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  1. Beyond the Score: Fixed-Budget Benchmarking of Virtual Screening Integration Strategies for Decision-Centric Drug Discovery

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  2. ImagiChem: Hybrid Deterministic Image-Conditioned Generation of Chemically Valid and Drug-like Molecules from Artistic Inputs

    Article • ACS Omega, July 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  3. Sustainable Xanthine-Grafted Alginate Biosensing Platform for Metabolic Disorder Diagnostics

    Article • ACS Omega, June 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  4. A Reproducible Hierarchical Virtual Screening Framework Integrating Scaffold-Aware Machine Learning, Ensemble Docking, and Molecular Dynamics: Application to IDO1

    Article • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, May 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  5. Structure-Guided Repurposing of Approved Drugs Identifies Aprepitant and Mavorixafor as Putative δ-Opioid Receptor Agonist Candidates

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  6. Multifunctional Halloysite-Glutathione Nanocomposite for Solar CO2 Conversion and Pollutant Sensing

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, February 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  7. Repurposing FDA-approved drugs as SIRT3-binding candidates for Ataxia–Telangiectasia: An integrated virtual screening, molecular dynamics, and SPR study

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  8. An Integrated in Silico and SPR-based Workflow Identifies FDA-Approved Drugs as Previously Unrecognized SIRT3 Binders

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  9. Tunable phenolic-modified alginate–chitosan semi-IPNs as multifunctional platforms for localized antimicrobial and antioxidant therapy

    Article • European Polymer Journal, November 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  10. Targeting the untargetable: accelerated discovery of KRAS G12D inhibitors through a deep learning-enhanced in silico pipeline

    Article • In Silico Research in Biomedicine, October 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  11. High-Throughput, High-Quality: Benchmarking GNINA and AutoDock Vina for Precision Virtual Screening Workflow

    Article • Molecules, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  12. Nanosensors Made of Halloysite and Kojic Acid Metal Complexes for Dopamine Detection

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  13. Development of a γ-Cyclodextrin-Based Cryogel Loaded with Trimethoprim for Acne Treatment: Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Evaluation

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  14. High-Throughput, High-Quality: Unlocking GNINA for Precision Virtual Screening

    Article • June 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  15. Designing a monolithic photo-Fenton catalyst using a fungal hydroxypyrone metabolic derivative

    Article • Materials Today Chemistry, March 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  16. Selective Control by Pistacia vera L. and Its Carotenoid Zeaxanthin on SARS-CoV-2 Virus

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Davide Barreca

  17. Enhancing HDAC Inhibitor Screening: Addressing Zinc Parameterization and Ligand Protonation in Docking Studies

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  18. A full carbon-based thermoplastic photocatalyst for organic pollutants abatement: An experimental and computational study

    Article • FlatChem, January 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo

  19. Carboxylato-prism[6]arene as a supramolecular catalyst in water: exploiting its deep hydrophobic cavity for green oxidation of aromatic amines

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  20. Enhancing HDAC Inhibitors Screening: Addressing Zinc Parameterization and Ligand Protonation in Docking Studies

    Article • December 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  21. Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel (−)‐cis‐N‐Normetazocine Derivatives: In Vitro and Molecular Modeling Insights

    Article • Chemical Biology & Drug Design, December 2024, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  22. Developing Advanced Antibacterial Alginic Acid Biomaterials through Dual Functionalization

    Article • ACS Applied Bio Materials, September 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  23. Efficient green solvent-free CO2/epoxide cycloaddition catalyzed by a β-cyclodextrin-imidazolium-based ionic liquid

    Article • Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, August 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  24. Synthesis, Characterisation, and In Vitro Evaluation of Biocompatibility, Antibacterial and Antitumor Activity of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids

    Article • Pharmaceutics, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  25. Structural, morphological, and modeling studies of N-(benzoyloxy)benzamide as a specific inhibitor of Type II inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, May 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  26. CYP7B1 as a Biomarker for Prostate Cancer Risk and Progression: Metabolic and Oncogenic Signatures (Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry Analysis by Tissue Microarray in Prostate Cancer Patients—Diamond Study)

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Ali S Abdelhameed

  27. Targeting Viral and Cellular Cysteine Proteases for Treatment of New Variants of SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Viruses, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Lucia Chiummiento

  28. Rutin/Sulfobutylether-β-Cyclodextrin as a Promising Therapeutic Formulation for Ocular Infection

    Article • Pharmaceutics, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  29. Rutin/Sulfobutylether-β-Cyclodextrin as a Promising Therapeutic Formulation for Ocular Infection

