(132) Santillan, R.; Karlen, S.D.; Dang, H.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Synthesis and Characterization of Natural Abundance and Isotopically Labeled 1,4-Bis(3,3,3-triphenylpropynyl)-2,3-difluorobenzene. A Molecular Gyroscope with a Polar Rotator" J. Mex. Chem. Soc., 2008, in press.

(131) Gould, S. L., Tranchemontagne, D., Yaghi, O. M., Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "The Amphidynamic Character of Crystalline MOF-5: Rotational Dynamics of Terephthalate Phenylenes in a Free-Volume, Sterically Unhindered Environment" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, manuscript published on the web February 21, 2008..

(130) Kuzmanich, G.; Natarajan, A,; Chin, K. K.; Veerman, M.; Mortko, C. J.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Solid State Photodecarbonylation of Diphenylcyclopropenone: A Singlet State Quantum Chain Reaction Made Possible by Ultrafast Energy Transfer" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 1140-1141. (Highlighted in: Nature 2008, 451, 897)

(129) Chin, K. K., Chuang, S.-C.; Hernandez, B.; Campos, L. M.; Selke, M.; Foote, C. S., Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Photophysical Properties of non-Homoconjugated 1, 2-dihydro, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro and 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-C60 Derivatives" Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 49-55.

(128) Resendiz, M. J. E., Natarajan, A., Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Diastereoselective Synthesis and Spin Dependent Photodecarbonylation of di(3-phenyl-2-pyrrolidinon-3-yl) ketones: Synthesis of Nonadjacent and Adjacent Stereogenic Quaternary Stereocenters" Chem Commun. 2007, 193-195.

(127) Resendiz, M. J. E., Taing, J., Khan, S. I., Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Unexpected Solid State Photochemistry of an a- Thiophenyl-a'-Thiophenyl-S,S-dioxo Subsitituted Ketone," J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 638-643.

(126) Resendiz, M. J. E., Taing, J., Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Photodecarbonylation of 1,3-Dithiophenyl Propanone: Using Nanocrystals to Overcome the Filtering Effect of Highly Absorbing Trace Impurities" Org. Letters 2007, 9, 4351-4354.

(125) Garica-Garibay, Miguel A. "Molecular Crystals on the Move: From Single Crystal-to-Single Crystal Photoreactions to Molecular Machinery" Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 8945-8947.

(124) Grassian, V. H., Meyer, G., Abruna, H., Coates, G. W., Achenie, L. E, Allison, T., Brunschwig, B., Ferry, J., Garcia-Garibay, M., Gardea-Torresdey, J., Grey, C. P., Hutchison, J., Li, C. J., Liotta, C., Ragauskas, A., Minteer, S., Mueller, K., Roberts, J., Sadik, O., Schmel, R., Schneider, W., Selloni, A., Stair, P., Stewart, J., Thorn, D., Tyson, J., Voelker, B., White, J. M., Wood-Black, F., "Chemistry for a Sustainable Environment" Environmental Science and Technology, 2007, 41, 3559-3561.

(123) Nunez, Jose E.; Natarajan, Arunkumar; Khan, Saeed I.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. "Synthesis of a Triply Bridged Molecular Gyroscope by a Directed Meridional Cyclization Strategy" Organic Lett. 2007, 9, 3559-3561.

(122) Natarajan, A.; Tsai, C. K.; Khan, S. I.; McCarren, P.; Houk, K. N.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. "The Photoarrangement of a-Santonin is a Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Reaction: A Long Kept Secret in Solid State Organic Chemistry Revealed" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 9846-9847.

(121) Natarajan, A.; Ng, D.; Yang, Z.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A., A Green Chemistry Method for the Synthesis of Compounds with Adjacent Quaternary Stereogenic Centers: Parallel Syntheses of (+) and (-)-a-Cuparenone by Radical Combination in Crystalline Solids" Angew Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6485-6487.

(120) Chin, K. K.; Natarajan, A.; Campos, L. M.; Johansen, E.; Shepherd, H.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Organic Molecular Nanocrystals: Triplet-Triplet Absorption. Phosphorescence, and Circular Dichroism of Chiral Crystals of Benzophenone" Chem. Commun. 2007, 41, 4266-4268.

(119) Jarowski, P. D.; Houk, K. N.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "The Importance of Correlated Motions on the Low Barrier Rotational Potentials of Crystalline Molecular Gyroscopes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3110-3117.

