PUBLICATIONS
243.
Lian, Y.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. "Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Phthalides by Cascade Addition and Cyclization of Benzimidates with Aldehydes" Chem. Sci. 3, Advance Article (2012).

242.
Verdoes, M.; Edgington, L. E.; Scheeren, F. A.; Leyva, M.; Blum, G.; Weiskopf, K.; Bachmann, M. H.; Ellman, J. A.; Bogyo, M. “A Nonpeptidic Cathepsin S Activity-Based Probe for Noninvasive Optical Imaging of Tumor-Associated Macrophages” Chem. Biol. 19, 619–628 (2012).

241. Kimmel, K. K.; Weaver, J. D.; Lee, M.; Ellman, J. A. “Enantio- and Diastereoselective Addition of Cyclohexyl Meldrum’s Acid to ß- and a,ß-Disubstituted Nitroalkenes via N-Sulfinyl Urea Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 9058–9061 (2012).

240.
Xue, Y.; Chowdhury, S.; Liu, X.; Akiyama, Y.; Ellman, J. A.; Ha, Y. “Conformational Change in Rhomboid Protease GlpG Induced by Inhibitor Binding to Its S′ Subsites” Biochemistry 51, 3723–3731 (2012).

239.
Hesp, K. D.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Branched Amines by Direct Addition of Benzamides to Imines” Org. Lett. 14, 2304-2307 (2012).

238.
Martin, R. M.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Synthesis of Pyridines from Ketoximes and Terminal Alkynes via C–H Bond Functionalization” J. Org. Chem. 77, 2501–2507 (2012).

237.
Duttwyler, S.; Rheingold, A. L.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Highly Diastereoselective Synthesis of Tetrahydropyridines by a C–H Activation–Cyclization–Reduction Cascade” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 4064-4067 (2012).

236.
Tauchert, M. E.; Incarvito, C. D.; Rheingold, A. L.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Mechanism of the Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Arylation of Imines via C–H Bond Functionalization: Inhibition by Substrate” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 1482–1485 (2012).

235.
Kimmel, K. K.; Robak, M. T.; Thomas, S.; Lee, M. “Enantio- and Diastereoselective Addition of Thioacetic Acid to Nitroalkenes via N-Sulfinyl Urea Catalysis” Tetrahedron 68, 2704-2712 (2012).

234.
Colby, D. A.; Tsai, A. S.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Rhodium Catalyzed Chelation-Assisted C–H Bond Functionalization Reactions” Acc. Chem. Res. 45, 814-825 (2012).

233.
Kimmel, K.L.; Weaver, J.D.; Ellman, J.A. "Enantio- and Diastereoselective Addition of Cyclohexyl Meldrum's Acid to β- and α,β-Disubstituted Nitroalkenes via N-Sulfinyl Urea Catalysis” Chem. Science 3, 121-125 (2012).

232. Hesp, K.D.; Bergman, R.G.; Ellman, J.A. “Expedient Synthesis of N-Acyl Anthranilamides and β-Enamine Amides by the Rh(III)-Catalyzed Amidation of Aryl and Vinyl C-H Bonds with Isocyanates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 11430–11433 (2011).

231. Jung, H.H.; Buesking, A.W.; Ellman, J.A. “Highly Functional Group Compatible Rh-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboroxines to Activated N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Ketimines” Org. Lett. 13, 3912-1915 (2011).

230. Robak, M.T.; Herbage, M.A.;
Ellman, J.A. “Development of an N-Sulfinyl
Prolinamide for the Asymmetric Aldol Reaction” Tetrahedron 67, 4412-4416 (2011).
[Dean Toste Tetrahedron Young
Investigator Award Issue].
229.
Brasse, M.; Ellman, J.A.;
Bergman, R.G. “A Facile, Metal- and Solvent Free, Autoxidative Coupling of
Quinolines with Indoles and Pyrroles” Chem.
Commun. 47, 5019-5021 (2011).

228.
Mahajan,
S. S.; Deu, E.; Lauterwasser, E. M. W.; Leyva, M. J.; Ellman, J. A.; Bogyo, M.;
Renslo, A. R. “A Fragmenting Hybrid Approach for Targeted Delivery of Multiple
Therapeutic Agents to the Malaria Parasite” ChemMedChem 6, 415–419 (2011).

227.
Buesking, A. W.; Baguley, T. D.;
Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric Synthesis of Amines by the Knochel-Type MgCl2-Enhanced
Addition of Benzyl Zinc Reagents to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Aldimines” Org. Lett. 13, 964-967 (2011).

226.
Tsai, A. S.; Tauchert, M. E.;
Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed
Arylation of Boc-Imines via CH Bond Functionalization” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133,
1248–1250 (2011).

225.
Tsai, A. S.; Brasse, M.; Bergman,
R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Rh(III)-Catalyzed Oxidative
Coupling of Unactivated Alkenes via CH Activation” Org. Lett. 13, 540-542
(2011).

