First- or Corresponding-Author Work
11. Total Synthesis of (+)-Discorhabdin V
Derstine, B.C.; Cook, A.J.; Collings, J.D.; Gair. J.; Saurí, J.; Kwan, E.E.*; Burns, N.Z.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 63, e202315284
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10. Inadequacy of Continuum Solvation for Polar Reactions: Predicting the Mechanism of Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis
Vonesh, H.L.; Wagen, C.C.; McMinn, S.E.; Thedford, J.B.; Kwan, E.E.*; Schindler, C.S.*
ChemArxiv 2022 (preprint)
9. Screening for Generality in Asymmetric Catalysis.
Wagen. C.C.† McMinn, S.E.† Kwan, E.E.*; Jacobsen, E.N.*
Nature 2022, 610, 680–686.
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8. Matching Glycosyl Donor Reactivity to Sulfonate Leaving Group Ability Permits SN2 Glycosylations.
Zhuo, M.-H.; Wilbur, D.J.; Kwan, E.E.*; Bennett, C.S.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 16743–16754.
7. Extending the Lifetime of Organic Flow Batteries via Redox State Management.
Goulet, M.-A.; Tong, L.; Pollack D.A.; Tabor, D.P.; Odom, S.A.; Aspuru-Guzik, A.; Kwan, E.E.*; Gordon, R.G.*; Aziz, M.J.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8014–8019.
6. Concerted Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitutions.
Kwan, E.E.; Zeng, Y.; Besser, H.A.; Jacobsen, E.N.*
Nature Chem. 2018, 10, 917–923.
5. Sensitive and Accurate 13C Kinetic Isotope Effect Measurements Enabled by Polarization Transfer.
Kwan, E.E.*; Park. Y.; Besser, H.A.; Anderson, T.L.; Jacobsen, E.N.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 43–46.
4. Enhancing NMR Prediction for Organic Compounds Using Molecular Dynamics.
Kwan, E.E.*; Liu, R.Y.
J. Chem. Theor. Comput. 2015, 11, 5083–5089.
3. The Stereochemical Course of Intramolecular Michael Reactions.
Kwan, E.E.; Scheerer, J.R.; Evans, D.A.*
J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 175–203.
2. Intermolecular Michael Reactions: A Computational Investigation.
Kwan, E.E.*; Evans, D.A.
Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 5124–5127.
1. Factors Affecting the Relative Efficiency of General Acid Catalysis.
Kwan, E.E.*
J. Chem. Educ. 2005, 82, 1026–1030.
Contributing-Author Work
11. Vision-Guided Automation Platform for Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Workup Development
Sun, A.C.*; Jurica, J.A.; Rose, H.B.; Brito, G.; Deprez, N.R.; Grosser, S.T.; Hyde, A.M.; Kwan, E.E.; Moor, S.
Org. Process Res. Dev. 2023, 27, 1954–1964.
10. Enantioselective Aryl-Iodide-Catalyzed Wagner-Meerwein Rearrangements.
Sharma, H.A.; Mennie, K.M.; Kwan, E.E.; Jacobsen, E.N.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 16090–16096.
9. Passenger Hotspot Mutations in Cancer Driven by APOBEC3A and Mesoscale Genomic Features.
Buisson, R.; Langenbucher, A.; Bowen, D.; Kwan, E.E.; Benes, C.H.; Zou, L.*; Lawrence, M.S.*
Science. 2019, 364, eeaw2872.
8. CRISPR-suppressor scanning reveals a non-enzymatic role of LSD1 in AML.
Vinyard, M.E.; Su, C.; Siegenfeld, A.P.; Waterbury, A.L.; Freedy, A.M.; Gosavi, P.M.; Park, Y.; Kwan, E.E.; Senzer, B.D.; Doench, J.G.; Bauer, D.E.; Pinello, L.; Liau, B.B.*
Nature Chem. Biol. 2019, 15, 529–539.
7. Macrocyclic Bis-Thioureas Catalyze Stereospecific Glycosylation Reactions.
Park, Y.; Harper, K.; Kuhl, N.; Kwan, E.E.; Liu, R.Y.; Jacobsen, E.N.*
Science. 2017, 355, 162–166.
6. Mechanistic studies and radiofluorination of structurally diverse pharmaceuticals with spirocyclic iodonium(III) ylides.
Rotstein, B.H.; Wang, L.; Liu, R.Y.; Patteson, J.; Kwan, E.E.; Vasdev, N.*; and Liang, S.H.*
Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 4407–4417.
5. A Computer Search for Planar Substitution Tilings with n-Fold Rotational Symmetry.
Gähler, F.; Kwan, E.E.; and Maloney, G.R.*
Discrete Comput. Geom. 2015, 53, 445–465.
4. Entropic Intermediates and Hidden Rate-Limiting Steps in Seemingly Concerted Cycloadditions. Observation, Prediction, and Origin of an Isotope Effect on Recrossing.
Gonzalez-James, O.M.; Kwan, E.E.; Singleton, D.A.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 1914–1917.
3. Progress Towards the Syntheses of (+)-GB 13, (+)-Himgaline, and Himandridine. New Insights Into Intramolecular Imine/Enamine Aldol Cyclizations.
Evans, D.A.*; Adams, D.J.; Kwan, E.E.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8162–8170.
2. Lithol Red Salts: Characterization and Deterioration.
Stenger, J.*; Kwan, E.E.; Eremin, K.; Speakman, S.; Kirby, D.; Stewart, H.; Huang, S.G.; Kennedy, A.R.; Newman, R.; and Khandekar, N.
ePreservation Science 2010, 7, 147–157.
1. Competitive Transport and Percolation in Disordered Arrays of Molecularly-Linked Au Nanoparticles.
Trudeau, P.-E.; Orozco, A.; Kwan, E.E.; Dhirani, A.-A.*
J. Chem. Phys. 2002, 117, 3978–3981.
Other Publications
3. ACD/Spectrus Processor Review.
Kwan, E.E.*
J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2012, 52, 1898–1900. (software review)
2. Structural Elucidation with NMR Spectroscopy: Practical Strategies for Organic Chemists.
Kwan, E.E.*; Huang, S. G.
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 2671–2688. (review article)
1. The Rate of Proton Transfer.
Kwan, E.E.*
J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 39. (letter to the editor)