PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

  1. "Synthesis and Chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Curved Surfaces:Buckybowls" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. in "Carbon-Rich Compounds: From Molecules to Materials" Haley, M.; Tykwinski, R., Eds.; Willey-VCH Publisher, Weinheim, 2006, Chapter 12 , pp. 529 - 565.
  2. "Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Curved Surfaces: Hydrocarbons Posessing Carbon Frameworks Related to Buckminsterfullerene" Rabideau, P. W., Sygula, A. Advances in Theoretically Interesting Molecules, Thummel, R. P., Ed.; JAI Press, Inc., Greenwich, CT, Vol. 3, 1995, 1.
  3. "Conformational Analysis of 1,3-Cyclohexadiene and Related Hydrocarbons". Rabideau, P.W.; Sygula, A. Chapter III in "The Conformational Analysis of Cyclohexenes, Cyclohexadienes and Related Hydroaromatic Compounds" Rabideau, P. W., Ed.; VCH Publisher, 1989

Refereed Articles

  1. "A Double Concave Hydrocarbon Buckycatcher" Sygula, A.; Fronczek, F. R.; Sygula, R.; Rabideau, P. W.; Olmstead. M. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 3842 (2007).
  2. "η6-Coordination of the Curved Carbon Surface of Corannulene (C20H10) to (η6-arene)M2+ (M = Ru, Os)" Zhu, B.; Ellern, A.; Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Angelici, R. J. Organometallics 26, 1721, (2007).
  3. "Isocorannulenofuran: A Versatile Building Block for the Synthesis of Large Buckybowls" Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Rabideau, P. W. Org. Lett. 8, 5909-5911, (2006).
  4. "The First Buckybowl Aryne: Corannulyne – a Nonplanar Benzyne" Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Rabideau, P. W. Org. Lett. 24, 4999, (2005).
  5. "Flattening of a Curved-Surface Buckybowl (Corannulene) by η6-Coordination to {Cp*Ru}+" Vecchi, P. A.; Alvarez, C. M.; Ellern, A.; Angelici, R. J.; Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Rabideau, P. W. Organometallics, 24, 4543 (2005).
  6. "Barrelene-Semibullvalene Rearrangement Indused by Visible Light: Synthesis of Dicorannulenosemibullvalene Dimethyl Dicarboxylate" Sygula, A.; Sygula, R. Rabideau, P. W. Tetrahedron Lett., 2005, 46, 1189.
  7. "Synthesis and Structure of Dimetallated Buckybowl: Coordination of One [Cp*Ru]+ Unit to Each Side of Corannulene" Vecchi, P. A.; Alvarez, C. M.; Ellern, A.; Angelici, R. J.; Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Rabideau, P. W.; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Eng., 2004, 43, 4497.
  8. "A novel twin corannulene: synthesis and crystal structure determination of dicorannuleobarrelene," A. Sygula, R. Sygula, A. Ellern and P.W. Rabideau Org. Lett. 5, 2595 (2003).
  9. "Hexahapto corannulene buckybowl complexes of iridium, including ring-to-ring migration," C.M. Alverez, R.J. Angelici, A. Sygula, R. Sygula, and P.W. Rabideau Organometallics 22, 624 (2003).
  10. "Improved Synthesis of Benz[a]acephenanthrene" Marcinow, Z.; Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. Synlett. 2002, 183 9.
  11. "Formation of the Corannulene Core by Nickel-Mediated Intramolecular Coupling of Benzyl and Benzylidene Bromides: A Versatile Synthesis of Dimethyl 1,2-Corannulene Dicarboxylate" Sygula, A.; Karlen, S. D.; Sygula, R.; Rabideau, P. W. Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 3135.
  12. "The Addition of Organolithium Reagents to Corannulene and Conformational Preferences in 1-Alkyl-1,2-Dihydrocorannulenes" Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Fronczek, F. R.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 6487.
  13. "Lowering Inversion Barriers of Buckybowls by Benzannelation of the Rim: Synthesis and Crystal and Molecular Structure of 1,2-Dihydrocyclopenta[b,c]dibenzo[g,m]corannulene" Marcinow, Z.; Sygula, A.; Ellern, A.; Rabideau, P. W. Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 3527.
