1991-1995

  1. Á. Zsigmond, F. Nothieisz, Z. Szegletes and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Oxidations on Metal Macrocycles Encapsulated on Zeolites” Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 1995, 94, 728.
  2. A. Castaño, A. Aranyos, K. Szabo and J. E. Bäckvall, “Nucleophilic Attack on (π-allyl)palladium Complexes – Factors Determining Attack at Central versus Terminal Carbon” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1995, 34, 2551.
  3. M. Rönn, J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Intra­molecular Cyclization Using Molecular Oxygen as Reoxidant” Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 7749.
  4. E. S. M. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “The Effect of Solvent and Copper(I) Precursor on the Regioselectivity in the Cross-Coupling Reaction of Allylic Acetates with Preformed Mono- and Dibutylcuprates” Acta Chem. Scand. 1995, 49, 899.
  5. M. van Klaveren, E. S. M. Persson, D. M. Grove, J. E. Bäckvall and G. van Koten, “Chiral Arenethiolatocopper(I) Catalyzed Substitution Reactions of Acyclic Allylic Substrates with Butyl Grignard Reagents” Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 3059.
  6. J. E. Bäckvall, Y. I. M. Nilsson and R. G. P. Gatti, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Chloropalladation of Acetylenes” Organometallics 1995, 14, 4242.
  7. H. Pettersson-Fasth, S. W. Riesinger and J. E. Bäckvall, “An Enantioselective Route to cis– and trans-2-Hydroxymethyl-5-Alkyl Pyrrolidines” J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 6091.
  8. E. B. Koroleva, J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Palladium-Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic Tetrahydropyrans” Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 5397.
  9. H. Pettersson‑Fasth, A. Gogoll and J. E. Bäckvall, “Diastereoselectivity in the OsO4-Catalyzed Dihydroxylation of 5-(p-Toluene­sulfonamido)-3-hexene-2-ol Derivatives” J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 1848.
  10. A. Castaño and J. E. Bäckvall, “Allylsilanes as Carbon Nucleophiles in Intramolecular Pd(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Addition to Conjugated Dienes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 560.
  11. C. M. G. Löfström, A. M. Ericsson, L. Bourrinet, S. K. Juntunen and J. E. Bäckvall, “Functionalization of 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes via Cyclopropanation and Epoxidation. Synthesis of Oxabicyclic Systems vi BF3 -Induced Rearrangement of Epoxide Derivatives” J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 3586.
  12. E. S. M. Persson, M. van Klaveren, D. M. Grove, J. E. Bäckvall and G. van Koten, “ortho-Chelating Arenethiolatocopper(I) Complexes as Versatile Catalysts in the Regioselective Cross-Coupling of Allylic Derivatives with n-BuMgI. A n example of Reversed Reactivity of Leaving Groups.” Chem. Eur. J. 1995, 1, 351.
  13. Y. I. M. Nilsson and J. E Bäckvall “Bis[1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)­ethane]palladium(0)” Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Ed. L. A. Paquette, Wiley Interscience, 1995, Vol 1, pp 431-32.
  14. R. G. P. Gatti and J. E. Bäckvall, “Bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) Acetate”, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Ed. L. A. Paquette, Wiley Interscience, 1995, vol 1, pp 619-21.
  15. J. E. Bäckvall and D. Tanner, “Palladium-Mediated Synthesis of Alkaloids”, review in Studies in Natural Products Chemistry”, Ed. Atta-Ur-Rahman, Elsevier, 1995, Vol 16, pp 415-452.
  16. M. van Klaveren, E .S .M. Persson, D. M. Grove, J. E. Bäckvall and G. van Koten, “The use of Ortho‑chelating Arenthiolate Non-transferable Groups in the Copper(I)-Catalyzed Selective α or γ Substitution of Acyclic Allylic Substrates with Grignard Reagents” Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 5931.
  17. J. E. Bäckvall and A. Ericsson, “Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective Addition of Thiophenol to Conjugated Enynes. A Novel Route to 2-(Phenyl­sulfinyl)- and 2-(Phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 5850.
  18. J. E. Bäckvall, Y. I. M. Nilsson, P. G. Andersson, R. G. P. Gatti and J. Wu, “Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation in Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Intramolecular 1,4-Oxidation of Conjugated Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 5713.