    Article • January 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  30. γ‐Cyclodextrins as Supramolecular Reactors for the Three‐component Aza‐Darzens Reaction in Water

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, January 2024, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  31. Supramolecular biomaterials as drug nanocontainers with iron depletion properties for antimicrobial applications

    Article • Materials Advances, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  32. Bio-Based Palladium Catalyst in Cryogel for Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Article • Materials Chemistry Frontiers, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  33. An Integrated In Silico and In Vitro Approach for the Identification of Natural Products Active against SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Biomolecules, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  34. Discovery of first novel sigma/HDACi dual-ligands with a potent in vitro antiproliferative activity

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, November 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  35. Antiviral Efficacy of Heparan Sulfate and Enoxaparin Sodium against SARS-CoV-2: An In-Vitro/in-Silico Model

    Article • October 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  36. HEMA-based macro and microporous materials for CO2 capture

    Article • Materials Today Chemistry, October 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  37. Insights into the Friedel–Crafts Benzoylation of N-Methylpyrrole inside the Confined Space of the Self-Assembled Resorcinarene Capsule

    Article • Organic Letters, August 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  38. How can artificial intelligence be utilized for de novo drug design against COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)?

    Article • Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  39. Total Bio-Based Material for Drug Delivery and Iron Chelation to Fight Cancer through Antimicrobial Activity

    Article • Nanomaterials, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  40. Total Bio-Based Material To Fight Cancer Through Antimicrobial Activity

    Article • June 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  41. Progress of the “Molecular Informatics” Section in 2022

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  42. Selective noncovalent proteasome inhibiting activity of trifluoromethyl‐containing gem‐quaternary aziridines

    Article • Archiv der Pharmazie, April 2023, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  43. Computer-Assisted Design of Peptide-Based Radiotracers

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  44. Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulations Study on FABP4 Inhibitors

    Article • Molecules, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  45. Design, synthesis, in vitro evaluation, and molecular modeling studies of N‐substituted benzomorphans, analogs of LP2, as novel MOR ligands

    Article • Chemical Biology & Drug Design, March 2023, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  46. Heparan Sulfate and Enoxaparin Interact at the Interface of the Spike Protein of HCoV-229E but Not with HCoV-OC43

    Article • Viruses, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Massimo Caruso

  47. Portable Nanocomposite System for Wound Healing in Space

    Article • Nanomaterials, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  48. Soluble peptidoglycan fragments produced by Limosilactobacillus fermentum with antiproliferative activity are suitable for potential therapeutic development: A preliminary report

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, February 2023, Frontiers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  49. 1,2-Dibenzoylhydrazine as a Multi-Inhibitor Compound: A Morphological and Docking Study

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  50. Sponge-like macroporous cyclodextrin-based cryogels for controlled drug delivery

    Article • Materials Chemistry Frontiers, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  51. CO2-derived non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) and their potential applications

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  52. Carbamoyl-Decorated Cyclodextrins for Carbon Dioxide Adsorption

    Article • Catalysts, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  53. Cyclodextrin-Based Cryogels for Controlled Drug Delivery

    Article • November 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  54. Novel Class of Proteasome Inhibitors: In Silico and In Vitro Evaluation of Diverse Chloro(trifluoromethyl)aziridines

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  55. Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) inhibitors. An update from 2017 to early 2022

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, October 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  56. Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 HR1 with Small Molecules as Inhibitors of the Fusion Process

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  57. Correction to “Nitric Oxide Photo-Donor Hybrids of Ciprofloxacin and Norfloxacin: A Shift in Activity from Antimicrobial to Anticancer Agents”

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, August 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  58. Novel Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors to Target Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

    Article • Molecules, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  59. Artificial Intelligence Technologies for COVID-19 De Novo Drug Design

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  60. Artificial Intelligence Technologies for COVID-19 De Novo Drug Design

    Article • March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  61. A sustainable porous composite material based on loofah-halloysite for gas adsorption and drug delivery

    Article • Materials Chemistry Frontiers, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  62. Carbocation catalysis in confined space: activation of trityl chloride inside the hexameric resorcinarene capsule

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  63. Supramolecular catalysis in confined space: making the pyrogallol[4]arene capsule catalytically active in non-competitive solvent

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  64. Green Efficient One-Pot Synthesis and Separation of Nitrones in Water Assisted by a Self-Assembled Nanoreactor

