2016-present

Updated on September 30^th, 2025

Q. Pan, G. Castiella-Ona, W.-J. Kong, H. Wu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, “Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Borylation of Dienallenes” CCS Chem. 2025, Just Published. DOI: 10.31635/ccschem.025.202505962.
W.-J. Kong#*, H. Wu#*, J.-Y. Chen#, R.-Z. Liao, Y. Liu, Z. Luo, I. P. Vilela, P. Fang, F. Himo*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, “Palladium-Catalyzed Site-Selective Regiodivergent Carbocyclization of Di- and Trienallenes: A Switch between Substituted Cyclohexene and Cyclobutene” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 9909–9918.
H. Wu, Q. Pan, J. Grill, M. J. Johansson, Y. Qiu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Allene–Allene Cross-Coupling” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 4338–4348.
Mondal, L. Deiana, A. Córdova*, H. Wu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, “Heterogeneous copper-catalyzed Grignard reactions with allylic substrates” Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 2802–2805.
K. Wang, W. Wang, D. Lou, J. Zhang, C. Chi, J.-E. Bäckvall*, X. Sheng*, C. Zhu*, “Overcoming the Limitations of Transition-Metal Catalysis in the Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution (DKR) of Atropisomeric Bisnaphthols” ACS Cent. Sci. 2024, 10, 2099–2110.
Yang, P. Federmann, V. Warth, M. Ren, X. Mu*, H. Wu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, “Total Synthesis of Strigolactones via Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenes” Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 4637–4642.
Wang, M. Ren, N. Iqbal, X. Mu*, J.-E. Bäckvall*, B. Yang*, “Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Carbonylative Esterification of Allenoic Acids for the Synthesis of γ-Butyrolactone Derivatives” Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 2430–2434.
L. Deiana, A. Rafi , J.-E. Bäckvall*, A. Cὀrdova*, “Subtilisin integrated artificial plant cell walls as heterogeneous catalysts for asymmetric synthesis of (S)-amides” RCS Adv. 2023, 13, 19975–19980.
L. Deiana, E. Badali, A. A. Rafi , Cheuk-Wai Tai, J.-E. Bäckvall*, A. Cὀrdova*, “Cellulose-Based Heterogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions of Alkynoic Acids and Allenynamides” ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 10418−10424
L. Deiana, A. A. Rafi, C.-W. Tai, J.-E. Bäckvall*, A. Córdova*, “Artificial Arthropod Exoskeletons/Fungi Cell Walls Integrating Metal and Biocatalysts for Heterogeneous Synergistic Catalysis of Asymmetric Cascade Transformations” ChemCatChem 2023, 15 e202300250.
V. R. Naidu*, A. A. Rafi, C.-W. Tai, J.-E. Bäckvall*, and A. Córdova*, “Regio- and Stereoselective Carbon-Boron Bond Formation via Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Enallenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203950.
H. Wu*, Z. Zheng, K. Zhang, J. Kajanus, A. Córdova, M. J. Johansson, and J.-E. Bäckvall*, “Heterogeneous Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling for Sustainable Synthesis of Chiral Allenes: Application to the Synthesis of Allenic Natural Products” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202314512.
S. Manna, J. Peters, A. Bermejo López, F. Himo*, and J.-E. Bäckvall*, “Mechanistic Studies on Iron-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Amines Involving Cyclopentadienone Iron Complexes. Evidence for Stepwise Hydride and Proton Transfer” ACS. Catal. 2023, 13. 8477-8484.
W.-J. Kong#*, S. N. Kessler#, H. Wu, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, “Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of α-Allenol Esters with Grignard Reagents for the Synthesis of 1,3-Dienes” Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 120−124.
A. Bermejo-López, W.-J. Kong, , P. J. Tortajada, D. Posevins, B. Martín-Matute and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Iron-Catalyzed Borylation of Propargylic Acetates for the Synthesis of Multisubstituted Allenylboronates” Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e2022031.
J. Zhang, B. Das, O. Verho, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Electrochemical Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation-Cyclization of Enallenols” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202212131
D. Posevins and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Propargylic Substrates with Grignard Reagents” review, J. Organometal. Chem. 2022, 964, 122304.
Z. Zheng, L. Deiana, D. Posevins, A. A. Rafi, K. Zhang, M. J. Johansson, C.-Wai Tai, A.o Córdova, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Efficient Heterogeneous Copper-Catalyzed Alder-Ene Reaction of Allenynamides to Pyrrolines ” ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 1791–1796.
S. Hilker, D. Posevins, C. R. Unelius, and J.-E. Bäckvall, and A. Córdova, “ Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformations of β-Hydroxyketones ” Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27, 15623–15627.
L. Deiana, A. A. Rafi, V. R. Naidu, C.-W. Tai, J.-E. Bäckvall, and A. Córdova, “ Artificial plant cell walls as multi-catalyst systems for enzymatic cooperative asymmetric catalysis in non-aqueous media ” Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 8814 – 8817.
S. Manna#, W.-J. Kong#, and J.-E. Bäckvall, ” Chapter One – Metal-catalyzed biomimetic aerobic oxidation of organic substrates ” Adv. Catal. , 2021, 59, Publish (4th December 2021), “DOI: 10.1016/bs.acat.2021.11.001”.
S. Manna#, W-J. Kong# and J.-E. Bäckvall, ” Iron (II)-Catalyzed Aerobic Biomimetic Oxidation of N-Heterocycles” Chem. Eur. J. , 2021, 27, 13725-13729.
D. Posevins, A. Bermejo-López, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Propargyl Ethers with Grignard Reagents for the Synthesis of Allenols and Fluoroalkyl Allenes ” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 22178–22183.
M.-B. Li and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ An Efficient Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst in Oxidative Cascade Reactions ” Acc. Chem. Res., 2021, 54, 2275–2286.
J. Liu, A. Guðmundsson, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Organic Molecules by Multistep Electron Transfer ” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 15686-15704.
W.-J. Kong, M. Reil, M.-B. Li, and Jan-E. Bäckvall, “ Aerobic Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Allenlic C−H Arylation ” CCS Chem., 2021, 2, 1127–1137.
O. Pàmies, J. Margalef, S. Cañellas, J. James, E. Judge, P. J. Guiry, C. Moberg, J.-E. Bäckvall, A. Pfaltz, M. A. Pericàs, M. Diéguez, “ Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications ” Chem. Rev. , 2021, 121, 4373−4505.
M.-B. Li, J. Yang, Y. Yang, G.-Y. Xu, G. Luo, J. Yang, and J.-E. Bäckvall , “ Amino-Supported Solid Palladium Catalyst for Chemo- and Stereoselective Domino Reactions ” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2021, 60, 670–674.
N. Yuan, A. Guðmundsson, K. Gustafson, M. Oschmann, C.-W. Tai, I. Persson, X. Zou, O. Verho, E. Bajnoczi, J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Investigation of the Deactivation and Reactivation Mechanism of a Heterogeneous Palladium(II) Catalyst in the Cycloisomerization of Acetylenic Acids by In Situ XAS ” ASC Catal. , 2021, 11, 2999−3008.
O. Verho and J.E. Bäckvall, “ Nanocatalysis Meets Biology ” Topics in Organometallic Chemistry , 2020, 66, 243-278.
J. Liu and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Efficient Oxidative Bifunctional Catalysts for Palladium–catalyzed Aerobic Carbocyclization to Seven–membered Heterocycles ” Chem. Eur. J , 2020, 26, 15513 – 15518.
A. Guðmundsson, K. E. Schlipköter and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Iron(II)-Catalyzed Aerobic Biomimetic Oxidation of Alcohols ” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2020, 59, 5441 –5444.
M.-B. Li, Y. Yang, A. A. Rafi, M. Oschmann, E. Svensson Grape, A. K. Inge, A. Córdova, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Silver-Triggered Activity of a Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst in Oxidative Carbonylation Reactions ” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2020, 59, 10391 –10395.
C. Zhu, J. Liu, B. Khanh Mai, F. Himo, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Stereoselective Carbocyclization to cis-1,4-Disubstituted Heterocycles Enabled by Dual Pd/Electron Transfer Mediator (ETM) Catalysis ” J. Org. Chem., 2020, 142, 5751-5759.
V. R. Naidu and J.-E. Bäckvall, “ Synthesis of Cross-Conjugated Polyenes via Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative C-C Bond Forming Cascade Reactions of Allenes ” J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85, 85, 5428−5437.
A. Guðmundsson#, S. Manna# and J.-E. Bäckvall, ” Iron (II)‐Catalyzed Aerobic Biomimetic Oxidation of Amines using a Hybrid Hydroquinone/Cobalt Catalyst as Electron Transfer Mediator ” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2021, 59, Accepted Article (16 March 2021), “https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102681”.
D. Posevins, M.-B. Li, E. Svensson Grape, A. K. Inge, Y. Qiu, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Highly Diastereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenols” Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 417−421.
C. Zhu, J. Liu, M.-B. Li, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Dehydro-genative Carbonylation Reactions Using Carbon Monoxide and Mechanistic Overviews” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 341 – 353.
K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Guðmundsson, E. Bajnóczi, Ning Yuan, X. Zhou, I. Persson and J.-E. Bäckvall ,“ “In Situ Structural Determination of a Homogeneous Ruthenium-Catalyst and its Activated Intermediates using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy” ” Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 26, 3411–3419.
M. Diéguez, J.-E. Bäckvall, O. Pámies, ”Science of Synthesis: Dual Catalysis in Organic Synthesis” 2019, 2019, 2, 161.
A. Guðmundsson and J.-E. Bäckvall, “On the Use of Iron in Organic Chemistry ” Molecules, 2020, 25(6), 1349.
C. Zhu, J. Liu, B. K. Mai and J.-E. Bäckvall, ”Efficient Stereoselective Carbocyclization to cis-1,4-Disubstituted Heterocycles Enabled by Dual Pd/Electron Transfer Mediator (ETM) Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, Accepted Article (26 February 2020), “DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13700”.
A.Guðmundsson, K. E. Schlipköter and J.-E. Bäckvall, ”Iron(II)-Catalyzed Aerobic Biomimetic Oxidation of Alcohols” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 2020, 59, Accepted Article (30 January 2020), “DOI: 10.1002/anie.202000054”.
M.-B. Li, Y. Yang, A. A. Rafi, M. Oschmann, E. Svensson Grape, A. K. Inge, A.Córdova, and J.-E. Bäckvall, ”Silver Triggering Activity of Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst in Oxidative Carbonylation Reactions”, submitted for publication.
C. Zhu, J. Liu, B. Khanh Mai, F. Himo, and J.-E. Bäckvall, ”Pd/ETM-Cocatalyzed Stereoselective Carbocyclization of Dienallenes in Aerobic Oxidation”, submitted for publication.
V. R. Naidu and J.-E. Bäckvall, ”Synthesis of Cross-Conjugated Polyenes via Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative C-C Bond Forming Cascade Reactions of Allenes”, submitted for publication.
M.-B. Li, D. Posevins, A. Geoffroy, C. Zhu, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Reactions of Enallenols to Furan and Oxaborole Derivatives” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 1992.
D. Posevins, M.-B. Li, E. Svensson Grape, A. K. Inge, Y. Qiu, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Highly Diastereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenols” Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 417.
C. Zhu, J. Liu, M.-B. Li, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Dehydrogenative Carbonylation Reactions Using Carbon Monoxide and Mechanistic Overviews” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 341.
K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Guðmundsson, E. Bajnóczi, Ning Yuan, X. Zhou, I. Persson and J.-E. Bäckvall, ”In Situ Structural Determination of a Homogeneous Ruthenium-Catalyst and its Activated Intermediates using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy” Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, Accepted Article (24 January 2020), “DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905479”.
M. Diéguez, J.-E. Bäckvall, O. Pámies, Science of Synthesis: Dual Catalysis in Organic Synthesis” Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 2, 161.
C. Zhu and J.-E. Bäckvall, “An Efficient Approach to Regio- and Stereodefined Fully-Substituted Alkenylsilanes via Pd-Catalyzed Allenic C(sp3)–H Oxidation” Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 11566.
M. Oschmann, C. Placais, A. Nagendiran, J.-E. Bäckvall, O. Verho, “Efficient 1,3-oxazolidin-2-one synthesis through heterogeneous Pd(II)-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination of propargylic carbamates” Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 6295.
M.-B. Li, E. Svensson Grape, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Stereospecific Oxidative Cascade Reaction of Allenes for the Construction of Pyrrole Rings: Control of Reactivity and Selectivity” ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 5184.