  19. A. Gogoll, J. Örnebro, H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanism of Apparent p-Allyl Rotation in ( π-Allyl)­palladium complexes with Bidentate Nitrogen Ligands” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 3631.
  20. P. G. Andersson, Y. I. M. Nilsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Spirocyclization” Tetrahedron 1994, 50, 559.
  21. H. Grennberg, V. Simon and J. E. Bäckvall, “Evidence for a (π-Allyl)palladium Intermediate in the quinone-Based Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Acetoxylation” J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1994, 265.
  22. A. M. Ericsson, N. A. Plobeck and J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereoselective Synthesis of Vinylcyclopropanes from 2-Phenylsulfonyl-1,3-cyclohexadienes and Ketone Enolates or Nitrile Anions” Acta Chem. Scand. 1994, 48, 252.
  23. R. Chinchilla and J. E. Bäckvall, “Cycloadditions to Enamines”, review in “The Chemistry of Functional Groups: The Chemistry of Enamines“, Ed. S. Patai and Z. Rappoport, Wiley, 1994, 993.
  24. J. E. Bäckvall, E. S. M Persson and A. Bombrun, “Regiocontrol in Copper-Catalyzed Cross Coupling of Allylic Chlorides with Aryl Grignard reagents” J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 4126.
  25. J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereocontrol in Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions”, review in “Organometallic Reagents in Organic Synthesis”, Ed. J. H. Batesson and M. B. Mitchell, Academic Press, 1994, pp 81-97.
  26. G-Z. Wang, U. Andreasson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer involving a New Triple Catalytic System” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1994, 1037.
  27. U. Karlsson, G-Z. Wang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols by MnO2” J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 1196.
  28. Á. Zsigmond, F. Nothieisz, M. Bartok and J. E. Bäckvall, “Selective Oxidation of Alkenes on a Zeolite Supported Iron Phthalocyanine catalyst” Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 1993, 78, 417.
  29. J. E. Bäckvall and U. Andreasson, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols to Saturated Ketones” Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 5459.
  30. J. E Bäckvall , A. M. Ericsson, S. K. Juntunen, C. Najera and M. Yus, “Selective Epoxidation of 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes. One-Pot Procedure for Regioselective Preparations of 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Diene Monoepoxides from 1,3-Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 5221.
  31. J. E. Bäckvall, C. Löfström, S. K. Juntunen and M. Mattson, “Regioselective Cyclo­propanation of 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 2007.
  32. J. E. Bäckvall, R. Gatti and H. E. Schink, “Enzyme and Palladium Catalysis as a Powerful Combination in Asymmetric Transformations of meso-2-Alken-1,4-diol Derivatives. Application to Enantiodivergent Synthesis of (R)- and (S)-(2,4-Cycloalkadienyl)acetic Acids” Synthesis (Feature Article) 1993, 343.
  33. J.E. Bäckvall, “Recent Advances in Organopalladium Chemistry“, review in “Organic Synthesis via Organometallics (OSM 4)”, Eds. D. Enders, H.J. Gais, H.J. Keim, Vieweg, 1993, pp 165-174.
  34. H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-cis-Diacetoxylation and 1,4-cis-Chloroacetoxylation of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene by the use of a Tetra(dimethoxyphenyl)porphyrin” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1993, 1331.
  35. Y. I. M. Nilsson, P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Example of Thermodynamic Control in Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation. Evidence for Palladium‑Assisted C-C Bond Cleavage” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 6609.
  36. H. Grennberg, A. Gogoll and J. E. Bäckvall, “Acid-Induced Transformation of Palladium(0)-Benzoquinone Complexes to Palladium(II) and Hydroquinone” Organometallics 1993, 12, 1790.
  37. H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Iron Phthalocyanine, Fe(Pc), as Catalyst for the Aerobic Oxidation of Hydroquinone to 1,4-Benzoquinone. A Simple Test for Catalytic “Oxidase” Activity” Acta Chem. Scand. 1993, 47, 506.
  38. H. Grennberg, S. Fazon and J. E. Bäckvall, “Use of a Cobalt Tetrakis(hydroquinone)porphyrin for Efficient Electron Transfer in Aerobic Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Diacetoxylation of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1993, 32, 263.
