Publications
(undergraduate authors, co-first authors# )
157Studies toward Pestalachloride B: Synthesis of the 6/7/6 Tricyclic Scaffold
Deprez, B.E.; LeBlanc, A.R.; Yang, Q.W.; Smith, A.P.; Wuest, W.M.*
Org. Lett. 2026, ASAP Article
128Total Synthesis of the Reported Structure of Cahuitamycin A: Insights into an Elusive Natural Product Scaffold
Shapiro, J.S.; Post, S.J.; Smith, G.C.; Wuest, W.M.*
Org. Lett. 2023, 25 (51), 9243–9248
125Deriving Novel Quaternary Ammonium Compound Disinfectant Scaffolds from a Natural Product: Mechanistic Insights of the Quaternization of Ianthelliformisamine C
Allen, R.A.#; McCormack, C.E.M.#; Wuest, W.M.*
ChemMedChem 2023, 18 (22), e202300253
124Total Synthesis and Biological Investigation of Mindapyrroles A and B
Allen, R.A.; Wuest, W.M.*
ChemMedChem 2023, 18 (18), e202300235
(Highlighted as a Very Important Paper)
121A Versatile Strategy for the Synthesis of Various Lumazine Peptides
Zhang, W.#; Mahoney, A.R.#; Garrison, M.; Wuest, W.M.*
Med. Chem. Res. 2023, 32, 1481-1496
(Invited Issue in Honor of Dr. Nicholas Meanwell)
109Total Synthesis and Antibacterial Investigations of 1-Hydroxyboivinianin A
Wilt, I.K.; Demeritte, A.R.; Wang, W.; Wuest, W.M.*
ChemMedChem 2022, 17 (23), e202200363
(Highlighted as a Very Important Paper)
93An Efficient Synthesis of 3-Alkylpyridine Alkaloids Enables Their Biological Evaluation
Kaplan, A.R.#; Schrank, C.L.#; Wuest, W.M.*
ChemMedChem 2021, 16 (16), 2487-2490
(Highlighted as a Very Important Paper; Selected for Cover Art)
82Asymmetric Total Synthesis of the Naturally Occurring Antibiotic Anthracimycin
Davison, E.K.; Freeman, J.L.; Zhang, W.; Wuest, W.M.; Furkert, D.P.; Brimble, M.A.*
Org. Lett. 2020, 22 (14), 5550-5554
81Total Synthesis of (+)-Pilosinine via a Stereodivergent Conjugate Addition Strategy
Schrank, C.L.; Danneman, M.W.; Prebihalo, E.A.; Anderson, R.E.; Gibson, T.J.; Wuest, W.M.; Mullins, R.J.*
Tetrahedron Lett. 2020, 61 (23), 151945
52Epoxy Isonitriles, A Unique Class of Antibiotics: Synthesis of Their Metabolites and Biological Investigations
Ernouf, G.; Wilt, I.K.; Zahim, S.; Wuest, W.M.*
ChemBioChem 2018, 19 (23), 2448-2452
(Selected for ChemBio Talents Issue)
51Biologically Inspired Total Synthesis of Ulbactin F, an Iron-Binding Natural Product
Shapiro, J.A.#; Morrison, K.R.#; Chodisetty, S.S.; Musaev, D.G.; Wuest, W.M.*
Org. Lett. 2018, 20 (18), 5922-5926
44Diverted Total Synthesis of the Baulamycins and Analogues Reveals an Alternate Mechanism of Action
Steele, A.D.; Ernouf, G.; Lee, Y.-E.; Wuest, W.M.*
Org. Lett. 2018, 20 (4), 1126-1129
36A Novel Application of the Staudinger Ligation to Access Neutral Cyclic Di-Nucleotide Analog Precursors via a Divergent Method
Fletcher, M.H.; Burns-Lynch, C.E.; Knouse, K.W.; Abraham, L.T.; DeBrosse, C.W.; Wuest, W.M.*
RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 29835-29838
25The Enantioselective Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Chimeric Promysalin Analogs Facilitated by Diverted Total Synthesis
Knouse, K.W.; Wuest, W.M.*
J. Antibiotics 2016, 69, 337-339
(Invited Paper in Honor of Amos B. Smith, III)
24An Optimized Synthesis of the Potent and Selective Pak1 Inhibitor FRAX-1036
Koval, A.B.; Wuest, W.M.*
Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57 (3), 449-451
20Total Synthesis and Biological Investigation of (–)-Promysalin
Steele, A.D.; Knouse, K.W.; Keohane, C.E.; Wuest, W.M.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (23), 7314-7317
14Synthesis of Cyclic Dimeric Methyl Morpholinoside – A Common Synthetic Precursor to Cyclic Dinucleotide Analogs
Kinzie, C.R.; Steele, A.D.; Pasciolla, S.M.; Wuest, W.M.*
Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55 (35), 4966-4968
9A Concise Synthesis of Carolacton
Hallside, M.S.; Brzozowski, R.S.; Wuest, W.M.*; Phillips, A.J.*
Org. Lett. 2014, 16 (4), 1148-1151
(Top 10 Downloaded Publication in Organic Letters between January-June 2014)