K. P. J. Gustafson, T. Görbe, G. De Gonzalo, N. Yuan, C. Schreiber, A. Shchukarev, C-W. Tai, I. Persson, X. Zhou, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Primary Benzylic Amines using Pd0‐CalB CLEA as a Biohybrid Catalyst” Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 9174.
J. Löfgren, T. Görbe, M. Oschmann, M. S. Humble, J.-E. Bäckvall, “Transesterification of a tertiary alcohol by engineered Candida antarctica lipase A” ChemBioChem, 2019, 20, 1438.
A. Guðmundsson, K. P. J. Gustafson, B. Khanh Mai, B. Yang, F. Himo, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Diastereoselective Synthesis of N-Protected 2,3-Dihydropyrroles via Iron-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of α-Allenic Sulfonamides” ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 1733.
M.-B. Li, D. Posevins, K. P. J. Gustafson, C.-W. Tai, A. Shchukarev, Y. Qiu, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Diastereoselective Cyclobutenol Synthesis: A Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Borylation of Enallenols” Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 210.
J. Liu, A. Ricke, B. Yang and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Arylative Carbocyclization of Enallenynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 16842.
M.-B. Li, A. K. Inge, D. Posevins, K. P. J. Gustafson, Y. Qiu, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Chemodivergent and Diastereoselective Synthesis of γ-Lactones and γ-Lactams: A Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Tandem Process” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 14604.
M. Diéguez, J.-E. Bäckvall, and O. Pàmies (Editors), “Artificial Metalloenzymes and MetalloDNAzymes in Catalysis” Wiley-VCH, 2018, ISBN: 978-3-527-34178-8.
B. Yang, Y. Qiu, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Control of Selectivity in Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization of Allenes” Acc. Chem. Res., 2018, 51, 1520.
C. Zhu, B. Yang, B. Khanh Mai, S. Palazzotto, Y. Qiu, A. Gudmundsson, A. Ricke, F. Himo, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Hydroborylative Carbocyclization of Bisallenes to Seven-Membered Rings” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 14324.
D. Posevins, Y. Qiu, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Highly Diastereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization of Enallenes Assisted by a Weakly Coordinating Hydroxyl Group” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 3210.
Y. Qiu, A. Mendoza, D. Posevins, F. Himo, M. Kalek, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Mechanistic Insight into Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization–Borylation of Enallenes” Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 2433.
A. Guðmundsson, K. P. J. Gustafson, B. K. Mai, B. Yang, F. Himo, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Formation of 2,3-Dihydrofurans via Iron-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of α-Allenols” ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 12.
T. Bartholomeyzik, R. Pendrill, R. Lihammar, T. Jiang, G. Widmalm, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Kinetics and Mechanism of the Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylating Carbocyclization of Allenynes” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 298.
T. Görbe, R. Lihammar, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Heterogeneous Acid-Catalyzed Racemization of Tertiary Alcohols” Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 77.
A. Bruneau, K. P. J. Gustafson, N. Yuan, C.-W. Tai, I. Persson, X. Zou, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Benzofurans and Indoles from Terminal Alkynes and Iodoaromatics Catalyzed by Recyclable Palladium Nanoparticles Immobilized on Siliceous Mesocellular Foam” Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 12886.
Y. Qiu, D. Posevins, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Allenic C–H Bond Oxidation for Synthesis of [3]Dendralenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 13112.
J. L. Henry, D. Posevins, B. Yang, Y. Qiu, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Olefin-Assisted Pd(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkynylation of Enallenes” Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 7896.
B. Yang, Y. Qiu, T. Jiang, W. D. Wulff, X. Yin, C. Zhu and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Carbocyclization of Enallenes via Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling with Terminal Alkynes: Efficient Construction of α-Chirality of Ketones” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 4535.
Y. Qiu, B. Yang, T. Jiang, C. Zhu and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cascade Carbonylative Spirolactonization of Enallenols” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 3221.
T. Görbe, K. P. J. Gustafson, O. Verho, G. Kervefors, H. Zheng, X. Zou, E. V. Johnston, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Design of a Pd(0)-CalB CLEA Biohybrid Catalyst and Its Application in a One-Pot Cascade Reaction” ACS Catal., 2017, 7, 1601.
V. R. Naidu, D. Posevins, C. M. R. Volla, J. E. Bäckvall, “Selective Cascade Reaction of Bisallenes via Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Carbocyclization–Borylation and Aldehyde Trapping” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 1590.
K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Shatskiy, O. Verho, M. D. Kärkäs, B. Schluschass, C. W. Tai, B. Åkermark, J. E. Bäckvall and E. V. Johnston, “Water oxidation mediated by ruthenium oxide nanoparticles supported on siliceous mesocellular foam” Catal. Sci. Technol., 2017, 7, 293.
Y. Qiu, B. Yang, C. Zhu and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Olefin-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization via Remote Olefin Insertion” Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 616.
K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Guðmundsson, K. Lewis and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols using an Air and Moisture stable Iron Racemization Catalyst” Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 1048 .
C. Zhu, B. Yang, Y. Qiu, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Construction of Seven-Membered Carbocycles by Olefin-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization–Alkoxycarbonylation of Bisallenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 14405.
Y. Qiu, B. Yang, C. Zhu, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Efficient Cascade Reaction for Selective Formation of Spirocyclobutenes from Dienallenes via Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Double Carbocyclization-Carbonylation-Alkynylation” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 13846.
S. N. Kessler, F. Hundemer and J. E. Bäckvall, “A Synthesis of Substituted α-Allenols via Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Propargyl Carboxylates with Grignard Reagents” ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 7448.
C. M. R. Volla and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Domino Carbocyclization–Arylation of Bisallenes” ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 6398.
C. Bornschein, K. P. J. Gustafson, O. Verho, M. Beller and J. E. Bäckvall, “Evaluation of Fe and Ru Pincer-Type Complexes as Catalysts for the Racemization of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols” Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 11583.
Y. Qiu, B. Yang, C. Zhu and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Borylation of Enallenes to Cyclobutenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6520.
A. Nagendiran, V. Pascanu, A. Bermejo Gomez, G. Gonzalez Miera, C. W. Tai, O. Verho, B. Martin-Matute and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mild and Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of the C=C Bond in α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds Using Supported Palladium Nanoparticles“ Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 7184.
T. Jiang, X. Quan, C. Zhu, P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Synthesis of α-Acetoxylated Enones from Alkynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5824.
K. Engelmark Cassimjee, Y. Wikmark, K. P. J. Gustafson, and J. E. Bäckvall “Lipase-catalyzed Enantiospecific Amide Condensation from non-activated Carboxylic Acids and Amines at Mild Conditions” 2016, Manuscript.
B. Yang, C. Zhu, Y. Qiu and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enzyme- and Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Transformation of α-Allenic Alcohols into 2,3-Dihydrofurans” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 5568. Correction: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6812.
A. Nagendiran, H. Sörensen, M. J. Johansson, C. W. Tai and J. E. Bäckvall “Nanopalladium-catalyzed conjugate reduction of Michael acceptors – application in flow” Green Chem., 2016, 18, 2632.
Z. Sun, Y. Wikmark, J. E. Bäckvall and M. T. Reetz, “New Concepts for Increasing the Efficiency in Directed Evolution of Stereoselective Enzymes” Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 5046.
S. N. Kessler and J. E. Bäckvall, “Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Propargyl Carboxylates and Grignard Reagents: Synthesis of Substituted Allenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 3734.
C. Zhu, B. Yang, Y. Qiu and J. E. Bäckvall, “Olefin-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydroboration of Allenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 2939.
O. Verho, H. Zheng, K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Nagendiran, X. Zou and J. E. Bäckvall, “Application of Pd Nanoparticles Supported on Mesoporous Hollow Silica Nanospheres for the Efficient and Selective Semihydrogenation of Alkynes” ChemCatChem 2016, 8 ,773.
Y. Wikmark, K. Engelmark Cassimjee, R. Lihammar and J. E. Bäckvall, “Removing the Active-Site Flap in Lipase A from Candida antarctica Produces a Functional Enzyme without Interfacial Activation” ChemBioChem 2016, 17, 141.

2011-2015

C. Zhu, B. Yang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Cascade C-C Bond Formation Via Palladium- Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation-Carbocyclization-Carbonylation-Alkynylation of Enallenes“ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11868.
J. Mazuela, D. Banerjee and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Tandem Oxidative Acetoxylation/Ortho C-H Activation/Carbocyclization of Arylallenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 9559.
C. Zhu, B. Yang, T. Jiang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Olefin-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Oxidative Arylation of Allenes“ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 9066.
O. Pàmies, M. Diéguez and J. E. Bäckvall “Artificial Metalloenzymes in Asymmetric Catalysis: Key Developments and Future Directions” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 1567.
T. Jiang, T. Bartholomeyzik, J. Mazuela, J. Willersinn and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(II)/Bronsted Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidative Carbocyclization-Borylation of Enallenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6024.
O. Verho, T. Åkermark, E. V. Johnston, K. P. Gustafson, C. W. Tai, H. Svengren, M. D. Kärkäs, J. E. Bäckvall and B. Åkermark, “Well-Defined Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Siliceous Mesocellular Foam as Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Oxidation of Water” Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5909.
A. Volkov, K. P. Gustafson, C. W. Tai, O. Verho, J. E. Bäckvall and H. Adolfsson, “Mild Deoxygenation of Aromatic Ketones and Aldehydes over Pd/C Using Polymethylhydrosiloxane as the Reducing Agent” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 5122.
O. Verho and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution: A Powerful Tool for the Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure Alcohols and Amines” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 3996.
M. C. Warner and J. E. Bäckvall, “Racemization of Olefinic Alcohols by a Carbonyl(cyclopentadienyl)ruthenium Complex: Inhibition by the Carbon–Carbon Double Bond” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 2388.
K. Eriksson, O. Verho, L. Nyholm, S. Oscarsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dispersed Gold Nanoparticles Supported in the Pores of Siliceous Mesocellular Foam: A Catalyst for Cycloisomerization of Alkynoic Acids to γ-Alkylidene Lactones” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 2250.
Y. Wikmark, M. Svedendahl Humble and J. E. Bäckvall, “Combinatorial Library Based Engineering of Candida Antarctica Lipase a for Enantioselective Transacylation of Sec-Alcohols in Organic Solvent” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 4284.
N. Gigant, F. Quintin and J. E. Bäckvall, “Preparation of Tetrasubstituted Olefins Using Mono or Double Aerobic Direct C-H Functionalization Strategies: Importance of Steric Effects” J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 2796.
P. Kočovský and J. E. Bäckvall, “The syn/anti-Dichotomy in the Palladium-Catalyzed Addition of Nucleophiles to Alkenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 36.
O. Verho, K. P. J. Gustafson, and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of a Primary Amine by an Efficient Bifunctional Pd-CALB Hybrid Catalyst. A Metalloenzyme Mimic for Enhanced Cooperative Catalysis” chapter in “Practical Methods in Biocatalysis and Biotransformations”, Eds J. Whittall, P. W. Sutton and W. Kroutil, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, 2015, pp 50-53.
C. M. Sapu, T. Gorbe, R. Lihammar, J. E. Bäckvall and J. Deska, “Migratory Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Carbocyclic Allylic Alcohols” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5952.
O. Verho, F. Gao, E. V. Johnston, W. Wan, A. Nagendiran, H. Zheng, J. E. Bäckvall and X. Zou, “Mesoporous silica nanoparticles applied as a support for Pd and Au nanocatalysts in cycloisomerization reactions” APL Mater. 2014, 2, 113316.
R. Lihammar, J. Ronnols, G. Widmalm and J. E. Bäckvall, “Epimerization of Glycal Derivatives by a Cyclopentadienylruthenium Catalyst: Application to Metalloenzymatic DYKAT” Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14756.
O. Verho, K. P. J. Gustafson, A. Nagendiran, C. W. Tai and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mild and Selective Hydrogenation of Nitro Compounds using Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Amino-Functionalized Mesocellular Foam” ChemCatChem 2014, 6, 3153.
B. Yang, R. Lihammar and J. E. Bäckvall, “Investigation of the Impact of Water on the Enantioselectivity Displayed by Calb in the Kinetic Resolution of Delta-Functionalized Alkan-2-ol Derivatives” Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 13517.
J. Malmgren, A. Nagendiran, C. W. Tai, J. E. Bäckvall and B. Olofsson, “C-2 Selective Arylation of Indoles with Heterogeneous Nanopalladium and Diaryliodonium Salts” Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 13531.
N. Gigant and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Direct C-H Arylation of Nonbiased Olefins” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4432.
A. Bermejo Gómez, P. Holmberg, J. E. Bäckvall and B. Martín-Matute, “Transition metal-catalyzed redox isomerization of codeine and morphine in water“ RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 39519.