224.
Floyd
III, W. C.; Datta, G. K.; Imamura, S.; Kieler-Ferguson, H. M.; Jerger, K.;
Patterson, A. W.; Fox, M. E.; Szoka, F. C.; Fréchet, J. M. J.; Ellman, J. A. “Chemotherapeutic Evaluation of a
Novel Synthetic Tubulysin Analogue-Dendrimer Conjugate in C26 Tumor Bearing
Mice” ChemMedChem 6, 49-53 (2011).
[selected as Very Important Paper].
223.
Berman, A. M.; Bergman, R. G.;
Ellman, J. A. “Rh(I)-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of
Azines” J. Org. Chem. 75, 7863–7868 (2010).

222.
Crimmin, M. R.; Colby, D. A.;
Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry of
Tri-Substituted Benzamidrazones” J. Chem.
Soc., Dalton Trans. 40, 514-522 (2011).

221. Nichols,
J. M.; Bishop, L. M.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Catalytic C-O Bond
Cleavage of 2-Aryloxy-1-arylethanols and Its Application to the
Depolymerization of Lignin Related Polymers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132,
12554-12555 (2010).

220. Datta,
G. K.; Ellman, J. A. “Racemization Free Protocol for the Synthesis of N-tert-Butanesulfinyl
Ketimimes” J. Org. Chem. 75, 6283-6285 (2010).

219. Leyva,
M. J.; DeGiacomo, F.; Kaltenbach, L. S.; Holcomb, J.; Zhang, N.; Gafni, J.; Park, H.; Lo, D. C.; Salvesen, G. S. Ellerby, L. M.; Ellman, J. A.
“Identification and Evaluation of Novel Small Molecule Pan-Caspase Inhibitors
in Huntington’s Disease Models” Chem.
Biol. 17, 1189-1200 (2010).

218. Rawls,
K. A.; Grundner, C.; Ellman, J. A. “Design and Synthesis of Novel Inhibitors
for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phosphatase PtpB” Org. Biomol. Chem. 8,
4066-4070 (2010).

217. Deu,
E.; Leyva, M.; Albrow, V.; Rice, M. J.; Ellman, J. A.; Bogyo, M. “Functional
studies of the Plasmodium falciparum dipeptidyl aminopeptidase I (DPAP1) using small molecule inhibitors and active
site” Chem. Biol. 17, 808-819 (2010).

216. Arceo,
E.; Ellman, J. A.; Bergman, R. G. “Rhenium-Catalyzed Didehydroxylation of
Vicinal Diols to Alkenes Using a Simple Alcohol as a Reducing Agent” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 11408–11409 (2010).

215.
Yotphan, S.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Synthesis of Multicyclic Pyridine and Quinoline Derivatives via
Intramolecular C-H Bond Functionalization” Org. Lett. 12, 2978-2981 (2010).

214. Arceo,
E.; Ellman, J. A.; Bergman, R. G. “A Direct, Biomass-Based Synthesis of Benzoic
Acid: Formic Acid-mediated Deoxygenation of the Glucose-Derived Materials
Quinic Acid and Shikimic Acid” ChemSusChem 3, 811–813 (2010).

213. Robak,
M. T.; Herbage, M. A.; Ellman, J. A. “Synthesis and Applications of tert-Butanesulfinamide” Chem. Rev. 110, 3600–3740 (2010).

212. Brak,
K.; Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric Rh(I)-Catalyzed Addition
of MIDA Boronates to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Aldimines:
Development and Comparison to Trifluoroborates” J. Org. Chem. 75, 3147–3150 (2010).

211. Brak,
K.; Ellman, J. A. “Total Synthesis of (-)-Aurantioclavine” Org. Lett. 12, 2004–2007
(2010).

210. Brak,
K.; Kerr, I. D.; Barrett, K. T.; Fuchi, N.; Debnath, M.; Ang, K.; Engel, J. C.;
McKerrow, J. H.; Doyle, P. S.; Brinen, L. S.; Ellman, J. A. “Nonpeptidic Tetrafluorophenoxymethyl Ketone
Cruzain Inhibitors as Promising New Leads for Chagas Disease Chemotherapy” J. Med. Chem. 53, 1763–1773
(2010).

209. Drag,
M.; Bogyo, M.; Ellman, J. A.; Salvesen, G. S. “Aminopeptidase Fingerprints, an
Integrated Approach for Identification of Good Substrates and Optimal
Inhibitors” J. Biol. Chem. 285,
3310-3318 (2010).

208. Sun,
C.; Su, K.-H.; Valentine, J.; Rosa-Bauza, Y. T.; Ellman, J. A.; Elboudwarej,
O.; Mukherjee, B.; Craik, C. S.; Shuman, M. A.; Chen, F. F.; Zhang, X. “Time-Resolved Single-Step Protease Activity
Quantification Using Nanoplasmonic Resonator Sensors” ACS Nano 4, 978–984
(2010).

