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74. Kotesova, S.;§ Gan, X.-c.;§ Castanedo, A.; Green, S. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Iron-catalyzed hydrobenzylation: stereoselective synthesis of (–)-eugenial C submitted. §co-first authors

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73. Hill, S. J.§; Dao, N.§; Dang, V.; Stahl, E.; Bohn, L. Shenvi, R. A. A route to potent, selective and biased salvinorin chemical space submitted. §co-first authors

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72. van der Puyl, V. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Manganese, iron and cobalt-catalyzed radical olefin hydrofunctionalization Science of Synthesis, Base Metal Catalysis, 2022, in revision.

71. Woo, S.; Landwehr, E.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of psychotropic alkaloids from Galbulimima Tetrahedron, accepted. [In celebration of the 65th anniversary of Tetrahedron Publications]

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70. Huffman, T. R.; Kuroo, A.; Sato, R.; Shenvi, R. A. Concise synthesis of (–)-cotylenol, a 14-3-3 PPI molecular glue submitted.

ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-dcbd8

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69. Tong, G.; Griffin, S.; Sader, A.; Crowell, A. B.; Beavers, K.; Watson, J.; Buchan, Z.; Chen, S.; Shenvi, R. A. C5 Methylation Confers Accessibility, Stability and Selectivity to Picrotoxinin submitted.

ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-0l4nt

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68. Shevick, S. L.; Freeman, S.; Tong, G.; Russo, R. J.; Bohn, L. M.; Shenvi, R. A. Asymmetric syntheses of (+)- and (–)-collybolide enable re-evaluation of kappa-opioid receptor agonism ACS Cent. Sci., 2022, 8, 948–954. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.2c00442.

ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-rtxqf

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67. Woo, S.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis and target annotation of GB18. Nature, 2022, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04840-9.

ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-cs8v5

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66. Landwehr, E. M.; Baker, M. A.; Oguma, T.; Burdge, H. E.; Kawajiri, T.; Shenvi, R. A. Concise syntheses of GB22, GB13 and himgaline by cross-coupling and complete reduction. Science, 2022, 375, 1270–1274.

ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.8263415.v1

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65. Huffman, B. J.; Chu, T.; Hanaki, Y.; Wong, J. J.; Chen, S.; Houk, K. N.; Shenvi, R. A. Stereodivergent attached ring synthesis via non-covalent interactions: a short formal synthesis of merrilactone A Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114514.

64. Tong, G.; Shenvi, R. A. Revision of the unstable picrotoxinin hydrolysis product Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 19113.

63. van der Puyl, V.; McCourt, R. O.; Shenvi, R. A. Cobalt-catalyzed alkene hydrogenation by reductive turnover Tetrahedron Lett. 2021, 72, 153047. On the occasion of the 2020 Tetrahedron Prize to Dale Boger.

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62. Woo, S.; Shenvi, R. A. Natural Product Synthesis through the Lens of Informatics Acc. Chem. Res. 2021, 54, 1157–1167.

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61. Tong, G.; Baker, M. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Change the channel: CysLoop receptor antagonists from Nature. Pest Manag. Sci. 2020, 77, 3650–3662. [Special Issue honoring Tom Sparks for the Kenneth Spencer Award]

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60. Shevick, S. L.; Wilson, C. V.; Kotesova, S.; Kim, D.; Holland, P. L.; Shenvi, R. A. Catalytic hydrogen atom transfer to alkenes: a roadmap for metal hydrides and radicals. Chem. Sci. 2020, 12401–12422.

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59. Demoret, R. M.; Baker, M. A.; Ohtawa, M.; Chen, S.; Lam, C.-C.; Khom, S.; Roberto, M.; Forli, S.; Houk, K.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthetic, Mechanistic and Biological Interrogation of Ginkgo biloba Chemical Space en route to (–)-Bilobalide. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18599–18618.ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/ chemrxiv.12132939.v2

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58. Hill, S. J.; Brion, A. U. C. M.; Shenvi, R. A. Chemical Syntheses of the salvinorin chemotype of KOR agonist. Nat. Prod. Rep. 2020, 37, 1478–1496.

