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15979
World Ranking
8726
National Ranking
2497

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dean J. Tantillo is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of chemistry and materials science. Their scholarly work spans across organic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, spectroscopy, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H functionalization methods
  • Cyclopropane reaction mechanisms
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis
  • Microbial natural products and biosynthesis

Dean J. Tantillo has contributed to publications in several frequent venues, which include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ioChem-BD Computational Chemistry Datasets
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Dean J. Tantillo feature topics related to organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry:

  • Dynamic effects on organic reactivity-Pathways to (and from) discomfort, 2021, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Quantum Chemistry Calculations for Metabolomics, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal specialized metabolite drought stress responses in switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), 2022, New Phytologist
  • Catalyst-Controlled Regiodivergence in Rearrangements of Indole-Based Onium Ylides, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Solvation Effects in Organic Chemistry, 2022, The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dean J. Tantillo include:

  • Wang-Yeuk Kong
  • Croix J. Laconsay
  • Wentao Guo
  • William DeSnoo
  • Thomas J. Maimone

Several professional recognitions have been awarded to Dean J. Tantillo:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2017
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016

Best Publications

  • Computational Prediction of 1H and 13C Chemical Shifts: A Useful Tool for Natural Product, Mechanistic, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry

    Michael W. Lodewyk;Matthew R. Siebert;Dean J. Tantillo

  • Redox chemistry and chemical biology of H2S, hydropersulfides, and derived species: implications of their possible biological activity and utility.

    Katsuhiko Ono;Takaaki Akaike;Tomohiro Sawa;Yoshito Kumagai

  • Small Molecule Signaling Agents: The Integrated Chemistry and Biochemistry of Nitrogen Oxides, Oxides of Carbon, Dioxygen, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Their Derived Species

    Jon M. Fukuto;Samantha J. Carrington;Dean J. Tantillo;Jason G. Harrison

  • Biosynthesis via carbocations: Theoretical studies on terpene formation

    Dean J. Tantillo

  • Charge ordering in the TMTTF family of molecular conductors

    D. S. Chow;F. Zamborszky;B. Alavi;D. J. Tantillo

  • Theozymes and compuzymes: theoretical models for biological catalysis.

    Dean J Tantillo;Chen Jiangang;Kendall N Houk

  • Total synthesis of oxidized welwitindolinones and (-)-N-methylwelwitindolinone C isonitrile.

    Kyle W. Quasdorf;Alexander D. Huters;Michael W. Lodewyk;Dean J. Tantillo

  • Post-transition state bifurcations gain momentum – current state of the field

    Stephanie R. Hare;Dean J. Tantillo

  • The carbocation continuum in terpene biosynthesis—where are the secondary cations?

    Dean J. Tantillo

  • Total synthesis and isolation of citrinalin and cyclopiamine congeners

    Eduardo V. Mercado-Marin;Pablo Garcia-Reynaga;Stelamar Romminger;Eli. F. Pimenta

  • Formation of the Unusual Semivolatile Diterpene Rhizathalene by the Arabidopsis Class I Terpene Synthase TPS08 in the Root Stele Is Involved in Defense against Belowground Herbivory

    Martha M. Vaughan;Qiang Wang;Francis X. Webster;Dave Kiemle

  • Consequences of conformational preorganization in sesquiterpene biosynthesis: theoretical studies on the formation of the bisabolene, curcumene, acoradiene, zizaene, cedrene, duprezianene, and sesquithuriferol sesquiterpenes.

    Young J Hong;Dean J Tantillo

  • The Correct Structure of Aquatolide—Experimental Validation of a Theoretically-Predicted Structural Revision

    Michael W. Lodewyk;Cristian Soldi;Paul B. Jones;Marilyn M. Olmstead

  • Biosynthetic consequences of multiple sequential post-transition-state bifurcations

    Young Joo Hong;Dean J. Tantillo

  • Theoretical studies on farnesyl cation cyclization: pathways to pentalenene

    Pradeep Gutta;Dean J Tantillo

  • Walking in the woods with quantum chemistry – applications of quantum chemical calculations in natural products research

    Dean J. Tantillo

  • Acylammonium Salts as Dienophiles in Diels–Alder/Lactonization Organocascades

    Mikail E. Abbasov;Brandi M. Hudson;Dean J. Tantillo;Daniel Romo

  • Importance of Inherent Substrate Reactivity in Enzyme-Promoted Carbocation Cyclization/Rearrangements.

    Dean J. Tantillo

  • Recent excursions to the borderlands between the realms of concerted and stepwise: carbocation cascades in natural products biosynthesis

    Dean J. Tantillo

  • A gold-catalysed enantioselective Cope rearrangement of achiral 1,5-dienes

    Ryan J. Felix;Dieter Weber;Osvaldo Gutierrez;Dean J. Tantillo

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Kurth
Mark J. Kurth University of California, Davis
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann Cornell University
James C. Fettinger
James C. Fettinger University of California, Davis
Andrew D. Bond
Andrew D. Bond University of Cambridge
Anne Osbourn
Anne Osbourn John Innes Centre
Michel R. Gagné
Michel R. Gagné University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marnix H. Medema
Marnix H. Medema Wageningen University & Research
Reuben J. Peters
Reuben J. Peters Iowa State University
Richmond Sarpong
Richmond Sarpong University of California, Berkeley

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