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  65. Structural and Molecular Insight into Piperazine and Piperidine Derivatives as Histamine H3 and Sigma-1 Receptor Antagonists with Promising Antinociceptive Properties

    Article • ACS Chemical Neuroscience, December 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  66. From Far West to East: Joining the Molecular Architecture of Imidazole-like Ligands in HO-1 Complexes

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  67. Natural Substances in the Fight of SARS-CoV-2: A Critical Evaluation Resulting from the Cross-Fertilization of Molecular Modeling Data with the Pharmacological Aspects

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, December 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  68. Growing the molecular architecture of imidazole-like ligands in HO-1 complexes

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  69. Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of chlorogenic acid amides as potential hypoglycemic agents and their synergistic effect with acarbose

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  70. Unusual Calixarenes Incorporating Chromene and Benzofuran Moieties Obtained via Propargyl Claisen Rearrangement

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  71. Discovery of Novel Acetamide-Based Heme Oxygenase-1 Inhibitors with Potent In Vitro Antiproliferative Activity

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  72. Nitric Oxide Photo-Donor Hybrids of Ciprofloxacin and Norfloxacin: A Shift in Activity from Antimicrobial to Anticancer Agents

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, July 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  73. Shedding Light on the Chemistry and the Properties of Münchnone Functionalized Graphene

    Article • Nanomaterials, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  74. Expanding Coefficient: A Parameter To Assess the Stability of Induced-Fit Complexes

    Article • Organic Letters, February 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  75. Pseudo-Dipeptide Bearing α,α-Difluoromethyl Ketone Moiety as Electrophilic Warhead with Activity against Coronaviruses

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  76. Nanosponges based on self-assembled starfish-shaped cucurbit[6]urils functionalized with imidazolium arms

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  77. An Integrated Pharmacophore/Docking/3D-QSAR Approach to Screening a Large Library of Products in Search of Future Botulinum Neurotoxin A Inhibitors

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  78. Identification of a potent heme oxygenase-2 (HO-2) inhibitor by targeting the secondary hydrophobic pocket of the HO-2 western region

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  79. A Rare Natural Benzo[k,l]xanthene as a Turn-Off Fluorescent Sensor for Cu2+ Ion

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  80. New Anti SARS-Cov-2 Targets for Quinoline Derivatives Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  81. Functionalization of Single and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Polypropylene Glycol Decorated Pyrrole for the Development of Doxorubicin Nano-Conveyors for Cancer Drug Delivery

    Article • Nanomaterials, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  82. Putative Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease from A Library of Marine Natural Products: A Virtual Screening and Molecular Modeling Study

    Article • Marine Drugs, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  83. Sigma Receptor Ligands Carrying a Nitric Oxide Donor Nitrate Moiety: Synthesis, In Silico, and Biological Evaluation

    Article • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, April 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor CLAUDIA Di Giacomo

  84. Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease from a Library of Marine Natural Products: A Virtual Screening and Molecular Modeling Study

    Article • March 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  85. New Arylethanolimidazole Derivatives as HO-1 Inhibitors with Cytotoxicity against MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  86. Chromatograpic resolution of phenylethanolic-azole racemic compounds highlighted stereoselective inhibition of heme oxygenase-1 by (R)-enantiomers

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, March 2020, Elsevier

    PhD Andrea Carotti, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  87. Cucurbit[7]uril as a catalytic nanoreactor for one-pot synthesis of isoxazolidines in water

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  88. Repurposing of FDA‐Approved Drugs for Treating Iatrogenic Botulism: A Paired 3D‐QSAR/Docking Approach†

    Article • ChemMedChem, December 2019, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  89. Progress in the development of more effective and safer analgesics for pain management

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  90. [1]Benzothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives as ligands for the serotonergic 5-HT7 receptor

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  91. Synergic Interplay Between Halogen Bonding and Hydrogen Bonding in the Activation of a Neutral Substrate in a Nanoconfined Space

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  92. Synergic Interplay Between Halogen Bonding and Hydrogen Bonding in the Activation of a Neutral Substrate in a Nanoconfined Space

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  93. Supramolecular host-guest interactions of pseudoginsenoside F11 with β- and γ-cyclodextrin: Spectroscopic/spectrometric and computational studies

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, November 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  94. Computational Tools in the Discovery of FABP4 Ligands: A Statistical and Molecular Modeling Approach

