Electronic control of facial selection in additions to sterically unbiased ketones and olefins.

G. Mehta, J. Chandrasekhar, Chem. Rev., 1999, 99, 1437.

Key Words:
ADAMANTANE RING-SYSTEM/PI-FACE SELECTIVITY/NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS/ELECTROPHILIC ADDITIONS/ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS/REMOTE SUBSTITUENTS/CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS/TRANSITION-STATE/5-SUBSTITUTED ADAMANTANONES/STEREOCHEMICAL COURSE



Recent chemistry of benzocyclobutenes.

G. Mehta, S. Kotha, Tetrahedron, 2001, 57, 625.

Key Words:
DIELS-ALDER REACTION; FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSIS; PHOTOINDUCED MOLECULAR-TRANSFORMATIONS; ORTHO-QUINODIMETHANES; O-QUINODIMETHANES; CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS; CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS; NATURAL-PRODUCTS; INTRAMOLECULAR-CYCLOADDITION; STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS



G. Mehta, S. Padma, in Carbocyclic Cage Compounds : Chemistry and Applications (Eds.: E. Osawa, O. Yonemitsu), VCH Publishers, Weinheim, 1992, pp. 183.

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G. Mehta, H. S. P. Rao, in Advances in Strain in Organic Chemistry, Vol. 6 (Ed.: B. Halton), Jai Press Inc, 55 Old Post Road/ No 2/Greenwich/CT 06836, 1997, pp. 139.

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G. Mehta, H. S. P. Rao, in Chemistry of Dienes and Polyenes, Vol. I (Ed.: Z. Rappoport), John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Baffins Lane/Chichester, West Sussex/England PO19 1UD, 1997, pp. 359.

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Synthetic studies directed towards bucky-balls and bucky-bowls.

G. Mehta, H. S. P. Rao, Tetrahedron, 1998, 54, 13325.

Key Words:
POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS/HIGH-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS/AB-INITIO/BUCKMINSTERFULLERENE SURFACE/THERMAL REARRANGEMENTS/MOLECULAR MECHANICS/FULLERENE FRAGMENTS/SHAPED SUBUNITS/CURVED SURFACES/SCF-MO



Progress in the construction of cyclooctanoid systems: New approaches and applications to natural product syntheses.

G. Mehta, V. Singh, Chem. Rev., 1999, 99, 881.

Key Words:
DIELS-ALDER REACTION/RADICAL RING EXPANSION/OXY-COPE REARRANGEMENT/HIGHER-ORDER CYCLOADDITION/1ST TOTAL SYNTHESIS/8-MEMBERED B-RING/NI(II)/CR(II)-MEDIATED COUPLING REACTION/INTRAMOLECULAR 4+3 CYCLOADDITIONS/TRANSANNULAR CYCLIZATION STRATEGY/PALLADIUM-CATALYZED CYCLIZATIONS



Synthesis of polyquinane natural products: An update.

G. Mehta, A. Srikrishna, Chem. Rev., 1997, 97, 671.

Key Words:
FORMAL TOTAL SYNTHESIS/STEREOSELECTIVE TOTAL SYNTHESIS/STEREOCONTROLLED TOTAL SYNTHESIS/OCCURRING TERPENE DERIVATIVES/OLEFIN CYCLO-ADDITIONS/ALPHA-ALKYNONE CYCLIZATION/1ST TOTAL SYNTHESIS/(+/-)-PENTALENOLACTONE-E METHYL-ESTER/LINEARLY FUSED TRICYCLOPENTANOIDS/STEREOSPECIFIC TOTAL SYNTHESIS



Stereoelectronic control in Diels-Alder reaction of dissymmetric 1,3-dienes.

G. Mehta, R. Uma, Acc. Chem. Res., 2000, 33, 278.

Key Words:
PI-FACIAL STEREOSELECTIVITY/ORBITAL MIXING RULE/CYCLO-ADDITIONS/CYCLOHEXA-1,3-DIENE MOIETY/POLYCYCLIC FRAMEWORK/STERIC CONTROL/SELECTIVITY/CYCLOADDITIONS/DISPIRO<4.0.4.4>TETRADECA-11,13-DIENES/CYCLOPENTADIENES



Haller-Bauer reaction revisited: Synthetic applications of a versatile C-C bond scission reaction.

G. Mehta, R. V. Venkateswaran, Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 1399.

Key Words:
C-13 MAGNETIC-RESONANCE/FUNCTIONALIZED CIS-HYDRINDANES/HIGH STEREOCHEMICAL CONTROL/SILYL PHENYL KETONES/CARBON CARBON BONDS/BETA-ENOLIZATION/GEMINAL ALKYLATION/CLEAVAGE/REARRANGEMENT/SYSTEM