Publications

1. Little, R.D.; Losinski-Dang, L.; Venegas, M.G.; Merlic, C.A. "Some Unusual Reactions of Molecular Oxygen with Bicyclic Diazenes which Typically Serve as Precursors to Alkylidenecyclopentane-1,3-diyls; Peroxide Formation," Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 4499-4502.

2. Trost, B.M.; Merlic, C.A. "Diastereoselectivity Control Elements. Acyclic Diastereocontrol in Formation and Reactions of g-hydroxysulfones," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 5216-5218.

3. Trost, B.M.; Merlic, C.A. "Geminal Alkylation - Substitutions of Allyl Sulfones. Regiocontrol via Molybdenum Catalysis," J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 1127-1129.

4. Trost, B.M.; Merlic, C.A. "Ligand Dependence of Molybdenum Catalyzed Alkylations. Molybdenum Isonitrile Complexes as a New Class of Highly Reactive Alkylation Catalysts," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 9590-9600.

5. Merlic, C.A.; Semmelhack, M.F. "An Interesting Chloride Ion Effect in the Heck Reaction," J. Organomet. Chem. 1990, 391, C23-C27.

6. Merlic, C.A.; Xu, D. "Cyclization Reactions of Dienyl Chromium Carbene Complexes. Entry to Ortho Substituted Aromatic Alcohols via a Designed Photoreaction" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 7418-7420.

7. Merlic, C.A.; Xu, D. "Intermolecular Radical Reactions of Unsaturated Chromium and Tungsten Carbene Complexes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 9855-9856.

8. Merlic, C. A.; Xu, D.; Khan, S. I. "Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Cyclic Arene Chromium Carbene Complexes" Organometallics 1992, 11, 412-418.

9. Merlic, C. A.; Adams, B. "Molybdenum-95 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies on Molybdenum Carbonyl Complexes of Isonitriles and Amines" J. Organomet. Chem. 1992, 431, 313-325.

10. Merlic, C. A.; Burns, E. E.; Xu, D.; Chen, S. Y. "Aminobenzannulation Via Metathesis of Isonitriles Using Chromium Carbene Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 8722-8724.

11. Merlic, C. A.; Xu, D.; Nguyen, M. C.; Truong, V. " Stereochemistry of Intermolecular Radical Reactions of Unsaturated Tungsten Carbene Complexes," Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 227-230.

12. Merlic, C. A.; Xu, D; Gladstone, B. "Aminobenzannulation Via Photocyclization Reactions of Chromium Dienyl(Amino)carbene Complexes. Synthesis of Ortho Amino Aromatic Alcohols" J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 538-545.

13. Merlic, C. A.; Bendorf, H. D. "Titanium-Templated [4+2] Oxidative Cycloadditions: A Facile Route to 7-Hydroxynorbornenes" Organometallics 1993, 12, 559-564.

14. Merlic, C. A.; Burns, E. E. "Chemoselectivity in the Isonitrile Metathesis Route to Aromatic Amines" Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 5401-5404.

15. Merlic, C. A.; Roberts, W. M. "Regioselectivity of Photochemical Annulations of Chromium Carbene Complexes" Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 7379-7382.

16. Merlic, C. A. "2-Hydroxy-1-methoxy-furo[2,3-b]naphthalene" In Photochemical Key Steps in Organic Synthesis; Mattay, J.; Griesbeck, A., Eds.; VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 1994, pp 271-273.

17. Merlic, C. A.; Bendorf, H. D. "Cyclopropanation of C60 Via a Fischer Carbene Complex" Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 9529-9532.

18. Quinn, B; Toga, A.; Motamed, S.; Merlic, C. A.. "Fluoro Nissl Green: A Novel Fluorescent Counterstain for Neuroanatomy" Neuroscience Lett. 1995, 184, 169-172.

19. Merlic, C. A.; Albaneze, J. "Rapid Synthesis of Functionalized, Alkoxy-Substituted, Allylstannanes from Carbene Complexes" Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 1007-1010.

20. Merlic, C. A.; Albaneze, J. "Synthesis of Alkoxy-Substituted Allenyl- and Propargylstannane Reagents from Carbene Complexes" Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 1011-1014.

21. Merlic, C. A.; Motamed, S.; Quinn, B. "Structure Determination and Synthesis of Fluoro Nissl Green: An RNA Binding Fluorochrome" J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 3365-3369.

22. Merlic, C. A.; Walker, M. J. "Virtual Office Hours: A Communication Tool for Students and Teachers" WebNet 96 World Conference of the Web Society Preceedings, Maurer, Ed., 1996, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, pp 360-365.

23. Merlic, C. A.; Pauly, M. E. "Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cyclizations of Dienylalkynes Via Vinylidene Intermediates" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 11319-11320.