207.
Colby, D. A.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Rhodium-Catalyzed C-C
Bond Formation via Heteroatom-Directed C-H Bond Activation” Chem. Rev. 110, 624-655 (2010).

206. Storgaard,
M.; Ellman, J. A. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Arylboronic Acids
to In Situ Generated N-Boc Arylimines. Preparation of (S)-tert-Butyl
(4-Chlorophenyl)(Thiophen-2-yl-MethyylCarbamate” Org. Synth. 86, 360-373 (2009).
205. Rawls,
K. A.; Lang, T. P.; Takeuchi, J.; Imamura, S.; Baguley, T. D.; Grundner, C.;
Alber, T.; Ellman, J. A. “Fragment-based
discovery of selective inhibitors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein
tyrosine phosphatase PtpA” Bioorg.
Med. Chem. Lett. 19,
6851-6854 (2009).

204.
Kimmel, K. L.; Robak, M. T.; Ellman, J. A. “Enantioselective
Addition of Thioacetic Acid to Nitroalkenes via N-Sulfinyl Urea Organocatalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 8754–8755 (2009).

203.
Arceo, E.; Marsden, P.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “An Efficient
Didehydroxylation Method for the Biomass-Derived Polyols Glycerol and
Erythritol. Mechanistic Studies of a Formic Acid-Mediated Deoxygenation” Chem. Commun. 3357-3359 (2009).

202.
Tsai, A. S.; Wilson, R. M.; Hirada, H.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J.
A. “Rhodium Catalyzed Enantioselective Cylization
of Substituted Imidazoles via C–H Bond Activation” Chem. Commun. 3910-3912 (2009).

201.
Brak, K.; Harris, K. ; Ellman, J. A. “General
One-pot Method for the Preparation of N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Amine Diastereomer
Mixtures as Standards for Stereoselectivity Determinations” J. Org. Chem. 74, 3606-3608 (2009).

200.
Brak, K.; Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric
Synthesis of α–Branched Allylic Amines by the Rh(I)-Catalyzed
Addition of Alkenyltrifluoroborates to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Aldimines” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 3850–3851 (2009).
199.
Yotphan, S.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Application of Daugulis Copper-Catalyzed Direct Arylation to the
Synthesis of 5-Aryl Benzotriazepines” Org. Lett. 11, 1511–1514 (2009).

198.
[JOC Feature article
and highlighted by Trevor Laird and coauthors in Org. Proc. Res. Dev. 2009, 13, 364–370].
197.
Berman, A. M.; Lewis, J. C.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Rh(I)-Catalyzed
Direct Arylation of Pyridines and Quinolines” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 14926–14927 (2008).

196.
Harada, H.; Thalji, R. K.;
Bergman, R. G.; Ellman,
J. A. “Enantioselective Intramolecular
Hydroarylation of Alkenes via Directed C-H Bond Activation” J. Org. Chem. 73,
6772-6779 (2008).

195.
Lewis, J. C.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Direct
Functionalization of Nitrogen Heterocycles via Rh-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation” Acc.
Chem. Res. 41, 1013-1025 (2008).

194.
Drag, M.; Mikolajczyk, J.; Bekes, M.;
Reyes-Turcu, F.; Ellman, J. A.; Wilkinson, K. D.; Salvesen, G. S.
“Positional-Scanning Fluorogenic Substrate Libraries Reveal Unexpected
Specificity Determinants of Deubiquitinating Enzymes (DUBs)” Biochem. J. 415, 367-375 (2008).

193.
Trincado, M.; Ellman, J. A. “Enantioselective
Synthesis of alpha-Aryl
Alkylamines by Rh-Catalyzed Addition Reactions of Arylboronic Acids to
Aliphatic Imines” Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 5623-5626 (2008).

192.
Beenen, M. A.; An, C.; Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric
Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of alpha-Amino
Boronate Esters from N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Aldimines” J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 6910-6911 (2008).

191.
Patterson, A. W.; Peltier, H. M.; Ellman, J. A. “Expedient Synthesis of N-Methyl Tubulysin
Analogues with High Cytotoxicity” J. Org. Chem. 73, 4362-4369 (2008).

190.
Gribble, M. W.; Ellman, J. A.; Bergman, R. G. “Synthesis of a Benzodiazepine-Derived Rhodium NHC
Complex by C-H Bond Activation” Organometallics, 27, 2152-2155 (2008).

189.
Brak, K.; Doyle, P. S.;
McKerrow, J. H.; Ellman, J. A. “Identification of a New Class of Nonpeptidic
Inhibitors of Cruzain” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 6404-6410 (2008).

188.
Tsai, A. S.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric Synthesis of (−)-Incarvillateine
Employing an Intramolecular Alkylation via Rh-Catalyzed Olefinic C−H Bond
Activation” J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 6316-6317 (2008).

