Publications

1. Substituent Effects on the Disposition of Thiirane 1,1-Dioxides and Thiirene 1,1-Dioxides in the KOH-t-BuOH.  Cal Y. Meyers, W. S. Matthews, G. J. McCollum, L. L. Ho and Duy H. Hua, Heterocycles, 1978, 9, 1476.

 2. Dehydrochlorination of a-Chloro Sulfones with KOH-t-BuOH:  Kinetic vs Equilibrium Control.  Vera M. Kolb, Duy H. Hua and Cal Y. Meyers,  Phosphorous and Sulfur, 1979, 6, 165.

 3. 1,7-Ramberg-Backlund Reaction and Other Anomalous Reactions of p-Hydroxyphenyl a-Halo Sulfones.  Cal Y. Meyers and Duy H. Hua,  Phosphorous and Sulfur, 1979, 6, 197.

 4. Total Synthesis of Maytansine.  E. J. Corey, Leland O. Weigel, A. Richard Chamberlin, Hidetsura Cho and Duy H. Hua, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1980, 102, 6613-5.

 5. Unexpected Behavior of an a-tosyloxy Sulfone Compared with an a-Chloro Sulfone in Based- Induced Reactions.  Cal Y. Meyers, Duy H. Hua and Nancy J. Peacock, J. Org. Chem. 1980, 45, 1719-20.

 6. Synthesis of a Sulfone a-Tosylate, Benzyl (Tosyloxy)methyl Sulfone.  Duy H. Hua, Nancy J. Peacock and Cal Y. Meyers, J. Org. Chem. 1980. 45, 1717-19.

 7. Studies with Trialkylsilyltriflates:  New Syntheses and Applications.  E. J. Corey, Hidetsura Cho, Christoph Rucker and Duy H. Hua, Tetrahedron Lett., 1981, 22, 3455-8.

 8. Total Synthesis of Aplasmomycin.  Stereocontrolled Construction of the C(3)-C(17) Fragment.  E. J. Corey, Bai-Chuan Pan, Duy H. Hua and Donald R. Deardorff, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1982, 104, 6816-8.

 9. Total Synthesis of Aplasmomycin.  E. J. Corey, Duy H. Hua, Bai-Chuan Pan and Steven P. Seitz, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982, 104, 6818-20.

10. Syn-Anti Isomerism in the Opiate Hydrazones and Azines Derived from Naloxone, Naltrexone, and Oxymorphone.  Vera M. Kolb and Duy H. Hua, J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 3824-3828.

11. Methods for the Interconversion of Protective Groups.  Transformation of MEM Ethers into Isopropylthiomethyl Ethers or Cyanomethyl Ethers.  E. J. Corey, Duy H. Hua and Steven P. Seitz, Tetrahedron Lett., 1984, 25, 3-6.

12. Asymmetric Synthesis via Chiral Sulfinylallyl Anions.  Total Synthesis of (+)-Hirsutene:  Facile Ring Closure Involving Enol Thioether and Enol Acetate Moieties.  Duy H. Hua, Gurudas Sinai- Zingde and S. Venkataraman, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 4088-90.

13. Studies on the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Trichothecenes.  Stereo-selective Construction of the C-Ring Fragment.  Duy. H. Hua and S.  Venkataraman, Tetrahedron Lett. 1985, 26, 3765-8.

14. Synthesis of 4-Substituted 2-Azetidinones.  Duy H. Hua and Akhilkumar Verma, Tetrahedron Lett. 1985, 26, 547-550.

15. Stereochemistry of Novel Delta-Selective Opiate Antagonsits.  Vera M. Kolb, Duy H. Hua and William L. Duax, National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph, 1986, 75, 45-8.

16. Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Pentalenene via Chiral Sulfinylallyl Anions.  Hydrolytic Ring Closure of Enol Thioether Ketones.  Duy H. Hua, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 3835-7.

17. 1-(1'-0xido-4'-pyridyl)-2-piperidinoethyl-4-nitrobenzoate:  A Reagent to Selectively Remove Oxidizing Dianions.  W. L. Tzeng, C. E. Melaon and D. Hua, Analytical Letters, 1986, 19, 553-64.

18. Asymmetric Induction in the Addition Reaction of Chiral Sulfinylallyl Anions (Ambident Nucleophiles) with Enones (Ambident Electrophiles).  Ring Closure of Enol Thioether Ketones.  Duy H. Hua, S. Venkataraman, M. Jo Coulter and Gurudas Sinai-Zingde, J. Org. Chem. 1987, 52, 719-28.