  14. "Buckybowls - Introducing Curvature by Solution Phase Synthesis" Sygula, A.; Xu, G.; Marcinow, Z.; Rabideau, P. W. Tetrahedron, 2001, 57, 3637.
  15. "The First Crystal Structure Characterization of a Semibuckminsterfullerene and a Novel Synthetic Route& Sygula, A.; Marcinow, Z.; Fronczek, F. R.; Guzei, I.; Rabideau, P. W. Chem. Commun., 2000, 2439.
  16. "Chemistry on the Rim of Buckybowls: Derivatization of 1,2,5,6-Tetrabromocorannulene" G. Xu,; Sygula, A.; Marcinow, Z.; Rabideau, P. W. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 9931.
  17. "A Simple, Large-Scale Synthesis of the Corannulene System" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 6323.
  18. "Non-Pyrolitic Syntheses of Buckybowls: Corannulene, Cyclopentacorannulene, and a Semibuckminsterfullerene" Sygula, A., Rabideau, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 7800.
  19. "Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Production of Free Radicals from the Carcinogens 4-Nitroquinoline N-Oxide and 4-Hydroxyaminoquinoline N-Oxide" Fann, Y. C.; Metosh-Disckey, C. A.; Winston, G. W.; Sygula, A.; Rao, D. N. R.; Kadiiska, M. B.; Mason, R. P. Chem. Res. Toxycol. 1999, 12, 450.
  20. "The First Non-Pyrolytic Synthesis of a Semibuckminsterfullerene" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 12666.
  21. "The First Crystallographically Characterized Transition Metal Buckybowl Compound: C30H12 Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation by Pt(PPh3)2" Shaltout, R. M.; Sygula, R.; Sygula, A.; Fronczek, F. R.; Stanley, G. G.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 835.
  22. "Fullerene Fragments: Synthesis and Crystal Structure Determination of 1,4,5,6,7,10,11,12-Octamethylindeno[1,2,3-cd]fluoranthene" Sygula, A., Fronczek, F. R., Rabideau, P. W. Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 5095.
  23. "The First Example of h8 Coordination of the Lithium Cations with the Cyclooctatetrenyl Anion: Crystal Structure of Li2(dibenzo[a,e] cycloocta-tetraene)(TMEDA)2" Sygula, A., Fronczek, F. R., Rabideau, P. W. J. Organomet. Chem. 1996, 526, 389.
  24. "Investigations of Dehydroepiandrosterone. Part I: Crystal Structure of Sublimed DHEA" Bhacca, N. S., Fronczek, F. R., Sygula, A. J. Chem. Cryst. 1996, 26, 483.
  25. "Buckybowls: Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons Related to the Buckminsterfullerene Surface" Rabideau, P. W., Sygula, A. Acc. Chem. Res. 1996, 29, 235.
  26. "Cyclopentacorannulene: p-Facial Stereoselective Deuterogenation and Determination of the Bowl-to-Bowl Inversion Barrier for a Constrained Buckybowl" Sygula, A.; Abdourazak, A. H.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 339.
  27. "Buckybowls II. Towards the Total Synthesis of Buckminsterfullerene (C60): Benz[5,6]-as-indaceno[3,2,1,8,7-mnopqr]indeno[4,3,2,1-cdef]chrysene" Abdourazak, A. H.; Marcinow, Z.; Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 6410.
  28. " Structure and Inversion Barriers of Corannulene, its Dianion and Tetraanion. An Ab Initio Study" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem), 1995, 333, 215.
  29. "Buckybowls: Synthesis and Ab Initio Calculated Structure of the First Semibuckminsterfullerene" Rabideau, P. W.; Abdourazak, A. H.; Folsom, H. E.; Marcinow, Z.; Sygula, A.; Sygula, R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 7891.
  30. "The First Example of Bowl Stacking in Convex Hydrocarbons: Crystal and Molecular Structure of Cyclopentacorannulene" Sygula, A.; Folsom, H. E.; Sygula, R.; Abdourazak, A. H.; Marcinow, Z.; Fronczek, F. R.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1994, 2571.
