个人简介

Ph.D., Kansas State University (1987)

研究领域

Organic synthesis, origin of stereoselectivity

Synthetic organic chemistry. Organometallic Chemistry: Preparation of New Gold Catalysts with N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHC), Synthetic Methodology: Gold-Catalyzed Cycloadditions, Transannular [4+3] Cycloadditions, Total Synthesis: Minquartynoic acid, Adociacetylene, Diplynes, Duryne, Cicutoxin, etc. Physical Organic Chemistry: Study of Noncovalent Interactions Involving Aromatic Rings.

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Gold(I)-Catalyzed Divergence in the Preparation of Bicyclic Enol Esters: From Exclusively [3C+2C]-Cycloaddition Reactions to Exclusive Formation of Vinylcyclopropanes. Conyers, R. C.; Gung, B. W. Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 654-664. link Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular [4+3]-Cycloaddition Reactions with Furan Propargyl Esters as the Substrates: Carbenoid vs. Stabilized Allyl Cation Gung, Benjamin W.; Conyers, Ryan C.; Wonser, Josh; Synlett 2013, ; 24(10), 1238-1242. link Quantification of CH-pi Interactions: Implications on How Substituent Effects Influence Aromatic Interactions. Gung, B. W.; Emenike, B. U.; Lewis, M.; Kirschbaum, K. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 12357-12362. link Transannular [4C+3C]-cycloaddition reactions of oxyallyl cation to furan. Gung, B. W.; Conyers, R. Synlett 2010, ; 24(10), 2797-2801. link Relative substituent position on the strength of pi-pi stacking interactions. Gung, B. W.; Emenike, B. U.; Alverez, C. N.; Rakovan, J.; Kirschbaum, K.; Jain, N. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1648- 1650. Link Gold-Catalyzed Transannular [4+3] Cycloaddition Reactions. Gung, B. W.; Craft, D. T.; Bailey, L. N.; Kirschbaum, K. Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 639. link Gold-catalyzed intermolecular [4C + 3C] cycloaddition reactions. Gung, B. W.; Bailey, L. N.; Wonser, J. Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 2251. link Preparation and Characterization of Two New N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold(I) Complexes and Comparison of Their Catalytic Activity to Au(IPr)Cl. Gung, B. W.; Bailey, L. N.; Craft, D. T.; Barnes, C. L.; Kirschbaum, K. Organometallics 2010, 29, 3450-3456. link A Concise Synthesis of R-(-)-Cicutoxin, a Natural 17-Carbon Polyenyne. Gung, B. W.; Omollo, A. O.Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 1136-1138. link Gold catalyzed transannular [4+3] cycloaddition reactions. Gung, B. W.; Craft, D. T. Tetrahedron Lett., 2009, 2685-2687. link Total synthesis of polyyne natural products. Gung, B. W. Comptes Rendus Chimie 2009, 12, 2009, 12, 489-505. link Reduction of 4-tert-butylcyclohexanone: a laboratory class project in diastereoselectivity and thermodynamic vs. kinetic control. Novak, M.; Gung, B. W.; Hershberger, J. W.; Taylor, R. T.; Emenike, B.; Chakraborty, M.; Scioneaux, A. N.; Ponsot, A. E.; Daka, P. Chemical Educator 2009, 14, 232-235. link Quantitative study of interactions between oxygen lone pair and aromatic rings: Substituent effect and the importance of closeness of contact. Gung, B. W.; Zou, Y.; Xu, Z. G.; Amicangelo, J. C.; Irwin, D. G.; Ma, S. Q.; Zhou, H. C.J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 689-693. link Stacking interactions between nitrogen-containing six-membered heterocyclic aromatic rings and substituted benzene: Studies in solution and in the solid state. Gung, B. W.; Wekesa, F.; Barnes, C. L.J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 1803-1808. link Total synthesis of (+)- and (-)-duryne: A potent anticancer agent from the marine sponge Cribrochalina dura. Establishment of the central double bond geometry and the absolute configuration of the chiral centers. Gung, B. W.; Omollo, A. O.J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 1067-1070. link First total synthesis of the potent anticancer natural product dideoxypetrosynol A: Preparation of the "Skipped" (Z)-enediyne moiety by oxidative coupling of homopropargylphosphonium ylide. Gung, B. W.; Omollo, A. O.Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, , 4790-4795. link The first transannular [4+3] cycloaddition reaction: synthesis of the ABCD ring structure of cortistatins. Craft, D. T.; Gung, B. W.;Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 5931-5934. link Ab initio study of substituent effects in the interactions of dimethyl ether with aromatic rings. Amicangelo, J. C.; Gung, B. W.; Irwin, D. G.; Romano, N. C.Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 2695-2705. Link Enthalpy (Delta H) and entropy (Delta S) for pi-stacking interactions in near-sandwich configurations: Relative importance of electrostatic, dispersive, and charge-transfer effects. Gung, B. W.; Xue, X. W.; Zou, Y.J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2469-2475. link A short synthesis of (S)-(+)-siphonodiol. Gung, B. W.; Craft, D. T.; Truelove, J.Tetrahedron-Asymmetry, 2007, 18, 1284-1287. link