Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay

Total Publications

Ng, D; Yang, Z; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Engineering reactions in crystals: gem-dialkoxy substitution enables the photodecarbonylation of crystalline 2-indanone" Tet. Letts., 2002, V43, 7063-7066. Levitus, M; Schmieder, K; Ricks, H; Shimizu, KD; Bunz, UHF; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Steps to demarcate the effects of chromophore aggregation and planarization in poly(phenyleneethynylene)s. 1. Rotationally interrupted conjugation in the excited states of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene (vol 123, pg 4259, 2001)" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, V124, 8181. Dominguez, Z; Dang, H; Strouse, MJ; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Molecular "compasses" and "gyroscopes." - III. Dynamics of a phenylene rotor and clathrated benzene in a slipping-gear crystal lattice" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, V124, 7719-7727. Campos, LM; Dang, H; Ng, D; Yang, Z; Martinez, HL; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Engineering reactions in crystalline solids: Predicting photochemical decarbonylation from calculated thermochemical parameters" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, V67, 3749-3754. Godinez, CE; Zepeda, G; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Molecular compasses and gyroscopes. II. Synthesis and characterization of molecular rotors with axially substituted bis[2-(9-triptycyl)ethynyl]arenes" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, V124, 4701-4707. Dominguez, Z; Dang, H; Strouse, MJ; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Molecular "compasses" and "gyroscopes". I. Expedient synthesis and solid state dynamics of an open rotor with a bis(triarylmethyl) frame" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, V124, 2398-2399. Schmieder, K; Levitus, M; Dang, H; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Photophysical properties of coplanar and twisted 1,4-bis(9 ethynylanthracenyl)benzene. Rotational equilibration in the excited states of diaryalkynes" J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002, V106,1551-1556. Dang, H; Levitus, M; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "One step Pd(0)-catalyzed synthesis, X-ray analysis, and photophysical properties of cyclopent[hi]aceanthrylene: Fullerene-like properties in a nonalternant cyclopentafused aromatic hydrocarbon" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2002, V124, 136-143. Ng, D; Yang, Z; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Engineering reactions in crystals: suppression of photodecarbonylation by intramolecular beta-phenyl quenching" Tet. Letts., 2001, V42, 9113-9116. Amirsakis, DG; Garcia-Garibay, MA; Rowan, SJ; Stoddart, JF; White, AJP; Williams, DJ. "Host-guest chemistry aids and abets a stereospecific photodimerization in the solid state" Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2001, V40, 4256-4261. Johnson, BA; Hu, YF; Houk, KN; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Vibrationally assisted tunneling in a hydrogen atom transfer reaction" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2001, V123, 6941-6942. Yang, Z; Ng, D; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Engineering reactions in crystalline solids: Photochemical generation of secondary and tertiary enol radical pairs from crystalline ketodiesters" J. Org. Chem., 2001, V66, 4468-4475. Levitus, M; Schmieder, K; Ricks, H; Shimizu, KD; Bunz, UHF; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Steps to demarcate the effects of chromophore aggregation and planarization in poly(phenyleneethynylene)s. 1. Rotationally interrupted conjugation in the excited states of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2001, V12, 4259-4265. Levitus, M; Zepeda, G; Dang, H; Godinez, C; Khuong, TAV; Schmieder, K; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Steps to demarcate the effects of chromophore aggregation and planarization in poly(phenyleneethynylene)s. 2. The photophysics of 1,4-diethynyl-2-fluorobenzene in solution and in crystals" J. Org. Chem., 2001, V66, 3188-3195. Leyva, E; Moctezuma, E; Strouse, J; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Spectrometric and 2D NMR studies on the complexation of chlorophenols with cyclodextrins" J. Inclusion Phenom. And Macrocyclic Chemistry, 2001, V39, 41-46. Dang, H; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Palladium-catalyzed formation of aceanthrylenes: A simple method for peri-cyclopentenelation of aromatic compounds" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2001, V123, 355-356. Levitus, M; Garcia-Garibay, MA. "Polarized electronic spectroscopy and photophysical properties of 9,10-bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene" J. Phys. Chem. A, 