19. Stereochemistry of Long-Lasting Opiates.  2.  d-Selective Opiate Antagonists and Their Agonist Analoques.  Vera M. Kolb, Duy H. Hua, and William L. Duax, J. Org. Chem.1987, 52, 3003-10.

20. Structure of 1(S*),5(S*),S(R*)-1-(3'-p-Toluenesulfinyl-2'-propenyl)-2-methylene-7,7-dimethyl- bicyclo[3.3.0] octan-3-one.  Duy H. Hua, Ibraheem Badejo, Peggy J. McCann and Fusao Takusagawa, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. C.   1987, C43, 1114-6.

21. Stereospecific Skeletal Rearrangement Reactions in Bridgehead-Substituted Bicyclo[2.2.2] System Under Netural Conditions.  Duy H. Hua, Wei-Yi Gung,  Robert A. Ostrander, and Fusa Takusagawa, J. Org. Chem. 1987, 52, 2509-17.

22. Stereospecific 1,4-Addition Reaction of Sulfinylallyl Anion:  Synthesis of (+)-Pentalenolactone E Methyl Ester.  Duy H. Hua, M. Jo Coulter, and Ibraheem Badejo, Tetrahedron Lett. 1987, 28, 5465-8.

23. Remarkable Enantioselective 1,4-Addition Reactions of Chiral Allylphosphonyl Anions (Ambident Nucleophiles) with Cyclic Enones (Ambident Electrophiles).  Duy H. Hua, Roch Chan-Yu-King, Jeffrey A. McKie, and Les Myer, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 5026-9.

24. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-12,13-Epoxytrichothec-9-ene via Chiral Sulfinylallyl Anions.  Duy H. Hua, S. Venkataraman, Roch Chan-Yu-King and Joseph V. Paukstelis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1988, 110, 4741-8.

25. Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Hirsutene.  Duy H. Hua, S. Venkataraman, Robert A. Ostrander, Gurudas -Z. Sinai, Peggy J. McCann, M. Jo Coulter and Min Ren Xu, J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, 507-15.

26. Preparation of (S)-(-)-4-Methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one, A Useful Chiral Building Block.  Duy H. Hua and S. Venkataraman, J. Org. Chem. 1988, 53, 1095-7.

27. Synthesis and In Vitro Cytotoxic Activity of 1-Phenyl-3-phenylamino-4-(p-toluenesulfinyl)-trans- 1,5-hexadiene.  Debra A. Montgomery, Joan E.  Cunnick, M. Jo Coulter, Gurudas Sinai-Zingde, Dolores J. Takemoto, and    Duy H. Hua, Leukemia Research, 1988, 12, 591-6.

28. Regioselective Addition Reactions of Organometallic Reagents with 3-Benzylidene Heterocyclic Imines Leading to the Synthesis of Pyrrolizidines.  Duy H. Hua, Didier Benssousan and Ana A. Bravo.  J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 5399-402.

29. Stereoselective Addition Reactions of Chiral a-Sulfinyl Ketimine Anions with Ene Esters.  Facile Asymmetric Syntheses of Indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidine and Yohimbanoid Alkaloids.  Duy H. Hua, S. Narasimha Bharathi, Fusao Takusagawa, Atsuko Tsujimoto, Jagath Panangadan, Mu-Huang Hung, Ana A. Bravo, and Angie M. Erpelding.  J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 5659-62.

30. An Improved Synthesis of (1R,2R)-(-)-a-(1-Isopropylaminoethyl)benzyl Alcohol.  Duy H. Hua, Robert A. Ostrander, Roch Chan-Yu-King and Jeffrey A. McKie, Org. Pre. Pro. Int. 1989, 21, 225-8.

31. Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Elaeokanines A and B via a-Sulfinyl Ketimine.  Duy H. Hua, S. Narasimha Bharathi, Paul D. Robinson, and Atsuko Tsujimoto.  J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 2128-2132.

32. Selective Nucleophilic Addition Reactions of Alkyllithium Reagents with N-Trimethylsilyllactams.  Synthesis of Cyclic Ketimines.  Duy H. Hua, Shou-Wu Miao, S. Narasimha Bharathi, Takeshi Katsuhira, and Ana A. Bravo.  J. Org. Chem. 1990, 55, 3682-3684.

33. The Pechmann Reaction and Regioselective Oxidation with Selenium Dioxide.  Synthesis of the 12-Demethoxydefucogilvocarcin Ring System.  Duy H. Hua, Shankar Saha, Jin Coo Maeng, and Didier Bensoussan.  Synlett 1990, 4, 233-4.