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57. Crossley, S. W. M.; Tong, G.; Lambrecht, M. J.; Burdge, H. E.; Shenvi, R. A. Total Synthesis of (–)-Picrotoxinin J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11376–11381.

ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.8263415.v1

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56. Matos, J. L. M.; Green, S. A.; Chun, Y; Dang, V. Q.; Dushin, R. G.; Richardson, P.; Chen, J. S.; Piotrowski, D. W.; Paegel, B. M.; Shenvi, R. A. Cycloisomerization of olefins in water, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12998–13003.

ChemRxiv: 10.26434/chemrxiv.11977917.v1

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55. Burdge, H. E.; Oguma, T.; Kawajiri, T.; Shenvi, R. A. Concise Synthesis of GB22 by Endo-Selective Siloxycyclopropane Arylation ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.8263415.v1 .

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54. Huffman, B. J.; Chen, S.; Schwarz, J. L; Plata, R. E.; Chin, E.; Houk, K. N.; Lairson, L. L.; Shenvi, R. A. Electronic Complementarity Permits Hindered Butenolide Heterodimerization and Discovery of Novel cGAS/STING Pathway Antagonists, Nature Chem. 2020, 12, 310–317.

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53. Shevick, S. L.; Baker, M. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Alkene Hydroarylation by Co/Ni Dual Catalysis, Cell: Trends in Chemistry, 2019, 1, 540–541.

52. Matos, J. L. M.; Green, S. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Chapter 7. Markovnikov Functionalization by Hydrogen Atom Transfer, Organic Reactions, 2019, 100, 383–470.

51. Baker, M.; Demoret, R.; Ohtawa, M.; Shenvi, R. A. Concise Asymmetric Synthesis of (–)-Bilobalide Nature 2019, 575, 643–646. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1690-5. ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.8202053.v1 Featured in Org. Chem. Highlights

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50. Green, S. A.; Huffman, T. R.; McCourt, R. O.; van der Puyl, V.; Shenvi, R. A. Hydroalkylation of Olefins to form Quaternary Carbons J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 7709-7714.

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49. Martinez, R.; Burdge, H.; Shenvi, R. A. Reanalysis of Lindenatriene, a Building Block for the Synthesis of Lindenane Oligomers Tetrahedron 2019, 75, 3140-3144. [invited manuscript for Ryan's Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award 2019]

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48. Huffman, B.; Shenvi, R.A. Natural Products in the 'Marketplace': Interfacing Synthesis and Biology J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3332-3346.

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47. Huffman, T.; Wu, Y.; Emmerich, A.; Shenvi, R.A. Intermolecular Heck Coupling with Hindered Alkenes Directed by Potassium Carboxylates Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2371-2376.

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46. Matos, J.L.M.; Vásquez-Céspedes, S.; Gu, J.; Oguma, T.; Shenvi, R.A. Branch-Selective Addition of Unactivated Olefins into Imines and Aldehydes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16976–16981.

45. Green, S.A.; Crossley, S.W.M.; Matos, J.L.M.; Vásquez-Céspedes, S.; Shevick, S. L.; Shenvi, R. A. The High Chemofidelity of Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer Acc. Chem. Res., 2018, 51, 2628–2640.

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44. Shevick, S. L.; Obradors, C.; Shenvi, R. A. Mechanistic Interrogation of Co/Ni-Dual Catalyzed Hydroarylation J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018,140, 12056–12068.

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43. Green, S. A.; Vásquez-Céspedes, S.; Shenvi, R. A. Iron-Nickel Dual-Catalysis: A New Engine for Olefin Functionalization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 11317–11324

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42. Jeffrey M. Witkin, Ryan A. Shenvi, Xia Li, Scott D. Gleason, Julie Weiss, Denise Morrow, John T. Catow, Mark Wakulchik, Masaki Ohtawa, Hai-Hua Lu, Michael D. Martinez, Jeffrey M. Schkeryantz, Timothy S. Carpenter, Felice C. Lightstone, Rok Cerne Pharmacological characterization of the neurotrophic sesquiterpene jiadifenolide reveals a non-convulsant signature and potential for progression in neurodegenerative disease studies. Biochem. Pharm. 2018, 155, 61–70.

DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.06.022

41. Lambrecht, M.; Kelly, J. W.; Shenvi, R. A. Mechanism of Action of the Cytotoxic Asmarine Alkaloids. ACS Chem. Bio. 2018, 13, 1299–1306. DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00096

40. Roach, J. J.; Shenvi, R. A. A Review of Salvinorin Analogs and their Kappa-Opioid Receptor Activity. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2018, 28, 1436–1445. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.03.029

39. Hirasawa, S.; Cho, M.; Brust, T. F.; Roach, J. J.; Bohn, L. M.; Shenvi, R. A. O6C-20-nor-SalA is a stable and potent KOR agonist. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2018, 28, 2770–2722. Special Issue dedicated to Dale Boger.

38. Roach, J. J.; Sasano, Y.; Schmid, C. L.; Zaidi, S.; Katrich, V.; Stevens, R. C.; Bohn, L. M.; Shenvi, R. A. Dynamic Strategic Bond Analysis Yields a 10-step Synthesis of 20-nor-SalA, a Potent Κ-OR Agonist. A(CS)2 2017, 3, 1329–1336.

ChemRxiv DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.5318188

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37. Ohtawa, M.; Krambis, M. J.; Cerne, R.; Schkeryantz, J.; Witkin, J. M.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of (–)-11-O-Debenzoyltashironin: Neurotrophic Sesquiterpenes Cause Hyperexcitation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9637-9644.

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36. Reiher, C. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Kalihinol C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3647-3650.

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35. Green, S. A.; Matos, J. L. M.; Yagi, A.; Shenvi, R. A. Branch-Selective Hydroarylation: Iodoarene-Olefin Cross Coupling. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12779-12782.

34. Shenvi, R. A. And You, of Tender Years. Chem. 2016, 1, 331.

33. Crossley, S. W. M.; Martinez, R. M.; Obradors, C.; Shenvi, R. A. Mn, Fe, and Co-Catalyzed Radical Hydrofunctionalizations of Olefins. Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 8912-9000.

32. Tada, N.; Jansen, D. J.; Mower, M. P.; Blewett, M. M.; Umotoy, J. C.; Cravatt, B. F.; Wolan, D. W.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis and Sulfur Electrophilicity of the Nuphar Thiaspirane Pharmacophore. ACS Cent. Sci. 2016, 2, 401-408.

31. Lu, H.-H.; Pronin, S. V.; Antonova-Koch, Y.; Meister, S.; Winzeler, E. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of (+)-7,20-Diisocyanoadociane and Liver-Stage Antiplasmodial Activity of the Isocyanoterpene Class. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7268-7271.

30. Crossley, S. W. M.; Martinez, R. M.; Zuluaga, S. G.; Shenvi R. A. Synthesis of the Privileged 8-Arylmenthol Class by Radical Arylation of Isopulegol. Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 2620-2623.

29. Obradors, C. L.; Martinez, R.; Shenvi, R. A. Ph(i-PrO)SiH2: An Exceptional Reductant for Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4962-4971.

28. Shenvi, R. A. Neurite Outgrowth Enhancement by Jiadifenolide: Possible Targets. Nat. Prod. Rep. 2016, 33, 535-539.

27. Shenvi, R. A. Reinventing Radical Reactions. SynLett Cluster (Ed. T. Rovis and R. A. Shenvi). 2016, 27, 678-679.

26. Wan, K. K.; Shenvi, R. A. Conjuring a Supernatural Product – Delmarine. SynLett (invited Accounts). 2016, 27, 1145-1164.

25. Tabor, M. G.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of Lepadiformine Using a Hydroamination Transform. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5776.

24. Lu, H.-H.; Martinez, M. D.; Shenvi, R. A. Eight-Step, Gram-Scale Synthesis of (–)-Jiadifenolide. Nature Chem. 2015, 7, 604-607.

23. Crossley, S. W. M.; Shenvi, R. A. A Longitudinal Study of Alkaloid Synthesis Reveals Functional Group Interconversions (FGIs) as Bad Actors. Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 9465-9531.

