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  • Ballester, P., Fujita, M., Rebek Jr., J. Molecular containers Chemical Society Reviews  2015 44:392-393  DOI:10.1039/c4cs90101k  PMID:25504113
  • Purse, B. W., Butterfield, S. M., Ballester, P., Shivanyuk, A., Rebek, J. Interaction energies and dynamics of acid-base pairs isolated in cavitands Journal of Organic Chemistry  2008 73:6480-6488  DOI:10.1021/jo8008534  PMID:18672933  PMCID:PMC2717715
  • Purse, B. W., Ballester, P., Rebek, J. Reactivity and molecular recognition: Amine methylation by an introverted ester Journal of the American Chemical Society  2003 125:14682-14683  DOI:10.1021/ja036595q  PMID:14640624
  • Ballester, P., Shivanyuk, A., Far, A. R., Rebek, J. A synthetic receptor for choline and carnitine Journal of the American Chemical Society  2002 124:14014-14016  DOI:10.1021/ja0282689  PMID:12440898
  • Galan, A., Sutherland, A. J., Ballester, P., Rebek, J. Synthesis and rotational properties of a series of polyaromatic clefts Tetrahedron Letters  1994 35:5359-5362  DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)73499-x
  • Stack, J. G., Curran, D. P., Geib, S. V., Rebek, J., Ballester, P. A new chiral auxiliary for asymmetric thermal reactions: high stereocontrol in radical addition, allylation, and annulation reactions Journal of the American Chemical Society  1992 114:7007-7018  DOI:10.1021/ja00044a009
  • Nowick, J. S., Feng, Q., Tjivikua, T., Ballester, P., Rebek, J. Kinetic studies and modeling of a self-replicating system Journal of the American Chemical Society  1991 113:8831-8839  DOI:10.1021/ja00023a036
  • Stack, J. G., Curran, D. P., Rebek, J., Ballester, P. New chiral auxiliary for asymmetric thermal reactions: high regio- and beta-stereoselectivity in asymmetric radical addition reactions to mixed fumarimides Journal of the American Chemical Society  1991 113:5918-5920  DOI:10.1021/ja00015a088
  • Tjivikua, T., Ballester, P., Rebek, J. A self-replicating system Journal of the American Chemical Society  1990 112:1249-1250  DOI:10.1021/ja00159a057
  • Nowick, J. S., Ballester, P., Ebmeyer, F., Rebek, J. Convergent functional groups. 9. Complexation in new molecular clefts Journal of the American Chemical Society  1990 112:8902-8906  DOI:10.1021/ja00180a038
  • Jeong, K. S., Parris, K., Ballester, P., Rebek, J. New chiral auxiliaries for enolate alkylations Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  1990 29:555-556  DOI:10.1002/anie.199005551
  • Ballester, P., Tadayoni, B. M., Branda, N., Rebek, J. Stereoelectronic effects in cyclization reactions Journal of the American Chemical Society  1990 112:3685-3686  DOI:10.1021/ja00165a078
  • Askew, B., Ballester, P., Buhr, C., Jeong, K. S., Jones, S., Parris, K., Williams, K., Rebek, J. Molecular recognition with convergent functional groups. 6. Synthetic and structural studies with a model receptor for nucleic acid components Journal of the American Chemical Society  1989 111:1082-1090  DOI:10.1021/ja00185a044
  • Williams, K., Askew, B., Ballester, P., Buhr, C., Jeong, K. S., Jones, S., Rebek, J. Molecular recognition with convergent functional groups. 7. Energetics of adenine binding with model receptors Journal of the American Chemical Society  1989 111:1090-1094  DOI:10.1021/ja00185a045
  • Rebek, J., Askew, B., Ballester, P., Costero, A. Convergent functional groups. 5. Ternary complexes in the molecular recognition of beta-arylethylamines Journal of the American Chemical Society  1988 110:923-927  DOI:10.1021/ja00211a036
  • Rebek, J., Askew, B., Ballester, P., Buhr, C., Costero, A., Jones, S., Williams, K. Molecular recognition: Watson-Crick, Hoogsteen, and bifurcated hydrogen bonding in a model for adenine recognition Journal of the American Chemical Society  1987 109:6866-6867  DOI:10.1021/ja00256a059
  • Rebek, J., Askew, B., Ballester, P., Buhr, C., Jones, S., Nemeth, D., Williams, K. Molecular recognition: hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions stabilize a model for nucleic acid structure Journal of the American Chemical Society  1987 109:5033-5035  DOI:10.1021/ja00250a051
  • Rebek, J., Askew, B., Ballester, P., Doa, M. Molecular recognition: new shapes for asymmetric microenvironments Journal of the American Chemical Society  1987 109:4119-4120  DOI:10.1021/ja00247a051
  • Rebek, J., Nemeth, D., Ballester, P., Lin, F. T. Molecular recognition: size and shape specificity in the binding of dicarboxylic acids Journal of the American Chemical Society  1987 109:3474-3475  DOI:10.1021/ja00245a056
  • Rebek, J., Williams, K., Parris, K., Ballester, P., Jeong, K. S. Molecular recognition: stacking interactions influence Watson-Crick vs. Hoogsteen base-pairing in a model for adenine receptors Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  1987 26:1244-1245  DOI:10.1002/anie.198712441