34. Structure of (+)-(7S,SS)-1,2,3,5,6,7-Hexahydro-7-methyl-8-(p-toluenesulfinyl)-Indolizinone.  Duy H. Hua, S. Narasimha Bharathi, Atsuko Tsujimo, and Paul D. Robinson.  Acta Cryst. 1990, C46, 1306-8.

35. Structure of E-(S)-N-a-Methylbenzylidene-p-toluenesulfinamide.  Robinson, P. D.; Hua, D. H.; Chen, J. -S.; Saha, S. Acta Cryst. 1991, C47, 594-596.

36. Structure of 8-Ethyl-4,10,12-trimethoxy-6H-benzo[d]naphtho[1,2-b]pyran-6-one.  Robinson, P. D.; Hua, D. H.; Roche, D.; Saha, S. Acta Cryst. 1991, C47, 2490-2492.

37. Structure of Methyl 8,9-methylenedioxy-2-oxo-1,2,3,4,4aa,5,6,10bb-octahydrophenanthridine-5- carboxylate.  Hua, D. H.; Saha, S.; Robinson, P. D. Acta Cryst. 1991, C47, 2737-2739.

38. Stereoselective Additions of Chiral a-Sulfinyl Ketimine Anions to Ene Esters.  Asymmetric Syntheses of Indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidine and Yohimbane Alkaloids, Hua, D. H.; Bharathi, S. N.; Panangadan, J.; Tsujimoto, A. J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 6998-7007.

39. Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-Lupinine and (+)-Epilupinine viaa-Sulfinyl Ketimine.  Stereo- controlled Reduction ofb-Sulfinyl Enamines.  Duy H. Hua, Shou Wu Miao, Ana A. Bravo, and Dolores J. Takemoto, Synthesis 1991, 11, 970-974.

40. Stereoselective Addition Reactions of Chiral N-Benzylidenesulfinamides.  Asymmetric Syntheses ofb- and g-Amino Acids.  Duy H. Hua, Shou-Wu Miao, Jin-Shen Chen, and Sadahiko Iguchi, J. Org. Chem. 1991, 56, 4-6.

41. An Improved Procedure of the Pechmann Condensation in the Synthesis of 8-Ethyl-trimethoxy- 6H-benzo[d]naphtho[1,2-b]pyran-6-ones.  Structurally related to the Aglycone of Gilvocarcins.  Hua, D. H.; Saha, S.; Roche, D.; Maeng, J. C.; Iguchi, S.; Baldwin, C. J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 399-403.

42. Chiral Sulfinylallyl and a-Sulfinyl Ketimine Anions in Organic Synthesis.  Duy H. Hua.  Advances in Carbanion Chemistry, V. Snieckus Ed., JAI Press; Greenwich, Connecticut, vol. 1, 1992, Vol. 1, p 249-281.

43. Structure of (2R,4R,5R)-2-Chloro-3-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-phenyl-1,3,2-oxazaphospholidine 2-Oxide.  Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, and Didier Roche Acta Cryst. 1992, C48, 923-925.

44. Structure of Cis,cis-4,6-diphenyl-2-(2-propenyl)-1,3-dioxa-2-phosphorinane 2-oxide.  Duy H. Hua, Didier Roche, S. Narasimha Bharathi, Xiangyue Wu, and Paul D. Robinson Acta Cryst. 1992, C48, 1866-1868.

45. Structure of sp-9-Hydroxy-9-Pivaloylfluorene, Product of Base-Catalyzed Autoxidation of ap-9-Pivaloylfluorene.  Cal Y. Meyers, Jennifer L. Tunnell, Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, and Shankar Saha Acta Cryst. 1992, C48, 1815-1818.

46. Structure of Methyl 8,9-Methylenedioxy-1,2,5,6,10b-pentahydro-2-oxobenzo[d]cyclopen[b]azepine- 4-carboxylate.  Duy H. Hua, Yufeng Hong, Shou Wu Miao, and Paul D. Robinson, Acta Cryst. 1992, 1549-1551.

47. Retention of Configuration in the Displacement Reactions of 2-Chloro-1,3,2-oxazaphospholidin- 2-one.  Stereoselective 1,4-Addition Reaction of the Anion of Chiral 2-Propenephosphonamide.  Duy H. Hua, Jin Shan Chen, Shankar Saha, Didier Roche, Paul D. Robinson, Roch Chan-Yu-King, Shou Wu Miao, Hui Wang, and Sadahiko Iguchi, Synlett, 1992, 10, 817-820.