(118) Campos, L. M.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Reactive Intermediates in Crystals: Form and Function" in Reactive Intermediates, Platz, M. S.; Jones, M.; Moss, R. Eds., Hoboken, NJ, 2007.

(117) Khuong, T. -A. V.; Dang, H.; Jarowski, P. D.; Maverick, E.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Rotational Dynamics of Crystalline Molecular Gyroscope by Variable Temperature 13C NMR, 2H NMR, X-ray Diffraction and Force Field Calculations," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 839-845.

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2006

(116) Chin, K. K., Chuang, S. C., Hernandez, B., Selke, M., Foote, C. S., Garcia-Garibay, M. A., Photophysical Properties of a 1,2,3,4,5,6 Hexasubstituted Fullerene Derivative" J. Phys. Chem. 2006, 110, 13662-13666.

(115) Campos, L. M.; Mortko, C. J.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Norrish Type I vs. Norrish-Yang Type II in the Solid State Photochemistry of cis-2,6-Di(1-cyclohexenyl)-cyclohexanone: A computational study" Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 2006, 456, 15-24.

(114) Karlen, S. D.; Khan, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Crystalline Molecular Gyroscopes: The Effects of Subtle Molecular Differences on the Crystal Packing of Triphenylmethyl and Triphenylsilyl Stators" Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 2006, 456, 221-230.

(113) Hornasky, R. D.; Clarke, L. I.; Winston, E. B.; Price, J. C.; Karlen, S. D.; Jarowski, P. D.; Santillan, R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Observation of Dipolar Rotor-Rotor Interactions in Fluorobenzene Molecular Rotor Crystals" Phys. Rev. B., 2006, 74, 054306.

(112) Karlen, S. D., Godinez, C., E., Garcia-Garibay, M., "Improved Physical Properties and Rotational Dynamics in a Molecular Gyroscope with an Assymmetric Stator Structure" Org Lett, 2006, 8, 2615-2617.

(111) Veerman, M., Resendiz, M. J. E., Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Large-Scale Photochemical Reactions of Nanocrystalline Suspensions: A Promising Green Chemistry Method" Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2615-2617.

(110) Khuong, T.-A. V., Nuñez, J. E., Godinez, C. E.,Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Crystalline Molecular Machines: A Quest Towards Solid State Dynamics and Function." Acc. Chem. Res., 2006, 39, 413-422.

(109) Radhakrishnan, C.; Lo, M. K. F.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Monbouquette, H. G. .Photocatalytic Reduction of Azide Self Assembled Monolayer using CdS Quantum Dots. Langmuir 2006, 22, 5018-5024.

(108) Choe, T.; Saeed I. Khan, S.I.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. " Combination Vs Disproportionation in Dialkyl Biradicals. Selectivity Reversal in a Crystalline Solid" Photochem. Photobiol. Sc. 2006, 5, 449-451.

(107) Nuñez, J. E.; Khuong, T.-A.V.; Campos, L. M.; Farfan, N.; Dang, H.; Karlen, S. D.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A." Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions in a Highly Polymorphogenic Molecular Gyroscope with meta-Methoxytrityl Frames " Cryst. Growth & Design, 2006, 6, 866-873.

(106) Mortko, C. J.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Stereospecific Synthesis of Compounds with Adjacent Chiral Quaternary Centers in Solid-to-Solid Reactions" Topics in Stereochemistry, 2006, 25, 205-253.

(105) Karlen, Steven D.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. "Amphidynamic Crystals: Structureal Blueprints for Molecular Machines." Topics Curr. Chem. 2006, 262, 179-228. access pdf file

2005

(104) Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. .Crystalline molecular machines: Encoding supramolecular dynamics into molecular structure. Proc. Natl. Acad. of Sci. 2005, 102, 10793(invited perspective article). access pdf file

(103) Deniz Cizmeciyan, Ph.D.; Heather Yonutas; Steven D Karlen; Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, "2H NMR and X-ray diffraction studies of methyl rotation in crystals of o-methyldibenzocycloalkanones" Solid State Mag. Res., 2005, 28, 1-8. access pdf file

(102) Campos, Luis M.; Warrier, Manoj V.; Peterfy, Krisztina; Houk, K. N.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. .Secondary Alpha Isotope Effects on Deuterium Tunneling in Triplet o-Methylanthrones: Extraordinary Sensitivity to Barrier Width. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10178-10179. access pdf file