C. M. Volla and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Domino Carbocyclization-Carbonylation-Alkynylation of Enallenes” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4174.
K. Engelmark Cassimjee, M. Kadow, Y. Wikmark, M. Svedendahl Humble, M. L. Rothstein, D. M. Rothstein and J. E. Bäckvall, “A General Protein Purification and Immobilization Method on Controlled Porosity Glass: Biocatalytic Applications” Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9134.
T. Bartholomeyzik, J. Mazuela, R. Pendrill, Y. Deng and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylating Carbocyclization of Allenynes: Control of Selectivity and Role of H₂O“ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8696.
C. M. Volla, J. Mazuela and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization-Carbonylation of Allenynes and Enallenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 7608.
K. P. Gustafson, R. Lihammar, O. Verho, K. Engstrom and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Primary Amines Using a Recyclable Palladium Nanoparticle Catalyst Together with Lipases“ J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 3747.
F. Tinnis, O. Verho, K. P. Gustafson, C. W. Tai, J. E. Bäckvall and H. Adolfsson, “Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylation of Aryl Iodides Using Palladium Nanoparticles Dispersed on Siliceous Mesocellular Foam” Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 5885.
E. Bratt, O. Verho, M. J. Johansson and J. E. Bäckvall, “A General Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction of Heteroaromatics Catalyzed by Nanopalladium on Amino-Functionalized Siliceous Mesocellular Foam” J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 3946.
N. Gigant and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Double Dehydrogenative Cross Coupling between Cyclic Saturated Ketones and Simple Arenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 5890.
N. Gigant and J. E. Bäckvall, “Access to Cinnamyl Derivatives from Arenes and Allyl Esters by a Biomimetic Aerobic Oxidative Dehydrogenative Coupling” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1664.
S. K. Alamsetti, A. K. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroamination of Propargylic Carbamates and Carbamothioates” Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1434.
A. Nagendiran, O. Verho, C. Haller, E. V. Johnston and J. E. Bäckvall, “Cycloisomerization of Acetylenic Acids to Gamma-Alkylidene Lactones Using a Palladium(II) Catalyst Supported on Amino-Functionalized Siliceous Mesocellular Foam” J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 1399.
M. Kadow, K. Balke, A. Willetts, U. T. Bornscheuer and J. E. Bäckvall, “Functional assembly of camphor converting two-component Baeyer–Villiger monooxygenases with a flavin reductase from E. coli“ Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2014, 98, 3975.
O. Verho, A. Nagendiran, C. W. Tai, E. V. Johnston and J. E. Bäckvall, “Nanopalladium on Amino-Functionalized Mesocellular Foam as an Efficient and Recyclable Catalyst for the Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes to Anilines” ChemCatChem 2014, 6, 205.
H. Chen, Y. Deng, Z. Yu, H. Zhao, Q. Yao, X. Zou, J. E. Bäckvall and J. Sun, “3D Open-Framework Vanadoborate as a Highly Effective Heterogeneous Pre-catalyst for the Oxidation of Alkylbenzenes” Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 5031.
C. M. Volla and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Domino Oxidative Carbocyclization-Alkynylation of Allenynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14209.
R. Lihammar, R. Millet and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enzyme- and Ruthenium-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Functionalized Cyclic Allylic Alcohols“ J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 12114.
K. Engstrom, E. V. Johnston, O. Verho, K. P. Gustafson, M. Shakeri, C. W. Tai and J. E. Bäckvall, “Co-Immobilization of an Enzyme and a Metal into the Compartments of Mesoporous Silica for Cooperative Tandem Catalysis: An Artificial Metalloenzyme” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 14006.
S. K. Alamsetti, A. K. Persson, T. Jiang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Scalable Synthesis of Oxazolones from Propargylic Alcohols through Multistep Palladium(II) Catalysis: β-Selective Oxidative Heck Coupling of Cyclic Sulfonyl Enamides and Aryl Boroxines” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13745.
M. C. Warner, G. A. Shevchenko, S. Jouda, K. Bogar and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Homoallylic Alcohols: Application to the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure 5,6-Dihydropyran-2-ones and δ-Lactones” Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 13859.
N. Gigant and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Conjugated Dienes Via a Biomimetic Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of Two C(Vinyl)-H Bonds“ Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 10799.
M. C. Warner and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanistic Aspects on Cyclopentadienylruthenium Complexes in Catalytic Racemization of Alcohols“ Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 2545.
Y. Deng, T. Bartholomeyzik and J. E. Bäckvall, “Control of Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization/Borylation of Allenynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6283.
M. Jiang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Regio- and Diastereoselective Diarylating Carbocyclization of Dienynes” Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 6571.
K. Eriksson, E. Göthelid, C. Puglia, J. E. Bäckvall and S. Oscarsson, “Performance of a biomimetic oxidation catalyst immobilized on silica particles” J. Catal. 2013, 303, 16.
B. P. Babu, X. Meng and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of Arenes and Olefins through a Biomimetic Approach” Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 4140.
Y. Deng and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Acyloxylation/Carbocyclization of Allenynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3217.
O. Verho, M. D. Dilenstam, M. D. Kärkäs, E. V. Johnston, T. Åkermark, J. E. Bäckvall and B. Åkermark, “Application and Mechanistic Studies of a Water-Oxidation Catalyst in Alcohol Oxidation by Employing Oxygen-Transfer Reagents” Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 16947.
B. Stewart, J. Nyhlen, B. Martin-Matute, J. E. Bäckvall and T. Privalov, “A Computational Study of the CO Dissociation in Cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Complexes Relevant to the Racemization of Alcohols” Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 927.
A. Joosten, A. K. Persson, R. Millet, M. T. Johnson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization of Allylic Tosylcarbamates: Scope, Derivatization, and Mechanistic Aspects” Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 15151.
M. C. Warner, A. Nagendiran, K. Bogar and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantioselective Route to Ketones and Lactones from Exocyclic Allylic Alcohols Via Metal and Enzyme Catalysis” Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5094.
O. Verho, A. Nagendiran, E. V. Johnston, C. W. Tai and J. E. Bäckvall, “Nanopalladium on Amino-Functionalized Mesocellular Foam: An Efficient Catalyst for Suzuki Reactions and Transfer Hydrogenations” ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 612.
Y. Endo and J. E. Bäckvall, “Biomimetic Oxidative Coupling of Benzylamines and 2-Aminophenols: Synthesis of Benzoxazoles” Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 13609.
Y. Deng, A. K. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclizations” Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 11498.
E. V. Johnston, O. Verho, M. D. Kärkäs, M. Shakeri, C. W. Tai, P. Palmgren, K. Eriksson, S. Oscarsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Dispersed Palladium Nanoparticles on Mesocellular Foam: An Efficient and Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Alcohol Oxidation“ Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 12202.
B. P. Babu, Y. Endo and J. E. Bäckvall, “Biomimetic Aerobic Oxidation of Amino Alcohols to Lactams” Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 11524.
M. Jiang, T. Jiang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Diarylating Carbocyclization of Enynes“ Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3538.
K. Engström, M. Vallin, K. Hult and J. E. Bäckvall, “Kinetic resolution of diarylmethanols using a mutated variant of lipase CALB” Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 7613.
Y. Deng, T. Bartholomeyzik, A. K. Persson, J. Sun and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylating Carbocyclization of Allenynes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2703.
J. von Langermann, M. Kaspereit, M. Shakeri, H. Lorenz, M. Hedberg, M. J. Jones, K. Larson, B. Herschend, R. Arnell, E. Temmel, J. E. Bäckvall, A. Kienle and A. Seidel-Morgenstern, “Design of an Integrated Process of Chromatography, Crystallization and Racemization for the Resolution of 2′,6′-Pipecoloxylidide (PPX)” Org. Process Res. Dev., 2012, 16, 343.
A. G. Sandstrom, Y. Wikmark, K. Engstrom, J. Nyhlen and J. E. Bäckvall, “Combinatorial Reshaping of the Candida Antarctica Lipase a Substrate Pocket for Enantioselectivity Using an Extremely Condensed Library” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2012, 109, 78.
M. Shakeri, C. W. Tai, E. Gothelid, S. Oscarsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Small Pd Nanoparticles Supported in Large Pores of Mesocellular Foam: An Excellent Catalyst for Racemization of Amines” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 13269.
E. A. Karlsson, B. L. Lee, T. Åkermark, E. V. Johnston, M. D. Kärkäs, J. Sun, O. Hansson, J. E. Bäckvall and B. Åkermark, “Photosensitized Water Oxidation by Use of a Bioinspired Manganese Catalyst” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11715.
T. Jiang, A. K. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization/Arylation of Enallenes” Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5838.
Y. Endo and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Lactonization of Diols by Biomimetic Oxidation” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 12596.
C. Manzuna Sapu, J. E. Bäckvall and J. Deska, “Enantioselective Enzymatic Desymmetrization of Prochiral Allenic Diols“ Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9731.
O. Verho, E. V. Johnston, E. Karlsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Tuning of the Electronic Properties of a Cyclopentadienylruthenium Catalyst to Match Racemization of Electron-Rich and Electron-Deficient Alcohols” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 11216.
R. Lihammar, R. Millet and J. E. Bäckvall “An Efficient Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of N-Heterocyclic 1,2-Amino Alcohols” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 2321.
A. Träff, C. E. Solarte and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution as a key step in the enantioselective synthesis of (S)-salbutamol” Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2011, 76, 919.
C. Ramstadius, A. M. Träff, P. Krumlinde, J. E. Bäckvall and I. Cumpstey, “Ruthenium-Catalysed Epimerisation of Carbohydrate Alcohols as a Method to Determine the Equilibria for Epimer Interconversion in Hexopyranosides” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 4455.
K. Bogár, P. Krumlinde, Z. Bacsik, N. Hedin and J. E. Bäckvall, “Heterogenized Wilkinson-Type Catalyst for Transfer Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Compounds” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 4409.
M. D. Kärkäs, E. V. Johnston, E. A. Karlsson, B. L. Lee, T. Åkermark, M. Shariatgorji, L. Ilag, O. Hansson, J. E. Bäckvall and B. Åkermark, “Light-Induced Water Oxidation by a Ru Complex Containing a Bio-Inspired Ligand” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 7953.
A. K. Persson, T. Jiang, M. T. Johnson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Borylative Carbocyclization of Enallenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 6155.
M. C. Warner, C. P. Casey and J. E. Bäckvall, “Shvo’s Catalyst in Hydrogen Transfer Reactions” chapter in “Bifunctional Molecular Catalysis”, Eds. T. Ikariya, M. Shibasaki, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011, pp. 85-125.
A. Träff, R. Lihammar and J. E. Bäckvall, “A Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Approach to Enantiomerically Pure (R)- and (S)-Duloxetine“ J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 3917.
M. C. Warner, O. Verho and J. E. Bäckvall, “CO Dissociation Mechanism in Racemization of Alcohols by a Cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Dicarbonyl Catalyst” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2820.
K. Engström, M. Shakeria and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of β-Amino Esters by a Heterogeneous System of a Palladium Nanocatalyst and Candida antarctica Lipase A” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 1827.
B. Wieczorek, A. Träff, P. Krumlinde, H. P. Dijkstra, M. R. Egmond, G. van Koten, J. E. Bäckvall and R. J. M. Klein Gebbink, “Covalent anchoring of a racemization catalyst to CALB-beads: towards dual immobilization of DKR catalysts” Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 1601.
K. Engström, M. Vallin, P. O. Syrén, K. Hult and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mutated variant of Candida antarcticalipase B in (S)-selective dynamic kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 81.

2006-2010

J. E. Bäckvall, “Selective Oxidation of Amines and Sulfides” chapter in “Modern Oxidation Methods”, 2nd Edition, Ed. J. E. Bäckvall, Wiley-VCH, 2010, pp. 277-313.
E. V. Johnston and J. E. Bäckvall, “Oxidation of Carbonyl Compounds” chapter in “Modern Oxidation Methods”, 2nd Edition, Ed. J. E. Bäckvall, Wiley-VCH, 2010, pp. 353-369.
R. Millet, A. M. Träff, M. L. Petrus, and J. E. Bäckvall ”Enantioselective Synthesis of syn and anti 1,3-Aminoalcohols via β-Aminoketones and Subsequent Reduction-Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15182.
L. K. Thalén, A. Sumic, K. Bogár, J. Norinder, A. K. Å. Persson, and J. E. Bäckvall “Enantioselective Synthesis of a-Methyl Carboxylic Acids via Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution” J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 6842.
L. K. Thalén and J. E. Bäckvall, “Development of dynamic kinetic resolution on large scale for (±)-1-Phenylethylamine” Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 823.