    Article • Marine Drugs, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  95. Physicochemical Characterization and Antioxidant Activity Evaluation of Idebenone/Hydroxypropyl-β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex †

    Article • Biomolecules, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Donatella Paolino, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  96. Computational Tools in the Discovery of FABP4 Ligands: A Statistical and Molecular Modeling Approach

    Article • September 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  97. Metabolic Characterization of Supernatants Produced by Lactobacillus spp. With in vitro Anti-Legionella Activity

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Massimo Caruso

  98. Structure-Based Approach for the Prediction of Mu-opioid Binding Affinity of Unclassified Designer Fentanyl-Like Molecules

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  99. A molecular hybrid producing simultaneously singlet oxygen and nitric oxide by single photon excitation with green light

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, April 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  100. Progress in the development of selective heme oxygenase-1 inhibitors and their potential therapeutic application

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, April 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  101. 3D-QSAR assisted identification of FABP4 inhibitors: An effective scaffold hopping analysis/QSAR evaluation

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, March 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  102. Hydroxamic Acid-Based Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) Inhibitors Bearing a Pyrazole Scaffold and a Cinnamoyl Linker

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Michele Navarra

  103. Synthesis of Rosmarinic Acid Amides as Antioxidative and Hypoglycemic Agents

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, February 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  104. Fourfold Filtered Statistical/Computational Approach for the Identification of Imidazole Compounds as HO-1 Inhibitors from Natural Products

    Article • Marine Drugs, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  105. FABP4 inhibitors 3D-QSAR model and isosteric replacement of BMS309403 datasets

    Article • Data in Brief, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  106. Gemcitabine anticancer activity enhancement by water soluble celecoxib/sulfobutyl ether-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  107. Morphing of Ibogaine: A Successful Attempt into the Search for Sigma-2 Receptor Ligands

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  108. A hexameric resorcinarene capsule as a hydrogen bonding catalyst in the conjugate addition of pyrroles and indoles to nitroalkenes

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  109. Metyrapone-β-cyclodextrin supramolecular interactions inferred by complementary spectroscopic/spectrometric and computational studies

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  110. A Pseudouridine Isoxazolidinyl Nucleoside Analogue Structural Analysis: A Morphological Approach

    Article • Molecules, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  111. Development of new HO-1 inhibitors by a thorough scaffold-hopping analysis

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, December 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  112. A Structure- and Ligand-Based Virtual Screening of a Database of “Small” Marine Natural Products for the Identification of “Blue” Sigma-2 Receptor Ligands

    Article • Marine Drugs, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  113. Targeting heme Oxygenase-1 with hybrid compounds to overcome Imatinib resistance in chronic myeloid leukemia cell lines

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  114. Discovery of High-Affinity Cannabinoid Receptors Ligands through a 3D-QSAR Ushered by Scaffold-Hopping Analysis

    Article • Molecules, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  115. PEGylate porphyrin-gold nanoparticles conjugates as removable pH-sensor nano-probes for acidic environments

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  116. Discovery of benzimidazole-based Leishmania mexicana cysteine protease CPB2.8ΔCTE inhibitors as potential therapeutics for leishmaniasis

    Article • Chemical Biology & Drug Design, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  117. Identification of Potentially Potent Heme Oxygenase 1 Inhibitors through 3D‐QSAR Coupled to Scaffold‐Hopping Analysis

    Article • ChemMedChem, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  118. Novel Structural Insight into Inhibitors of Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) by New Imidazole-Based Compounds: Biochemical and In Vitro Anticancer Activity Evaluation

    Article • Molecules, May 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  119. Light‐Controlled Simultaneous “On Demand” Release of Cytotoxic Combinations for Bimodal Killing of Cancer Cells

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  120. Mild Friedel–Crafts Reactions inside a Hexameric Resorcinarene Capsule: C−Cl Bond Activation through Hydrogen Bonding to Bridging Water Molecules

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2018, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  121. Mild Friedel–Crafts Reactions inside a Hexameric Resorcinarene Capsule: C−Cl Bond Activation through Hydrogen Bonding to Bridging Water Molecules

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, April 2018, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  122. Potholing of the hydrophobic heme oxygenase-1 western region for the search of potent and selective imidazole-based inhibitors

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, March 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  123. Covalently immobilized catalase on functionalized graphene: effect on the activity, immobilization efficiency, and tetramer stability

    Article • Biomaterials Science, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Davide Barreca , Professor Antonio Rescifina

