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Downloaded As Pdf-File Research Articles (1) J. P. Richard, H.-T. Ho and P. A. Frey, "Synthesis of Nucleoside [18O] Pyrophosphorothioates with Chiral [18O] Phosphorothioate Groups of Known Configuration. Stereochemical Orientations of Enzymic Phosphorylations of Chiral [18O] Phosphorothioates", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 100, 7756-7757 (1978). (2) J. P. Richard and P. A. Frey, "Stereochemical Course of the Thiophosphoryl Group Transfer Catalyzed by Adenylate Kinase", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 100, 7757-7758 (1978). (3) J. P. Richard, D. C. Prasher, D. H. Ives and P. A. Frey, "Chiral [18O] Phosphorothioates: The Stereochemical Course of Thiophosphoryl Group Transfer Catalyzed by Nucleoside Phosphotransferase", Journal of Biological Chemistry, 254, 4339-4341 (1979). (4) K.-F. R. Sheu, J. P. Richard and P. A. Frey, "Stereochemical Courses of Nucleotidyltransferase and Phosphotransferase Action. Uridine Diphosphate Glucose Pyrophosphorylase, Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase, Adenylate Kinase, and Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase", Biochemistry, 18, 5548-5556 (1979). (5) D. H. Pliura, D. Schomburg, J. P. Richard, P. A. Frey and J. R. Knowles, "Stereochemical Course of a Phosphokinase Using a Chiral [18O] Phosphorothioate. Comparison with the Transfer of a Chiral [16O, 17O, 18O] Phosphoryl Group", Biochemistry, 19, 325-329 (1980). (6) J. P. Richard, M. C. Carr, D. H. Ives and P. A. Frey, "The Stereochemical Course of Thiophosphoryl Group Transfer Catalyzed by Adenosine Kinase", Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 94, 1052-1056 (1980). (7) J. P. Richard and P. A. Frey, "Synthesis of Chiral (18O) Phosphorothioate Analogs of Adenine Nucleotides", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 104, 3476-3481 (1982). (8) J. P. Richard and W. P. Jencks, "A Simple Relationship Between Carbocation Lifetime and Reactivity-Selectivity Relationships for the Solvolysis of Ring-Substituted 1-Phenylethyl Derivatives", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 104, 4689-4691 (1982). (9) J. P. Richard and W. P. Jencks, "Concerted SN2 Displacement Reactions of 1-Phenylethyl Chlorides", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 104, 4691-4692 (1982). (10) J. P. Richard and P. A. Frey, "The Stereochemical Course of Phosphoanhydride Synthesis", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 105, 6605-6609 (1983). (11) J. P. Richard, M. E. Rothenberg and W. P. Jencks, "Formation and Stability of Ring- Substituted 1-Phenylethyl Carbocations", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106, 1361-1372 (1984). (12) J. P. Richard and W. P. Jencks, "Reactions of Substituted 1-Phenylethyl Carbocations With Alcohols and Other Nucleophilic Reagents", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106, 1373-1383 (1984). (13) J. P. Richard and W. P. Jencks, "Concerted Bimolecular Substitution Reactions of 1-Phenylethyl Derivatives", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106, 1383-1396 (1984). (14) J. P. Richard and W. P. Jencks, "General Base Catalysis of the Addition of Hydroxylic Reagents to Unstable Carbocations and Its Disappearance", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106, 1396-1401 (1984). 2 (15) K.-F. R. Sheu, H.-T. Ho, L. D. Nolan, P. Markovitz, J. P. Richard, M. F. Utter and P. A. Frey, "The Stereochemical Course of Thiophosphoryl Group Transfer Catalyzed by Mitochondrial Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase", Biochemistry, 23, 1779-1783 (1984). (16) J. P. Richard, "Acid-Base Catalysis of the Elimination and Isomerization Reactions of Triose Phosphates", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106, 4926-4936 (1984). (17) J. P. Richard, "Reaction of Triose Phosphate Isomerase with L-Glyceraldehyde 3- Phosphate and Triose 1,2 Enediol 3-Phosphate", Biochemistry, 24, 949-953 (1985). (18) M. E. Rothenberg, J. P. Richard and W. P. Jencks, "Equilibrium Constants for the Interconversion of Substituted 1-Phenylethyl Alcohols and Ethers. A Measurement of Intramolecular Electrostatic Interactions", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 107, 1340-1346 (1985). (19) J. P. Richard, "Surprisingly Small Effect of an α-CF3 for α-CH3 Substitution on 1-(4- Methoxyphenyl)ethyl Cation Reactivity", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 108, 6819-6820 (1986). (20) J. P. Richard, "Desolvation-Limited Reactions of Amines with the 1-(4-Methylthio- phenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Carbocation", Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1768-1769 (1987). (21) J. P. Richard, "The Extraordinarily Long Lifetimes and Other Properties of Highly Destabilized Ring-Substituted 1-Phenyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Carbocations", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 111, 1455-1465 (1989). (22) J. P. Richard, "Reduction of the 1-(4-Methylthiophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Carbocation by Sodium Sulfite", Tetrahedron Letters, 30, 23-26 (1989). (23) J. P. Richard, "Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Amines with