(101) Horansky, R. D.; Clarke, L. I.; Price, J. C.; Khuong, T.-A.V.; Jarowski, P D.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. "Dielectric Response of a Dipolar Molecular Rotor Crystal" Phys. Rev. B., 2005, B72, 014302. access pdf file

(100) Mortko, C. J.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A., "Green Chemistry Strategies Using Crystal-to-Crystal Photoreactions: Stereoselective Synthesis and Decarbonylation of trans-...'-Dialkenoylcyclohexanones" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 7994-7995. access pdf file

(99) Karlen S. D.; Ortiz, R; Chapman, O. L.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Effects of Rotational Order on the Solid State Dynamics of Phenylene and Diamantane Rotators" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 6554 . 6555. access pdf file

(98) Resendiz, M.; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. "Hammet Substituent Analysis on the Photodecarbonylation of Crystalline 1,3-Diphenylacetones", Org. Letters, 2005, 7, 371-374. access pdf file

(97) Karlen, S. D: Garcia-Garibay, M.A., "Uncovering Hidden Gyroscopic Motion in Crystals by 13C CPMAS NMR with Isotopic Substitution and Selective Cross Polarization" Chem. Commun., 2005, 189-191. access pdf file

(96) Karlen, S. D: Kahn, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. "Removal of Conflicting Molecular Symmetries Restores a Hexagonal Array of Six-Fold Phenyl Embraces in a bis(Trityl)-Containing Compound. Part I. Crystals of 1,1,1,6,6,6-hexaphenyl-2,4-hexadiyne" Cryst. Growth & Design, 2005, 5, 53-55. access pdf file

2004

(95) Khuong, T.A.V.; Sanrame, C.N.; Zepeda, G.; Dang, H.; Bartberger, M.; Houk, K.N.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. "Internal dynamics of a Highly Congested Bis(triarylmethyl)peroxide: Volume-Conserving Motions in a Simple Molecular Crankshaft." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 14778-14786 access pdf file

(94) Warrier, Manoj; Lo, Michael K.F.; Monbouquette, Harold; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. "Photocatalytic Reduction of Aromatic Azides to Amines using CdS and CdSe Nanoparticles" Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2004, 3, 859-863.

(93) Carlos E. Godinez, Gerardo Zepeda, Christopher J. Mortko, Hung Dang, and Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, "Molecular Crystals with Moving Parts: Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystal Packing of Molecular Gyroscopes with Methyl-Substituted Triptycyl Frames" J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 1652-1662. access pdf file

(92) Ng, D.; Yang, Z.; Garcia-Garibay. M. A., "Total Synthesis of (±)-Herbertenolide by Stereospecific Formation of Vicinal Quaternary Centers in a Crystalline Ketone" Org. Letters, 2004, 6, 645-647.

(91) Khuong, T.A.V.; Zepeda, G.; Ruiz, R.: Kahn, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. "Molecular Compasses and Gyroscopes. Engineering Molecular Crystals with Internal Rotation in the Gigaherz Regime" Cryst. Growth & Design, 2004, 4, 15-18. access pdf file

(91) Khuong, T.A.V.; Zepeda, G.; Ruiz, R.: Kahn, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. "Molecular Compasses and Gyroscopes. Engineering Molecular Crystals with Internal Rotation in the Gigaherz Regime" Cryst. Growth & Design, 2004, 4, 15-18. access pdf file

2003

(90) Ellison, M. E.; Ng, D.; Dang, H.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. “Enantiospecific Synthesis of Vicinal Stereogenic Tertiary and Quaternary Centers by Combination of Configurationally-Trapped Radical Pairs in Crystalline Solids” Organic Letters, 2003, 5, 2531-2534. access pdf file

(89) Mortko, C. J.; Dang, D.; Campos. L. M. Garcia-Garibay, M. A., “H-Abstraction prevails over a-cleavage in the solution and solid state photochemistry of cis-2,6-di(1-cyclohexenyl)cyclohexanone” Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 6133-6136. access pdf file

(88) Dominguez, Z.; Khuong, T.A.V.; Sanrame, Dang, H.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. “Molecular Compasses and Gyroscopes with Polar Rotors: Synthesis and Characterization of Crystalline Forms” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003 125, 8827-8837. access pdf file

(87) Garcia-Garibay, M.A., “Engineering” Carbene Rearrangements in Crystals: From Molecular Information to Solid State Reactivity” Acc. Chem. Res., 2003, 36, 491-498. access pdf file

(86) Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Campos, L. “Photochemical Decarbonylation of Ketones: Recent Advances and Reactions in Crystalline Solids” in The Handbook for Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, W. Horspool, Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. 2003.

