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  • Cheng, D., Ishihara, Y., Tan, B., Barbas III, C. F. Organocatalytic asymmetric assembly reactions: synthesis of spirooxindoles via organocascade strategies ACS Catalysis  2014 4:743-762  DOI:10.1021/cs401172r
  • Jiang, X., Tan, B., Barbas, C. F. Core-structure-motivated design of iminium-enolate organocascade reactions: enantioselective syntheses of 5,6-dihydroindolizines Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  2013 52:9261-9265  DOI:10.1002/anie.201303300  PMID:23843168
  • Albertshofer, K., Tan, B., Barbas, C. F. Asymmetric construction of spirocyclopentenebenzofuranone core structures via highly selective phosphine-catalyzed 3+2 cycloaddition reactions Organic Letters  2013 15:2958-2961  DOI:10.1021/ol401087a  PMID:23730934
  • Albertshofer, K., Tan, B., Barbas, C. F. Assembly of spirooxindole derivatives containing four consecutive stereocenters via organocatalytic michael-henry cascade reactions Organic Letters  2012 14:1834-1837  DOI:10.1021/ol300441z  PMID:22436132
  • Hernandez-Torres, G., Tan, B., Barbas, C. F. Organocatalysis as a safe practical method for the stereospecific dibromination of unsaturated compounds Organic Letters  2012 14:1858-1861  DOI:10.1021/ol300456x  PMID:22443632
  • Tan, B., Zeng, X. F., Leong, W. W. Y., Shi, Z. G., Barbas, C. F., Zhong, G. F. Core structure-based design of organocatalytic 3+2 -cycloaddition reactions: Highly efficient and stereocontrolled syntheses of 3,3 '-pyrrolidonyl spirooxindoles Chemistry-a European Journal  2012 18:63-67  DOI:10.1002/chem.201103449  PMID:22162076
  • Tan, B., Toda, N., Barbas, C. F. Organocatalytic amidation and esterification of aldehydes with activating reagents by a cross-coupling strategy Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  2012 51:12538-12541  DOI:10.1002/anie.201205921  PMID:23135813
  • Tan, B., Hernandez-Torres, G., Barbas, C. F. Rationally designed amide donors for organocatalytic asymmetric michael reactions Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  2012 51:5381-5385  DOI:10.1002/anie.201200996  PMID:22505348
  • Tan, B., Hernandez-Torres, G., Barbas, C. F. Highly efficient hydrogen-bonding catalysis of the diels-alder reaction of 3-vinylindoles and methyleneindolinones provides carbazolespirooxindole skeletons Journal of the American Chemical Society  2011 133:12354-12357  DOI:10.1021/ja203812h  PMID:21780763
  • Tan, B., Candeias, N. R., Barbas, C. F. Construction of bispirooxindoles containing three quaternary stereocentres in a cascade using a single multifunctional organocatalyst Nature Chemistry  2011 3:473-477  DOI:10.1038/nchem.1039  PMID:21602863
  • Tan, B., Candeias, N. R., Barbas, C. F. Core-structure-motivated design of a phosphine-catalyzed 3+2 cycloaddition reaction: Enantioselective syntheses of spirocyclopenteneoxindoles Journal of the American Chemical Society  2011 133:4672-4675  DOI:10.1021/ja110147w  PMID:21395245
  • Hu, S. S. J., Bradshaw, H. B., Benton, V. M., Chen, J. S. C., Huang, S. M., Minassi, A., Bisogno, T., Masuda, K., Tan, B., Roskoski, R., Cravatt, B. F., Di Marzo, V., et al. The biosynthesis of N-arachidonoyl dopamine (NADA), a putative endocannabinoid and endovanilloid, via conjugation of arachidonic acid with dopamine Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids  2009 81:291-301  DOI:10.1016/j.plefa.2009.05.026  PMID:19570666  PMCID:PMC2757501