Publications
Journal Articles
Banerjee, Shibdas, Yang, Yun-Fang, Jenkins, Ian D., Liang, Yong, Toutov, Anton A., Liu, Wen-Bo, Schuman, David P., Grubbs, Robert H., Stoltz, Brian M., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, Kendall N. and Zare, Richard N. (2017). Ionic and neutral mechanisms for C-H bond silylation of aromatic heterocycles catalyzed by potassium tert-butoxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139 (20), 6880-6887. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b13032
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Petter, Russell C. and Houk, K. N. (2016). Kinetics and thermodynamics of reversible thiol additions to mono- and diactivated Michael acceptors: implications for the design of drugs that bind covalently to cysteines. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81 (23), 11726-11733. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02188
Wang, Xiao-Na, Krenske, Elizabeth H., Johnston, Ryne C., Houk, K. N. and Hsung, Richard P. (2015). AlCl3-catalyzed ring expansion cascades of bicyclic cyclobutenamides involving highly strained cis,trans-cycloheptadienone intermediates. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (16), 5596-5601. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b02561
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N. and Harmata, Michael (2014). Computational Analysis of the Stereochemical Outcome in the Imidazolidinone-Catalyzed Enantioselective (4 + 3)-Cycloaddition Reaction.. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 80 (2), 744-750. doi: 10.1021/jo501906m
Wang, Xiao-Na, Krenske, Elizabeth H., Johnston, Ryne C., Houk, K. N. and Hsung, Richard P. (2014). Torquoselective ring opening of fused cyclobutenamides: Evidence for a cis,trans -cyclooctadienone intermediate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (28), 9802-9805. doi: 10.1021/ja502252t
Morin, Marie S. T., St-Cyr, Daniel J., Arndtsen, Bruce A., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Houk, K. N. (2013). Modular mesoionics: understanding and controlling regioselectivity in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of Münchnone derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135 (46), 17349-17358. doi: 10.1021/ja406833q
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Patel, Ashay and Houk, K. N. (2013). Does nature click? Theoretical prediction of an enzyme-catalyzed transannular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition in the biosynthesis of lycojaponicumins A and B. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Articles ASAP (46), A-E. doi: 10.1021/ja409928z
Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Houk, K. N. (2013). Aromatic interactions as control elements in stereoselective organic reactions. Accounts of Chemical Research, 46 (4), 979-989. doi: 10.1021/ar3000794
Krenske, Elizabeth H., He, Shuzhong, Huang, Jian, Du, Yunfei, Houk, K. N. and Hsung, Richard P. (2013). Intramolecular oxyallyl-carbonyl (3 + 2) cycloadditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135 (14), 5242-5245. doi: 10.1021/ja312459b
Du, Yunfei, Krenske, Elizabeth H., Antoline, Jennifer E., Lohse, Andrew G., Houk, K. N. and Hsung, Richard P. (2013). Control of regioselectivity and stereoselectivity in (4 + 3) cycloadditions of chiral oxyallyls with unsymmetrically disubstituted furans. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78 (5), 1753-1759. doi: 10.1021/jo3011792
Rosenker, Christopher J., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N. and Wipf, Peter (2013). Influence of base and structure in the reversible covalent conjugate addition of thiol to polycyclic enone scaffolds. Organic Letters, 15 (5), 1076-1079. doi: 10.1021/ol400094k
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Agopcan, Sesil, Ayiyente, Viktorya, Houk, K. N., Johnson, Brian A. and Holmes, Andrew B. (2012). Causation in a cascade: the origins of selectivities in intramolecular nitrone cycloadditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (29), 12010-12015. doi: 10.1021/ja300002k
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Perry, Emma W., Jerome, Steven V., Maimone, Thomas J., Baran, Phil S. and Houk, K. N. (2012). Why a proximity-induced Diels-Alder reaction is so fast. Organic Letters, 14 (12), 3016-3019. doi: 10.1021/ol301083q
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Davison, Edwin C., Forbes, Ian T., Warner, Jacqueline A., Smith, Adrian L., Holmes, Andrew B. and Houk, K. N. (2012). Reverse cope elimination of hydroxylamines and alkenes or alkynes: theoretical investigation of tether length and substituent effects. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (4), 2434-2441. doi: 10.1021/ja211568k
Antoline, Jennifer E., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Lohse, Andrew G., Houk, K. N. and Hsung, Richard P. (2011). Stereoselectivities and regioselectivities of (4 + 3) cycloadditions between allenamide-derived chiral oxazolidinone-stabilized oxyallyls and furans: experiment and theory. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (36), 14443-14451. doi: 10.1021/ja205700p
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Petter, Russell C., Zhu, Zhendong and Houk, K. N. (2011). Transition states and energetics of nucleophilic additions of thiols to substituted α,β-unsaturated ketones: Substituent effects involve enone stabilization, product branching, and solvation. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 76 (12), 5074-5081. doi: 10.1021/jo200761w
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N., Holmes, Andrew B. and Thompson, John (2011). Entropy versus tether strain effects on rates of intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of N-alkenylnitrones. Tetrahedron Letters, 52 (17), 2181-2184. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.11.121
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N., Lim, Daniel, Wengryniuk, Sarah E. and Coltart, Don M. (2010). Origins of stereoselectivity in the α-alkylation of chiral hydrazones. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75 (24), 8578-8584. doi: 10.1021/jo1019877
Lohse, Andrew G., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Antoline, Jennifer E., Houk, K. N. and Hsung, Richard P. (2010). Regioselectivities of (4+3) cycloadditions between furans and oxazolidinone-substituted oxyallyls. Organic Letters, 12 (23), 5506-5509. doi: 10.1021/ol1023745
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N., Lohse, Andrew G., Antoline, Jennifer E. and Hsung, Richard P. (2010). Stereoselectivity in oxyallyl-furan (4+3) cycloadditions: control of intermediate conformations and dispersive stabilisation in cycloadditions involving oxazolidinone auxiliaries. Chemical Science, 1 (3), 387-392. doi: 10.1039/c0sc00280a
St-Cyr, Daniel J., Morin, Marie S. T., Belanger-Gariepy, Francine, Arndtsen, Bruce A., Krenske, Elizabeth H. and Houk, K. N. (2010). Phospha-munchnones: electronic structures and 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75 (12), 4261-4273. doi: 10.1021/jo1008383
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N. and Harmata, Michael (2010). Origin of stereoselectivity in the (4 + 3) cycloadditions of chiral alkoxy siloxyallyl cations with furan. Organic Letters, 12 (3), 444-447. doi: 10.1021/ol902591k
Chen, Xin, Regan, Colleen K., Craig, Stephen L., Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N., Jorgensen, William L. and Brauman, John I. (2009). Steric and solvation effects in ionic S(N)2 reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131 (44), 16162-16170. doi: 10.1021/ja9053459
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Pryor, William A. and Houk, K. N. (2009). Mechanism of S(H)2 reactions of disulfides: Frontside vs backside, stepwise vs concerted. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 74 (15), 5356-5360. doi: 10.1021/jo900834m
Krenske, Elizabeth H., Houk, K. N., Arndtsen, Bruce A. and St. Cyr, Daniel J. (2008). Cyclic 1,3-dipoles or acyclic phosphonium ylides? Electronic characterization of "montrealones". Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (31), 10052-10052. doi: 10.1021/ja802646f