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  1. Cyclopentyl methyl ether is a highly versatile and widely employed low impact solvent

    Article • ChemSusChem, November 2018, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  2. Heterogeneous acidic catalysts for the tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols and phenols in green ethereal solvents

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, July 2018, Beilstein Institut

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  3. ChemInform Abstract: Regio- and Stereochemistry of Na-Mediated Reductive Cleavage of Alkyl Aryl Ethers.

    Article • ChemInform, April 2015, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena, Dr Leonardo Degennaro

  4. Chemoselective efficient synthesis of functionalized β-oxonitriles through cyanomethylation of Weinreb amides

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  5. Cyclopentyl methyl ether–NH4X: a novel solvent/catalyst system for low impact acetalization reactions

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  6. Regio- and stereochemistry of Na-mediated reductive cleavage of alkyl aryl ethers

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Renzo Luisi, Professor Ugo Azzena

  7. Reductive Lithiation and Multilithiated Compounds in Synthesis

    Article • March 2014, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  8. ChemInform Abstract: Active-Alkali Metal Promoted Reductive Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene and Its Hindered Analogues.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2013, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  9. Active-alkali metal promoted reductive desulfurization of dibenzothiophene and its hindered analogues

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  10. A green solvent approach to the chemistry of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-disodioethanes

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, March 2012, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  11. Active-alkali metal-promoted reductive cleavage of chlorinated phenols

    Article • Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  12. ChemInform Abstract: m-Terphenyl Ethers, a New Hydroxy Protecting Group Cleavable under Reductive Single Electron Transfer Reaction Conditions.

    Article • ChemInform, August 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  13. ChemInform Abstract: Reducing versus Basic Properties of 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-disodioethanes.

    Article • ChemInform, August 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  14. ChemInform Abstract: Benzylic Organometals via Reductive Metalation Procedures

    Article • ChemInform, July 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  15. Reducing versus basic properties of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-disodioethanes

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  16. Electron-transfer-induced reductive cleavage of chlorinated aryloxyalkanoic acids

    Article • Tetrahedron, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  17. m-Terphenyl Ethers, a New Hydroxy Protecting Group Cleavable under Reductive Single Electron Transfer Reaction Conditions

    Article • Synthesis, April 2011, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  18. BH 3 -Promoted Stereoselective β-Lithiation of N -Alkyl-2-phenylaziridines

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Renzo Luisi, Professor Ugo Azzena

  19. Benzylic Organometals via Reductive Metalation Procedures

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, April 2011, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  20. ChemInform Abstract: Active-Sodium-Promoted Reductive Cleavage of Halogenated Benzoic Acids.

    Article • ChemInform, February 2011, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  21. Active-sodium-promoted reductive cleavage of halogenated benzoic acids

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  22. ChemInform Abstract: Generation of γ-Oxy-Substituted Benzyllithium Derivatives by Reductive Lithiation of 4-Phenyl-1,3-dioxanes.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  23. ChemInform Abstract: Diastereoselective Electrophilic Substitution of α-Amino-Substituted Benzylic Organometallics.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  24. ChemInform Abstract: Diastereoselective Electrophilic Substitution of γ-Oxy-Substituted Benzyllithiums.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2010, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  25. Tuning the Reducing Properties of 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-disodiumethanes

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  26. Direct metalation of methoxymethyl arylmethyl ethers: A tin-free approach to the generation of α-alkoxyalkoxy-substituted aryllithiums

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  27. ChemInform Abstract: Application of the Anionic Homologous Fries Rearrangement to the Synthesis of 3-Alkylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  28. Design and Synthesis of Bis-amide and Hydrazide-containing Derivatives of Malonic Acid as Potential HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitors

    Article • Molecules, October 2008, MDPI AG

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  29. Application of the anionic homologous Fries-rearrangement to the synthesis of 3-alkylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  30. ChemInform Abstract: Ion Pairing Effects on the Regioselectivity of Arylic versus Benzylic C-O Bond Reductive Cleavage: Synthetic Applications.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  31. ChemInform Abstract: Microwave-Assisted Carbamoylation of Amines.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2008, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  32. Ion pairing effects on the regioselectivity of arylic versus benzylic C–O bond reductive cleavage: synthetic applications

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  33. Microwave‐Assisted Carbamoylation of Amines

    Article • Synthetic Communications, October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  34. A new and highly effective organometallic approach to 1,2-dehalogenations and related reactions

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  35. Regioselectivity in arene-catalyzed reductive lithiation of acetals of chlorobenzaldehydes

    Article • Tetrahedron, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  36. Reducing properties of 1,2-diaryl-1,2-disodiumethanes

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, February 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  37. Reductive metalation of 1,2-diaryl-substituted ethenes: synthetic applications

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena, Dr. Alberto Mannu

  38. Reductive lithiation of 1,3-dimethyl-2-arylimidazolidines

    Article • Tetrahedron, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  39. Alkali Metal Mediated Synthesis of 1- and 4-Substituted N-Alkyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  40. Reactivity of Arylic Carbanions Generated by Reductive Cleavage of C—N Bond of N,N-Dimethylanilines.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  41. Reductive lithiation of alkoxy-substituted benzyl methyl ethers and connection with cross-coupling reactions

    Article • Tetrahedron, February 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  42. Regioselective Reductive Demethoxylation of 3,4,5-Trimethoxystilbenes.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  43. Alkali Metal-mediated Synthesis of 1- and 4-Substituted N-Alkyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro- isoquinolines

    Article • Heterocycles, January 2004, Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  44. Synthesis of Antibiotic Stilbenes by Reductive Metalation of 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde Dimethyl Acetal.