24. Merlic, C. A.; Walker, M. J. "Virtual Office Hours: Facilitating Faculty-Student Communication" Int. J. Educ. Telecommun. 1997, 3, 261-278.

25. Merlic, C. A.; McInnes, D. M.; You, Y. "Synthesis of Indolocarbazoles via Annulations of Chromium Carbene Complexes" Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 6787-6790.

26. Merlic, C. A.; McInnes, D. M. "Synthesis of Indolocarbazoles via Sequential Palladium Catalyzed Cross Coupling and Benzannulation Reactions" Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 7661-7664.

27. Zwick, F.; Brown, S.; Margaritondo, G.; Merlic, C.; Onellion, M.; Voit, J.; Grion, M. "Absence of Quasiparticles in the Photoemission Spectra of Quasi-One-Dimensional Bechgaard Salts" Phys. Rev. Lett. 1997, 79, 3982-3985.

28. Merlic, C. A.; Wu, F. "Synthesis of b-Keto Fischer Carbene Complexes" Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1998, 553, 183-191.

29. Merlic, C. A.; Walsh, J. C. "Completely Diastereoselective Radical Reactions Using Arenechromium Tricarbonyl Complexes" Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 2083-2086.

30. Brown, S. E.; Clark, W. G.; Zamborszky, F.; Klemme, B. J.; Kriza, G.; Alavi, B.; Merlic, C. A.; Tantillo, D. J.; Kuhns, P.; Moulton, W. "13C NMR Measurements of the High-Magnetic Field, Low-temperature Phases of (TMTTF)2PF6" Phys. Rev. Lett. 1998, 80, 5429-5432.

31. Chow, D. S.; Wzietek, P.; Fogliatti, D.; Alavi, B.; Tantillo, D. J.; Merlic, C. A.; Brown, S. E "Singular Behavior in the Pressure-Tuned Competition Between Spin-Peierls and Antiferromagnetic States of (TMTTF)2PF6" Phys. Rev. Lett. 1998, 81, 3984-3987.

32. Merlic, C. A.; Walsh, J. C.; Tantillo, D. J.; Houk, K. N. "Chemical Hermaphroditism: The Potential of the Cr(CO)3 Moiety to Stabilize Transition States and Intermediates with Anionic, Cationic, or Radical Character at the Benzylic Position" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 3596-3606.

33. Brown, S. E.; Clark, W. G.; Alavi, B.; Hall, D.; Naughton, M. J.; Tantillo, D. J.; Merlic, C. A. "High- Field Magnetization of the Spin-Peierls Compound (TMTTF)2PF6" Phys. Rev. B 1999, 60, 6270-6272.

34. Merlic, C. A.; Baur, A.; Tantillo, D. J.; Brown, S. E. "Synthesis of Carbon-13 Labeled Tetramethyltetrathiafulvalene" Syn. Commun. 1999, 29, 2953-2958.

35. Brown, S. E.; Clark, W. G.; Alavi, B.; Chow, D. S.; Merlic, C. A.; Tantillo, D.J. "Incommensurate Phase of the Organic Spin-Peierls Compound (TMTTF)2PF6" Synthetic Metals, 1999, 103, 2056-2057.

36. Chow, D. S.; Brown, S. E.; Wzietek, P.; Fogliatti, D.; Alavi, B.; Merlic, C. "Singular Behavior in the Pressure-Tuned Competition Between Spin-Peierls and Antiferromagnetic Ground States of (TMTTF)2PF6" Synthetic Metals 1999, 103, 2058-2059.

37. Merlic, C. A.; Aldrich, C. C.; Albaneze-Walker, J.; Saghatelian, A. "Carbene Complexes in the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products: Total Synthesis of the Calphostins"  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 3224-3225.

38. Merlic, C. A.; Baur, A.; Yamada, K.; Brown, S. E. "Synthesis of Quadruply Carbon-13 Labeled Tetramethyltetrathiafulvalene "  Syn. Commun. 2000, 30, 2677-2685.

39. Tantillo, D. J.; Hietbrink, B. N.; Merlic, C. A.; Houk, K. N. "Attenuating and Supplanting Nonclassical Stabilization: Cr(CO)3-Complexed Benzonorbornenyl Cations"  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 7136-7137.

40. Merlic, C. A.; Baur, A.; Aldrich, C. C. "Acylamino Chromium Carbene Complexes: Direct Carbonyl Insertion, Formation of Münchnones and Trapping with Dipolarophiles" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 7398-7399.

41. Chow, D. S.; Zamborszky, F.; Alavi, B.; Tantillo, D. J.; Baur, A.; Merlic, C. A.; Brown, S. E. "Charge Ordering in the TMTTF Family of Molecular Conductors" Phys. Rev. Lett.  2000, 85, 1698-1701.