(85) Sanrame, C.N.; Suhrada, C. P.; Dang, H.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. “Photochemistry of Crystalline Chlorodiazirines: The Influence of Conformational Disorder and Intermolecular Cl…N=N Interactions on the Solid State Reactivity of Singlet Chlorocarbenes” J. Phys. Chem. A 2003, 107, 3287-3294. access pdf file

(84) Amirsakis, D.G.; Elizarov, A. M.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Glick, P. T.; Stoddart, J.F.; White, A. J. P.; Williams, D. J. “Diastereospecific Photochemical Dimerization of Stilbene-Containing Daisy Chain Monomers in Solution as well as in the Solid State” Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., 2003, 42, 1126-1132. access pdf file

2002

(83) Ng, D.; Yang, Z.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. “Engineering Reactions in Crystals: Gem-dialkoxy Substitution Enables the Photodecarbonylation of Crystalline 2-Indanone” Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 7063-7066.

(82) Johnson, B.; Kleinman, M.; Turro, N. J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A., “Hydrogen Atom Tunneling in Triplet ortho-Methylbenzocylanones: Effects of Structure on Reaction Geometry and Excited State Configuration.” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 6944-6953. access pdf file

(81) Dominguez, Z.; Dang, H.; Strouse, J. M.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. “Molecular “Compasses” and “Gyroscopes.” III. Two-Fold Flipping of a Phenylene Rotor and Six-Fold Rotation of Clathrated Benzene in a Slipping-Gear Crystal Lattice” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 105, 7719-7727.

(80) Campos, L. M.; Dang, H.; Ng, D.; Yang, Z.; Martinez, H. L.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. “Engineering Reactions in Crystalline Solids: Predicting Photochemical Decarbonylation from Calculated Thermochemical Parameters” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 3749-3754. access pdf file

(79) Godinez, C. E.; Zepeda, G.;Garcia-Garibay, M. A. “Molecular Compasses and Gyroscopes. II. Synthesis and Characterization of Molecular Rotors with Axially Substituted Bis-[2-(9-triptycyl)-ethynyl]arenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 105, 4701-4707. access pdf file

(78) Dominguez, Z.; Dang, H.; Strouse, M.J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. “Molecular Compasses and Gyroscopes I. Expedient Synthesis and Solid State Dynamics of an Open Rotor with a Bis(triarylmethyl) Frame. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 105, 2398-2399. access pdf file

(77) Schmieder, K.; Levitus, M.; Dang, H.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. “Photophysical Properties of Coplanar and Twisted 1,4-Bis(9-ethynylanthracenyl)benzene. Rotational Equilibration in the Excited Sstates of Diaryalkynes.” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, 105, 1551-1556. access pdf file

2001

(76) Ng, D.; Yang, Z.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.“Engineering reactions in crystals: supression of photodecarbonylation by intramolecular ?-phenyl quenching” Tetrahedron Lett., 2001, 42, 9113-9116. access pdf file

(75) Dang, H., Levitus, M., Garcia-Garibay, M.A., “One Step Pd(0)-Catalyzed Synthesis, X-Ray Analysis, and Photophysical Properties of Cyclopent[hi]aceanthrylene: Fullerene-Like Properties in a Non-alternant Cyclopenta-Fused Aromatic Hydrocarbon”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 136-143. access pdf file

(74) Amirsakis, D.G.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Rowan, S.J.; Stoddart, J.F.; White, A. J. P.; Williams, D. J. “Host-Guest Chemistry Aids and Abets a Stereospecific Photodimerization in the Solid State.” Angew. Chem., 2001, 40, 4256-4261. access pdf file

(73) Johnson, B.; Houk, K.N., Garcia-Garibay, M.A., “Vibrationally Assisted Tunneling in a Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reaction”, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2001, 123, 6941-6942. access pdf file

(72) Yang, Z.; Ng, D.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A., “Engineering Reactions in Crystalline Solids: Photochemical Generation of Secondary and Tertiary Enol Radical Pairs from the Crystalline Ketodiesters.”, J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 4468. access pdf file