  31. "Convex vs. Concave p-Facial Binding of Metal Cations to a Semibuckminsterfullerene: An Ab Initio Study" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1994, 2271.
  32. "Stable High-Order Molecular Sandwiches: Hydrocarbon Polyanion Pairs with Multiple Lithium Inside and Out" Ayalon, A.; Sygula, A.; Cheng, P. C.; Rabinowitz, M.; Rabideau, P. W.; Scott, L. T. Science, 1994, 265, 1065.
  33. "1,2,5,6-Tetraketopyracene: Synthesis and Sructure by ab initio Calculations and X-ray Analysis" Abdourazak, A. H.; Marcinow, Z.; Folsom, H. E.; Fronczek, F. R.; Sygula, R.; Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 3857.
  34. "Bowl-to-Bowl Inversion in Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Curved Surfaces: An Ab Initio Study" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1994, 1497.
  35. "The Preferred U-Conformation of m-Quinquephenyl. An X-Ray Crystal Structure Determination and Molecular Mechanics Study" Rabideau, P. W.; Sygula, A.; Dhar, R. K.; Fronczek, F. R. J. Chem. Soc.; Chem. Commun. 1993, 1795.
  36. "Concerning the Structure of the Corannulene Tetraanion" Rabideau, P. W.; Marcinow, Z.; Sygula, R.; Sygula. A Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 6351.
  37. "Locking" the Bowl-Shaped Geometry of Corannulene: Cyclopentacorannulene" Abdourazak, A. H.; Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 3010.
  38. "Ab Initio Study of theStructure and the Inversion Barriers in 1,3-Cyclohexadiene, 1,2-Dihydronaphthalene and 9,10-Dihydrophenanthrene" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Mol. Struct., THEOCHEM, 1992, 262, 117.
  39. "An Investigation of Substituent Effects on the Conformation of 9,10-Dihydroanthracenes by Molecular Mechanics Calculations and X-ray Structure Analysis" Dhar, R. K.; Sygula, A.; Fronczek, F. R.; Rabideau, P. W. Tetrahedron, 1992, 48, 9417.
  40. "Crystal and Molecular Structure of 10-Substituted-9-Anthracenones. Substituent Size as the Controlling Factor for the Nonplanarity of the Central Ring" Sygula, A.; Sygula, R.; Fronczek, F.R.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 3286.
  41. "Pathways for Ring Inversion in 9,10-Dihydroanthracene, 9,10-Dihydrophenanthrene and 7,12-Dihydropleiadene. A Combined Molecular Orbital and Molecular Mechanics Study" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Comp. Chem. 1992, 13, 633.
  42. "An Ab Initio Study of the Structure of Monomeric, Unsolvated Benzyllithium. Is Covalency of the Carbon-Lithium Bond Important?" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992
  43. "The Existence of Carbanion Triplet Structures As Evidenced by NMR Spectroscopy and MNDO/AM1 Calculations" Sethson, I.; Johnels, D.; Lejon, T.; Edlund, U.; Wind, B.; Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 953.
  44. "The Effect of Phenyl Substitution on the Structure of Benzylic Anions" Rabideau, P.W.; Wind, B.K.; Sygula, A. Tetraheron Lett. 1991, 32, 5659.
  45. "The Structure of Dilithiobenzenide: An ab Initio Study" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 7797.
  46. "The Structure of 7,12-Dilithio-7,12-Dihydropleiadene: An Investigation by 13C NMR Spectroscopy and MNDO Calculations" Wind, B.; Sygula, A.; Govindarajan, U.; Edlund, U.; Stethson, I.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56
  47. "Electronic and Ring Current Structure of Phenalenyl Ions" Stethson, I.; Edlund, U.; Johnels, D.; Sygula, A. J. Chem. Soc. ,Perkin Tr. 2, 1990, 1339.
  48. "A Fast and Accurate Estimation of Amide-Iminol Tautomerization Energies by the AM1 Method" Sygula, A. J. Chem. Res. (S), 1989, 56.