42. Merlic, C. A.; Fam, B. C.; Miller, M. M. "WebSpectra: Online NMR and IR Spectra for Students"  J. Chem. Ed. 2001, 78, 118-120.

43. Merlic, C. A.; Miller, M. "Neighboring Group Participation by Chromium in Substitution Reactions of (h6-Arene)tricarbonylchromium Complexes"  Organometallics 2001, 20, 373-375.

44. Merlic, C. A.; Aldrich, C. C. Albaneze-Walker, J.; Saghatelian, A.; Mammen, J. "Total Synthesis of the Calphostins: Application of Fischer Carbene Complexes and Thermodynamic Control of Atropisomers"  J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 1297-1309.

45. Merlic, C. A.; Walsh, J. "The Tricarbonylchromium Template for Stereocontrol in Radical Reactions of Arenes "  J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 2265-2274.

46. Merlic, C. A.; Miller, M.; Hietbrink, B. N.; Houk, K. N. "Reactivity of (h6-Arene)tricarbonylchromium Complexes Toward Additions of Anions, Cations, and Radicals"  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2001, 123, 4904-4918.

47. Merlic, C. A.; You, Y.; McInnes, D. M.; Zechman, A. L.; Miller, M. M.; Deng, Q." Benzannulation Reactions of Fischer Carbene Complexes for the Synthesis of Indolocarbazoles "  Tetrahedron 2001, 57, 5199-5212.

48.  Merlic, C. A.; Hietbrink, B. N.; Houk, K. N.  "Donor and Acceptor Properties of the Chromium Tricarbonyl Substituent in Benzylic and Homobenzylic Anions, Cations, and Radicals" J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 6738-6744.  

49. Merlic, C. A.; Zechman, A. L.; Miller, M. "Reactivity of (h⁶-Arene)tricarbonylchromium Complexes with Carbenoids: Arene Activation or Protection?" J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2001, 123, 11101-11102.  

50. Zamborszky, F.; Yu, W.; Raas, W.; Brown, S. E.; Alavi, B.; Merlic, C. A.; Baur, A. “Competition and Coexistence of Bond and Charge Orders in (TMTTF)₂AsF₆” Physical Review B. 2002, 66 (8), 081103-1—081103-4. 

51. Zamborszky, F.; Yu, W.; Raas, W.; Brown, S. E.; Alavi, B.; Merlic, C. A.; Baur, A.; Lefebvre, S.; Wzietek, P.;  “Influence of Charge Order on the Ground State of TMTTF Conductors” Journal de Physique IV  2002, 12, 139-144.

52. Merlic, C. A.; Zechman, A. L. "Selectivity in Rhodium(II) Catalyzed Reactions of Diazo Compounds:  Effects of Catalyst Electrophilicity, Diazo Substitution, and Substrate Substitution.  From Chemoselectivity to Enantioselectivity"  Synthesis  2003, 1137-1156.  [REVIEW] 

53. Merlic, C. A.; Doroh, B. C.  “Amine Catalyzed Coupling of Aldehydes and Ketenes Derived from Fischer Carbene Complexes: Formation of b-Lactones and Enol Ethers”  J. Org. Chem.  2003, 68, 6056-6059. 

54. Lima, M. A.; Barbosa-Filho, J. M.; Merlic, C. A.; Doroh, B. C.; Maia, J. G. S.; Silva, M. S.; da-Cunha, E. V. L.  “Alkaloids and volatile constituents from Guatteria poepigiana”  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology  2004, 32, 347-349.   

55. Shelkovnikov, S.; Merlic, C. A.; Gonick, H. C. “Influence of Nitric Oxide Donors and Peroxynitrite on the Contractile Effect and Concentration of Norepinephrine” Life Sciences, 2004, 74, 2919-2928. 

56. Yu, W.; Zamborszky, F.; Alavi, B.; Baur, A.; Merlic, C. A.; Brown, S. E.  “Influence of charge order on the ground states of TMTTF molecular salts”  Journal de Physique IV  2004, 114, 35-40.

57. Hietbrink, B. N.; Tantillo, D. J.; Houk, K. N.; Merlic, C. A.  "Chromium Tricarbonyl Coordinated Carbocations" In Carbocation Chemistry; Olah, G. A; Prakash, G. K. S., Eds.; Wiley: New York, 2004; Chapter 10, pp. 279-290.  [BOOK CHAPTER]

58. Yu, W.; Zhang, F.; Zamborszky, F.; Alavi, B.; Baur, A.; Merlic, C. A.; Brown, S. E. “Electron-Lattice Coupling and Broken Symmetries of the Molecular Salt (TMTTF)₂SbF₆” Physical Review B. 2004, 70 (12), 121101-1—121101-4.