(71) Garcia-Garibay, M.A. Review of Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry, Volume 5, Solid State and Surface Photochemistry by V. Ramamurthy and Kirk S. Schanze. Marcel Dekker: New York and Basel. 2000 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 5384-5384. BOOK REVIEW access pdf file

(70) Levitus, M.; Schmieder, K.; Ricks, H.; Schimizu, K.D.; Bunz, U.H.F.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. “Steps to Demarcate the Effects of Chromophore Aggregation and Planarization in Poly(phenyleneethynylene)s. Part 1. Rotationally Interrupted Conjugation in the Excited States of 1,4-Bis(phenylethynyl)benzene”, J. Am. Chem. Soc,. 2001, 123, 4259-4265. access pdf file

(69) Levitus, M.; Zepeda, G.; Dang, H.; Godinez, C.; Khuong, T.-A. V.; Schmieder, K.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.. “Steps to Demarcate the Effects of Chromophore Aggregation and Planarization in Poly(phenyleneethynylene)s Part 2. The Photophysics of 1,4-Diethynyl-2-fluorobenzene in Solution and in Crystals”, J. Org. Chem., 2001, 66, 3188-3195 access pdf file

(68) Dang, H.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A., “Palladium-Catalyzed Formation of Aceanthrylenes: A Simple Method for Peri-Cyclopentenelation of Aromatic Compounds.” J. Am. Chem. Soc,. 2001, 123, 355-356. access pdf file

(67) Leyva, E.; Moctezuma, E.; Strouse, J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. "Spectrometric and 2D NMR Studies on the Complexation of Chlorophenols with Cyclodextrins.'' J. Inclusion Phenomena, 2001, 39, 41-46.

2000

(66) Levitus, M.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. “Polarized Electronic Spectroscopy and Photophysical Properties of 9,10-Bis(Phenylethynl)anthracene.” J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, 104, 8632-8637. access pdf file

(65) Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Shin, S.; Sanrame, C. "Engineering Reactions in Crystalline Solids: Prediction of Intramolecular Carbene Rearrangements." Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 6729-6737. access pdf file

(64) Yang, Z.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A., "Engineering Reactions in Crystalline Solids: Preparation and Chemoselective Combination of ?-Carbonyl Radical Pairs in Crystals of Dialkyl-1,3-Acetonedicarboxylates." Organic Letters, 2000, 2,1963-1965. access pdf file

Earlier work

(63) Levitus, M.; Shick, G.; Lunkwitz, R.; Rubin, Y.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Photophysical Properties of Hexapyrrolidine C60 Adducts with Th and D3 Symmetry: Protonation of Multiple Basic Sites." J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 1999, 127, 13-19. access pdf file

(62) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Houk, K. N.; Keating, A. E.; Cheer, C. J.; Leibovitch, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Wu, L.-C. "Computational Modeling of an Enantioselective Solid State Photoreaction." Org. Letters, 1999, 8, 1279-1281. access pdf file

(61) Mendez F.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A. "A Hard-Soft Acid-Base and DFT Analysis of Singlet-Triplet Gaps and the Addition of Singlet Carbenes to Alkenes." J. Org. Chem., 1999, 64, 7061-7066. access pdf file

(60) Johnson, B. A.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Rate Acceleration below 20K in the H-Atom Tunneling of Triplet ortho-Methyltetralones." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 8114-8115. access pdf file

(59) Motschiedler, K. R.; Gudmsundsdottir, A.D.; Toscano, J.; Platz, M. S.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Excited Precursor Reactivity, Fast 1,2-H Shifts and Diffusion-Controlled Methanol Insertion in 1,2-Diphenylalkylidenes." J. Org. Chem., 1999, 64, 5139-5147. access pdf file

(58) Schick, G.; Levitus, M.; Kvetko, L.; Johnson, B.A.; Lamparth, I.; Lunkwitz, R.; Ma, B.; Khan, S.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Rubin, Y. "Unusual Luminescence of Hexapyrrolidine Derivatives of C60 with Th and Novel D3-Symmetry." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 3246-3247. access pdf file

(57) Keating, A. E.; Shin, S.H.; Huang, F.; Garrell, R. L,; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Experimental and Computational Modeling of Biphenyl Twisting in a Solid-to-Solid Carbene Reaction." Tetrahedron Lett., 1999,40, 261-264. access pdf file

(56) Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Chemical Reactivity in Organized Media." Curr. Opinion in Solid State and Material Science, 1988, 3/4, 399-406 (invited manuscript).