187.
Colby, D. A.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Synthesis of
Dihydropyridines and Pyridines from Imines and Alkynes via C-H Activation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 3645-3651
(2008).

186.
Yotphan, S.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “The Stereoselective Formation of Bicyclic Enamines with
Bridgehead Unsaturation via Tandem C-H Bond
Activation/Alkenylation/Electrocyclization” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2452-2453 (2008).

185.
Lewis, J. C.; Berman, A. M.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J.
A. “Rh(I)-Catalyzed Arylation of Heterocycles
via C-H Bond Activation: Expanded Scope
Through Mechanistic Insight.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2493-2500
(2008).
184.
Robak, M. T.; Trincado, M.; Ellman, J. A. “Enantioselective
Aza-Henry Reaction with an N-Sulfinyl
Urea Organocatalyst” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129,
15110-15111 (2007).

183.
Nakagawa, H.; Rech, J. C.; Sindelar, R. W.;
Ellman, J. A. “Catalytic Enantioselective Addition of Arylboronic Acids to N-Boc Imines Generated in Situ” Org. Lett. 9, 5155-5157 (2007).
182.
Patterson, A. W.; Peltier, H. M.; Sasse, F.; Ellman, J. A.
“Design, Synthesis, and Biological Properties of Highly Potent Tubulysin D
Analogues” Chem. Eur. J. 13,
9534-9541 (2007).

181.
Tanuwidjaja,
J.; Peltier, H. M.; Lewis, J. C.; Schenkel, L. B.; Ellman, J. A. “One-Pot
Microwave-Promoted Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes via tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines” Synthesis 3385-3389 (2007).

180. Watzke,
A.; Wilson, R. M.; O’Malley, S. J.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric Intramolecular Alkylation
of Chiral Aromatic Imines via Catalytic C-H Bond Activation” Synlett 2383-2389 (2007). 
179.
Soellner, M. B.; Rawles, K.
A.; Grundner, C.; Alber, T.; Ellman, J. A. “Fragment-Based Substrate Activity Screening
Method for the Identification of Potent Inhibitors of the M. tuberculosis Phosphatase PtpB” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 9613-9615 (2007).
[Research Highlight in Nat. Chem.
Biol. 3, 539 (2007)].
178.
Rosa-Bauza, Y. T.; Berst,
F.; Ellman, J. A. “Straightforward
Preparation and Assay of Aspartyl Protease Substrates with an Internal
Thioester Linkage” ChemBioChem 8,
981-984 (2007).

177.
Ellman, J. A. “The Direct Approach” Science 316, 1131-1132 (2007).

176.
Inagaki, H.; Tsuruoka, H.;
Hornsby, M.; Lesley, S. A.; Spraggon, G.; Ellman, J. A. “Nonpeptidic Inhibitors of Cathepsin S with an
Unprecedented Binding Mode” J. Med. Chem. 50, 2693-2699 (2007).

175.
Lewis, J. C.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Rh(I)-Catalyzed
Alkylation of Quinolines and Pyridines via C-H Bond Activation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 5332-5333 (2007).

174.
Rech, J. C.; Yato, M.;
Duckett, D.; Ember, Brian; LoGrasso, P. V.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Synthesis of Potent Bicyclic Bisarylimidazole c-Jun N-Terminal
Kinase Inhibitors by Catalytic C-H Bond Activation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129,
490-491 (2007).

173.
Tanuwidjaja, J.; Peltier, H. M.; Ellman, J. A. “One-Pot Asymmetric Synthesis of Either Diastereomer of tert-Butanesulfinyl-protected
Amines from Ketones” J. Org. Chem. 72, 626-629 (2007). 
172.
Liu, G. L.; Rosa-Bauza, Y.
T.; Salisbury, C. T.; Lu, Y.; Kim, J.; Craik, C.; Ellman, J. A.; Lee, L. P.;
Chen, F. F. "Peptide-Nanocrescent Hybrid SERS Probe for Optical Detection
of Protease Activity" J. Nanoscience Nanotech. 7, 2323–2330
(2007).
171.
Peltier, H. M.; McMahon, J. P.; Patterson, A.
W.; Ellman, J. A. “The Total Synthesis of Tubulysin D” J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 128, 16018-16019 (2006).
Critique: Sasse, F.; Menche, D. “Success in Tubulysin
D Synthesis” Nat. Chem.
Biol. 3, 87-89 (2007).
170.
Patterson, A. W.; Wood, W. J. L.; Ellman, J.
A. “Substrate Activity Acreening (SAS): a General Procedure for the Preparation
and Screening of a Fragment-Based Non-Peptidic Protease Substrate Library for
Inhibitor Discovery” Nature Protocols 2, 424 - 433 (2007). 
169.
Patterson, A. W.; Wood, W. J. L.; Hornsby,
M.; Lesley, S.; Spraggon, G.; Ellman, J. A. “Identification of
Selective, Nonpeptidic Nitrile Inhibitors of Cathepsin S using the Substrate
Activity Screening Method” J. Med. Chem. 49, 6298-6307 (2006). 
168.
Watzke, A.; O’Malley, S. J.; Bergman, R. G.;
Ellman, J. A. “Reassignment
of Configuration for Salvianolic Acid B and Establishment of Its Identity with
Lithospermic Acid B” J. Nat. Prod. 69, 1231-1233 (2006). 
167.
Patterson, A. W.; Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric Synthesis of alpha,alpha-Dibranched Propargylamines by
Acetylide Additions to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Ketimines” J. Org. Chem. 71, 7110-7112 (2006).

