Matthew Aaron Looney

Publications (from a former life)

λ 3-Iodane-mediated arenol dearomatization. Synthesis of five-membered ring-containing analogues of the aquayamycin ABC tricyclic unit and novel access to the apoptosis inducer menadione. N. Lebrasseur, G.J. Fan, M. Oxoby, M.A. Looney, S. Quideau; Tetrahedron 2005, 61 (6), 1551-1562. (pdf)
2-Alkoxyarenol-derived orthoquinols in carbon–oxygen, carbon–nitrogen and carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions. S. Quideau, L. Pouységu, M. Oxoby, M.A. Looney; Tetrahedron 2001, 57 (2), 319-329. (pdf)
Hypervalent iodine (III)-mediated oxidative acetoxylation of 2-methoxyphenols for regiocontrolled nitrogen benzannulation. S. Quideau, L. Pouységu, A.V. Avellan, D.K. Whelligan, M.A. Looney; Tetrahedron Letters 2001, 42 (42), 7393-7396. (pdf)
Oxidized arenol intermediates in intermolecular carbon-carbon bond formation. naphthoid cyclohexa-2, 4-dienones via oxidative nucleophilic substitution. S. Quideau, M.A. Looney, L. Pouységu; Organic Letters 1999, 1 (10), 1651-1654. (pdf)
Orthoquinone monoketal chemistry. Experimental and density functional theory studies on orthoquinol acetate rearrangements. S. Quideau, M.A. Looney, L. Pouységu, S. Ham, D.M. Birney; Tetrahedron letters 1999, 40 (4), 615-618. (pdf)
Novel preparation of orthoquinol acetates and their application in oxygen heterocyclization reactions. S. Quideau, L. Pouységu, M.A. Looney; The Journal of Organic Chemistry 1998, 63 (25), 9597-9600. (pdf)