48. Ethyl (2R,3R,SR)-3-(Ethoxycarbonyloxy)-2-[1-(p-tolylsulfinyl)cyclopropyl]-1-pyrrolidinecarboxylate.  Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, Xiangyue Wu, Shou Wu Miao, and Muriel Meled, Acta Cryst. 1992, C48, 2088-2090.

49. Synthesis of 2,2-Disubstituted 2,5-Dihydro-4-methyloxazoles.  Duy H. Hua, Noureddin Khiar, Fengqi Zhang, Laurent Lambs, Tetrahedron Lett. 1992, 33, 7751-7754.

50. Conjugate-Addition Reactions of a-Suflinyl Ketimine Anions with a Methyl a-Amidoacrylate.  Concise Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-Slaframine and (-)-6-Epislaframine.  Hua, D. H.; Park, J. -G.; and Katsuhira, T. J. Org. Chem. 1993, 58, 2144-50.

51. Asymmetric Synthesis of b-Amino-g-hydroxysulfoxides.  Khiar, N.; Fernandez, I.; Alcudia, F.; Hua, D. H. Tetrahedron Lett. 1993, 34, 699-702.

52. Structure of (4S,5S)-4-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazolidinone.  Robinson, P. D.; Hua, D. H.; Good, L. A.; Wang, H.; Meyers, C. Y. Acta Crystallogr. 1993, C49, 1238-40.

53. Structure of (4aR,8R,SR)-8-[(4-methylphenyl)sulfinyl]-2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8-octahydro-4a-quinolinol.  Robinson, P. D.; Hua, D. H.; Wang, H.; Chen, J. S.; Good, L. A. Acta Cryst. 1994, C50, 425-428.

54. Photoisomerization of tetraethyl 6,8,15,17-tetrahydro-7H,16H,5,18[1'.2']-benzo-9,14-ethenodibenzo[a,h]cyclotetradecene-7,7,16,16-tetracarboxylate.  Structure of Tetraethyl 1H,8H-3a,7b[1',2']-Benzeno-10a,14b-ethenodibenzo[a,e]dicyclopenta[c,g]- cyclooctene-2,2,9,9(3H,10H)-tetracarboxylate as its Methylene Chloride Solvate.  Hua, D. H.; Dantoing, B.; Robinson, P. D.; Tran-Cong, Q.; Meyers, C. Y. Acta Cryst. 1994, C50, 1090-1093.

55. Detection of Oxidation Products in Individual Neurons by Fluorescence Microscopy.  Harris, M. E.; Carney, J. M.; Hua, D. H.; Leedle, R. A. Experimental Neurology, 1994129, 95-102.

56. Condensation of Lactams with 2-Aminoacetaldehyde Diethyl Acetal.  A One-Pot Synthesis of Bicyclic Imidazoles.  Hua, D. H.; Zhang, F.; Chen, J.; Robinson, P. D. J. Org. Chem., 1994, 59, 5084-5087.

57. Polarization-Selective Photochromic Reaction of Cyclophane in Glassy Poly(methyl methacrylate) Matrix. Kanato, H.; Tran-Cong, Q.; Hua, D. H.  Macromolecules, 1994, 27, 7907-7913.

58. Bromobis(isopropylthio)borane.  Hua, D. H.; Chen, J. S. Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis; John Wiley & Son, New York; 1995, Vol. 1,  p 704~705.

59. Triisopropylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate.  Hua, D. H.; Chen, J. S. Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis; John Wiley & Son, New York; 1995, Vol 7, p 5183~5184.

60. t-Butyldimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate.  Hua, D. H.; Chen, J. S. Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis; John Wiley & Son, New York; 1995, Vol. 2, p 876~878.

61. (2S,4R,5R)-(-)-3-Isopropyl-4-methyl-5-phenyl-1,2,3-oxathiazolidine-2-oxide.  Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, Jinshan Chen, and Nadege Lagneau.  Acta Cryst. 1995, C51, 1372~1374.

62. Asymmetric Synthesis of a-Amino Acids via Chiral N-Alkylidenesulfinamides.  Duy H. Hua, Nadege Lagneau, Hui Wang, and Jinshan Chen.  Tetrahedron:  Asymmetry, 1995, 6, 349-352.

63. (1S,8S,8aS)-(+)-1-(t-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)-8-hydroxy-5-indolizidinone.  Duy H. Hua, Nadege Lagneau, Jewn-Giew Park, Linda A. Good, and Paul D. Robinson.  Acta Cryst. 1995, C51, 2301-2304.