    Article • ChemInform, September 2003, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  45. Regioselective reductive demethoxylation of 3,4,5-trimethoxystilbenes

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  46. Synthesis of Antibiotic Stilbenes by Reductive Metalation of 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde Dimethyl Acetal

    Article • Synthetic Communications, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  47. Reactivity of Arylic Carbanions Generated by Reductive Cleavage of C-N Bond of N,N -Dimethylanilines

    Article • Synthesis, January 2003, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  48. Practical generation of 3,5-dimethoxybenzyllithium: application to the synthesis of 5-substituted-resorcinols

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, January 2003, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  49. Diastereoselective electrophilic substitution of γ-oxy-substituted benzyllithiums

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, July 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  50. Electron-transfer-induced reductive dealkoxylation of alkyl aryl ethers. III. Reductive cleavage of methoxy-substituted N,N-dimethylanilines (N,N-dimethylanisidines)

    Article • ARKIVOC, April 2002, University of Michigan Library

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  51. Diastereoselective electrophilic substitution of α-amino-substituted benzylic organometallics

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  52. ChemInform Abstract: Diastereoselective Alkylation of α-Amino-Substituted Benzyllithiums.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2001, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  53. ChemInform Abstract: Reductive Cleavage of Benzanellated Cyclic Ethers and Amines: Synthetic Applications.

    Article • ChemInform, February 2001, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  54. Diastereoselective alkylation of α-amino-substituted benzyllithiums

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  55. ChemInform Abstract: Generation and Reactivity of α-Amino-Substituted Arylmethyllithium Organometallics.

    Article • ChemInform, October 2000, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  56. Reductive Cleavage of Benzannelated Cyclic Ethers and Amines: Synthetic Applications

    Article • Tetrahedron, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  57. Generation and Reactivity of α-Amino-Substituted Arylmethyllithium Organometallics

    Article • Tetrahedron, June 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  58. Generation of γ-Oxy-Substituted Benzylithium Derivatives by Reductive Lithiation of 4-Phenyl-1,3-dioxanes

    Article • Synthesis, April 1999, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  59. Metalation of arylmethyl alkyl ethers

    Article • Tetrahedron, October 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  60. Reductive lithiation of arylalkyl methyl ethers

    Article • Tetrahedron, November 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  61. The effect of topologically controlled coulombic interactions on the regioselectivity of the reductive cleavage of alkyl phenyl ethers

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2, January 1996, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  62. Electron-Transfer-Induced Reductive Cleavage of Phthalans:  Reactivity and Synthetic Applications

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  63. Reductive electrophilic substitution of phthalans and ring expansion to isochroman derivatives

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, October 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  64. Metalation of arylmethyl methyl ethers and connection with their reductive electrophilic substitution

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, July 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  65. Regioselectivity in the reductive cleavage of pyrogallol derivatives: reductive electrophilic substitution of acetals of 2,3-dimethoxyphenol

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  66. Single and double reductive cleavage of CO bonds of aromatic dimethyl acetals and ketals: Generation of benzylic mono- and dicarbanions

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  67. Reductive Electrophilic Substitution of Diarylmethyl Methyl Ethers: Synthetic Applications

    Article • Synthetic Communications, March 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  68. Reductive cleavage of N-substituted 2-aryl-1,3-oxazolidines: generation of .alpha.-amino-substituted carbanions

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 1993, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  69. Reductive electrophilic substitution of pyrogallol derivatives: Synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted phenols

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, August 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  70. Vinyl cations in organic synthesis. Part 2. A novel synthesis of methylene-1H-indenes (benzofulvenes) by cyclisation of phenyl-substituted but-1-en-3-ynes

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, January 1993, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  71. Conversion of ferriosilanes to ferriosilanols by selective oxidation of the sih function by dimethyldioxirane

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, June 1992, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  72. Regioselective reductive electrophilic substitution of derivatives of 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 1992, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  73. Electron-transfer-induced reductive demethoxylation of anisole: evidence for cleavage of a radical anion

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 1992, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  74. Stereospecific Friedel-Crafts alkylation of aromatic compounds: synthesis of optically active 2- and 3-arylalkanoic esters

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 1991, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  75. Regioselective reductive electrophilic substitution of 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene and its 5-alkyl-substituted homologs

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 1990, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  76. Wittig rearrangement of aromatic acetals and ketals induced by reductive electron transfer

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 1990, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  77. Regioselective Reductive Alkylation of 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde Dimethylacetal: A New Synthesis of 4-Alkyl-3,5-dimethoxybenzaldehydes and 2,5-Dialkyl-1,3-dimethoxybenzenes

    Article • Synthesis, January 1990, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  78. 1,2-bis(phenylsulfonyl)alkenes as versatile groups in organic synthesis: The preparation of alkyl- and aryl-substituted norbornadienes via the Diels-Alder cycloaddition - Grignard reaction - desulfonylation sequence

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  79. A New Synthesis of 1- n -Alkyl-3,5-dimethoxybenzenes (Olivetol Dimethyl Ether and Homologs)

    Article • Synthesis, January 1989, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  80. Regioselective reductive alkylation of 1,2,3-trimethoxybenzene

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  81. Synthesis of optically active chloro alkanoic esters

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  82. An Improved Synthesis of 7,8-Bis(Methylene)-Bicyclo[2.2.2]Octa-2,5-Diene

    Article • Synthetic Communications, April 1988, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  83. Regioselective 4-demethoxylation of 1-n-alkyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzenes: a key step in the synthesis of olivetol and its homologues

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1987, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  84. Models of thioredoxin hairpin structures: Conformational properties of ?-turn containing sequences

    Article • Biopolymers, April 1986, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena

  85. Relationship between Molecular Properties and Conformation of Chiral Alkanes

    Article • Helvetica Chimica Acta, December 1981, Wiley

    Professor Ugo Azzena