Organic Synthesis and development of hetero Diels-Alder Reaction. Conformational analysis of sugar derivatives.

Representative Publications:

Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of(6R)-[6-2H1]-1,2:3,4-Di-O-isopropylidene-a-D-galactopyranose. NMR and Molecular Modeling Studies. Midland, M. Mark; Asirwatham, Gitanjali; Cheng, John C.; Miller, Jennifer A.; Morell, Luis A.. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA. Journal of Organic Chemistry (1994), 59(16), 4438-42.

On the hetero Diels-Alder reaction of a,b-dialkoxy aldehydes with an activated diene under Lewis-acid catalysis, and conformational searches on heterocycloadducts. Morell, Luis Arnaldo. Univ. California, Riverside, CA, USA. Avail. Univ. Microfilms Int., Order No. DA9402365. (1993), 204 pp. From: Diss. Abstr. Int. B 1994, 54(8), 4165. Dissertation written in English.