  124. DNA intercalators based on (1,10-phenanthrolin-2-yl)isoxazolidin-5-yl core with better growth inhibition and selectivity than cisplatin upon head and neck squamous cells carcinoma

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  125. Bio-activated intramolecular anti-aza-Michael addition: stereoselective synthesis of hydantoin derivatives

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  126. The hexameric resorcinarene capsule as an artificial enzyme: ruling the regio and stereochemistry of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between nitrones and unsaturated aldehydes

    Article • Organic Chemistry Frontiers, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  127. (+)-Methyl (1R,2S)-2-{[4-(4-Chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl]methyl}-1-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylate [(+)-MR200] Derivatives as Potent and Selective Sigma Receptor Ligands: Stereochemistry and Pharmacological Properties

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  128. Recent advances in drug discovery of phototherapeutic non-porphyrinic anticancer agents

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  129. Comprehensive data on a 2D-QSAR model for Heme Oxygenase isoform 1 inhibitors

    Article • Data in Brief, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  130. Serendipitous discovery of potent human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma anti-cancer molecules: A fortunate failure of a rational molecular design

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  131. Ensemble-based ADME-Tox profiling and virtual screening for the discovery of new inhibitors of the Leishmania mexicana cysteine protease CPB2.8ΔCTE

    Article • Chemical Biology & Drug Design, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Anna Piperno

  132. Molecular modeling studies of pseudouridine isoxazolidinyl nucleoside analogues as potential inhibitors of the pseudouridine 5ʹ-monophosphate glycosidase

    Article • Chemical Biology & Drug Design, October 2017, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo

  133. Hyphenated 3D-QSAR statistical model-scaffold hopping analysis for the identification of potentially potent and selective sigma-2 receptor ligands

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  134. Synthesis and evaluation of haloperidol metabolite II prodrugs as anticancer agents

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, September 2017, Future Science

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  135. Adipocyte fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) inhibitors. A comprehensive systematic review

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, September 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  136. Heme Oxygenase Database (HemeOxDB) and QSAR Analysis of Isoform 1 Inhibitors

    Article • ChemMedChem, August 2017, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  137. Development of a Sigma-2 Receptor affinity filter through a Monte Carlo based QSAR analysis

    Article • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  138. Sigma-2 receptor ligands QSAR model dataset

    Article • Data in Brief, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  139. Repurposing of Human Kinase Inhibitors in Neglected Protozoan Diseases

    Article • ChemMedChem, July 2017, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  140. γ-Cyclodextrin as a Catalyst for the Synthesis of 2-Methyl-3,5-diarylisoxazolidines in Water

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  141. The Search for Potent, Small-Molecule HDACIs in Cancer Treatment: A Decade After Vorinostat

    Article • Medicinal Research Reviews, February 2017, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  142. S2RSLDB: a comprehensive manually curated, internet-accessible database of the sigma-2 receptor selective ligands

    Article • Journal of Cheminformatics, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  143. Antiangiogenic Effect of (±)-Haloperidol Metabolite II Valproate Ester [(±)-MRJF22] in Human Microvascular Retinal Endothelial Cells

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  144. 5′-Spiro-cyclopropanated lactose derivatives as suitable intermediates for the chain elongation: synthesis of a new 6-deoxy-6-methyl δ-eptulose

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  145. Synthesis and characterization of copolycarbonates having azobenzene units in the main chain as an active group for optical logic gate devices

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  146. Targeting of the Leishmania mexicana cysteine protease CPB2.8ΔCTE by decorated fused benzo[b]thiophene scaffold

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  147. Decorated 6,6′,7,7′-tetrahydro-1H,1′H-2,3′-biindole scaffold as promising candidate for recognition of the CDK2 allosteric site

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  148. An α1-adrenergic receptor ligand repurposed as a potent antiproliferative agent for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Dr Francesco Punzo

  149. Haloperidol metabolite II prodrug: Asymmetric synthesis and biological evaluation on rat C6 glioma cells

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  150. 4-Nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole derivatives as potential fluorescent sigma receptor probes

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  151. Repurposing of oxazolone chemistry: gaining access to functionalized graphene nanosheets in a top-down approach from graphite

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Anna Piperno, Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  152. DNA Recognition with Polycyclic-Aromatic-Hydrocarbon-Presenting Calixarene Conjugates

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2014, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo

  153. Production of filmable medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates produced from glycerol by Pseudomonas mediterranea