Ring-Substituted 1-Phenyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Carbocations", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 111, 6735-6744 (1989). (24) T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "Concurrent Stepwise and Concerted Substitution Reactions of 4-Methoxybenzyl Derivatives and the Lifetime of the 4-Methoxybenzyl Carbocation", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 112, 9507-9512 (1990). (25) J. P. Richard, T. L. Amyes, L. Bei and V. Stubblefield, "The Effect of β-Fluorine Substituents on the Rate and Equilibrium Constants for the Reactions of α-Substituted 4-Methoxybenzyl Carbocations and on the Reactivity of a Simple Quinone Methide", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 112, 9513-9519 (1990). (26) T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "Carbocation Lifetimes that are Independent of Carbocation Stability: The Reaction of α-Substituted 4-Methoxybenzyl Carbocations", Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 200-202 (1991). (27) T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "Kinetic and Thermodynamic Stability of α-Azidobenzyl Carbocations: Putative Intermediates in the Schmidt Reaction", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 113, 1867-1869 (1991). (28) J. P. Richard, "Kinetic Parameters for the Elimination Reaction Catalyzed by Triosephosphate Isomerase and an Estimation of the Reaction's Physiological Significance", Biochemistry, 30, 4581-4585 (1991). (29) J. P. Richard, "Mechanisms for the Uncatalyzed and Hydrogen Ion Catalyzed Reactions of a Simple Quinone Methide with Solvent and Halide Ions", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 113, 4588-4595 (1991). (30) J. P. Richard, T. L. Amyes and T. Vontor, "Absence of Nucleophilic Assistance by Solvent and Azide Ion to the Reaction of Cumyl Derivatives: Mechanism of Nucleophilic 3 Substitution at Tertiary Carbon", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 113, 5871- 5873 (1991). (31) J. P. Richard, T. L. Amyes and I. W. Stevens, "Generation and Determination of the Lifetime of an α-Carbonyl Substituted Carbocation", Tetrahedron Letters, 32, 4255-4258 (1991). (32) T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "How Do Reaction Mechanisms Change? Appearance of Concerted Pericyclic Elimination for the Reaction of Cumyl Derivatives", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 113, 8960-8961 (1991). (33) J. P. Richard, "On the Importance of Reactions of Carbocation Ion Pairs in Water: Common Ion Inhibition of Solvolysis of 1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Bromide and Trapping of an Ion-Pair Intermediate by Solvent", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 57, 625-629 (1992). (34) J. P. Richard, T. L. Amyes and T. Vontor, "Reactions of Ring-Substituted 1-Phenyl- 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Carbocations with Nucleophilic Reagents: A Bridge Between Carbocations Which Follow the Reactivity-Selectivity "Principle" and the N+ Scale", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 114, 5626-5634 (1992). (35) T. L. Amyes, J. P. Richard and M. Novak, "Experiments and Calculations for Determination of the Stabilities of Benzyl, Benzhydryl and Fluorenyl Carbocations: Antiaromaticity Revisited", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 114, 8032-8041 (1992). (36) T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "Generation and Stability of a Simple Thiol Ester Enolate in Aqueous Solution", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 114, 10297-10302 (1992). (37) V. Jagannadham, T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "How Delocalised are Resonance- stabilised 1-[4-(N-Methyl-N-alkylamino)phenyl]-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Carbocations?", Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2, 171-174 (1993). (38) J. P. Richard and P. E. Yeary, "On the Importance of Carbocation Intermediates in Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions in Aqueous Solution", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 115, 1739-1744 (1993). (39) J. P. Richard, T. L. Amyes and D. J. Rice, "Effects of Electronic Geminal Interactions on the Solvolytic Reactivity of Methoxymethyl Derivatives", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 115, 2523-2524 (1993). (40) V. Jagannadham, T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "Kinetic and Thermodynamic Stabilities of α-Oxygen- and α-Sulfur-Stabilized Carbocations in Solution", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 115, 8465-8466 (1993). (41) T. L. Amyes, I. W. Stevens and J. P. Richard, "The Effects of α-Substituents on the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Stability of 4-Methoxybenzyl Carbocations: Carbocation Lifetimes that are Independent of their Thermodynamic Stability", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 58, 6057-6066 (1993). (42) R. A. McClelland, F. L. Cozens, S. Steenken, T. L. Amyes and J. P. Richard, "Direct Observation of β-Fluoro-substituted 4-Methoxyphenethyl Cations by Laser Flash Photolysis", Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2, 1717-1722 (1993). (43)
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