E. V. Johnston, K. Bogár, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of (R)- Bufuralol via Dynmic Kinetic Resolution in the Key Step” J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 4596.
L.K. Thalén, M. H. Hedberg, J. E. Bäckvall “Recycling of Pipecoloxylidide via Racemization” Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 6802.
J. Deska, C. del Pozo Ochoa, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Axially Chiral Allenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4447.
K. Engström, J. Nyhlén, A. G. Sandström, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Directed Evolution of an Enantioselective Lipase with Broad Substrate Scope for Hydrolysis of α-Substituted Esters” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7038.
A. K. Å. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization of Aza-Enallenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4624.
M. Shakeri, K. Engström, A. G. Sandström, and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Highly enantioselective resolution of β-amino esters by Candida antarctica lipase A (CalA) immobilized in mesocellular foam (MCF). Application to dynamic kinetic resolution” ChemCatChem 2010, 2, 534.
P. Krumlinde, K. Bogár, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Asymmetric Synthesis of Bicyclic Diol Derivatives via Metal and Enzyme Catalysis. Application to the Formal Synthesis of Sertraline.” Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4031.
E. V. Johnston, E. A. Karlsson, L.-H. Tran, B. Åkermark, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Aerobic Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols by the Use of a Hybrid Electron Transfer Catalyst” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 1971.
K. L. E. Eriksson, W. W. Y. Chow, C. Puglia J. E. Bäckvall, E. Göthelid, and S. Oscarsson, ”Performance of a Biomimetic Oxidation Catalyst Immobilized on Silicon Wafers: Comparison with Its Gold Congener” Langmuir 2010, 26, 16349.
J. B. Åberg, M. C. Warner, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Unexpected Formation of a Cyclopentadienylruthenium Alkoxycarbonyl Complex with a Coordinated C=C Bond” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13622.
P. Krumlinde, K. Bogár, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of a key intermediate in the synthesis of a neonicotinoide derivative” J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 7407.
J. B. Åberg, J. Nyhlén, B Martín-Matute, T. Privalov, and J. E. Bäckvall, ”CO Assistance in Ligand Exchange of a Ruthenium Racemization Catalyst: Identification of an Acyl Intermediate” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9500.
J. Deska and J. E. Bäckvall “Enzymatic resolution of primary allenic alcohols and its application in the total synthesis and stereochemical assignment of striatisporolide A” Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 3379.
E. V. Johnston, E. A. Karlsson, S. A. Lindberg, B. Åkermark, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Reoxidation of Palladium by a Hybrid Catalyst in Aerobic Palladium-Catalyzed Carbocyclization of Enallenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 6799.
A. K. Å. Persson, E. V. Johnston and J. E. Bäckvall, “Copper(I)-Catalyzed N-allenylation of Allylic Sulfonamides” Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 3814.
A. G. Sandström, K. Engström, J. Nyhlén, A. Kasrayan, J. E. Bäckvall, “Directed Evolution of Candida antarctica Lipase A Using an Episomaly Replicating Yeast Plasmid” Protein Engineering, Design and Selection (PEDS) 2009, 22, 413.
J. Nyhlén, T. Privalov, and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Racemization of Alcohols Catalyzed by (η⁵-pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl)RuCl(CO)₂– Mechanistic Insights from Theoretical Modeling” Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 5220.
E. V. Johnston, E. A. Karlsson, L-H. Tran, B. Åkermark, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Synthesis of the Hybrid Hydroquinone-Cobalt Salen-Type Catalyst employed in Biomimetic Aerobic Oxidations” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 3973.
L. Borén, K. Leijondahl and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of 1,4-Diols and Preparation of trans-2,5-Disubstituted pyrrolidines” Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 3237.
S. Watcharinyanon, C. Puglia, E. Göthelid, J. E. Bäckvall, E. Moons, and L. S. O. Johansson, “Molecular orientation of thiol-derivatized tetraphenylporphyrin on gold studied by XPS and NEXAFS” Surface Science 2009, 603, 1026.
L. Borén, K. Leijondahl, J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation of 1,4-diols and the preparation of trans-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines” Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 3237.
K. Leijondahl, L. Borén, R. Braun and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enzyme-and Ruthenium-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of 1,5-Diols. Application to the Synthesis of (+)-Solenopsin A” J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 1988.
J. S. M. Samec and J. E. Bäckvall, “1-Hydroxy tetraphenylcyclopentadienyl (tetraphenyl-2,4-cyclopentadien-1-one)-m-hydrotetracarbonyldiruthenium(II)” Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Ed. P. L. Fuchs, Wiley Interscience, 2009, 7, 5557.
L. K. Thalén, D Zhao, J. B Sortais, J. Paetzold, C. Hoben, and J. E. Bäckvall, “A Chemoenzymatic Approach to Enantiomerically Pure Amines Using Dynamic Kinetic Resolution” Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 3403.
A. Träff, K. Bogár, M. Warner, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Efficient Route for Enantioselective Preparation of Chlorohydrins via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution” Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 4807.
J. B. Åberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Investigation of a Possible Solvent Cage Effect in the Reduction of 4-Aminocyclohexanone by a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride” Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 9169.
M. Johansson, B. Purse, O. Terasaki, and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Aerobic oxidations catalyzed by a zeolite-encapsulated cobalt salophen complex” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 1807.
A. Alexakis, J. E. Bäckvall, N. Krause, O. Pàmies and M. Diéguez, “Enantioselective copper-catalyzed conjugate addition and allylic substitution reactions” Chem. Rev. 2008, 108, 2796.
E. A. Karlsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Rationalization of the Recently Observed Facile Nucleophilic Attack by Water on a (π-Allyl)palladium Intermediate” Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 9175.
K. Leijondahl, L. Borén, R. Braun, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantiopure 1,5-Diols from Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation. Useful Synthetic Intermediates for the Preparation of Chiral Heterocycles” Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2027.
J. Nyhlén, B. Martín-Matute, M. Bocola, A. G. Sandström, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Influence of Remote Functional Groups on the Enantiorecognition of Secondary Alcohols by Candida Antarctica Lipase” ChemBioChem 2008, 9, 1968.
B. W. Purse, L-H. Tran, J. Piera, B. Åkermark, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Novel Hybrid Hydroquinone-Cobalt Salen Catalysts. Efficient Electron Transfer Mediators in Aerobic Oxidations” Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 7500.
C. E. Hoben, L. Kanupp, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Practical Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Primary Amines via Transfer of Readily Removable Benzyloxycarbonyl Group” Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 977.
D. J. Ericsson, A. Kasrayan, P. Johansson, T. Bergfors, A. G. Sandström, J. E. Bäckvall, S. L. Mowbray, ”X-ray structure of Candida antarctica lipase A shows a novel lid structure and a likely mode of interfacial activation” J. Mol. Biol. 2008, 376, 109.
B. Martín-Matute and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Deracemization Processes” chapter in “Organic Synthesis with Enzymes in Non-Aqueous Media” Ed. S. Riva, Wiley-VCH, 2008, pp. 113–244.
J. Nyhlen, L. Eriksson, and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Synthesis and optical resolution of an allenoic acid by diastereomeric salt formation induced by chiral alkaloids” Chirality 2008, 20, 47.
B. Martín-Matute and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolutions” chapter in “Asymmetric Organic Synthesis with Enzymes” Eds. V. Gotor, I. Alfonso, and E. García-Urdiales, Wiley-VCH, 2008, pp. 87-113.
J. Piera and J. E. Bäckvall, “Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Molecular Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide via Multi-Step Electron Transfer. A Biomimetic Approach” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3506.
K. Bogár, B. Martín-Matute, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Large Scale Metalloenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of (rac)-1-Phenylethanol” Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, 50.
K. Bogár, P. Hoyos Vidal, A. R. Alcántara León and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Allylic Alcohols: A Highly Enantioselective Route to Acyloin Acetates” Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 3401.
K. Bogár and J. E. Bäckvall, ”High-Yielding Metalloenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Fluorinated Aryl Alcohols” Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 5471.
J. Piera, P. Krumlinde, D. Strübing and J. E. Bäckvall, “Gold-Catalyzed Cyclization of Allene-Substituted Malonate Esters: Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated δ-Lactones” Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 2235.
S. Berner, H. Lidbaum, G. Ledung, J. Åhlund, K. Nilson, J. Schiessling, U. Gelius, J. E. Bäckvall, Carla Puglia, and S. Oscarsson “Electronic and structural studies of immobilized thiol-derivatized cobalt porphyrins on gold surfaces” Appl. Surface Science, 2007, 253, 7540.
D. Zhao, M. Johansson, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Tandem Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction Based on In situ Generation of Nitroso Compounds by Efficient Oxidation of Primary Aromatic Amines with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 4431.
J. Piera, A. Persson, X. Caldentey, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Water as Nucleophile in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Carbohydroxylation of Allene-Substituted Conjugated Dienes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14120.
D. Strübing, P. Krumlinde, J. Piera, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Primary Alcohols with an Unfunctionalized Stereogenic Center” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007, 349, 1577.
J. Norinder, K. Bogár, L. Kanupp, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantioselective Synthesis of α -Methyl Carboxylic Acids and Aldehydes via Metal and Enzyme Catalysis” Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 5095.
B. Martín-Matute, J. B. Åberg, M. Edin, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Racemization of Secondary Alcohols Catalyzed by Cyclopentadienylruthenium Complexes. Insight into the Reaction Mechanism.” Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 6063.
B. Martín-Matute and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution catalyzed by Enzymes and Transition Metals” Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2007, 11, 226.
J. Norinder and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Processes in the Copper-Catalyzed Substitution of Chiral Allylic Acetates Leading to Loss of Chiral Information” Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 4094.
J. D. Carballeira, P. Krumlinde, M. Bocola, A. Vogel, M. T. Reetz, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Directed Evolution and Axial Chirality: Optimization of the Enantioselectivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipase Towards the Kinetic Resolution of a Racemic Allene” Chem. Commun. 2007, 1913.
A. Kasrayan, M. Bocola, A. G. Sandström, and J. E. Bäckvall, “Prediction of the Candida antarctica lipase A protein structure by comparative modeling and site directed mutagenesis” ChemBioChem 2007, 8, 1409.
T. Privalov, J. S. M. Samec, and J. E. Bäckvall, “DFT Study of an Inner-Sphere Mechanism in the Hydrogen Transfer from a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride to Imines” Organometallics 2007, 26, 2840.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Asymmetric Catalysis via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution” in “Asymmetric Synthesis – The Essentials” Eds. Matthias Christmann and Stefan Bräse, Wiley-VCH, 2006, pp 179-184
B. Olofsson, K. Bogár, A. B. L. Fransson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Divergent Asymmetric Synthesis of 3,5-Disubstituted Piperidines” J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 8256.
K. Leijondahl, A. B. L. Fransson and J. E. Bäckvall “Highly Efficient Ruthenium-catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation/Hydrogenation of 1,3-Cycloalkanediones to 1,3-Cycloalkanediols using Controlled Microwave Heating” J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 8622.
J. Piera, K. Närhi and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Aerobic Allylic Oxidative Carbocyclization of Allene-Substituted Olefins. Immobilization of Oxygen-Activating Catalyst” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 6914. VIP paper.
J. B. Åberg, J. S. M. Samec and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanistic Investigation on the Hydrogenation of Imines by [p-(Me₂CH)C₆H₄Me]RuH(NH₂CHPhCHPhNSO₂C₆H₄–p-CH₃). Experimental support for an Ionic Pathway” Chem. Commun. 2006, 2771.
S. Berner, S. Biela, G. Ledung, A. Gogoll, J. E. Bäckvall, C. Puglia and S. Oscarsson, “Activity boost of a biomimetic oxidation catalyst by immobilization onto a gold surface” J. Catal. 2006, 244, 86.
H. K. Cotton, J. Norinder and J. E. Bäckvall, “Screening of ligands in the asymmetric metallocenethiolatocopper(I)-catalyzed allylic substitution with Grignard reagents” Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 5632.
M. Landwehr, L. Hochrein, C. R. Otey, A. Kasrayan, J. E. Bäckvall and F. H. Arnold, “Enantioselective α-Hydroxylation of 2-Arylacetic Acid Derivatives and Buspirone Catalyzed by Engineered Cytochrome P450 BM-3” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6058.
J. S. M. Samec, A. H. Éll, T. Privalov, L. Eriksson and J. E. Bäckvall “Mechanistic Study of Hydrogen Transfer to Imines from a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium hydride. Experimental Support for a Mechanism Involving Coordination of Imine to Ruthenium prior to Hydrogen Transfer” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14293.