    Article • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, April 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Placido Giuseppe Mineo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  154. Use of Microwave Heating in the Synthesis of Heterocycles from Carbohydrates

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, March 2014, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  155. Recent advances in small organic molecules as DNA intercalating agents: Synthesis, activity, and modeling

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  156. A top–down approach to crystal engineering of a racemic Δ2-isoxazoline

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials, January 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo

  157. Functional hybrid co-crystals of humic substances: a growth forecast

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Francesco Punzo, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  158. Prevalence of Oxetanose Forms in the Tautomeric Equilibrium of β-Hydroxy-1,5-dicarbonyl Monosaccharides

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  159. Self-Catalyzed Mannich-Type Reaction of Enolizable Cyclic 1,3-Dicarbonyls to Acyclic Nitrones: An Entry to Functionalized β-Enamino Diones

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  160. Phosphonated Nucleoside Analogues

    Article • February 2013, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  161. Experimental and in silico characterization of a biologically active inosose

    Article • Structural Chemistry, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo, Venerando Pistarà

  162. Crystal Morphologies and Polymorphs in Tolbutamide Microcrystalline Powder

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo

  163. Histone Methyltransferase Inhibitors: Novel Epigenetic Agents for Cancer Treatment

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, January 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  164. Histone Methyltransferase Inhibitors: Novel Epigenetic Agents for Cancer Treatment

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, December 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  165. Synthesis and biological activity of novel bifunctional isoxazolidinyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  166. Novel isoxazole polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as DNA-intercalating agents

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  167. Potassium caffeate/caffeic acid co-crystal: the rat race between the catecholic and carboxylic moieties in an atypical co-crystal

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Gustavo Portalone, Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo

  168. Recent Developments on Rotaxane-Based Shuttles: An Update to 2010

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, January 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  169. How molecular interactions affect crystal morphology: The case of haloperidol

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo

  170. Design, Synthesis, Molecular Docking and Crystal Structure Prediction of New Azasugar Analogues of α-Glucosidase Inhibitors

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2011, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo, Venerando Pistarà

  171. From the X-rays to a reliable “low cost” computational structure of caffeic acid: DFT, MP2, HF and integrated molecular dynamics–X-ray diffraction approach to condensed phases

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo, Gustavo Portalone

  172. An intriguing U-shaped molecule as possible ionophore for sensor applications: A computational DFT and NMR study

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  173. Isoxazolidinyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as DNA-intercalating antitumor agents

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  174. Stereodefined ring contraction-rearrangement of thiocoumarins to new fused benzo[b]thiophene derivatives

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  175. β-Cyclodextrin and Caffeine Complexes with Natural Polyphenols from Olive and Olive Oils: NMR, Thermodynamic, and Molecular Modeling Studies

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  176. Could N-(diethylcarbamothioyl)benzamide be a good ionophore for sensor membranes?

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo

  177. Structural determinants of resveratrol for cell proliferation inhibition potency: Experimental and docking studies of new analogs

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, July 2010, Elsevier

    Corrado Tringali, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  178. Synthesis of C-4′Truncated Phosphonated Carbocyclic 2′-Oxa-3′-azanucleosides as Antiviral Agents

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  179. Biomimetic Synthesis of Natural and “Unnatural” Lignans by Oxidative Coupling of Caffeic Esters

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2009, Wiley

    Corrado Tringali, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  180. Stereoselective Synthesis and Biological Evaluations of Novel 3′-Deoxy-4′-azaribonucleosides as Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, July 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  181. Structures and properties in different media of N,N-(diethylcarbamothioyl)furan-2-carboxamide: A ionophore for sensor membranes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, July 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr Francesco Punzo

  182. Recent Developments on Rotaxane-Based Shuttles

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, March 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  183. 3-Amino-2(5H)furanones as inhibitors of subgenomic hepatitis C virus RNA replication

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  184. Cyclopropanation of 5-methylene galactopyranosides by dihalo-, ethoxycarbonyl-, and unsubstituted carbenes

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  185. Conversion of Oximes to Carbonyl Compounds by Triscetylpyridinium Tetrakis(oxodiperoxotungsto) Phosphate (PCWP)-mediated Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide

    Article • Molecules, June 2008, MDPI AG

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  186. Synthesis of Methyleneisoxazolidine Nucleoside Analogues by Microwave-Assisted Nitrone Cycloaddition

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  187. Phosphonated Carbocyclic 2‘-Oxa-3‘-azanucleosides as New Antiretroviral Agents