166.
165.
Zhang, Y.; Lewis, J. C.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A.; Oldfield, E.
“NMR Shifts, Orbitals, and M···H-X Bonding in d8 Square Planar Metal Complexes” Organometallics 25, 3515-3519 (2006).

164.
Choe, Y.; Leonetti, F.; Greenbaum, D. C.; Lecaille, F.;
Bogyo, M.; Bromme, D.; Ellman, J. A.; Craik, C. S. “Substrate Profiling of Cysteine Proteases Using a Combinatorial
Peptide Library Identifies Functionally Unique Specificities” J. Biol. Chem. 281, 12824 - 12832
(2006).

163.
Gosalia D.N.; Denney, W. S.; Salisbury, C. M.; Ellman, J. A.; Diamond, S. L.
“Functional Phenotyping of Human Plasma Using a 361-Fluorogenic Substrate
Biosensing Microarray” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 94, 1099-1110 (2006).

162.
Wilson, R. M.; Thalji, R. K.; Bergman, R. G.;
Ellman, J. A. “Enantioselective Synthesis of a PKC Inhibitor via Catalytic C-H
Bond Activation” Org. Lett. 8,
1745-1747 (2006).

161.
Beenen, M. A.; Weix, D. J.; Ellman, J. A. “Asymmetric
Synthesis of Protected Arylglycines by Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboronic
Acids to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Imino Esters” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 6304-6305 (2006).

160.
Colby, D. A.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Stereoselective
Alkylation of alpha,beta-Unsaturated
Imines via C-H Bond Activation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128,
5604-05 (2006).

159.
Lewis, J. C.; Wu, J. Y.; Ellman, J. A.;
Bergman, R. G. “Microwave-Promoted Rhodium-Catalyzed Arylation of Heterocycles
through CH Bond Activation” Angew. Chem.
Int. Ed. 45, 1589-1591 (2006).

158.
Wiedemann, S. H.; Lewis, J. C.; Ellman, J. A.;
Bergman, R. G. “Experimental and Computational
Studies on the Mechanism of N-Heterocycle C-H Activation by Rh(I)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 2452-2462 (2006).
157.
Wiedemann, S. H.; Ellman, J. A.; Bergman, R.
G. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Direct C-H Addition of 3,4-Dihydroquinazolines
to Alkenes and Their Use in the Total Synthesis of Vasicoline” J. Org. Chem. 71, 1969-1976 (2006).

156. Wood, W. J. L.; Patterson, A. W.; Tsuruoka, H.; Jain, R. K.; Ellman, J. A. “Substrate Activity Screening: A Fragment-Based Method for the Rapid Identification of Nonpeptidic Protease Inhibitors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127,s:.25in 27.0pt list 40.5pt left 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in">
Nat.
Chem. Biol. 1, 359 (2005)].
154.
Weix, D. J.; Ellman, J. A.
“(+)-2-Methyl-2-propanesulfinamide” Org.
Synth. 82, 157-165 (2005).
153.
Lewis, J. C.; Wu, J.; Bergman, R. G.; Ellman,
J. A. “Preagostic Rh-H Interactions and C-H Bond Functionalization: A Combined
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Rhodium(I)
Phosphinite Complexes” Organometallics 24, 5737-5746 (2005).
152.
O'Malley, S. J.; Tan, K. L.; Watzke, A.;
Bergman, R. G.; Ellman, J. A. “Total Synthesis of (+)-Lithospermic Acid by
Asymmetric Intramolecular Alkylation via Catalytic C-H Bond Activation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127,
13496-13497 (2005).
151.
Peltier, H. M.; Ellman, J. A. “N-Sulfinyl Metalloenamine Conjugate
Additions: Asymmetric Synthesis of Piperidines” J. Org. Chem. 70, 7342-7345 (2005).