B. Martín-Matute, M. Edin and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Efficient Synthesis of Enantiopure C₂-Symmetric Diols by Ruthenium and Enzyme-Catalyzed DYKAT” Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 6053.
M. Edin, B. Martín-Matute and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Ruthenium- and lipase-catalyzed DYKAT of 1,2-diols: an enantioselective synthesis of syn-1,2-diacetates” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2006, 17, 708.
A. B. L. Fransson, Y. Xu, K. Leijondahl and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enzymatic Resolution, Desymmetrization and Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of 1,3-Cycloalkanediols” J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 6309.
K. Närhi, J. Franzén and J. E. Bäckvall, “An Unexpectedly Mild Thermal Alder-Ene type Cyclization of Enallenes” J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 2914.
J. Norinder, J. E. Bäckvall, N. Yoshikai and E. Nakamura, ”Unusual Homo-Coupling in the Reaction of Diorganocuprates with an Allylic Halide” Organometallics 2006, 25, 2129.
J. S. M. Samec, J. E. Bäckvall, P. G. Andersson and Peter Brandt, “Mechanistic Aspects of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Reactions” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2006, 35, 237.
A. A. Lindén, M. Johansson, N. Hermanns, and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Efficient and Selective Sulfoxidation by Hydrogen Peroxide Using a Recyclable Flavin-[BMIm]PF₆ Catalytic System” J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 3849.
A. H. Éll, G. Csjernyik, V. F. Slagt, J. E. Bäckvall, S. Berner, C. Puglia, G. Ledung and Sven Oscarsson, “Synthesis of Thioacetate-Functionalized Cobalt(II) Porphyrins and their Immobilization on Gold Surface. Characterization by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 1193.
L. Borén, B. Martin-Matute, Y. Xu, A. Cordova and J. E. Bäckvall, “(S)-selective kinetic resolution and chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols” Chem. Eur. J. 2006, 12, 225.

2001-2005

J. Paetzold and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Primary Amines” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127, 17620.
J. E. Bäckvall and R. Adams, “Organometallic chemistry in ionic liquids” J. Organomet. Chem. 2005, 690, 3489.
M. Johansson, A. A. Lindén and J. E. Bäckvall, “Osmium-Catalyzed Dihydroxylation of Alkenes by H₂O₂ in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Co-Catalyzed by VO(acac)₂ or MeReO₃” J. Organomet. Chem. 2005, 690, 3614.
J. S. M. Samec, L. Mony and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Functionalized Imines by Isopropanol under Controlled Microwave Heating” Can. J. Chem. 2005, 83, 909.
K. Närhi, J. Franzén and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of En-Allenes” Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 6937.
B. Martin-Matute, K. Bogar, M. Edin, F. B. Kaynak and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Highly efficient redox isomerization of allylic alcohols at ambient temperature catalyzed by novel ruthenium-cyclopentadienyl complexes-new insight into the mechanism” Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 5832.
B. Martin-Matute, M. Edin, K. Bogar, F. B. Kaynak, J. E. Bäckvall, ”Combined Ruthenium(II) and Lipase Catalysis for Efficient Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols. Insight into the Racemization Mechanism” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8817.
I. Ibrahem, J. S. M. Samec, J. E. Bäckvall and A. Cordova, “Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Amines Using a Biomimetic Coupled Catalytic System” Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 3965.
J. S. M. Samec and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Amines Using a Biomimetic Coupled Catalytic System” Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 2327.
A. A. Lindén, N. Hermanns, S. Ott and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Preparation and Redox Properties of N,N,N-1,3,5-trialkylated Flavin Derivatives and Their Activity as Redox Catalysts” Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 112.
R. C. Verboom, V. F. Slagt and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Fast and Mild Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Oxidation of Dienes via Direct Activation of Molecular Oxygen using Cobalt(II) Porphyrins” Chem. Commun. 2005, 1282.
A. B. L. Runmo, L. Borén, O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Kinetic Resolution and chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Functionalized γ-Hydroxy Amides” J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70 , 2582.
H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Oxidation” review in “Transition Metals for Organic Synthesis” Eds. M. Beller, C. Bolm, VCH, Weinham, (2nd Edition) 2004, pp 243-265.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Additions to Conjugated Dienes”, review in “Metal-catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions”, Eds. A. de Meijere and F. Diederich, Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2004; pp 479-529.
J. S. M. Samec, A. H. Éll and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanism of Hydrogen Transfer to Imines from a Hydroxycyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Hydride. Support for Coordination of the Imine to Ruthenium prior to Hydrogen Transfer” Chem. Commun. 2004, 2748.
B. Martín-Matute, M. Edin, K. Bogár and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Compatible Metal and Enzyme Catalysts for Efficient Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Alcohols at Ambient Temperature” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 6535.
M. Edin, J. E. Bäckvall and A. Córdova, “Tandem enantioselective organo- and enzyme catalysis: A direct entry for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure aldols” Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 7697.
B. Martín-Matute and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium- and Enzyme-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of 1,4-Diols. Synthesis of γ-Hydroxy Ketones” J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 9191.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Selective Oxidation of Amines and Sulfides” chapter in “Modern Oxidation Methods”, Ed. J. E. Bäckvall, Wiley-VCH, 2004, pp 193-222.
A. Horváth and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mild and Efficient Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Racemization of Allenes” Chem. Commun. 2004, 964.
R. C. Verboom, B. A. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular 1,4-Acyloxylation of Conjugated Dienes. A Stereocontrolled Route to Fused 6-Membered Lactones and Pyrans” J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 3102.
A. Horváth and J. E. Bäckvall, “Oxidation of Allenes” chapter in the book “Modern Allene Chemistry”, Ed. N. Krause, Wiley-VCH, 2004, pp 973-994.
A. Horváth, J. Benner and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantiocontrolled Synthesis of 3-Pyrrolines from α-Amino Allenes” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 3240.
G. Csjernyik, K. Bogár and J. E. Bäckvall, “New Efficient Ruthenium Catalysts for Racemization of Alcohols at Room Temperature” Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 6799.
M. Edin, J. Steinreiber and J. E. Bäckvall, “A Novel Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation Concept: A One-Pot Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure syn-1,3-Diacetates from Racemic Diastereomeric Mixtures of 1,3-Diols” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2004, 101, 5761.
A. Closson, M. Johansson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ionic Liquid-Immobilized Catalytic System for Biomimetic Dihydroxylation of Olefins” Chem. Commun. 2004, 1494.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution” Trends in Biotechnol. 2004 , 22, 130.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Combined metal catalysis and biocatalysis for an efficient deracemization process” Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2003, 14, 407.
R. C. Verboom, B. J. Plietker and J. E. Bäckvall, “New Chiral Diamide Ligands Containing Redox-Active Hydroquinone Groups. Synthesis and Results in the Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Diacetoxylation of 1,3-Dienes” J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 687 , 508.
J. B. Johnson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanism of Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Reactions. Concerted Transfer of OH and CH Hydrogens from an Alcohol to a (Cyclopentadienone)ruthenium Complex” J. Org. Chem. 2003 , 68, 7681.
J. Löfstedt, K. Närhi, I. Dorange and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Carbocyclization of Allene-Diene Derivatives. Exploring Different Nucleophiles ” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 7243.
A. H. Éll, J. B. Johnson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanism of Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Reactions. Evidence for a Stepwise Transfer of NH and CH Hydrogens from an Amine to a (Cyclopentadienone)ruthenium Complex”, Chem. Commun. 2003, 1652.
H. K. Cotton, F. Huerta and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Negishi Cross-coupling of Ferrocenyl-p-tolyl Sulfoxide: New Chiral Ferrocene-Based Quinone Ligands” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2003, 2756.
A. H. Éll, A. Closson, H. Adolfsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Osmium/Rhenium-Catalyzed Dihydroxylation of Olefins with Hydrogen Peroxide under Acidic Conditions” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2003, 345, 1012.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Combination of Enzymes and Metal Catalysts. A Powerful Approach in Asymmetric Catalysis” Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 3247.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “An Efficient Route to Chiral α- and β-HydroxyalkanePhosphonates” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 4815.
J. Franzén, J. Löfstedt, Jennica Falk and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Stereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Carbocyclization of Allenic Allylic Carboxylates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 14140.
I. Dorange, J. Löfstedt, K. Närhi, J. Franzén and J. E. Bäckvall, “Allenes as Carbon Nucleophiles in Intramolecular Attack on (π-1,3-Diene)Palladium Complexes. Evidence for trans Carbopalladation of the 1,3-Diene” Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 3445.
A. A. Lindén, L. Krüger and J. E. Bäckvall, “Highly Selective Sulfoxidation of Allylic and Vinylic Sulfides by Hydrogen Peroxide using a Flavin as Catalyst” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 5890.
J. Franzén and J. E. Bäckvall, “Carbon-Carbon bond Formation in Palladium(II)-catalyzed Allylic Oxidation: A Novel Oxidative Carbocyclization of Allene-Substituted Olefines” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6056.
S. Y. Jonsson, H. Adolfsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “MTO and OsO₄ – an Efficient Catalytic Couple for Mild H₂O₂-Based Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Olefins” Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 2783.
M. Edin and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanistic Studies on the low Diastereoselectivity in Enzymatic Resolution of Diols” J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 2216.
J. Norinder, H. K. Cotton and J. E. Bäckvall, “An Efficient Route to Pentasubstituted Acylferrocenes” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 9096.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chemoenzymatic Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of β-Halo Alcohols. An Efficient Route to Chiral Epoxides” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 9006.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Lipase-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution and Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of b -Hydroxy Nitriles. Correction of Absolute Configuration and Transformation to Chiral β-Hydroxy Acids and γ-Amino Alcohols” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2002, 344, 947.
H. K. Cotton, R. C. Verboom, L. Johansson, B. J. Plietker and J. E. Bäckvall, “Kinetic Studies of Acetate Exchange in trans-4-Acetoxy-[η³-(1,2,3)-cyclo-hexenyl]palladium Complexes. Relevance for Asymmetric 1,4-Oxidation Reactions” Organometallics 2002, 21, 3367.
V. Liepins and J. E. Bäckvall, “Silylcupration of 1,3-Dienes Followed by Electrophilic Trapping. Characterization of a (σ-Allyl)copper Intermediate” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 3527.
J. Franzén, J. Löfstedt, I. Dorange and J. E. Bäckvall, “Allenes as Carbon Nucleophiles in Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions: Observation of anti Attack of Allenes on (π-Allyl)palladium Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 11246.
O. Pàmies, A. H. Éll, J. S. M. Samec, N. Hermanns and J. E. Bäckvall, “An Efficient and Mild Ruthenium-catalyzed Racemization of Amines: Application to the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Amines” Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 4699.
A. H. Éll, J. S. M. Samec, C. Brasse and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dehydrogenation of Aromatic Amines to Imines via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer” Chem. Commun. 2002, 1144.
C. P. Casey, G. A. Bikzhanova, J. E. Bäckvall, L. Johansson, J. Park and Y. H. Kim, “Unexpected Formation of the Isopropylamine Complex [2,3,4,5-Ph₄(η⁴-C₄CO)](CO)₂Ru(H₂NCHMe₂) in the Attempted Synthesis of an Isopropyl Alcohol Complex” Organometallics 2002, 21, 1955.
A. B. L. Runmo, O. Pàmies, K. Faber and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of γ-Hydroxy Acid Derivatives” Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 2983.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Transition Metal Hydrides as Active Intermediates in Hydrogen Transfer Reactions” J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 652, 105.
Á. Zsigmond, F. Notheisz, G. Csjernyik and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols on Zeolite Encapsulated Cobalt Salophen Catalyst” Top. Catal. 2002, 19, 119.
J. S. M. Samec and J.-E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines using 2-propanol in Benzene” Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 2955.
V. Liepins, A. S. E. Karlström and J. E. Bäckvall, “Allylic Phosphates and Allylic Phosphinates as Electrophiles in an Efficient Silylcupration Reaction of Acetylenes” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 2136.
G. Csjernyik, A. H. Éll, L. Fadini, B. Pugin and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols Using a Biomimetic Coupled Catalytic System” J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 1657.
A. S. E. Karlström and J. E. Bäckvall, “Copper-Mediated Enantioselective Substitution Reactions” chapter in the book “Modern Organocopper Chemistry”, Ed. N. Krause, Wiley-VCH, 2002, pp 259-288.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of β-Azido Alcohols. An Efficient Route to Chiral Aziridines and β-Amino Alcohols” J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 4022. Correction: J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 1418.
P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “C-O and C-N Bond Formation Involving Conjugated Dienes and Allylpalladium Intermediates” chapter in “Handbook of Palladium Chemistry for Organic Synthesis”, Ed. E. Negishi, Wiley, 2002, vol 2, pp 1859-1874.