(55) Koshima, H.; Khan, S.I.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Chiral Crystalline Salts from Achiral Biphenylcarboxylic Acids and Tryptamine." Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1998, 9, 1851-1854..

(54) Keating, A. E.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Houk, K. N. "Influence of Bystander Substituents on the Rates of 1,2-H and 1,2-Ph Shifts in Singlet and Triplet Carbenes." J. Phys. Chem.. 1998, 102, 8467-8476. access pdf file

(53) Johnson, B.A.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Photochemistry Near Zero Kelvin. Quantum Mechanical Tunneling in the Photoenolization of Ortho-Alkyl-Arylketones." The Spectrum, 1998, 11, 1-7 (invited manuscript).

(52) Peterfy, K.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Generation and Reactivity of a Triplet 1,4-Biradical Conformationally Trapped in a Crystalline Cyclopentanone." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4540-4541. access pdf file

(51) Gamarnik, A.; Johnson, B.A.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Effects of Solvents on the Photoenolization of o-Methylanthrone at Low Temperatures. Evidence for H-Atom Tunneling from Nonequilibrating Triplets." J. Phys. Chem. 1998, 102, 5491-5498. access pdf file

(50) Keating, A. E.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Photochemical Solid-To-Solid Reactions." in Organic and Inorganic Photochemistry, Ramamurthy, V. and Schanze, K., Eds..; Marcel Dekker: New York, 1998; Vol. 2; pp 195-248 (book chapter).

(49) McAlpine, S. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Studies of Naphthyl Substituted ?-Cyclodextrins. Self-Aggregation and Inclusion of External Guests." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4269-4275. access pdf file

(48) Keating, A. E.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Houk, K. N. "Origins of Stereoselective Carbene 1,2- Shifts and Cycloadditions of 1,2-Dichloroethylidene: A Theoretical Model Based on CBS-Q and B3LYP Calculations." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 10805-10809. access pdf file

(47) Motschiedler, K. R.; Toscano, J.; Platz, M. S.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Arylalkylcarbenes from Triplet Arylalkyldiazoalkanes." Tetrahedron Lett., 1997, 38, 949-952. access pdf file

(46) Shin, S.; Keating, A. E.; Cizmeciyan, D.; Khan, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Control of Carbene Reactivity by Crystals. A Highly Selectivity 1,2-H Shift in the Solid-to-Solid Reaction of 1-(4'-Biphenyl)-2-phenyl-diazopropane to (Z)-1-(4'-Biphenyl)-2-phenyl-propene." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 1859-1868. access pdf file

(45) Keating, A. E.; Shin, S.; Houk, K. N.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. " Combining Quantum Mechanical Reaction Pathways with Force Field Lattice Interactions to Model a Solid State Phototransformation." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 1474-1475. access pdf file

(44) Cizmeciyan, D.; Sonnichsen, L; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Proximity, Photochemical Reactivity, and Intermolecular 1H-13C Cross Polarization in d10-Benzophenone and Cyclohexane in the Zeolite NaX." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 184-188. access pdf file

(43) Choi, T.; Peterfy, K.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Molecular Control of Solid State Reactivity by Decarbonylation of Crystalline Ketones." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 12477-12478. access pdf file

(42) McAlpine, S. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Binding Studies of Adamantane Carboxylic Acid and a Naphthyl-Bound ?-Cyclodextrin by Variable Temperature 1H NMR." J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 8307-8309. access pdf file

(41) Shin, S.; Constable, A.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Transforming a Non-Selective Carbene Rearrangement into a Highly Selective Process by Using Crystalline Media." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 7626-7627. access pdf file

(40) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Constable, A. E.; Jernelius, J. ; Choi, T.; Cizmeciyan, D.; Shin, S. H. "Diffraction Spectral and Thermal Analysis of Mixed Crystalline Phases. Mechanisms of Solid-to-Solid Organic Reactions." in Physical Supramolecular Chemistry, NATO ASI Series, Vol 485, 1996, pp. 289-312.