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, June 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  188. A Novel Class of Modified Nucleosides: Synthesis of Alkylidene Isoxazolidinyl Nucleosides Containing Thymine

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2007, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  189. A DFT study on the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of C-(hetaryl) nitrones with methyl acrylate and vinyl acetate

    Article • Tetrahedron, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  190. Synthesis and biological evaluation of phosphonated carbocyclic 2′-oxa-3′-aza-nucleosides

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  191. Binding of a non-ionic pyrenylisoxazolidine derivative to double-stranded polynucleotides: spectroscopic and molecular modelling studies

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  192. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Isoxazolidinyl Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons:  Potential DNA Intercalators

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  193. Corrigendum to “Enantioselective synthesis of N,O-psiconucleosides”

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, November 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  194. Zinc(II) Triflate-Controlled 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of C -(2-Thiazolyl)nitrones:  Application to the Synthesis of a Novel Isoxazolidinyl Analogue of Tiazofurin

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, October 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  195. Synthesis of functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) macromers by microwave assisted 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

    Article • Tetrahedron, August 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  196. From Amino Acids to Enantiopure Bicyclic Isoxazolidinylpyridin-4(1H)-ones through Intramolecular Nitrone Cycloadditions

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  197. Synthesis of Phosphonated Carbocyclic 2‘-Oxa-3‘-aza-nucleosides:  Novel Inhibitors of Reverse Transcriptase

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  198. Reactions of Benzonitrile Oxide with Methoxypyrimidines and Pyrimidones

    Article • Heterocycles, January 2005, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  199. C-Alkoxycarbonyl Nitrones: Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Butenolides, Lactams and Modified Nucleosides

    Article • Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry, January 2005, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  200. Synthesis of pyrimidine-containing 3-aminobutenolides

    Article • Tetrahedron, July 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  201. A DFT rationalization for the observed regiochemistry in the nitrile oxide cycloaddition with anthracene and acridine

    Article • Tetrahedron, July 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  202. From cyclopentadiene to isoxazoline–carbocyclic nucleosides: a rapid access to biological molecules through nitrosocarbonyl chemistry

    Article • Tetrahedron, April 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  203. Steric course of some cyclopropanation reactions of L-threo-hex-4-enopyranosides

    Article • Tetrahedron, April 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  204. Diastereoselective synthesis of homo-N,O-nucleosides

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  205. Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of 1′-C-BranchedN,O-Nucleosides

    Article • Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids, October 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  206. Diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of N,O-nucleosides

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  207. Enantioselective synthesis of N,O-psiconucleosides

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, August 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  208. Enantioselective Syntheses and Cytotoxicity ofN,O-Nucleosides

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  209. Isoxazolidine analogues of pseudouridine: a new class of modified nucleosides

    Article • Tetrahedron, June 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  210. A DFT study on the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of C-(methoxycarbonyl)-N-methyl nitrone with methyl acrylate and vinyl acetate

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  211. New Rearrangement of 4-Isoxazoline System:  Conversion of Ketones into α,β-Unsaturated Amides

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  212. Enantioselective synthesis of isoxazolidinyl nucleosides containing uracil, 5-fluorouracil, thymine and cytosine as new potential anti-HIV drugs

    Article • ARKIVOC, December 2002, ARKAT USA, Inc.

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  213. Syntheses of new chiral bicyclic sultams and their use as auxiliaries in asymmetric conjugate addition of Grignard reagents

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, September 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  214. Intramolecular Cycloadditions of α-Allyloxycarbonylnitrones:  Stereoselective Synthesis of 3-Amino-2(5H)furanones

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, June 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  215. Diastereoselective Synthesis ofN,O-Psiconucleosides, a New Class of Modified Nucleosides

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2002, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  216. Enantioselective synthesis of 4-hydroxy-d-pyroglutamic acid derivatives by an asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, February 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Pedro Merino

  217. Modified nucleosides. A general and diastereoselective approach to N,O-psiconucleosides

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  218. A Stereoselective Approach to Isoxazolidinyl Nucleosides

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2001, Wiley

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  219. Stereoselective synthesis of homochiral annulated sultams via intramolecular cycloaddition reactions

    Article • Tetrahedron, April 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Dr. Majdi M. Bkhaitan

  220. Diastereoselective synthesis of N,O-psiconucleosides via 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, February 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  221. Diastereoselective and enantioselective synthesis of 4′-aza analogues of 2′,3′-dideoxynucleosides