A. Horváth and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(II)‑Catalyzed SN₂’ Reactions of α-Allenic Acetates. Stereoconvergent Synthesis of (Z,E)-2-Bromo-1,3-dienes” J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 8120.
S. Y. Jonsson, H. Adolfsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Osmium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Olefins by H₂O₂ – Dual Role of the Cinchona Alkaloid Ligand as Reoxidant and Chirality Transfer Agent” Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 3463.
F. F. Huerta, A. B. E. Minidis and J. E. Bäckvall, “Racemisation in Asymmetric Synthesis. Dynamic Kinetic Resolution and Related Processes in Enzyme and Metal Catalysis” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2001, 30, 321.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Lipase-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution and Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of β-Hydroxy Nitriles. A Route to Useful Precursors for γ-Amino Alcohols” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2001, 343, 726.
S. Brandänge, J. E. Bäckvall and H. Leijonmarck, “Friedel-Crafts Reactions of a Sulfonyl-Substituted Vinylic Epoxide with Various Aromatics” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 2001, 2051.
J. Löfstedt, J. Franzén and J. E. Bäckvall, “Carbon-Carbon Bond formation in Regio- and Stereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Allene-Substituted Conjugated Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 8015.
V. Liepins and J. E. Bäckvall, “Silylcupration of 1,3-Dienes Followed by an Electrophilic Trapping Reaction” Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1861.
O. Pàmies and J. E. Bäckvall, “Studies on the Mechanism of Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer from Alcohols to Ketones” Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 5052.
A. H. Éll, S. Y. Jonsson, A. Börje, H. Adolfsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Vanadyl Acetylacetonate as Peroxide Activator in Osmium-Catalyzed Dihydroxylation of Olefins by Hydrogen Peroxide” Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 2569.
V. Liepins and J. E. Bäckvall, “Silylcupration of Styrenes followed by Electrophilic Trapping Reaction” Chem. Commun. 2001, 265.
F. F. Huerta and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Hydroxy Acid Derivatives via a One-Pot Aldol Reaction-Dynamic Kinetic Resolution” Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1209.
A. S. E Karlström, F. F. Huerta, G. J. Meuzelaar and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ferrocenyl Thiolates as Ligands in the Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Reaction” Synlett 2001, 923.
S. Y. Jonsson, K. Färnegårdh and J. E. Bäckvall, “Osmium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Olefins by H2O2 Using a Biomimetic Flavin-Based Coupled Catalytic System” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 1365.
A. B. E. Minidis and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mild and Efficient Flavin-Catalyzed H₂O₂ Oxidations” Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 297.
A. S. E. Karlström and J. E. Bäckvall, “Experimental Evidence Supporting a Cu III Intermediate in Cross-Coupling Reactions of Allylic Esters with Diallyl Cuprate Species” Chem. Eur. J. 2001, 7, 1981.

1996-2000

S. Y. Jonsson, C. M. G. Löfström and J. E. Bäckvall, “BF₃-Induced Rearrangement of Aziridino Cyclopropanes Derived from 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-dienes. Application to the Total Synthesis of ( ± )-Ferruginine” J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 8454.
C. Jonasson, A. Horváth and J. E. Bäckvall, “Intramolecular Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,2-Addition to Allenes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9600. Correction: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12913.
V. Liepins, A. S. E. Karlström and J. E. Bäckvall, “Silylcupration of Allenes and Subsequent Electrophilic Trapping by Allylic Phosphates. A Novel Approach to Silylated 1,4-Diene Systems” Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 1237.
Á. Zsigmond, F. Notheisz and J. E. Bäckvall, “Rate Enhancement of Oxidation Reactions by the Encapsulation of Metal Phthalocyanine Complexes” Catal. Lett. 2000, 65, 135.
G. J. Meuzelaar, A. S. E. Karlström, M. van Klaveren, E. S. M. Persson, A. del Villar, G. van Koten and J. E. Bäckvall, “Asymmetric Induction in the Arenethiolatocopper(I)-Catalyzed Substitution Reaction of Grignard Reagents with Allylic Substrates” Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 2895.
Y. R. S. Laxmi and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanistic Studies on Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Reactions” Chem. Commun. 2000, 611.
F . F. Huerta, Y. R. S . Laxmi and J . E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of α-Hydroxyesters” Org. Lett. 2000 , 2, 1037.
C. Jonasson, W. F. J. Karstens, H. Hiemstra and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Intramolecular 1,2-Oxidation of Allenes Involving Nitrogen Nucleophiles” Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 1619.
C. Jonasson, M. Kritikos, J. E. Bäckvall and K. J. Szabó, “Asymmetric Allyl-metal Bonding in Substituted (η³-Allyl)palladium Complexes: X-ray Structures of cis and trans-4-Acetoxy-[η³-(1,2,3)-cyclohexenyl]palladium Chloride Dimers” Chem. Eur. J. 2000, 6, 432.
C. Jonasson, M. Rönn and J. E. Bäckvall, “An Enantioselective Route to the Synthesis of Paeonilactone A via Palladium- and Copper-Catalyzed Reactions” J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 2122.
J. Löfstedt, H. Pettersson‑Fasth and J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereoselective Route towards 2,5-Disubstituted Piperidine Alkaloids. Synthesis of (+)-Pseudoconhydrine and (±)-epi-Pseudoconhydrine” Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 2225. Correction: Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 5551.
B. A. Persson, F. F. Huerta and J. E. Bäckvall, “Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Diols via Coupled Ruthenium and Enzyme Catalysis” J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 5237.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Natural Products via Stereocontrolled Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions” Pure Appl. Chem. 1999, 71, 1065.
A. S. E. Karlström, K. Itami and J. E. Bäckvall, “Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Dienyl Phosphates with Grignard Reagents in the Synthesis of 2-Substituted 1,3-Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 1745.
K. Bergstad, S. Y. Jonsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “H₂O₂ as Oxidant in the Osmium-Catalyzed Dihydroxylation of Olefins Employing a Flavin-NMO-Osmium Triple Catalytic System” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 10424.
K. Bergstad, J. J. N. Piet and J. E. Bäckvall, “In Situ Generation of NMO in the Osmium-Catalyzed Dihydroxylation of Olefins. Stereoselective Oxidation of Olefins to cis Diols by mCPBA” J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 2545.
K. Bergstad, H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Studies of Metal Macrocycles and Analogues as Catalysts for Mild Oxidations. On a Complex Formation Between Co(Salophen) and NMO” Acta Chem. Scand. 1999, 53, 741.
A. Aranyos, G. Csjernyik, K. J. Szabó and J. E. Bäckvall, “Evidence for a Ruthenium Dihydride Species as the Active Catalyst in the RuCl₂(PPh₃)₃-Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer Reaction in the Presence of Base” Chem. Commun. 1999, 351.
B. A. Persson, A. L. E. Larsson, M. Le Ray and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium- and Enzyme-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 1645.
S. W. Riesinger, J. Löfstedt, H. Pettersson-Fasth and J. E. Bäckvall, “A General Approach to Indolizidine Alkaloids via 1-Benzyloxy-5-(p-toluenesulfonamido)-3-alken-2-ol. Synthesis of (+)-Monomorine I ” Eur. J. Org. Chem. 1999, 3277. Correction: Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 867.
A. Palmgren, A. L. E. Larsson, J. E. Bäckvall and P. Helquist, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Oxidation of 2-Aryl-1,3-cyclohexadienes. Application to the Synthesis of Epibatidine and Analogues” J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 836.
J. Wöltinger, J. E. Bäckvall and A. Zsigmond, “Zeolite-Encapsulated Salophens as Oxygen Activating Catalysts in Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic 1,4-Oxidations of 1,3-Dienes” Chem. Eur. J. 1999, 5, 1460.
J. E. Bäckvall, R. Chinchilla, C. Nájera and M. Yus, “The Use of Sulfonyl 1,3-Dienes in Organic Synthesis” Chem. Rev. 1998, 98, 2291.
H. Yoshisaki and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Synthesis of (±), (+)- and (-)-Conduritol C via Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Diacetoxylation in Combination with Enzymatic Hydrolysis” J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 9339.
K. Itami, A. Palmgren, A. Thorarensen and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chiral Benzoquinones as a New Class of Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis: Synthesis and Application to the Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Dialkoxylation of 1,3-Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 6466.
K. Bergstad and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mild and Efficient Flavin-Catalyzed H₂O₂ Oxidation of Tertiary Amines to Amine N-Oxides” J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 6650.
C. Jonasson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular 1,2-Oxidation of Allenes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 3601.
A. Palmgren, A. Thorarensen and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Synthesis of C₂-Symmetric Benzoquinones, via Palladium-Catalyzed Double Negishi Coupling” J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 3764.
K. Itami, A. Palmgren and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular 1,4-Dialkoxylation of Cyclohexadienes: An Efficient Route to Highly Stereocontrolled Oxygen Heterocycles” Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 1223.
E. Hupe, A. Aranyos, K. J. Szabó and J. E. Bäckvall, “Unsymmetrical Functionalization of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene: Palladium-Catalyzed Stereoselective 1,4-Acetoxy-Alkoxylation” Tetrahedron 1998, 54, 5375.
A. Aranyos, K. J. Szabó and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Acetoxy-Trifluoroacetoxylation and 1,4-Alkoxy-Trifluoroacetoxylation of Cyclic 1,3-Dienes. Scope and Mechanism” J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 2523.
H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Mechanism of Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Acetoxylation of Cyclohexene“ Chem. Eur. J. 1998, 4, 1083.
A. S. E. Karlström, M. Rönn, A. Thorarensen and J. E. Bäckvall, “A Versatile Route to 2-Substituted Cyclic 1,3-dienes via a Copper(I)-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction between Dienyltriflates and Grignard Reagents” J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 2517. Correction: J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 2784.
K. Bergstad, H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Oxidations of Conjugated Dienes Using a Catalytic Palladium(II)-Quinone-Heteropolyacid System for Electron Transfer from Organic Substrates to Molecular” Organometallics 1998, 17, 45.
H. Grennberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Oxidation” review in “Transition Metals for Organic Synthesis” Eds. M. Beller, C. Bolm, VCH, Weinham, 1998, pp 200-209.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Additions to Conjugated Dienes”, review in “Metal-catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions”, Eds P. Stang and F. Diederich, Wiley-VCH, Weinham, 1998, pp 339-385.
M. Rönn, P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantiocontrolled Formal Total Synthesis of Paeonilactone A from (S)-(+)-Carvone” Acta Chem. Scand. 1998, 52, 524.
A. Thorarensen, A. Palmgren, K. Itami and J. E. Bäckvall, “Asymmetric Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Oxidation of 2-Phenyl-1,3-Cyclohexadiene” Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 8541.
M. Rönn, P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “The use of Stabilized Carbon Nucleophiles in Palladium(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Oxidation of Conjugated Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 3603.
A. L. E. Larsson, B. A. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enzymatic Resolution of Alcohols Coupled with Ruthenium-Catalyzed Racemization of the Substrate Alcohol” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1997, 36, 1211.
M. Rönn, P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Application of O₂/DMSO as Reoxidant in the Pd(II)-Catalyzed 1,4-Oxidation of 5-Substituted 1,3-Cyclohexadienes“ Acta Chem. Scand. 1997, 51, 773.
J. E. Bäckvall and C. Jonasson, “Palladium-Catalyzed 1,2-Oxidation of Allenes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 291. Correction: Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 6477.
Á. Zsigmond, F. Notheisz, Z. Fráter and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols on a Zeolite Ship-in-a-bottle Complex” Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 1997, 108, 453.
A. Aranyos, K. J. Szabó, A. M. Castaño and J. E Bäckvall, “Central versus Terminal Attack in Nucleophilic Addition to (π-Allyl)palladium Complexes. Ligand Effects and Mechanism” Organometallics 1997, 16, 1058.
A. M. Castaño, B. A. Persson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Allylsilanes as Carbon Nucleophiles in Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Oxidation of Conjugated Dienes” Chem. Eur. J. 1997, 3,482.
A. L. E. Larsson, R. G. P. Gatti and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Chiral and Achiral Analogues to Ambroxol via Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 1997, 2873.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Dienes”, review in “The Chemistry of Functional Groups: The Chemistry of Polyenes and Dienes”, (Series Eds. S. Patai and Z. Rappoport) Ed. Z. Rappoport, Wiley, Chichester, 1997, Vol 1, pp 653-681.
R. G. P. Gatti, A. Larsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantiodivergent Synthesis of cis- and trans 4-Amino-2-Cyclohexenols via Palladium Catalysis” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 1997, 577.