  39. J. E. Bäckvall, K. L. Granberg, P. G. Andersson, R. Gatti and A. Gogoll, “Stereocontrolled Lactonization Reactions via Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Addition to Conjugated Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 5445.
  40. J. E. Bäckvall, R. L. Chowdhury, U. Karlsson and G.-Z. Wang, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Reactions and Their Application to Oxidation of Alcohols and Reduction of Ketones and Imines”, review in “Perspective in Coordination Chemistry” (Eds A. F. Williams, C. Floriani, A. E. Merbach) Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta, Basel, 1992, pp 463-486.
  41. P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem Cyclization of 4,6- and 5,7-Dienamides. A new route to the Pyrrolizidine and Indolizidine Alkaloids” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 8696.
  42. R. Chinchilla and J. E. Bäckvall, “Cycloadditions of 2-Nitro 1,3-Dienes to Enamines. Synthesis of Unsaturated Nitroketones and Diels-Alder Adducts via [4+2] Heterocycloadditions” Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 5641.
  43. G.-Z. Wang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalysed Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines by Propan-2-ol” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1992, 980.
  44. J. E. Bäckvall, C. Löfström, M. Maffei and V. Langer, “Asymmetric Induction in [4+2] Cycloadditions of Chiral Enamines to 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 2417.
  45. G‑Z. Wang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols by Acetone” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1992, 337.
  46. H. Pettersson, A. Gogoll and J. E. Bäckvall, “Epoxidation of 5-Tosylamido-3-hexen-2-ol Derivatives. Stereochemical Assignment of Product Configuration by NMR and Molecular Mechanics Studies” J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 6025.
  47. H. E. Schink and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of (+)-(E)-(2S,5R)-5-Acetoxy-hexen-2-ol via Enantioselective Enzymatic Hydrolysis. An Enantiodivergent Palladium­Catalyzed Route to (+)- and (-)-cis-2-Methyl-5-hexanolide” J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 1588. Correction: J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 6082.
  48. J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular 1,4-Additions to Conjugated Dienes” Pure Appl. Chem. 1992, 64, 429.
  49. J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Intramolecular Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Addition to Conjugated Dienes. Stereoselective Synthesis of Fused Tetrahydrofurans and Tetrahydropyrans” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 6374.
  50. A. M. Ericsson, N. A. Plobeck, S. K. Juntunen and J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereoselective Synthesis of (3E,5E)-Diene-2-ones and (2E,4E)-Dienals via 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 131.
  51. J. E. Bäckvall, F. Bökman and M. R. A. Blomberg, “Metallaoxetanes as Possible Intermediates in Metal-Promoted Deoxygenation of Epoxides and Epoxidation of Olefins” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 534.
  52. K. L. Granberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Isomerization of (π-Allyl)palladium Complexes via Nucleophilic Displacement by Pd(0). A Common Mechamism in Pd(0)-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 6858. Correction: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 10853.
  53. J. E. Bäckvall, U. Karlsson and R. Chinchilla, “Synthesis of 2-Nitro 1,3-Dienes. Useful Intermediates in the Preparation of Unsaturated 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds” Tetrahedron Lett. 1991, 32, 5607.
  54. H. Grennberg, V. Langer and J. E. Bäckvall, “Structure and Reactivity of cis- and trans-Bis-[(5-Carbomethoxy-η3-(1,2,3)-cyclohexenyl)­palladium chloride]. Evidence for a (σ-Allyl)palladium Intermediate in the cis-Migration of Acetate from Palladium to Coordinated π-Allyl” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1991, 1190.
  55. R. L. Chowdhury and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones by iso-Propanol” J. Chem.Soc., Chem. Commun. 1991, 1063.
  56. P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Furanoid Terpenes Using an Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization of 4,6-Dienols” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 5349.
  57. H. Grennberg, A. Gogoll and J. E. Bäckvall, “Use of Sulfoxides as Cocatalysts in the Palladium-Quinone-Catalyzed 1,4-Diacetoxylation of 1,3-Dienes. An Example of Ligand Accelerated Catalysis” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 5808.
  58. H. E. Schink, H. Pettersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereocontrolled Epoxidation of Cycloheptene Derivatives in the Palladium-Catalyzed Route to Tropane Alkaloids. Total Synthesis of Scopine and Pseudoscopine” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 2769.