64.  Gilvocarcins.  Duy H. Hua and Shankar Saha. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1995, 114, 341-356.

65. Asymmetric Syntheses of Alkaloids and Amino Acids via Chiral Sulfur Containing Compounds.  Hua, D. H.; Chen, J. S. (A review Chapter of a monograph) Advances in Heterocyclic Natural Product Synthesis, W. H. Pearson Ed., JAI Press; Greenwich, Connecticut, vol. 3, 1996, p 151-177.

66. Camptothecin Post-treatments Inhibit the Biochemical Effects Linked to the Tumor-Promoting Component of Carcinogenesis in Mouse Epidermis in Vivo.  Xiao M. Gao, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Steven W. Newell, Guilan Chen, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Int. J. Cancer, 1996, 66, 496-505.

67.  Characterization of the Antitumor-Promoting Activity of Camptothecin in SENCAR Mouse Skin.  Xiao M.Gao; Elisabeth, M. Perchellet; Amy W. Davis; Steven W. Newell; Duy H. Hua; Jean -P. Perchellet.  Carcinogenesis, 1996, 17, 1141-1148.

68.  Enantioselective Synthesis of Sulfur-Containing 1,2-Disubstituted Ferrocenes.  Duy H. Hua, Nadege M. Lagneau, Yi Chen, Paul M. Robben, Gary Clapham and Paul D. Robinson.  J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 4508-4509.

69.  (SR*,1S*,2S*)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-1-(p-toluenesulfinyl)ferrocene.  Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, Jin-Shan Chen, and Nadege Lagneau.  Acta Cryst. 1996, C52, 2757-9..

70.  (SR,1R,2S)-1-(t-Butylsulfinyl)-2-(hydroxymethyl)ferrocene.  Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, Nadege Lagneau, Paul M. Robben and Cal Y. Meyers.  Acta Cryst. 1997, C53, 445-447.

71. Antitumor Activity of Novel Tricyclic Pyrone Analogs in Murine Leukemia Cells in Vitro. J. P. Perchellet; S. W. Newell; J. B. Ladesich; E. M. Perchellet; Y. Chen; D. H. Hua; S. L. Kraft; R. J. Basaraba; H. Omura; and H. Tomoda.  Anticancer Research, 1997, 17, No. 4A, 2427-2434.

72. Antitumor activity of novel tricyclic pyrone analogs in vitro.  Perchellet, J. P.; Newell, S. W.; Ladesich, J. B.; Perchellet, E. M.; Chen, Y.; Hua, D. H. Proc. Am. Assoc. Cancer Res. 1997, 38, 610-1.

73. A One-Pot Condensation of Enals and Pyrones.  Synthesis of Novel 1H,7H-5a,6,8,9-Tetrahydro-1- oxopyrano[4,3-b][1]benzopyrans.  Duy H. Hua, Yi Chen, Hong-Sig Sin, Maria J. Maroto, Paul D. Robinson, Steven W. Newell, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, James B. Ladesich, Jonathan A. Freeman, Jean-Pierre Perchellet, and Peter K. Chiang.  J. Org. Chem. 1997, 62, 6888-6896.

74. Anticancer Activities of 2,5,8,9-Substituted 6-Oxo-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydrophenanthridines on Multi-Drug-Resistant Phenotype Cells.  Duy H. Hua, Shankar Saha and Dolores J. Takemoto.  Anticancer Res. 1997, 17, No. 4A, 2435-2441.

75.  Cis-3,5a-dimethyl-6-formyloxy-1H,7H-5a,6,8,9-tetrahydro-1-oxopyrano[4,3-b][1]benzopyran.  Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, Yi Chen, and Cal Y. Meyers.  Acta Cryst. 1997, C53, 1642-1644.

76.  (5aS,7S)-7-Isopropenyl-3-methyl-1H,7H-5a,6,8,9-tetrahydro-1-oxopyrano[4,3-b][1]benzopyran.  Duy H. Hua, Yi Chen, Paul D. Robinson, and Cal Y. Meyers.  Acta Cryst. 1997, C53, 1995-1997.

77.  Tricyclic Pyrone Analogs:  A New Class of Microtubule-Disrupting Anticancer Drugs Effective Against Murine Leukemia Cells In Vitro.  Steven W. Newell, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, James B. Ladesich, Jonathan A. Freeman, Yi Chen, Lan-Zhen Liu, Duy H. Hua, Susan L. Kraft, Randall J. Basaraba, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  International Journal of Oncology, 1998, 12, 433-442.