150.
Thalji, R. K.; Ahrendt, K. A.; Bergman, R.
G.; Ellman, J. A. “Annulation of Aromatic Imines via Directed C-H Bond
Activation” J. Org. Chem. 70, 6775-6781 (2005).
149. Brinner,
K. M.; Ellman, J. A. “A Rapid and General Method for the Asymmetric
Synthesis of 2-Substituted Pyrrolidines Using tert-Butanesulfinamide” Org. Biomol. Chem. 3, 2109-2113 (2005).
148.
Ghosalia,
D. N.; Salisbury, C. M.; Maly, D. J.; Ellman, J. A.; Diamond, S. L. “Profiling Serine Protease Substrate
Specificity with Solution Phase Fluorogenic Peptide Microarrays” Proteomics 5, 1292-1298 (2005). 
147. Wiedemann, S. H.; Ellman, J. A.; Bergman, R. G. Catalytic Functionalization of N-Heterocycles via their Rhodium-Carbene Complexes. In Handbook of C-H Transformations; Dyker, G., Ed.: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; Weinheim, 187-193 (2005).
146. Gosalia,
D. N.; Salisbury, C. M.; Ellman, J. A.; Diamond, S. L. “High Throughput
Substrate Specificity Profiling of Serine and Cysteine Proteases Using Solution-Phase
Fluorogenic Peptide Microarays” Molec.
Cell. Proteomics 4, 626-636 (2005). 
145. Peltier,
H. M.; Evans, J. W.; Ellman, J. A. “Catalytic Enantioselective Sulfinyl
Transfer Using Cinchona Alkaloid Catalysts” Org.
Lett. 7, 1733-1736 (2005). 
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142. Weix,
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133.
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132.
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131. Lewis,
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130. Evans,
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129. Wood,
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128. Boitano, A.; Ellman, J. A.; Glick, G. D.; Opipari, A. W. “The Proapoptotic Benzodiazepine BZ-423 Affects the Growth and Survival of Malignant B Cells” J. Cancer Res. 63, 6870-6876 (2003).
127.
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126. Kochi, T.; Tang, T. P.; Ellman, J. A. "Development and Application of a New General Method for the Asymmetric Synthesis of syn- and anti-1,3-Amino Alcohols" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 11276-11282 (2003).
125.
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124. Mukade,
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123. Tan,
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122. Ahrendt,
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120.
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119. Ahrendt,
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118.
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117. Asojo,
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112.
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111. Blum,
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107. Blatt,
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106. Tan,
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105.
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104. Choi,
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103. Chino,
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102. Brinner,
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101. Kochi,
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100. Wang,
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99. Tan,
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98. Kehoe,
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97. Maly,
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96. Maly,
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95.
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94. Dauber,
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93. Lee.
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92.
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90. Souers,
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89.
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88. Dragoli,
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87. Harris,
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85.
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83. Szewczyk,
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80. Lee, A.; Szewczyk, J. W.; Ellman, J. A. “Combinatorial Libraries for Drug Development” in “Stimulating Concepts in Chemistry” Vogtle, F.; Stoddart, J. F.; Shibasaki, M. Ed.; Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2000, pp. 65-78.
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77.
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74. Shin,
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69.
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68. Choong,
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67. Borg,
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66. Backes,
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65.
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64. Cogan,
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62. Backes,
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61. Souers,
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60. Liu,
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59.
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58. Cogan,
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57.
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56. Kim, K.; Volkman, S. K.; Ellman, J. A. “Synthesis of 3-Substituted 1,4-Benzodiazepin-2-ones” J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 9, 375-379 (1998).
55. Lee,
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54. Souers,
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50. Woolard,
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45.
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41. Plunkett, M. J.; Ellman, J. A. "Combinatorial Chemistry and New Drugs" Sci. Am. 276, 68-73 (1997).
40. Plunkett, M. J.; Ellman, J. A. "Combinatorial Chemistry" McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 1997 Parker, S. P., Ed.; McGraw-Hill Book Co.: New York, New York, 1997, pp. 95-99.
39. Bunin, B. A.; Plunkett, M. J.; Bray, A. M.; Ellman, J. A. "The Synthesis of a 1680 Compound 1,4-Benzodiazepine Library" New J. Chem. 21, 125 (1997).
38.
Choong,

37. Stevens,
S. Y.; Bunin, B. A.; Plunkett, M. J.; Swanson, P. C.; Ellman, J. A.; Glick, G.
D. "Non-Nucleic Acid Inhibitors of Protein-DNA Interactions Identified
through Combinatorial Chemistry" J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 118, 10650-10651
(1996). 
36. Virgilio,
A. A.; Schürer, S.; Ellman, J. A. "Expedient Synthesis of beta-Turn
Mimetics Incorporating the i + 1, i + 2, and i + 3
Sidechains" Tetrahedron Lett. 37, 6961-6964 (1996). 
35. Backes,
B. J.; Virgilio, A. A.; Ellman, J. A. "Enhanced Activation of