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, June 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  222. Cycloadditions of mesitonitrile oxide with amino- and nitrostilbenes†

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  223. An Unusual Route for the Regioselective Acylation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Nitrile Oxide Addition Followed by Isoxazoline Degradation

    Article • Synthesis, January 2000, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  224. Homochiral α-d- and β-d-Isoxazolidinylthymidines via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition†

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  225. Stereoselective Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Isoxa-zolidine-fused d-Lactams

    Article • Heterocycles, January 1999, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  226. Stereoselective Synthesis of 2‘-Amino-2‘,3‘-dideoxynucleosides by Nitrone 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition:  A New Efficient Entry Toward d4T and Its 2-Methyl Analogue †

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  227. Cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to aza-analogues of phenanthrene

    Article • Tetrahedron, July 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  228. A general synthetic approach to 5-alkyl-2(5H)furanonesvia 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  229. THE REACTION OF UNSATURATED CARBONYL COMPOUNDS WITH "ACTIVATED" SULFUR PART 3.1 REACTION COURSE

    Article • Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, March 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  230. The Reaction of Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds with “Activated” Sulfur. Part 3.1Reaction Course

    Article • Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, February 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  231. The Reaction of Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds with "Activated" Sulfur (II). Formation of Cyclic Disulfide and Polysulfides

    Article • Heterocycles, January 1998, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  232. Cycloadditions of Mesitonitrile Oxide with Hydroxy- and Methoxy-substituted Stilbenes. A Directing Hydrogen Bonding Model

    Article • Heterocycles, January 1998, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  233. Biomimetic Supramolecular Biophenol−Carbohydrate and Biophenol−Protein Models by NMR Experiments

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, November 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Armandodoriano Bianco

  234. Stereoselective synthesis of isoxazole and pyrazole annulated sultams via intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions

    Article • Tetrahedron, October 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  235. Intramolecular nitrone cycloaddition: Stereoselective synthesis of piperidine systems

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  236. Intramolecular nitrile oxide cycloaddition (INOC) of substituted amido-oximes

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  237. An asymmetric approach to pyrrolidinone and pyrrolizidinone systems by intramolecular oxime-olefin cycloaddition

    Article • Tetrahedron, June 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Venerando Pistarà

  238. Modified dideoxynucleosides: Synthesis of 2′-N-alkyl-3′-hydroxyalkyl-1′,2′-isoxazolidinyl thymidine and 5-fluorouridine derivatives

    Article • Tetrahedron, June 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  239. Synthesis of 1-alkyl-3-dialkylaminoalkylamine[1]benzo-thieno[2,3-b]pyrazin-2(1H))-ones and their ability to antagonize KCl-induced contractions

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  240. Ring opening of the isoxazolidine system: A new synthesis of 3-amino-2(5H)furanones

    Article • Tetrahedron, July 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  241. α-Amino acids as chiral educts for stereoselective syntheses of pyrrolidine and pyrrolizidine systems

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  242. Ring-opening of isoxazolidine nucleus: Competitive formation of α,β-enones and tetrahydro-1,3-oxazines

    Article • Tetrahedron, March 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  243. Stereoselective synthesis of fused γ-lactams by intramolecular nitrone cycloaddition

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  244. Stereoselective control in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to substituted styrenes

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  245. The Reaction of Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds with "Activated" Sulfur

    Article • Heterocycles, January 1993, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  246. Functionalized g-Lactones via Intramolecular Nitrile Oxide Cycloaddition

    Article • Heterocycles, January 1993, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  247. A New Synthesis of Streptomyces Lactones by 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition

    Article • Heterocycles, January 1993, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  248. Ring-Opening of 4-Isoxazolines: Competitive Formation of Enamino Derivatives and a,b-Enones

    Article • Heterocycles, January 1993, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  249. Formation of Isoxazolines and Isoxazoles Via Dipolar Cycloaddition by Catalytic Oxidation of Aldoximes with Hydrogen Peroxide and W(Vi) Peroxo Complexes

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  250. Novel approach to the ring-opening of 4-isoxazolines: One-pot synthesis of α,β-enones

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  251. One-flask transformation of secondary amines to nitrones by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide mediated by triscetylpyridinium tetrakis oxodiperoxotungsto-phosphate (PCWP). Some mechanistic considerations

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina

  252. Rearrangement of o-alkynyl substituted α-diazoacetophenones. Conversion to β-naphthols via arylketene intermediates

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, October 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Antonio Rescifina