22. Wan, K. K.; Iwasaki, K.; Umotoy, J. C.; Wolan, D.; Shenvi, R. A. Nitrosopurines en route to Potent Asmarine Cytotoxins. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 127, 2440-2445.

21. Shenvi, R. A.; Schnermann, M. J. Syntheses and Biological Studies of Marine Terpenoids Derived from Inorganic Cyanide. Nat. Prod. Rep. 2015, 32, 543-577.

20. Crossley, S. W. M.; Barabé, F.; Shenvi, R. A. Simple, Chemoselective, Catalytic Olefin Isomerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16788.

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19. Jansen, D. J.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of medicinally relevant terpenes: reducing the cost and time of drug discovery. Future Med. Chem., 2014, 6, 1127.

18. Iwasaki, K.; Wan, K. K.; Oppedisano, A.; Crossley, S. W. M.; Shenvi R. A. Simple, Chemoselective Hydrogenation with Thermodynamic Stereocontrol. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1300-1303.

17. Pronin, S. V.; Reiher, C. A.; Shenvi, R. A. Stereoinversion of tertiary alcohols to tertiary alkyl isonitriles and amines. Nature. 2013, 501, 195-199.

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16. Jansen, D. J.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of (–)-Neothiobinupharidine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1209-1212.

15. Pronin, S. V.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of a Potent Antimalarial Amphilectene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 19604-19606.

14. Pronin, S. V.; Shenvi, R. A. Synthesis of Highly Strained Terpenes by Nonstop Tail-to-Head Polycyclization. Nature Chem. 2012, 4, 915-920.

13. Pronin, S. V.; Tabor, M. G.; Jansen, D. J.; Shenvi, R. A. A Stereoselective Hydroamination Transform to Access Polysubstituted Indolizidines. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2012-2015.

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12. Shi, J.; Manolikakes; G. Yeh, C.-H.; Guerrero, C. A.; Shenvi, R. A.; Shigehisa, Hiroki; Baran, P. S. Scalable Synthesis of Cortistatin A and Related Structures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8014-8027.

11. Shenvi, R. A.; Corey, E. J. Synthetic Access to Bent Polycycles by Cation-Pi Cyclization. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 3548-3551.

10. Shenvi, R. A.; Corey, E. J. A Short and Efficient Synthesis of (–)-7-Methylomuralide, a Potent Proteasome Inhibitor. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 5746-5747.

9. Shi, J.; Shigehisa, H.; Guerrero, C. A.; Shenvi, R. A.; Li, R. A.; Baran, P. S. Stereodivergent Synthesis of 17-α and 17-β-Aryl Steroids: Application and Biological Evaluation of D-Ring Cortistatin Analogues. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4328-4331.

8. Shenvi, R. A.; O’Malley, D. P.; Baran, P. S. Chemoselectivity: The Mother of Invention in Total Synthesis. Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 530-541.

7. Shenvi, R. A. (2008). Pure and Applied Science in the Chemical Syntheses of Marine Alkaloids Chartelline C and Cortistatin A. Ph.D. Thesis, The Scripps Research Institute, 2008.

6. Shenvi, R. A.; Guerrero, C. A.; Shi, J.; Li, C.-C.; Baran, P. S. Synthesis of (+)-Cortistatin A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7241-7243.

5. Baran, P. S.; Shenvi, R. A. Total Synthesis of (±)-Chartelline C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14028-14029.

4. Baran, P. S.; Shenvi, R. A.; Nguyen, S. A. One-Step Synthesis of 4,5-Disubstituted Pyrimidines Using Commercially Available and Inexpensive Reagents. Heterocycles. 2006, 70, 581-586.

3. Baran, P. S.; Shenvi, R. A., Mitsos, C. A. A Remarkable Ring Contraction En Route to the Chartelline Alkaloids. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 3714-3717.

2. Shenvi, R. A.; Funk, R. L. (2003). An approach to the synthesis of the potent antimicrotubule agent ottelione (RPR112378). B.S. Thesis, Pennsylvania State University, 2003.

1. Ababou, A.; Shenvi, R. A.; Desjarlais, J. R. Long-Range Effects on Calcium Binding and Conformational Change in the N-Domain of Calmodulin. Biochemistry 2001, 40, 12719-12726.

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