H. Grennberg, K. Bergstad and J. E. Bäckvall, “Aerobic Palladium-Heteropolyacid-Catalyzed Allylic Acetoxylation of Cyclohexene” J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 1996, 113, 355.
Y. I. M. Nilsson, R. G. P. Gatti, P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Carbocyclization: Vinylpalladium in 1,4-Oxidation of Conjugated Dienes” Tetrahedron 1996, 52, 7511.
M. L. S. Almeida, M. Beller, G-Z. Wang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium (II)-Catalyzed Oppenauer-Type Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols” Chem. Eur. J. 1996, 2, 1533.
M. L. S. Almeida, P. Kocovský and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oppenauer-Type Oxidation of 3 β-Hydroxy Steroids. A Highly Efficient Entry into the Steroidal Hormones with 4-en-3-one Functionality” J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 6587.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Enantiocontrol in Some Palladium- and Copper-Catalyzed Reactions” Acta Chem. Scand. 1996, 50, 661.
C. M. G. Löfström and J. E. Bäckvall, “BF₃-Induced Rearrangement of Aziridinocyclopropanes Derived from 2-Phenylsulfonyl-1,3-Dienes. A New Approach to the Tropane Alkaloid Skeleton” Tetrahedron Lett. 1996, 37, 3371.
Y. I. M. Nilsson, A. Aranyos, P. G. Andersson, J. E. Bäckvall, J. L. Parrain, C. Ploteau and J. P. Quintard, “Syntheses of Theaspirone and Vitispirane via Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxaspirocyclization” J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 1825.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Recent Developments in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidations” Pure Appl. Chem. 1996, 68, 535.
P. G. Andersson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products via Regio‑ and Stereocontrolled Palladium‑Catalyzed Reactions”, review in “Advances in Heterocyclic Natural Product Synthesis”, Ed. W. H. , Pearson, JAI Press, Greenwich , CT , Vol. 3, 1996, pp 179-215.

1991-1995

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.
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.
M. Rönn, J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization Using Molecular Oxygen as Reoxidant” Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 7749.
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.
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.
J. E. Bäckvall, Y. I. M. Nilsson and R. G. P. Gatti, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Chloropalladation of Acetylenes” Organometallics 1995, 14, 4242.
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.
E. B. Koroleva, J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Palladium-Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Bicyclic Tetrahydropyrans” Tetrahedron Lett. 1995, 36, 5397.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
P. G. Andersson, Y. I. M. Nilsson and J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Spirocyclization” Tetrahedron 1994, 50, 559.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
U. Karlsson, G-Z. Wang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols by MnO₂” J. Org. Chem. 1994, 59, 1196.
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.
J. E. Bäckvall and U. Andreasson, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols to Saturated Ketones” Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 5459.
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.
J. E. Bäckvall, C. Löfström, S. K. Juntunen and M. Mattson, “Regioselective Cyclopropanation of 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 2007.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
G.-Z. Wang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalysed Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines by Propan-2-ol” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1992, 980.
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.
G‑Z. Wang and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols by Acetone” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1992, 337.
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.
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.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular 1,4-Additions to Conjugated Dienes” Pure Appl. Chem. 1992, 64, 429.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
R. L. Chowdhury and J. E. Bäckvall, “Efficient Ruthenium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones by iso-Propanol” J. Chem.Soc., Chem. Commun. 1991, 1063.
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.
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.
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.
J. E. Bäckvall and P. G. Andersson, “Stereocontrolled Oxaspirocyclization of Conjugated Dienes via Palladium Catalysis” J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 2274.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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).
“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).
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.
J. E. Bäckvall, M. Sellén and B. Grant, “Regiocontrol in Copper-Catalyzed Grignard Reactions with Allylic Substrates” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 6615.
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.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereoselective Annulations via Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions”, review in New J. Chem. 1990, 14, 447.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Before 1990

J. E. Bäckvall and F. Rise, “2-Phenylsulfonyl-1,3-Dienes in Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions with Chiral Enamines and Enol Ethers” Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 5347.
D. Tanner, M. Sellén and J. E. Bäckvall, “A Stereoselective Organopalladium Route to Perhydrohistrionicotoxin” J. Org.Chem. 1989, 54, 3374.
J. E. Bäckvall, J. O. Vågberg and K. L. Granberg, “Palladium-Catalyzed cis- and trans-Annulations to 1,3-Cyclohexadiene and 1,3-Cycloheptadiene” Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 617.
J. E. Bäckvall, P. G. Andersson and J. O. Vågberg, “Stereocontrolled Lactonization Reactions via Palladium Catalysis” Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 137.
J. E. Bäckvall, N. A. Plobeck and S. K. Juntunen, “Facile Cycloaddition of 2-Phenylsulfonyl 1,3-Dienes to Indoles” Tetrahedron Lett. 1989, 30, 2589.
B. Åkermark, S. Hansson, T. Rein, J. Vågberg, A. Heumann and J. E. Bäckvall, “Allylic Acetoxylation. Aspects of the Influence of Acid Catalysis” J. Organomet. Chem. 1989, 369, 433.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Metal-Mediated Additions to Conjugated Dienes” in “Advances in Metal-Organic Chemistry“, Vol 1, Editor L.S. Liebeskind, JAI press, Greenwich , CT , 1989, pp 135-175.
J. E. Nyström, T. Rein and J. E. Bäckvall, “1,4-Functionalization of 1,3-Dienes via Palladium-Catalyzed Chloroacetoxylation and Allylic Amination: 1-Acetoxy-4-diethylamino-2-butene and 1-Acetoxy-4-benzylamino-2-butene” Org. Synth. 1989, 67, 105 / Coll. Vol. 8, 9.
J. E. Bäckvall and R. B. Hopkins, “Multiple-step Catalysis in the Oxidation of Olefins to Ketones by Molecular Oxygen in Chloride Free Media” Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29, 2885.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Metal-Catalyzed Oxidations of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons by Molecular Oxygen. The Use of Multistep Catalysis” Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 1988, 41, 105.
J. E. Bäckvall and A. Gogoll, “Evidence for π-Allyl-Pd(II)(quinone) Complexes in the 1,4-Diacetoxylation of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene” Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29, 2243.
J. E. Bäckvall, C. Nájera and M. Yus, “Selenosulfonation of Conjugated Dienes: One-pot Synthesis of 2-(Phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29, 1445.
J. E. Bäckvall and J. O. Vågberg, “Stereo- and Regioselective Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-dialkoxylation of 1,3-Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, 5695.
J. E. Bäckvall and S. K. Juntunen, “2-Phenylsulfonyl-1,3-Dienes as Versatile Synthons. Functionalization via Epoxide Reactions” J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, 2398.
J. E. Bäckvall, M. Sellén and J. E. Nyström, “Synthesis of (5E, 9E)-5,9-Hexacosdienoic Acid via Copper-and Palladium-Mediated Reactions Using 1-Acetoxy-4-chloro-2-butene as a Synthon” Acta Chem. Scand. 1988, B42, 397.
J. E. Bäckvall, Z. D. Renko and S. E. Byström, “Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Tropanol Derivatives via Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions” Tetrahedron Lett. 1987, 28, 4199.
J. E. Nyström, B. Söderberg, B. Åkermark and J. E. Bäckvall, “Stoichiometric and Catalytic Hydroxypalladation of Conjugated Dienes” J. Organomet. Chem. 1987, 334, 169.
J. E. Bäckvall and A. Gogoll, “Palladium-Hydroquinone Catalyzed Electrochemical 1,4-Oxidation of Conjugated Dienes” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1987, 1236.
J. E. Bäckvall, A. K. Awasthi and Z. D. Renko, “Biomimetic Aerobic 1,4-oxidation of 1,3-Dienes catalyzed by Cobalt Tetraphenylporphyrins (Co(TPP))-HydroquinonePd(II). An example of Triple Catalysis” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 4750.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Metal Reagents in Stereo- and Regioselective Organic Synthesis” Chemica Scripta 1987, 27, 505.
J. E. Bäckvall, J. O. Vågberg, C. Zercher, J. P. Genêt and A. Denis, “Stereoselective Synthesis of Vinylcyclopropanes via Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions” J. Org. Chem. 1987, 52, 5430.
M. R. A. Blomberg, P. E. M. Siegbahn and J. E. Bäckvall, “Theoretical Study of the Cyclopropane Ring Opening by Palladium(II)-Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 4450.
“The Use of Metal Reagents in Stereo- and Regioselective Functionalizations of Conjugated Dienes” Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 1987, 665.
J. E. Bäckvall and M. Sellén, “A Dual Regiocontrol in the Copper-Catalyzed Grignard Reaction with Primary Allylic Acetates” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1987, 827.
J. E. Bäckvall, J. O. Vågberg and J. P. Genêt, “Evidence for Syn Stereochemistry in Intramolecular S_N‘ Reactions of Allylic Acetates” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1987, 159.
J. E. Bäckvall and S. K. Juntunen, “2-(Phenylsulfonyl)-1,3-Dienes as Versatile Synthons for Organic Transformations. Multi-Coupling Reagents and Diels-Alder Dienes with a Dual Electron Demand” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 6396.
J. E. Bäckvall and A. Heumann, “A Comment on the Recently Proposed Mechanism for the Oxidation of Olefins with PdCl(NO₂)(CH₃CN)₂” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 7107.
J. E. Bäckvall and O. S. Andell, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation of Olefines and Conjugated Dienes” Organometallics 1986, 5, 2350.
O. S. Andell, J. E. Bäckvall and C. Moberg, “Nickel- and Palladium-Catalyzed Additions of Nucleophiles to Cyclic 1,3-Dienes” Acta Chem. Scand. 1986, B40, 184.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Nucleophilic Attack on Coordinated Alkenes” chapter in “Reaction of Coordinated Ligands” (Editor P.S. Braterman), Plenum Press, 1986
O. S. Andell and J. E. Bäckvall, “Sulfonylmercuration of Conjugated Dienes. A Facile Route to Allyl- and Dienyl-Sulfones” Tetrahedron Lett. 1985, 26, 4555.
J. E. Bäckvall, E. E. Björkman, L. Pettersson and P. Siegbahn, “A Theoretical Study on the Reactivity of Nucleophiles Coordinated to Palladium” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 7265.
J. E. Bäckvall, E. E. Björkman, L. Pettersson, P. Siegbahn and A. Strich, “A Theoretical Study of the Cyclopropane Ring-Opening by Palladium” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 7408.
J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg and D. Wilhelm, “Dual Stereoselectivity in the Nucleophilic Attack on (π-Allyl)-Palladium Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 6892.
D. Wilhelm, J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg and T. Norin, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Palladium(II)-Induced Ring-Opening of the Cyclopropane in a Vinylcyclopropane. Chloro- and Oxypalladation of (+)-2-Carene” Organometallics 1985, 4, 1296.
R. E. Nordberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “A New Method for Stereocontrol in Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of Allylic Substrates” J. Organomet. Chem. 1985, 285, C24. Special Issue on the Use of Organometallic Compounds in Organic Synthesis.
S. E. Byström, R. Aslanian and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of Protected Allylamines via Palladium-Catalyzed Amide Addition to Allylic Substrates” Tetrahedron Lett. 1985, 26, 1749.
A. Heumann and J. E. Bäckvall, “Methyl Migration and Transannular 1,5-Hydride Shift on Oxidative Cleavage of C-Pd Bonds with CuCl₂” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1985, 24, 207.
J. E. Bäckvall, J. E. Nyström and R. E. Nordberg, “Stereo- and Regioselective Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Acetoxychlorination of 1,3-Dienes. 1-Acetoxy-4-chloro-2-alkenes as Versatile Synthons in Organic Transformations” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 3676.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereo- and Regioselective Organic Transformations by Transition Metal Catalysis” chapter in “Organic Synthesis: an interdiciplinary challenge“, (Editors J. Streith, H. Prinzbach and G. Schill), Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1985, pp 69-75.
J. E. Bäckvall, S. E. Byström and J. E. Nyström, “Stereocontrolled Synthesis of (R*,R*)- and (R*,S*)-5-Hydroxy-2-Methylhexanoic Acid Lactones (Pheromone of the Carpenter Bee) via Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions” Tetrahedron (Symposium-in-Print) 1985, 41, 5761.
M. Nikaido, R. Aslanian, F. Scavo, P. Helquist, B. Åkermark and J. E. Bäckvall, “Direct Preparation of 5-Amino-1,3-Pentadienes Through use of Palladium-Promoted Reactions” J. Org. Chem. 1984, 49, 4738.