78. Chiral Sulfur-Containing 1,2-Disubstituted Ferrocenes.  Nadege M. Lagneau, Yi Chen, Paul M. Robben, Hong-Sig Sin, Kiyosei Takasu, Jin-Shan Chen, Paul D. Robinson, and Duy H. Hua.  Tetrahedron, 1998, 54, 7301-7334.

79. Antitumor activity of tricyclic pyrone analogs, a new synthetic class of microtubule-destabilizing agents, in the murine EMT-6 mammary tumor cell line in vitro.  Elisabeth M. Perchellet, James B. Ladesich, Yi Chen, Hong-Sig Sin, Duy H. Hua, Susan L. Kraft and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Drugs, 1998, 9, 565-576.

80. Racemic 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1H,7H-5a,6,8,9-tetrahydro-1-oxopyrano[4,3-b][1]benzopyran, an active anticancer agent.  Paul D. Robinson, A. Beatty, Duy H. Hua, Yi Chen, Cal Y. Meyers, Elizabeth M. Perchellet, James B. Ladesich, Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Acta Cryst. 1999, C55, 1188-1190.

81. N-Alkylidenesulfinamides.  Duy H. Hua, Yi Chen, and Gail S. Millward.  Sulfur Reports, 1999, 21 (3), 211-239.

82.  6,7,8,9-Tetrahydro-3-methyl-1H-pyrano[4,3-b]quinolin-1-one.  Duy H. Hua, Yi Chen, Hong-Sig Sin, Paul D. Robinson, Cal Y. Meyers, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Jean-Pierre Perchellet, Peter K. Chiang, and Jean-Francois Biellmann.  Acta Cryst. 1999, C55, 1698-1701.

83.  Tricyclic Pyrone Analogs:  A New Synthetic Class of Bifunctional Anticancer Drugs That Inhibit Nucleoside Transport, Microtubule Assembly, the Viability of Leukemic Cells In Vitro, and the Growth of Solid Tumors In Vivo.  Elisabeth Perchellet, James Ladesich, Molly Magill, Yi Chen, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Drugs, 1999, 10, 489-504.

84.  Triptycenes:  a novel synthetic class of bifunctional anticancer drugs that inhibit nucleoside transport, induce DNA cleavage and decrease the viability of leukemic cells in the nanomolar range in vitro.  Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Molly J. Magill, Xiaodong Huang, Cyrille E. Brantis, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Drugs, 1999, 10, 749-766.

85.  1,4-Anthraquinone:  An Anticancer Drug That Blocks Nucleoside Transport, Inhibits Macromolecule Synthesis, Induces DNA Fragmentation and Decreases the Growth and Viability of L1210 Leukemic Cells in the Same Nanomolar Range than Daunorubicin In Vitro.  Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Molly J. Magill, Xiaodong Huang, Dawn M. Dalke, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Drugs, 2000, 11, 339-352.

86. Palladium-Mediated Ring Closure Reactions.  Facile Syntheses of Enantiopure Bicyclic and Tricyclic Alkenones.  Duy H. Hua, Kiyosei Takasu, Xiaodong Huang, Gail S. Millward, Yi Chen, Lan-Zhu Liu, and Jing-Mei Fan.  Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 7389-7398.

87. Cis,cis,cis-Tetramethyl 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylate.  Paul D. Robinson, Duy H. Hua, Jinmei Fan, Lanzhu Liu, James W. McGill, Mohammed Arshid, and Cal Y. Meyers.  Acta Cryst. 2000, C56, 1471-2.

88. Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Aldose Reductase Inhibitors: Effects on lens protein kinase Cg.  Sarah Lewis, J. Karrer, S. Saleh, Yi Chen, Zheng Tan, Duy H. Hua, James McGill, Yuan-Ping Pang, Brad Fenwick, Alan Brightman, Dolores J. Takemoto.  Molecular Vision, 2001, 7, 164-171.

89. Resolution of 8’-Alkoxy- and Hydroxy-1,1’-binaphthalen-8-ols.  Duy H. Hua, Trieu X. C. Nguyen, James W. McGill, Yi Chen, and Paul D. Robinson.  Tetrahedron:  Asymmetry. 2001, 12(14), 1999-2004.

90. Short Syntheses of 8’-Substituted 8-[1-(1’-Phenylsulfinyl)ferrocenyl]-1,1’-binaphthyls From the Suzuki Coupling Reactions.  A Strategy For Generating New Chiral Ligands and Charge-Transfer Complexes.  Duy H. Hua, James W. McGill, Masato Ueda, and Heidi A. Stephany.  J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 637-639, 832-836.

