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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1975 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Steven M. Weinreb is a researcher affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of chemistry as well as pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics, with particular focus on organic chemistry and its applications.

The main areas of their research include alkaloids and their synthesis and pharmacology, axial and atropisomeric chirality synthesis, and chemical synthesis related to alkaloids. These topics reflect a concentration on complex organic molecules and their biochemical properties.

Steven M. Weinreb has contributed to published research exemplified by the paper titled "Chemistry of the chippiine/dippinine/tronocarpine class of indole alkaloids," published in 2020 in the venue known as 'The Alkaloids. Chemistry and biology.'

  • Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids

  • Chemistry
  • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Pharmacology

  • "Chemistry of the chippiine/dippinine/tronocarpine class of indole alkaloids," 2020, 'The Alkaloids. Chemistry and biology'

  • Steven C. Taylor

  • 'The Alkaloids. Chemistry and biology'

Throughout their career, Steven M. Weinreb has been recognized by various organizations as a fellow, including the American Chemical Society in 2011, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1983, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1975.

Best Publications

  • N-methoxy-n-methylamides as effective acylating agents

    Steven Nahm;Steven M. Weinreb

  • A mild, general method for conversion of esters to amides

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  • An Alternative Procedure for the Aluminum-Mediated Conversion of Esters to Amides

    Jeremy I. Levin;Edward Turos;Steven M. Weinreb

  • Synthetic aspects of diels-alder cycloadditions with heterodienophiles

    Steven M. Weinreb;Ronald R. Staib

  • A Study of the Scope and Regioselectivity of the Ruthenium-Catalyzed [3 + 2]-Cycloaddition of Azides with Internal Alkynes

    Max M. Majireck;Steven M. Weinreb

  • Mitsunobu reactions of n-alkyl and n-acyl sulfonamides-an efficient route to protected amines

    James R. Henry;Lawrence R. Marcin;Matthias C. McIntosh;Paul M. Scola

  • Some recent advances in the synthesis of polycyclic imidazole-containing marine natural products.

    Steven M. Weinreb

  • β-Trimethylsilylethanesulfonyl chloride (SES-Cl): A new reagent for protection of amines

    Steven M Weinreb;Donald M Demko;Thomas A Lessen;James P Demers

  • N-SULFONYL IMINES : USEFUL SYNTHONS IN STEREOSELECTIVE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS

    Steven M. Weinreb

  • Studies on Total Synthesis of the Cylindricine/Fasicularin/Lepadiformine Family of Tricyclic Marine Alkaloids

    Steven M. Weinreb

  • tert-Butylsulfonyl (Bus), a New Protecting Group for Amines.

    Pu Sun;Steven M. Weinreb;Maoyu Shang

  • N-acyl imines and related hetero dienes in [4+2]-cycloaddition reactions

    Steven M. Weinreb;Paul M. Scola

  • In Vitro Hepatotoxicity of the Cyanobacterial Alkaloid Cylindrospermopsin and Related Synthetic Analogues

    Maria T. Runnegar;Chaoyu Xie;Barry B. Snider;Grier A. Wallace

  • Synthesis of the Aromatic and Monosaccharide Moieties of Staurosporine

    Richard P. Joyce;James A. Gainor;Steven M. Weinreb

  • Total Synthesis of the Polycyclic Fungal Metabolite (±)‐Communesin F

    Peng Liu;Jae Hong Seo;Steven M. Weinreb

  • Alkaloid total synthesis by intramolecular imino Diels-Alder cycloadditions

    Steven M. Weinreb

  • Total Synthesis of the Antitumor Marine Sponge Alkaloid Agelastatin A

    Didier Stien;Glen T. Anderson;Charles E. Chase;Yung Hyo Koh

  • Explorations on the total synthesis of the unusual marine alkaloid chartelline A.

    Cuixiang Sun;Xichen Lin;Steven M. Weinreb

  • Exploratory Studies of the Transition Metal Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization of Unsaturated α, α-Dichloro Esters, Acids, and Nitriles

    Thomas K. Hayes;Rosanna. Villani;Steven M. Weinreb

  • An Approach to Total Synthesis of (+)-Lycoricidine

    Matthias C. McIntosh;Steven M. Weinreb

  • Total syntheses of the Securinega alkaloids (+)-14,15-dihydronorsecurinine, (-)-norsecurinine, and phyllanthine.

    Gyoonhee Han;Matthew G. LaPorte;James J. Folmer;Kim M. Werner

  • Addition of Grignard and organolithium reagents to N-sulfonyl aldimines generated in situ from aldehydes and N-sulfinylsulfonamides

    Joseph Sisko;Steven M. Weinreb

Frequent Co-Authors

Masood Parvez
Masood Parvez University of Calgary
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Masakatsu Shibasaki University of Tokyo
Miguel Yus
Miguel Yus University of Alicante
Martin Oestreich
Martin Oestreich Technical University of Berlin
Stephen J. Benkovic
Stephen J. Benkovic Pennsylvania State University
David E. Bergbreiter
David E. Bergbreiter Texas A&M University
Martin F. Semmelhack
Martin F. Semmelhack Princeton University
Barry B. Snider
Barry B. Snider Brandeis University
Sungwoo Hong
Sungwoo Hong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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