Uta Wille

Ring Expansion of Thiolactams via Imide Intermediates: An Amino Acid Insertion Strategy

Jing Shang, Varsha J Thombare, Carlie L Charron, Uta Wille, Craig A Hutton

Journal article  |  2020  |  Chemistry - A European Journal

The Ag(I)-promoted reaction of thiolactams with N-Boc amino acids yields an N-(α-aminoacyl) lactam that can rearrange through an a..

Synthesis of spirocyclic heterocycles from α,β-unsaturated N-acyliminium ions.

Thanphat Thaima, Arife Yazici, Chiramet Auranwiwat, Anthony C Willis, Uta Wille, Thunwadee Limtharakul, Stephen G Pyne

Journal article  |  2020  |  Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

The reactions of α,β-unsaturated N-acyliminium ions, generated in situ from 4(S)-O-substitutedhydroxy-5-hydroxy-5-vinyl-N-alkylpyr..

Oxidative damage of proline residues by nitrate radicals (NO3): a kinetic and product study

Joses G Nathanael, Jonathan M White, Annika Richter, Madison R Nuske, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2020  |  Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Kinetic studies in acetonitrile revealed that proline residues in peptides are considerably protected against radical-induced oxid..

Reactions of a distonic peroxyl radical anion influenced by SOMO-HOMO conversion: an example of anion-directed channel switching

Sui So, Benjamin B Kirk, Uta Wille, Adam J Trevitt, Stephen J Blanksby, Gabriel da Silva

Journal article  |  2020  |  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

In free radicals the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) typically has the highest energy. Recent examples of distonic radica..

Reaction of Distonic Aryl and Alkyl Radical Cations with Amines: The Role of Charge and Spin Revealed by Mass Spectrometry, Kinetic Studies, and DFT Calculations

Benjamin Andrikopoulos, Parvinder K Sidhu, Bethany Taggert, Joses G Nathanael, Richard AJ O'Hair, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2020  |  ChemPlusChem

Gas‐phase reaction of the aromatic distonic radical cations 4‐Pyr+. and 3‐Pyr+. with amines led to formation of the corresponding ..

1,2-Addition versus homoconjugate addition reactions of indoles and electron-rich arenes to alpha-cyclopropyl N-acyliminium ions: synthetic and computational studies

Greg M Ryder, Uta Wille, Anthony C Willis, Stephen G Pyne

Journal article  |  2019  |  Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

An investigation of the reactivity of α-cyclopropyl N-acyliminium ions towards indoles has resulted in the unprecedented synthesis..

Oxidative Damage in Aliphatic Amino Acids and Di- and Tripeptides by the Environmental Free Radical Oxidant NO3 center dot: The Role of the Amide Bond Revealed by Kinetic and Computational Studies

Joses G Nathanael, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Photophysical insights and guidelines for blue "turn-on" fluorescent probes for the direct detection of nitric oxide (NO center dot) in biological systems

Mina Barzegar Amiri Olia, Amber N Hancock, Carl H Schiesser, Lars Goerigk, Uta Wille

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Photoisomerization of Methyl Vinyl Ketone and Methacrolein in the Troposphere: A Theoretical Investigation of Ground-State Reaction Pathways

Sui So, Uta Wille, Gabriel da Silva

Journal article  |  2018  |  ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Reversible Photoisomerization of the Isolated Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore

Eduardo Carrascosa, James N Bull, Michael S Scholz, Neville JA Coughlan, Seth Olsen, Uta Wille, Evan J Bieske

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters