds Derived from 1-(Dimethylamino)napthalene and N,N-Dimethylbenzylamine",
Organometallics, 1999, 18, 1986 - 1993. Read more....
5. Mugesh, G.; Panda, A.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "Intramolecular Se...N Nonbonding Interaction in Low-Valent Organoselenium Derivatives: A Detailed Study by 1H, 77Se NMR Spectroscopy and X-ray Crystallography"
Chem. Eur. J., 1999, 5, 1411 - 1421. Read more....
4. Mugesh. G.; Singh, H.B.; Butcher, R. J. "Novel Chiral Organoselenenyl Halides Stabilised by Se...N Nonbonded Interactions: Synthesis and Structural Characterization"
Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 1999, 10, 237 - 242. Read more....
3. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Butcher, R. J. "Synthesis and Characterization of Monomeric Tellurolato Complexes of Zinc and Cadmium: Crystal and Molecular Structure of Bis[2-(4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)phenyl]ditelluride."
J. Organomet. Chem., 1999, 577, 243 - 248. Read more....
2. Mugesh, G.; Panda, A.; Singh, H. B.; Punekar, N. S.; Butcher, R. J. "Diferrocenyl Diselenides: Excellent Thiol Peroxidase-like Antioxidants".
Chem. Commun., 1998, 2227 - 2228. Read more....
1. Mugesh, G.; Singh, H. B.; Patel, R. P.; Butcher, R. J. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Monomeric Selenolato Complexes of Zinc, Cadmium and Mercury",
Inorg. Chem., 1998, 37, 2663 - 2669. Read more....