  59. J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Stereocontrolled Oxaspirocyclization of Conjugated Dienes via Palladium Catalysis” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 2274.
  60. N. Plobeck and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of (2E,4E)-Dienamides and (2E,4E)­Dienoates from 1,3-Dienes via 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 4508.
  61. J. E. Bäckvall, R. L. Chowdhury and U. Karlsson, “Aerobic Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols via Multistep Electron Transfer” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun, 1991, 473.
  62. J. E. Bäckvall, P. G. Andersson, G. B. Stone and A. Gogoll, “Synthesis of (±)- a -and (±)-γ -Lycorane via a Stereocontrolled Organopalladium Route” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 2988.
  63. J. E. Bäckvall, K. L. Granberg and A. Heumann, “On the Mechanism of Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Reactions of Allylic Substrates with Nucleophiles. Origin for the Loss of Stereospecificity” Israel J. Chem. 1991, 31, 17.
  64. M. Sellén, J. E. Bäckvall and P. Helquist, “Synthesis of Substituted Cyclic 1,3-Dienes via Selective 1,4-Elimination of Benzenesulfinic Acid from Allylic Phenyl Sulfones” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 835.
  65. “π-Allylic Transition Metal Complexes by Oxidative Addition“, review in “Inorganic Reactions and Methods” Ed. J.J. Zuckerman, Verlag Chemie, pp 131-153, 1991 (with K. Zetterberg and B. Åkermark).
  66. “π-Allylic Complexes from Allylic C-H Bond Cleavage in Olefins by Metal Complexes“, review in “Inorganic Reactions and Methods”, Ed. J. J. Zuckerman, Verlag Chemie, pp 123-132, 1991 (with K. Zetterberg and B. Åkermark).
  67. C. Nájera, M. Yus, U. Karlsson, A. Gogoll and J. E. Bäckvall, “Nitroselenation of Conjugated Dienes. Preparation of 3,4-Epoxy-3-nitro-1-alkenes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1990, 31, 4199.
  68. J. E. Bäckvall, M. Sellén and B. Grant, “Regiocontrol in Copper-Catalyzed Grignard Reactions with Allylic Substrates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 6615.
  69. J. E. Bäckvall and N. A. Plobeck, “A New Synthesis of 6H-Pyrido(4,3-β)carbazoles Ellipticine and Olivacine via Cycloaddition of 2-Phenylsulfonyl-1,3-dienes to Indoles” J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 4528.
  70. J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereoselective Annulations via Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions”, review in New J. Chem. 1990, 14, 447.
  71. J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Palladium-Catalyzed Stereocontrolled Intramolecular 1,4-Additions to Cyclic Dienes Involving Amides as Nucleophiles” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 3683.
  72. J. E. Bäckvall, R. B. Hopkins, H. Grennberg, M. Mader and A. K. Awasthi, “Multistep Electron Transfer in Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidations via a Metal Macrocycle-Quionon System” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 5160.
  73. J. E. Bäckvall, H. E. Schink and Z. D. Renko, “A Stereocontrolled Organopalladium Route to 2.5-Disubstituted Pyrrolidine Derivatives. Application to the Synthesis of a Venom Alkaloid of the Ant Species Monomorium Latinode” J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 826.
  74. J. E. Bäckvall, K. L. Granberg and R. B. Hopkins, “Improved Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Halooacyloxylation and 1,4-Diacyloxylation of Conjugated Dienes” Acta. Chem. Scand. 1990, 44, 492.
  75. J. E. Bäckvall, S. K. Juntunen and O. S. Andell, “Synthesis of 2-(phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-cyclohexadiene” Org. Synth. 1990, 68, 148 / Coll. Vol. 8, 540. skrivet på inbjudan av J.P. Freeman.
  76. J. E. Bäckvall and J. O. Vågberg, “Stereoselective 1,4-Functionalizations of Conjugated Dienes: cis- and trans-1-Acetoxy-4-((dicarbomethoxy)methyl)-2-Cyclohexene” Org. Synth. 1990, 69, 38 / Coll. Vol. 8, 5. skrivet på inbjudan av Editorn J.P. Freeman.