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Edward R. Thornton

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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States 
Area:
molecular interactions and selectivity, molecular architecture, and molecular recognition
Website:
http://www.chem.upenn.edu/chem/research/faculty.php?id=47
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C. Gardner Swain grad student 1959 MIT
 (The solubilities of methyl halides in light and heavy water)
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Choudhury A, Thornton ER. (1993) α′-Benzoyloxy and α′-methoxymethoxy lithium enolates giving opposite diastereofacial selectivities in aldol reactions. Use of (probable) extended chelation for reversal of stereoselectivities Tetrahedron Letters. 34: 2221-2224
Choudhury A, Thornton ER. (1992) Asymmetric aldol reactions of an α′-benzoyl titanium enolate Tetrahedron. 48: 5701-5708
Nerz-Stormes M, Thornton ER. (1991) Asymmetric aldol reactions. Use of the titanium enolate of a chiral N-acyloxazolidinone to reverse diastereofacial selectivities Journal of Organic Chemistry. 56: 2489-2498
Bonner MP, Thornton ER. (1991) Asymmetric aldol reactions. A new camphor-derived chiral auxiliary giving highly stereoselective aldol reactions of both lithium and titanium(IV) enolates Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113: 1299-1308
Das G, Thornton ER. (1991) Large rate accelerations in aldol reaction of ortho-substituted benzaldehydes Tetrahedron Letters. 32: 5239-5242
Prapansiri V, Thornton ER. (1991) Asymmetric diels-alder reactions. Inverse electron demand reactions of esters of 3-hydroxypyran-2-one with vinyl ethers: use of high pressure to avoid decarboxylation of adducts Tetrahedron Letters. 32: 3147-3150
Tripathy R, Carroll PJ, Thornton ER. (1990) Asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions with chiral dienes. Control of facial selectivity through hydrogen bonding Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112: 6743-6744
Shirodkar S, Nerz-Stormes M, Thornton ER. (1990) Asymmetric aldol reactions. Mechanism of solvent effect on stereoselectivity is specific, stoichiometric binding of tetrahydrofuran to a chiral titanium enolate Tetrahedron Letters. 31: 4699-4702
Siegel C, Thornton ER. (1989) Asymmetric aldol reactions. A titanium enolate giving very high diastereofacial selectivities Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111: 5722-5728
Siegel C, Thornton ER. (1988) Conformational model for asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions with chiral dienes Tetrahedron Letters. 29: 5225-5228
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