2000, V104, 8632-8637. Garcia-Garibay, MA; Ramamurthy, V; Scheffer, JR. "Molecular assembly and reactivity of organic crystals and related structures" Tetrahedron, 2000, V56, XI. Garcia-Garibay, MA; Shin, S; Sanrame, CN. Engineering reactions in crystalline solids: Prediction of intramolecular carbene rearrangements. Tetrahedron, 2000, V56, 6729-6737. Garcia-Garibay, MA; Houk, KN; Keating, AE; Cheer, CJ; Leibovitch, M; Scheffer, JR; Wu, LC. "Computational prediction of the enantioselectivity of a solid-state photoreaction" Org. Letts., 1999, V1, 1279-1281. Leyva, E.; Moctezuma, E.; Garia-Garibay, M.A. "Spectrometric and 2D NMR Studies on the Complexation of Chlorophenols with Cyclodextrins'' J. Inclusion Phenomena, 1999, submitted for publication. 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. 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, 1, 1279-1281. 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. 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. 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. Schick, G.; Levitus, M.; Kvetko, L.; Johnson, B.A.; Lamparth, I.; Lunkwitz, R.; Ma, B.; Khan, S.; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.; Rubin, Y. "Unusual Luminscence of Hexapyrrolidine Derivatives of C60 with Th and Novel D3-Symmetry." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1999, 121, 3246-3247. Keating, A. E.; Shin, S. H.; Huang, F.; Garrel, 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. Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Chemical Reactivity in Organized Media" Curr. Opinion in Solid State and Material Science, 1998, 3/4, 399-406 (invited manuscript). Koshima, H.; Khan, S. I.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Chiral Crystalline Salts from Achiral Biphenylcarboxylic Acids and Tryptamine" Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 1998, 9, 1851-1854. Keating, A. E.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Houk, K. N. "The 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. 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. Peterfy, K.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "The Generation and Reactivity of syn-1,4-Biradicals Conformationally Trapped in Molecular Crystals" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4540-4541. Gamarnik, A.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A., "Effects of Solvent Polarity on the Photoenolization of ortho-Methylanthrone at Low Temperatures. Comparison of n,p* and p,p* Triplet States Towards H-Atom Tunneling" J. Phys. Chem., 1998, 102, 5491-5498. Keating, A. E.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. In Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry; V. Ramamurthy and K. Schanze, Ed.; Marcel Deker: New York, 1998; Vol. 2; pp 195-248. McAlpine, S. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Studies of Naphthyl Substituted b-Cyclodextrins. Self-Aggregation and Inclusion of External Guests" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4269-4275. 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. Motschiedler, K. R.; Toscano, J.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Arylalkylcarbenes from Triplet Arylalkyldiazo Compounds" Tetrahedron Lett., 1977, 38, 949-952. 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. 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. 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. 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. McAlpine, S. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Binding Studies of Adamantane Carboxylic Acid and a Naphthyl-Bound b-Cyclodextrin by Variable Temperature 1H NMR" J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 8307-8309. 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. 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.. Ramamurthy, V; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Photochemistry in Zeolites" in Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry, Bein, T. Ed., Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1996, Vol. 7, Ch. 24. pp 693-719. Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Jenks, W. S.; L. Pang "Heterogeneous Hydrogen and Deuterium Transfer in the Excited State of Methylbenzophenone at 77K" J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 1996, 96, 51-55. Johnson, B. A.; Gamarnik, A.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A. "Deuterium Tunneling in 5,8-Dimtehyltetralone at Ultralow Temperatures. Excellent Agreement between Phosphorescence and Flash Photolysis Data" J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 4697-4700. McAlpine. S. R.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; "Temperature Controlled Binding in a Cyclodextrin Linked with a Naphthyl Group" J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 2750-2751

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