(39) McAlpine. S. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Inside-Outside Isomerism of ß-Cyclodextrin Covalently Linked with a Naphthyl Group." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 2750-2751. access pdf file

(38) Johnson, B. A.; Gamarnik, A.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Deuterium Tunneling in Triplet 5,8-Dimethyl-1-tetralone by Phosphorescence Detection between 80 and 15K." Excellent Agreement between Phosphorescence and Flash Photolysis Data." J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 4697-4700. access pdf file

(37) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Jenks, W. S.; Pang, L. "Heterogeneous Hydrogen and Deuterium Transfer in the Excited State of 2-Methylbenzophenone in ether-pentane-alcohol glasses at 77K." J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 1996, 96, 51-55. access pdf file

(36) Ramamurthy, V; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Zeolites as Supramolecular Hosts for Photochemical Transformations." in Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry, G. Alberti and Bein, T., Eds., Elsevier, New York, 1996, Vol. 7, Ch. 24., pp. 693-719.

(35) Choi, T.; Cizmeciyan, D.; Kahn, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "An Efficient Solid-to-Solid Reaction via a Steady-State Phase-Separation Mechanism." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 12893-4.

(34) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; A. Gamarnik; R. Bise; L. Pang; W. S. Jenks. "Primary Isotope Effects on Excited State Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions. Activated and Tunneling Mechanisms in an ortho-Methylanthrone." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 10264-75.

(33) M. A. Garcia-Garibay, A. Gamarnik, L. Pang, W. S. Jenks. "Excited State Intramolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer at Ultra-Low Temperatures. Evidence for Tunneling and Activated Mechanisms in 1,4-Dimethylanthrone", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 12095-6

(32) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Shin, S. H.; Chao, I.; Houk, K. N.; Khan, S. I. "Solid State 13C CPMAS NMR and Molecular Mechanics Study of Conformational Recognition in Mixed Crystals of Two Phenylalkyl Ketones." Chem. Mater. 1994, 6, 1297-1306 access pdf file

(31) Evans, S. V.; Yee, V. C.; M., Garcia-Garibay; Trotter, J. "Structure of a Mixed Crystal of ?- and ?-Pipitzol (1:1), C15H20O3.C15H20O3." Acta Cryst. C., 1994 C50, 278-281.

(30) Winnik, F. M.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Bossmann, S. H.; Pan, W.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Turro, N. J. "Phase Separation of Poly-(N-Isopropylacrylamide) in Water: A Spectroscopic Study of a Polymer Tagged with a Fluorescent Dye and a Spin Label." J. Phys. Chem. 1993, 97, 12998-13005. access pdf file

(29) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Theroff, C.; Shin, S. H.; Jernelius, J. "Solvent Effects on the Singlet-Triplet Equilibrium and Reactivity of A Ground Triplet State Arylalkyl Carbene." Tetrahedron Lett., 1993, 34 (2), 8415-18. access pdf file

(28) Ottaviani, M. F.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Turro, N. J. "TEMPO Radicals as EPR Probes to Monitor the Adsorption of Different Species into X-Zeolite." Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 1993, 72, 321.

(27) Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Reaction of Arylcarbenes with Methanol. Triplet-State Reactivity of Spin-State Equilibrium as a Moving Target?" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 7011.

(26) Casswell, L.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J. "Optical Activity Can Be Created from Nothing." J. Chem. Ed., 1993, 70, 785.

(25) Winnik, F. M.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Bossmann, S. H.; Pan, W.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Turro, N. J. "Co-Non-Solvency of Poly-(N-Isopropylacrylamide): A Look at Spin-Labeled Polymers in Mixtures of Water and Tetrahydrofuran." Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 4577
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(24) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Turro, N. J. "Solid State NMR and EPR Studies of Intracrystalline vs. External Surface Adsorption of Photoreactive Ketones in Pentasil Zeolites." Mol. Crys. Liq. Crys. Inc. Nonlin. Opt., 1992, 211, 199.

(23) Garces, F. O.; Rao, V. P.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Turro, N. J. "A Comparison of the 1H—13C Cross Polarization and Magic Angle Spinning Dynamics of the ??-,??-, and??-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes of Benzaldehyde." J. Supramol. Chem., 1992, 1, 65.

