College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Chemistry

George A. Kraus

Organic Synthesis, Bioagricultural Chemistry, Toxicology

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Selected Publications

  1. "Tumor Cell Toxicity of Hypericin and Related Analogs" N. J. Wills, J. Park, S. Kesavan, G. A. Kraus, S. Carpenter Photochem. Photobiol. (symposium in print), 2001, 74, 216.

  2. "Regiocontrol by Remote Substituents. A Direct Synthesis of Tetrangulol", G. A. Kraus, N. Zhang, A. Melekhov, J. Jensen Synlett, 2001, 521.

  3. "A Synthesis of Racemic Deliquinone", G. A. Kraus, P. K. Choudhury Tetrahedron Letters, 2001, 42, 6649.

  4. "Synthesis of Benzofurans from ortho-Substituted Benzaldehydes Using a Hindered Phosphazene Base", G. A. Kraus, N. Zhang, J. G. Verkade, M. Nagarajan, P. B. Kisanga Org. Lett., 2000, 2409.

  5. "An Enantioselective Formal Total Synthesis of Phytuberin", . G. A. Kraus, X. Wang Synlett, 1999, 1395.

  6. "Synthetic Routes to Pyrroloiminoquinone Alkaloids. A Direct Synthesis of Makaluvamine C", G. A. Kraus, N. Selvakumar J. Org. Chem, 1998, 63, 9846.

  7. "A Direct Route to Acylhydroquinones from a-Keto Acids and a-Carboxamido Acids", G. A. Kraus, A. Melekhov Tetrahedron Lett., 1998, 39, 3957.

  8. "A Photochemical Alternative to Certain Friedel Crafts Reactions", G.A. Kraus, H. Maeda, P. Liu, A. Melekhov, Y. Lu in "Green Chemistry: Frontiers in Benign Chemical Synthesis and Processing", P. T. Anastas and T.C. Williamson, eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK) invited book chapter, 1998, Chapter 4, p. 72-86.

  9. "1,12-Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Reactions of a-Keto Esters", G. A. Kraus*, W. Zhang Y. Wu J.C.S. Chem. Comm., 1996, 2439.

  10. "Research at the Interface Between Chemistry and Virology: The Development of a Molecular Flashlight" G. A. Kraus, W. Zhang, M. Fehr, J. W. Petrich, Y. Wannemuehler, S. Carpenter Chem. Rev., 1996, 96, 523.