91. 2,4,6-Tris(1’-phenylthio-1-ferrocenyl)boroxin.  Duy H. Hua, James W. McGill, Paul, D. Robinson, and Cal Y. Meyers. Acta Cryst. 2001, E57, m413-m415.

92. 2-Chloro-2-propyl mesityl sulfone.Cal Y. Meyers, Duy H. Hua, Yuqing Hou, and Paul D. Robinson.  Acta Crystallogr. 2001, Section E, 57, o587-o589.

93.  Synthetic 1,4-Anthracenediones, which block nucleoside transport and induce DNA fragmentation, retain their cytotoxic efficacy in daunorubicin-resistant HL-60 cell lines.  Mingfu Wu, Buna Wang, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Bonnie Sperfslage, Heidi A. Stephany, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anticancer Drugs, 2001, 12, 807-819.

94. A synthetic triptycene bisquinone, which blocks nucleoside transport and induces DNA fragmentation, retains its cytotoxic efficacy in daunorubicin-resistant HL-60 cell lines.  Buna Wang, Mingfu Wu, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Corbin J. McIlvain, Bonnie J. Sperfslage, Xiaodong Huang, Masafumi Tamura, Heidi A. Stephany, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Int. J. Oncol, 2001, 19, 1169-1178.

95. Novel Tricyclic Pyrone Compounds Prevent Intracellular APP C99-induced Cell Death.  Lee-Way Jin, Duy H. Hua, Fang-Shiun Shie, Izumi Maezawa, Bryce Sopher, and George M. Martin.  Journal of Molecular Neuroscience  2002, 19, 57-61.

96. Syntheses and Bioactivities of Substituted 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-[1,2]benzenoanthracene-1,4,5,8-tetraones.  Unusual Reactivities With Amines.  Duy H. Hua, Masafumi Tamura, Xiaodong Huang, Heidi A. Stephany, Bonnie J. Sperfslage, Elizabeth M. Perchellet, Jean-Pierre Perchellet, Suping Jiang, Dennis E. Kyle, and Peter K. Chiang.  J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 2907-2912.

97. Among substituted 9,10-dihydro-9,10-[1,2]benzenoanthracene-1,4,5,8-tetraones, the lead antitumor triptycene bisquinone TT24 blocks nucleoside transport, induces apoptotic DNA fragmentation and decreases the viability of L1210 leukemic cells in the nanomolar range of daunorubicin in vitro.  Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Bonnie J. Sperfslage, Yang Wang, Xiaodong Huang, Masafumi Tamura, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Drugs, 2002, 13, 567-581.

98. Induction of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage by antitumor triptycene bisquinones in wild-type and daunorubicin-resistant HL-60 cell lines.  Yang Wang, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Masafumi Tamura, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland), 2002, 188(1-2), 73-83.

99. Novel tricyclic pyrone compounds prevent intracellular APP C99-induced cell death. Lee-Way Jin, Duy H. Hua, F. S. Shie, I. Maezawa, B. Sopher, George M. Martin. (2002) In: Drug Discovery and Development for Alzheimer’s Disease. HM Fillit, AW O’Connell, eds. Springer, New York, New York. Pages 89-97.

100. Unexpected differences in the a-halogenation and related reactivity of sulfones with perhaloalkanes in KOH-t-BuOH, and rotational disorder of the a-haloisopropyl group in its crystalline structures.  Cal Y. Meyers, Roch Chan-Yu-King, Duy H. Hua, Vera M. Kolb, Walter S. Matthews, Thomas E. Parady, Paul B. Sandrock, Yuqing Hou, Songwen Xie, and Paul D. Robinson.  J. Org. Chem.  2003, 68, 500-511.

101. Parallel and perpendicular stacking of ferrocene rings.  Synthesis, x-ray structures, and electrochemistry of 1,8-bis-[1-(1’-phenylthio)ferrocenyl]naphthalene and 8,8’-bis-[1-(1’-phenylthio)ferrocenyl]-1,1’-binaphthyl.  Duy H. Hua, James W. McGill, Kaiyan Lou, Akiharu Ueki, Brian Helfrich, John Desper and Piero Zanello.  Inorganica Chim. Acta. 2003, 350, 259-265.

102. Syntheses and Bioactivities of Tricyclic Pyrones.  Duy H. Hua, Xiaodong Huang, Masafumi Tamura, Yi Chen, Melissa Woltkamp, Lee-Way Jin, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Jean-Pierre Perchellet, Peter K. Chiang, Ichiji Namatame, and Hiroshi Tomoda.  Tetrahedron, 2003, 59(26), 4795 - 4803.