(22) Winnik, F. M.; Ottaviani, M. F.; Bossmann, S. H.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Turro, N. J. "Co-Non-Solvency of Poly-(N-Isopropylacrylamide) in Mixed Water-Methanol Solutions: A Look at Spin-Labeled Polymers." Macromolecules, 1992, 25, 6007.
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(21) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Scheffer, J. R.; Watson, D. "Prototropic Control of Organic Photochemistry. Hydrogen Bonding Effects on the Di-pi-methane Photorearrangement." J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 241.
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(20) Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Lei, X.; Turro, N. J. "Radical Scavenging in Zeolite Media." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 2749.
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(19) Welsh, K. M.; Dektar, J. L.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Hacker, N.; Turro, N. J. "Photo-CIDNP and Nanosecond Flash Photolysis Studies on the Photodecomposition of Triarylsulfonium Salts." J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 4179.

(18) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Zhang, Z.; Turro, N. J. "Diffusion and Percolation of Radical Pairs in Zeolite Media. A Product Analysis Study." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 6212.
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(17) Ramamurthy, V.; Corbin, D. R.; Turro, N. J.; Zhang, Z.; Garcia-Garibay, M. "Modification of Photochemical Reactivity by Zeolites. A comparison between Zeolite-Solvent Slurry and Dry Solid State Photolyses." J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 255.

(16) Turro, N. J.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Thinking Topologically About Photochemistry in Restricted Spaces." in Photochemistry in Organized and Constrained Media; Ramamurthy, V., Ed.; VCH Publishers, New York, 1991.

(15) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Wireko, F. "Crystal Structures and Solid State Photochemistry of an Unsymmetrically Substituted Dibenzobarrelene and its Two Photoproducts (Dibenzosemibullvalenes)." Acta Cryst., 1990, B46, 79.

(14) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Watson, D. "Prototropic Control of the Di-p-Methane Photorearrangement." J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm., 1989, 600.

(13) Scheffer, J. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. "Absolute Asymmetric Synthesis via Photochemical Reactions of Chiral Crystals." in Photochemistry of Solid Surfaces; Matsuura, T.; Anpo, M., Eds.; Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989.

(12) Chen, J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer. "Chiral Handle-Induced Diastereoselectivity in an Organic Photorearrangement: Solution versus Solid State Results." Tetrahedron Lett., 1989, 30, 6125.
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(11) Ariel, S.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J. "Structure of a Cyclization Photoproduct of 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-Cyclohexanone." Acta Cryst., 1989, C45, 1970.

(10) Ariel, S.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J. "Crystal Structure of a Cyclization Photoproduct of 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-Cyclooctylethanone, and Reaction Pathway in Norrish Type II Cyclizations." Acta Cryst., 1989, B45, 153.

(9) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Wireko, F. "Determination of the Absolute Steric Course of a Solid State Photorearrangement by Anomalous Dispersion X-Ray Crystallography." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1989, 111, 4985. access pdf file

(8) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Wireko, F. "Intermolecular Steric Effects on Unimolecular Rearrangements in Crystalline Media." Tetrahedron Lett., 1988, 29, 2041.

(7) Ariel, S.; Evans, S. V.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Harkness, B. R.; Omkaram, N.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J. "The Generation of 1,4-Biradicals in Rigid Media: Crystal Structure-Solid State Reactivity Correlations." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 5591. access pdf file

(6) Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Wireko, F. "Studies on the Di-p-Methane Rearrangement in the Solid State." Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Inc. Nonlin. Opt., 1988, 156, 63.
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(5) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Wireko, F. "Addition of Bromine Gas to Crystalline Dibenzobarrelene: An Enantioselective Carbocation Rearrangement in the Solid State." Tetrahedron Lett., 1988, 29, 1485.
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(4) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Wireko, J. "Triplet Energy Sensitization of a Crystalline Phase Photorearrangement." Tetrahedron Lett., 1987, 28, 1741.
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(3) Garcia-Garibay, M.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Wireko, F. "Generation of Optical Activity Through Solid State Reaction of a Racemic Mixture that Crystallizes in a Chiral Space Group." Tetrahedron Lett., 1987, 28, 4789.
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(2) Evans, S. V.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Omkaram, N.; Scheffer, J. R.; Trotter, J.; Wireko, F. "Use of Chiral Single Crystals to Convert Achiral Reactants to Chiral Products in High Optical Yield: Application to the Di-p-Methane and Norrish Type II Photorearrangements." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 5648.
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(1) Scheffer, J. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M.; Omkaram, N. "The Influence of the Molecular Crystalline Environment on Organic Photorearrangements." in Organic Photochemistry; Padwa, A., Ed.; Marcel Dekker, New York, 1986, 249.