34. Koh,
J. S.; Ellman, J. A. "Palladium-Mediated Three-Component Coupling Strategy
for the Solid-Phase Synthesis of Tropane Derivatives" J. Org. Chem. 61,
4494-4495 (1996). 
33. Virgilio, A. A.; Ellman, J. A. "Conformationally Restricted Peptide and Peptidomimetic Libraries" in Combinatorial Chemistry and Molecular Diversity in Drug Discovery; Gordon, E. M. and Kerwin, J. F. Ed.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: New York, New York, 1998, pp. 133-151.
32. Ellman, J. A. "The Solid-Phase Synthesis of Complex Small Molecules" Chimia 50, 260-261 (1996).
31. Ellman,
J. A. "Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Small-Molecule Libraries" Acc. Chem. Res. 29, 132-143 (1996). 
30.
Thompson,
L. A.; Ellman, J. A. "Synthesis and Applications of Small Molecule
Libraries" Chem. Rev. 96, 555-600 (1996). 
29.
Liu,
G.; Ellman, J. A. "Combinatorial Asymmetric Catalyst Development. General Solid-Phase Synthesis Strategy for
the Preparation of 2-Pyrrolidinemethanol Ligands" J. Org. Chem. 60,
7712-7713 (1995). 
28. Plunkett,
M. J.; Ellman, J. A. "Silicon-Based Linkage Strategy for Traceless
Solid-Phase Synthesis" J. Org. Chem. 60, 6006-6007 (1995). 
27. Bunin,
B. A.; Plunkett, M. J.; Ellman, J. A. "Synthesis and Evaluation of 1,4-Benzodiazepine Libraries" Methods Enzymol. 267,
448-467 (1996). 
26.
Boojamra,
C G.; Burow, K. J.; Ellman, J. A. "A General and Straightforward Method
for the Solid-Phase Synthesis of 1,4-Benzodiazepine-2,5-diones" J. Org. Chem. 60, 5742-5743 (1995). 
25. Ellman, J. A. "Synthesis and Evaluation of 1,4-Benzodiazepine Libraries" in Combinatorial Peptide and Nonpeptide Libraries; Jung, G. Ed.; VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH: Weinham, Germany, 1996, pp. 405-424.
24. Ellman, J. A. "Combinatorial Organic Libraries" CHEMTRACTS: Org. Chem. 8, 1-4 (1995).
23.
Kick,
E. K.; Ellman, J. A. "Expedient Method for the Solid-Phase Synthesis of
Aspartic Acid Protease Inhibitors Directed toward the Generation of
Libraries" J. Med. Chem. 38, 1427-1430 (1995). 
22.
Plunkett,
M. J.; Ellman, J. A. "Stille Coupling in the Solid-Phase Synthesis of
Structurally Diverse 1,4-Benzodiazepine Derivatives" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117,
3306-3307 (1995). 
21. Thompson,
L. A.; Ellman, J. A. "Straightforward and General Method for Coupling
Alcohols to Solid-Supports" Tetrahedron
Lett. 35, 9333-9336 (1994). 
20. Virgilio,
A. A.; Ellman, J. A. "Simultaneous Solid-Phase Synthesis of beta-Turn
Mimetics Incorporating Side-Chain
Functionality" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 11580-11581 (1994). 
19.
Backes,
B. J.; Ellman, J. A. "Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Methods on Solid
Support. Utilization of Kenner's
"Safety-Catch" Linker" J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 116, 11171-11172
(1994). 
18. Bunin, B. A.; Ellman, J. A. "Increasing the Diversity of a 1,4-Benzodiazepine Library through Side-Chain Functionalization" Polym. Prepr. 35, 983, (1994).
17. Bunin, B. A.; Plunkett, M. J.; Ellman, J. A. "The Combinatorial Synthesis, and Chemical and Biological Evaluation of a 1,4-Benzodiazepine Library" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA, 91, 4708-4712 (1994).
16. Bunin,
B. A.; Ellman, J. A. "A General and Expedient Method for the Solid-Phase
Synthesis of 1,4-Benzodiazepine Derivatives" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 10997-10998 (1992).
Commentaries on the publication were reported in both Chemical and Engineering News 71, 33-34 (1993) and in the New Scientist 137,
14 (1993).
15. Cook, S. N.; Jack, W. E.; Xiong, X.; Danley, L. E.; Ellman, J. A.; Schultz, P. G.; Noren, C. J. "Photochemically-Initiated Protein Splicing" Protein Eng. 8, 87 (1995).
14. Cook,
S. N.; Jack, W. E.; Xiong, X.; Danley, L. E.; Ellman, J. A.; Schultz, P. G.;
Noren, C. J. "Photochemically-Initiated Protein Splicing" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 34, 1629-1630 (1995). 
13. Mendel,
D.; Ellman, J. A.; Schultz, P. G. "Probing Protein Biosynthesis with
Conformationally Restricted Amino Acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115,
4359-4360 (1993). 
12. Ellman,