103. Antiprotozoal Activities of Symmetrical Bishydroxamic Acids.  Duy H. Hua, Masafumi Tamura, Masahiro Egi, Karl Werbovetz, Dawn Delfin, Manar Salem, and Peter K. Chiang.  Bioorg. & Med. Chem. 2003, 11, 4357-4361.

104. Antitumor triptycene bisquinones: a novel synthetic class of dual inhibitors of DNA topoisomerase I and II activities.  Buna Wang, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Yang Wang, Masafumi Tamura, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Drugs, 2003, 14, 503-514.

105. Antitumor 1,4-anthracenedione analogs induce cytochrome c release, caspase-9, -3 and -8 activities, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 cleavage and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in wild-type and multidrug-resistant HL-60 cells by a mechanism which is partially mediated by caspase-2 activation but is Fas-independent.  Elisabeth M. Perchellet; Yang Wang; Rebeka L. Weber; Bonnie J. Sperfslage; Kaiyan Lou; Justin Crossland; Duy H. Hua; Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Biochem. Pharmacol, 2004, 67, 523-537.

106. Normalization of lens protein kinase Cg in galactosemic dogs by a novel aldose reductase inhibitor.  Dolores J. Takemoto, Richard Harris, Al Brightman, John McGill, Duy H. Hua, Harriet Davidson, Brad Fenwick, and Lynn M. Wagner.  Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2004, 7, 163-167.

107. Total Syntheses of (+)-Chloropuupehenone and (+)-Chloropuupehenol, and their Analogs, and Evaluation of their Bioactivities.  Duy H. Hua, Xiaodong Huang, Yi Chen, Srinivas K. Battina, Masafumi Tamura, Sang-Kyu No, Sung I Koo, Ichiji Namatame, Hiroshi Tomoda, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69(18), 6065-6078.

108. Synthesis and Anticancer Actitivity of Substituted Anthracene-1,4-diones.  Duy H. Hua, Kaiyan Lou, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Yang Wang, Jean-Pierre Perchellet, and Takeo Iwamoto.  Tetrahedron, 2004, 60(45), 10155-10163.

109. Antitumor triptycene bisquinones induce a caspase-independent release of mitochondrial cytochrome c and a caspase-2-mediated activation of initiator caspase-8 and –9 in HL-60 cells by a mechanism which does not involve Fas signaling.  Elesabeth M. Perchellet, Yang Wang, Rebeka L. Weber, Kaiyan Lou, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anticancer Drugs, 2004, 15(10), 929-946.

110.  Rapid collapse of mitochondrial transmembrane potential in HL-60 cells and isolated mitochondria treated with antitumor 1,4-anthracenediones.  Yang Wang, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Mary M. Ward, Kaiyan Lou, Duy H. Hua, Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Drugs, 2005, 16, 953-967.

111. Antitumor triptycene analogs induce a rapid collapse of mitochondrial transmembrane potential in HL-60 cells and isolated mitrochondria.  Yang Wang, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Mary M. Ward, Kaiyan Lou, Huiping Zhao, Srinivas K. Battina, Bernard Wiredu, Duy H. Hua, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  International Journal of Oncology, 2006, 28(1), 161-172.

112. A novel tricyclic pyrone compound is a candidate small-molecule b-amyloid aggregation inhibitor.  Izumi Maezawa, Hui-Chuan Wu, Takeo Iwamoto, Hyun-Seok Hong, Gary A. Radke, Srinivas K. Battina, Sandeep Rana, Erik Pettersson, George M. Martin, Duy H. Hua, and Lee-Way Jin.  J. Neurochem. 2006, 98, 57-67.

113. Syntheses, Molecular Targets and Antitumor Activities of Novel Triptycene Bisquinones and 1,4-Anthracenedione Analogs.  Duy H. Hua, Kaiyan, Lou, Srinivas K. Battina, Huiping Zhao, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Yang Wang, and Jean-Pierre Perchellet.  Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2006, 6, 303-318.

114. The relationship between S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitory activity and hypocholesterolemic activity of D-eritadenine.  Taro Yamada, Junichi Komoto, Kaiyan Lou, Akiharu Ueki, Duy H. Hua, Mikio Sugiyama, and Fusao Takusagawa. Biochem. Pharmacology, 2006, Submitted.

115. Preparation and characterization of nanofibrous perylene-diimide-polyelectrolyte composite thin films.  Thomas A. Everett, Amy A. Twite, Aifang Xie, Srinivas K. Battina, Duy H. Hua, and Daniel A. Higgins.  Chemistry and Materials, 2006 submitted.