  49. "Proton and Carbon-13 NMR Reinvestigation of the Dibenzo[a,c]cyclononatetraenyl Anion and its 5,9-Diphenyl Derivative. Planarity vs. Nonplanarity" Eliasson, B., Nouri-Sorkhabi, M.H.; Trogen, L.; Stethson, I.; Edlund, U., Sygula, A., Rabinovitz, M. J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 171.
  50. "A Novel Synthesis of 1,3-Thiazetidin-2-one and 1,3-Oxazin-2-one Derivatives" Zankowska-Jasinska, W.; Burgiel, M.; Danel, A., Sygula, A. J. Prakt. Chem. 1988, 330, 795.
  51. "Metal-ammonia Reduction of Triphenylene" Marcinow, Z.; Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, 3603.
  52. "Dissolving Metal Reduction of Aceanthrylene and NMR Analysis of a Rigid, Boat-Shaped 9,10-Dihydroanthracene" Rabideau, P.W.; Mooney, J.L.; Smith, W.K.; Sygula, A.; Paschal, J.W. J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, 589.
  53. "Structure of the Cyclononatetraenyl Anion and Some of Its Benzannulated Derivatives. A Semiempirical MNDO and AM1 Study" Sygula, A.; Edlund, U.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Chem. Res. (S), 1987, 312.
  54. "Nature of Carbon-Lithium Bonding in Dilithiated Polynuclear Aromatics: An MNDO Study" Sygula, A.; Lipkowitz, K.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 6602.
  55. "Structure of 9-Substituted 9,10-Dihydroanthracene Monoanions. A Semiempirical MO Study" Sygula, A.; Rabideau, P.W. J. Org. Chem. 1987, 52, 3521.
  56. "On the Possibility of Fluorescence from Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer States of 2-Dimethylamino-6-Acylnaphthalenes. A Quantum-Chemical Study" Nowak, W.; Adamczak, P.; Balter, A.; Sygula, A. J. Mol. Struct. THEOCHEM, 1986, 32, 13.
  57. "The Nature of 9-Substituted 9,10-Dihydroanthracene Monoanions Formed by Monoprotonation of Dianions and the Deprotonation of Dihydroaromatics" Rabideau, P.W.; Maxwell, A.J.; Sygula, A. J. Org. Chem. 1986, 51, 3181.
  58. "MNDO Study of the Tautomers of Nucleic Bases. Part III. Reinvestigation of the Amino-Type Tautomers Structure" Sygula, A.; Buda, A. J. Mol. Struct. THEOCHEM, 1985, 22, 133.
  59. "A Single Molecule and Crystal State Conformation of 9,10-Dihydroanthracene. A Theoretical Study" Sygula, A.; Holak, T.A. Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 2893.
  60. "Carbon-13 Proton Coupling Constants in 9,10-Dihydroanthracene" Holak, T.A.; Aksnes, D.W; Sygula, A. Org. Magn. Res. 1983, 21, 287.
  61. "MNDO Study of the Tautomers of Nucleic Bases. Part II. Adenine and Guanine" Sygula, A.; Buda, A. J. Mol. Struct. THEOCHEM, 1983, 9, 267.
  62. "MNDO Study of the Tautomers of Nucleic Bases. Part I. Uracil, Thymine and Cytosine" Buda, A.; Sygula, A. J. Mol. Sruct. THEOCHEM, 1983,
  63. "Semiempirical MNDO and UV Absorption Studies on Tautomerism of 2-Quinolones" Mirek, J.; Sygula, A. Z. Naturforsch. 1982, 37A, 1276.
  64. "MNDO Studies on Relative Stabilities of Monosubstituted Pyridine Tautomers" Mirek, J.; Sygula, A. J. Mol. Struct. THEOCHEM, 1981, 3, 85.
  65. "Self-Association of 4-Methyl-2-Quinolone" Mirek, J.; Sygula, A. Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. 1979, 27, 549.
  66. "An (a - e) Proximity Interaction Between Oxime Hydroxyl and a-Protons of 1-Indanone Oxime" Mirek, J.; Oglaza, L.; Sygula, A. Pol. J. Chem. 1979,53, 1985.