J. A.; Volkman, B. F.; Mendel, D.; Schultz, P. G.; Wemmer, D. E.
"Site-Specific Isotopic Labeling of Proteins for NMR Studies"J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 7959-7961 (1992). 
11. Mendel,
D.; Ellman, J. A.; Chang, Z.; Veenstra, D. L.; Kollman, P. A.; Schultz, P. G.
"Probing Protein Stability with Unnatural Amino Acids" Science 256, 1798-1802 (1992). 
10.
Ellman,
J. A.; Mendel, D. Schultz, P. G. "Site-Specific Incorporation of Novel
Backbone Structures into Proteins" Science 255, 197-200 (1992). 
9.
Ellman,
J. A.; Mendel, D.; Noren, C. J.; Anthony-Cahill, S. J.; Schultz, P. G. "A
Biosynthetic Method for Introducing Unnatural Amino Acids Site-Specifically
into Proteins" Methods Enzymol. 202,
301-336 (1991). 
8. Mendel,
D.; Ellman J. A.; Schultz, P. G. "Construction of a Light-Activated Protein by Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis" J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 113, 2758-2760
(1991). 
7. Robertson,
S. A.; Ellman, J. A.; Schultz, P. G. "A General and Efficient Route for
Chemical Aminoacylation of Transfer RNAs" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 113,
2722-2729 (1991). 
6.
Evans,
D. A.; Britton, T. C.; Ellman, J. A.; Dorow, R. L. "The Asymmetric
Synthesis of alpha-Amino
Acids. Electrophilic Azidation of Chiral
Imide Enolates, a Practical Approach to the Synthesis of (R)- and (S)- alpha-Azido
Carboxylic Acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 112, 4011-4030 (1990). 
5.
Evans,
D. A.; Ellman, J. A.; DeVries, K. M. "The Oxidative Macrocyclization of
Phenolic Peptides. A Biomimetic Approach
to the Synthesis of the Vancomycin Family of Antibiotics" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 8912-8914 (1989). 
4. Evans,
D. A.; Ellman, J. A. "The Total Synthesis of the Isodityrosine-Derived
Cyclic Tripeptides OF4949-III and K-13. Determination of the Absolute Configuration of K-13" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111, 1063-1072 (1989). 
3. Evans,
D. A.; Ellman, J. A.; Dorow, R. L. "Asymmetric Halogenation of Chiral
Imide Enolates. A
General Approach to the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure alpha-Amino Acids" Tetrahedron Lett. 28, 1123-1126 (1987). 
2. Evans,
D. A; Britton, T. C.; Ellman, J. A. "Contrasteric
Carboximide Hydrolysis with Lithium Hydroperoxide" Tetrahedron Lett. 28,
6141-6144 (1987). 
1. Evans, D. A.; Weber, A. E.; Britton, T. C.; Ellman, J. A.; Sjogren, E. B. "Asymmetric Synthesis of Amino Acids" in Peptides: Chemistry And Biology; Tenth American Peptide Symposium; Marshall, G. R. (Ed.); Escom Science Publishers B.V.: Leiden, Netherlands. Illus. 143-148 (1988).
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1. Harris, J. L.; Backes, B. J.; Ellman, J. A.; Craik, C. S. “Profiling of protease specificity using combinatorial fluorogenic substrate libraries” U.S. (2004) US patent number 6,680,178.
2.
Ellman, J. A.; Choong, I. “Pharmacophore Recombination for the
Identification of Small Molecule Drug Lead Compounds”
3.
Ellman, J. A.; Choong, I. “Pharmacophore Recombination for the
Identification of Small Molecule Drug Lead Compounds”
4. Kim, J. M.; Ellman, J. A.; Goldberg, D. “Preparation of 4-amino-1-benzylpiperidines as antimalarials” PCT Int. Appl. (2001), WO 0114331 A2 2001030.
5. Kick, E. K.; Ellman, J. A.; Kuntz, I. D.; Lee, C. E.; Liu, G.; Roe, D. C.; Skillman, A. G. “Nanomolar, Non-Peptide Inhibitors of Cathepsin D U. S. (2000), Patent No. 6,150,416.
6. Ellman, J. A.; Lynch, G.; Kuntz, I. D.; Bi, X.; Lee, C. E.; Skillman, A. G.; Haque, T. “Methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders using aspartyl protease inhibitors” PCT Int. Appl. (2000), WO 0056335 A1 20000928.
7.
Ellman, J. A.; Choong,
8. Budde, R, J. A.; Ellman, J. A.; Levin, V. A.; Gallick, G. E.; Newman, R. A.; “Preparation of Benzodiazepinones as Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors” PCT Int. Appl. (1999), WO 9919306 A2 19990422.
9. Ellman, J. A. “Solid phase and combinatorial synthesis of benzodiazepines on a solid support” U.S. (1996), Cont.-in-part of U.S. 5,288,514.
10.
Ellman, J. A. "Solid-Phase and Combinatorial Synthesis of
Benzodiazepine Compounds on a Solid Support"