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Lanny S. Liebeskind

Lanny S. Liebeskind

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Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
14296
World Ranking
6012
National Ranking
1830

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2002 - Herty Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Lanny S. Liebeskind is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics, notably:

  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies

Liebeskind has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Mark M. Goodman
  • Gouthami Pashikanti
  • Thomas C. Pickel
  • Ronald J. Voll
  • Weiping Yu

They have published in a range of venues, particularly:

  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Nature Chemical Biology
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science

Notable recent papers by Liebeskind include:

  • "Biased modulators of NMDA receptors control channel opening and ion selectivity" (2020, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • "Synthesis, Radiolabeling, and Biological Evaluation of the cis Stereoisomers of 1-Amino-3-Fluoro-4-(fluoro-18F)Cyclopentane-1-Carboxylic Acid as PET Imaging Agents" (2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry)
  • "Synthesis, Radiolabeling, and Biological Evaluation of the trans-Stereoisomers of 1-Amino-3-(fluoro-18F)-4-fluorocyclopentane-1-carboxylic Acid as PET Imaging Agents" (2021, ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science)
  • "Synthetic Efforts toward the Synthesis of a Fluorinated Analog of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid: Practical Synthesis of Racemic and Enantiomerically Defined 3-Fluoro-5-aminolevulinic Acid" (2024, The Journal of Organic Chemistry)
  • "Rapid and Scalable Synthesis of Oxazoles Directly from Carboxylic Acids" (2025, The Journal of Organic Chemistry)

Liebeskind's research output reflects a sustained engagement with radiopharmaceutical chemistry and molecular biology, especially through the development and evaluation of novel imaging agents and fluorinated organic compounds.

The scientist has received several awards, including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2015)
  • Herty Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS) (2002)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1983)

Best Publications

  • On the Nature of the "Copper Effect" in the Stille Cross-Coupling

    Vittorio Farina;Suresh Kapadia;Bala Krishnan;Chenjie Wang

  • Copper-Mediated Cross-Coupling of Organostannanes with Organic Iodides at or below Room Temperature

    Gary D. Allred and;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • 3-Stannylcyclobutenediones as nucleophilic cyclobutenedione equivalents. Synthesis of substituted cyclobutenediones and cyclobutenedione monoacetals and the beneficial effect of catalytic copper iodide on the Stille reaction

    Lanny S. Liebeskind;Richard W. Fengl

  • Ambient Temperature, Ullmann-like Reductive Coupling of Aryl, Heteroaryl, and Alkenyl Halides.

    Shijie Zhang;Dawei Zhang;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • A Simple, Modular Synthesis of Substituted Pyridines

    Songbai Liu;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • Sulfonium Salts. Participants par Excellence in Metal-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions

    Jiri Srogl;and Gary D. Allred;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • A mild, nonbasic synthesis of thioethers. The copper-catalyzed coupling of boronic acids with N-thio(alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl)imides.

    Cecile Savarin;Jiri Srogl;Lanny S Liebeskind

  • Ceramide synthase inhibition by fumonisin B1 causes accumulation of 1-deoxysphinganine: a novel category of bioactive 1-deoxysphingoid bases and 1-deoxydihydroceramides biosynthesized by mammalian cell lines and animals.

    Nicholas C. Zitomer;Trevor Mitchell;Kenneth A. Voss;Genevieve S. Bondy

  • A New Paradigm for Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation: Aerobic, Copper-Templated Cross-Coupling

    Janette M. Villalobos;Jiri Srogl;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • Palladium-Catalyzed, Copper(I)-Mediated Coupling of Boronic Acids and Benzylthiocyanate. A Cyanide-Free Cyanation of Boronic Acids

    Zhihui Zhang;Lanny S Liebeskind

  • Substituted Alkyne Synthesis under Nonbasic Conditions: Copper Carboxylate-Mediated, Palladium-Catalyzed Thioalkyne−Boronic Acid Cross-Coupling

    Cecile Savarin;Jiri Srogl;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • Ketone synthesis under neutral conditions. Cu(I) diphenylphosphinate-mediated, palladium-catalyzed coupling of thiol esters and organostannanes.

    Rüdiger Wittenberg;Jiri Srogl;Masahiro Egi;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • Nickel(0)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Substituted Phenols from Cyclobutenones and Alkynes

    Mark A. Huffman;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • In situ generation of a solvated zerovalent nickel reagent. Biaryl formation

    Andrew S. Kende;Lanny S. Liebeskind;David M. Braitsch

  • An improved method for the synthesis of substituted cyclobutenediones

    Lanny S. Liebeskind;Richard W. Fengl;Kevin R. Wirtz;Thomas T. Shawe

  • Ortho-functionalization of aromatic ketones via manganation. A synthesis of indenols

    Lanny S. Liebeskind;John R. Gasdaska;J. Stuart McCallum;Samuel J. Tremont

  • Transformations of chiral iron complexes used in organic synthesis. Reactions of .eta.5-CpFe(PPh3)(CO)COCH3 and related species leading to a mild, stereospecific synthesis of .beta.-lactams

    Lanny S. Liebeskind;Mark E. Welker;Richard W. Fengl

  • N-Amidation by Copper-Mediated Cross-coupling of Organostannanes or Boronic Acids with O-Acetyl Hydroxamic Acids

    Zhihui Zhang;Ying Yu;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • Copper-mediated, palladium-catalyzed coupling of thiol esters with aliphatic organoboron reagents.

    Ying Yu;Lanny S. Liebeskind

  • A general, regiospecific synthesis of highly substituted quinones

    Lanny S. Liebeskind;Suresh Iyer;Charles F. Jewell

  • Cyclobutenediones as precursors to quinones and cyclopentenones

    Lanny S. Liebeskind

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis C. Liotta
Dennis C. Liotta Emory University
Andrew S. Kende
Andrew S. Kende University of Rochester
John A. Gladysz
John A. Gladysz Texas A&M University
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Dennis L. Lichtenberger
Dennis L. Lichtenberger University of Arizona
Manfred Bochmann
Manfred Bochmann University of East Anglia
Ramón Gómez Arrayás
Ramón Gómez Arrayás Autonomous University of Madrid
Djamaladdin G. Musaev
Djamaladdin G. Musaev Emory University
John R. Falck
John R. Falck The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stephen F. Traynelis
Stephen F. Traynelis Emory University

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