B. Åkermark, J. E. Nyström, T. Rein, J. E. Bäckvall, P. Helquist and R. Aslanian, “Facile Route to 1-Phosphoryl- and 1-Sulfonyl-1,3-Dienes via Palladium-Catalyzed Elimination of Allylic Acetates” Tetrahedron Lett. 1984, 25, 5719.
J. E. Bäckvall, J. Vågberg and R. E. Nordberg, “Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Acetoxy-Trifluoroacetoxylation of 1,3-Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1984, 25, 2717.
J. E. Bäckvall, S. E. Byström and R. E. Nordberg, “Stereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Diacetoxylation of Conjugated Dienes” J. Org. Chem. 1984, 49, 4619.
J. E. Bäckvall and O. S. Andell, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of the Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation of Conjugated Dienes” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1984, 260.
J. E. Bäckvall, E. E. Björkman, L. Pettersson and P. Siegbahn, “Reactivity of Coordinated Nucleophiles towards cis-Migration in (π-Olefin)Palladium Complexes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1984, 106, 4369.
J. E. Bäckvall and E. E. Björkman, “Evidence for Reversible Aminopalladation of Olefins” Acta Chem. Scand. 1984, B38, 91.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidations in Selective Organic Synthesis” Pure Appl. Chem. 1983, 55, 1669.
J. P. Genet, M. Balabane, J. E. Bäckvall and J. E. Nyström, “Regio- and Stereoselective Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Allylic Substrates. Synthesis of E-4-amino-2-alken-1-ol Derivatives” Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 2745.
J. E. Bäckvall, J. Bergaman, L. Engman, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Chlorotelluration of Olefins” J. Org. Chem. 1983, 48, 3918.
J. E. Nyström and J. E. Bäckvall, “Synthesis of the Major Pheromonal Component of the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus) via Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Functionalization of Isoprene” J. Org. Chem. 1983, 48, 3947.
J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg and J. Vågberg, “Stereochemistry of Allylic Carbon-Oxygen and Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation in Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylation of Allylic Carbonates and Acetoacetates” Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 411.
E. E. Björkman and J. E. Bäckvall, “Crystal and Molecular Structure of the Chloropalladation Adduct (Pd₂Cl(C₁₀H₁₆Cl)₂) of a Vinylcyclopropane” Acta Chem. Scand. A. 1983, 37, 503.
O. S. Andell and J. E. Bäckvall, “Evidence for a trans‑Oxypalladation of Alkenes in Chloride free Media” J. Organomet. Chem. 1983, 244, 401.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium in Some Selective Oxidation Reactions” Acc. Chem. Res. 1983, 16, 335.
J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg, K. Zetterberg and B. Åkermark, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of Nucleophilic Attack by Amine on π-Allylpalladium Complexes” Organometallics 1983, 2, 1625.
B. Åkermark, J. E. Bäckvall and K. Zetterberg, “Nucleophilic Addition to π-Olefin-, π-Allyl-, and σ-Alkylpalladium Complexes. Examples of “Umpolung” in the use of Organometallic Reagents” review in Acta Chem. Scand. 1982 , B36, 577.
J. E. Bäckvall and E. E. Björkman, “Stereochemistry of the Chloropalladation of a Vinylcyclopropane X-ray Crystal Structure of (Pd₂Cl(C₁₀H₁₆Cl)₂)” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1982, 693.
J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg and J. E. Nyström, “Stereospecific Palladium-catalyzed 1,4-Acetoxychlorination of 1,3-Dienes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1982, 23, 1617.
M. U. Ahmad, J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg, T. Norin and S. Strömberg, “Stereochemistry of Palladium(II)-induced Ring-opening of the Cyclopropane in a Vinylcyclopropane. Chloropalladation of 2-Carene” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1982, 321.
A. Solladie-Cavallo, J. L. Haesslein and J. E. Bäckvall, “Asymmetric Palladium-assisted Alkylation of Olefins” Tetrahedron Lett. 1982, 23, 939.
J. E. Bäckvall, E. E. Björkman, S. E. Byström and A. Solladie-Cavallo, “Palladium-Promoted Asymmetric Oxyamination of Alkenes. Application to the Synthesis of Optically Active Aryloxypropanolamines” Tetrahedron Lett. 1982, 23, 943.
J. E. Bäckvall and S. E. Byström, “Synthesis of (Aryloxy)propanolamines via a Palladium-Promoted Oxyamination” J. Org. Chem. 1982, 47, 1126.
J. E. Bäckvall, ”Nobelpriset i Kemi: Kemiska reaktioner kan förutsägas” Kemisk Tidskrift 1981, 93, 44.
J. E. Bäckvall and O. S. Andell, “Stereochemistry of the Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation of Olefins” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1981, 1098.
J. E. Bäckvall and R. E. Nordberg, “Stereocontrolled trans and cis-Nucleophilic Attack by Acetate on π-Allylpalladium Complexes. Applications to Stereospecific Palladium-Catalyzed 1,4-Diacetoxylation of Cyclic 1,3-Dienes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1981, 103, 4959.
J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg, J. E. Nyström, T. Hoegberg and B. Ulff, “Synthesis of 3-Aryl-3-Pyridylallylamines via Palladium-Catalyzed Amination” J.Org. Chem. 1981, 46, 3479.
J. E. Bäckvall and L. Engman, “An Olefin Inversion via cis-Chlorotelluration-trans-Dechlorotelluration” Tetrahedron Lett. 1981, 22, 1919.
J. E. Bäckvall and J. E. Nyström, “Palladium-Promoted 1,4-Cycloamination of 1,3-Dienes to Pyrroles” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1981, 59.
J. E. Bäckvall, O. Karlsson and S. O. Ljunggren, “Stereochemistry of Copper- and Nickel-Catalyzed Insertion of Carbon Dioxide into Epoxides. A Microwave Study” Tetrahedron Lett. 1980, 21, 4985.
J. E. Bäckvall, R. E. Nordberg, E. E. Björkman and C. Moberg, “Stereochemistry of Nucleophilic Attack on π-Allylpalladium Complexes. Evidence for cis-Migration of Acetate from Palladium to Carbon” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1980, 943.
J. E. Bäckvall, M. U. Ahmad, S. Uemura, A. Toshimitsu and T. Kawamura, “Stereochemistry and Mechanism of the Copper(I) Halide Cleavage of Thallium-Carbon Bonds” Tetrahedron Lett. 1980, 21, 2283.
J. E. Bäckvall and E. E. Björkman, “Stereospecific Palladium-Promoted vicinal Oxyamination of Alkenes” J. Org. Chem. 1980, 45, 2893.
J. E. Bäckvall and R. E. Nordberg, “Phenyl Participation in the Cleavage of 2-Phenethyl-Palladium Bonds by Cupric Chloride” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1980, 102, 393.
J. E. Bäckvall and S. O. Ljunggren, ”Kemiska Tillämpningar av Mikrovågsspektroskopi” Kemisk Tidskrift 1979, 91, 28.
J. E. Bäckvall, B. Åkermark and S. O. Ljunggren, ”Stereochemistry and Mechanism for the Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Ethene in Water. (The Wacker Process)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1979, 101, 2411.
J. E. Bäckvall, K. Oshima, R. E. Palermo and K. B. Sharpless, “Some Reactions of N-(2-Hydroxyalkyl)-p-toluenesulfonamides and N-Allyl-p-toluenesulfonamides” J. Org. Chem. 1979, 44, 1953.
B. Åkermark, J. E. Bäckvall, A. Löwenborg and K. Zetterberg, “Palladium(II)-Promoted 1,4-Diamination of 1,3-Dienes. Stereochemistry of Amination of a π-Allylpalladium Complex” J. Organomet. Chem. 1979, 166, C33.
S. O. Ljunggren, P. J. Mjöberg and J. E. Bäckvall, “Microwave Spectrum of 1-Butene Oxide” Z. Naturforsch. 1978, 33A , 1312.
P. J. Mjöberg, S. O. Ljunggren and J. E. Bäckvall, “Microwave Spectrum of Cyclopentene-3,5-Dione” Z. Naturforsch. 1978, 33A , 581.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereospecific Palladium-Promoted vicinal Diamination of Olefins” Tetrahedron Lett. 1978, 19, 163.
B. Åkermark and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Homogen Metallkatalys (2). Industriella Processer” Kemisk Tidskrift 1977, 89, 30.
B. Åkermark and J. E. Bäckvall, ”Homogen Metallkatalys (1). Grundläggande Begrepp and Reaktionstyper” Kemisk Tidskrift 1977, 89, 30.
J. E. Bäckvall, ”Formation of Aziridines in the Oxidation of β-Aminoalkylpalladium Complexes by Bromine. Aziridination of Olefins” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1977, 413.
J. E. Bäckvall, M. W. Young and K. B. Sharpless, “Vicinal Acetoxychlorination of Olefins by Chromyl Chloride in Acetyl Chloride” Tetrahedron Lett. 1977, 18, 3523.
B. Åkermark, M. Almemark, J. Almlöf, J. E. Bäckvall, B. Roos and A. Stögård, “Chemical Bonding and Reactivity in Nickel-Ethene Complexes; an ab initio MO-SCF Study” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 4617.
“Ab initio Calculations on Nickel-Ethylene Complexes” chapter in “Metal-Ligand Interactions on Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry”, Eds. B. Pullman and N. Goldblum, del 2, s. 377-xx, 1977. (with B. Åkermark, M. Almemark, J. Almlöf, B. Roos and Å. Stögård).
J. E. Bäckvall, B. Åkermark and S. O. Ljunggren, “Stereochemistry of the Hydroxypalladation Step in the Wacker Process” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1977, 264.
J. Bergman and J. E. Bäckvall, “On the Mechanisms of Decarbonylations of Indole-3-glyoxylyl chloride” Acta Chem. Scand. 1977, B31, 342.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereochemistry of the Oxidative Cleavage of Palladium Carbon Bonds by Cupric Chloride” Tetrahedron Lett. 1977, 18, 467.
K. B. Sharpless, A. Y. Teranishi and J. E. Bäckvall, “Chromyl Chloride Oxidations of Olefins. Possible Role of Organometallic Intermediates in the Oxidations of Olefins by Oxotransition Metal Species” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 3120.
P. J. Mjöberg, W. M. Ralowski, S. O. Ljunggren and J. E. Bäckvall, “Microwave Spectrum and Conformation of 6-Thiabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane” J. Mol. Spectr. 1976, 60, 179.
J. Bergman and J. E. Bäckvall, “Base-Induced Rearrangements of 3-(α-Haloacyl)Indoles. A Convenient Route to Indole-3-Acetic Acids and Tryptopholes” Tetrahedron 1975, 31, 2063.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Palladium- and Mercury-Promoted Amination of Olefins” Dissertation, Stockholm , 1975.
G. Ahlgren, B. Åkermark and J. E. Bäckvall, “Ab initio Calculations on Planar and Boat Conformations of 1,4-Cyclohexadiene” Tetrahedron Lett. 1975, 16, 3501.
J. E. Bäckvall, “Stereospecific Palladium(II)-Lead(IV)-Promoted Oxyamination of Olefins” Tetrahedron Lett. 1975, 16, 2225.
B. Åkermark and J. E. Bäckvall, “Competitive Palladium-Promoted Amination of Butenes” Tetrahedron Lett. 1975, 16, 819.
J. E. Bäckvall, B. Åkermark, “Stereochemistry of Alkyl Transfer from Mercury to Palladium” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1975, 82.
M. Almemark, J. E. Bäckvall, C. Moberg, B. Åkermark, L. Åsbrink and B. Roos, “Ab initio Calculations and Assignment of Photoelectron Spectra of Maleic and Succinic Anhydride” Tetrahedron 1974, 30, 2503.
J. E. Bäckvall and B. Åkermark, “Stereochemistry of the Aminomercuration of 2-Butenes” J. Organomet. Chem. 1974, 78, 177.
B. Åkermark, J. E. Bäckvall, K. Siirala-Hansen, K. Sjöberg and K. Zetterberg, “The Steric Course of the Palladium-Promoted Amination of Simple Olefins” Tetrahedron Lett. 1974, 15, 1363.
B. Åkermark, J. E. Bäckvall, L. S. Hegedus, K. Zetterberg, K. Siirala-Hansén and K. Sjöberg, “Palladium-Promoted Addition of Amines to Isolated Double Bonds” J. Organomet. Chem. 1974, 72, 127.
J. Bergman and J. E. Bäckvall, “Base-Induced Reactions of 3-(α-Haloacyl)Indoles)” Tetrahedron Lett. 1973, 14, 2899.
J. Bergman, J. E. Bäckvall and J. O. Lindström, “Synthesis and Reactions of some 3-(2-Haloacyl)Iindoles” Tetrahedron 1973, 29, 971.