Johnson Group Publication List


9. R. P. Johnson* and M. W. Schmidt, "The Sudden Polarization Effect: MCSCF Calculations on Twisted Methylenecyclopropene," J. Am. Chem. Soc . , 103 , 3244-3249 (1981).

10. R. P. Johnson* and K. Schlimgen Davis, "Photochemistry of Benzotricyclo [3.2.0.02,7]heptene: Singlet Excited State Reactions Derived from Cyclopropane Ring Cleavage," Tetrahedron Letters , 3171-3174 (1981).

11. E. Haselbach*, L. Neuhaus, R. P. Johnson, K. N. Houk and M. N. Paddon- Row, " Orbital Interactions in Mobius-Type Molecules as Studied by Photoelectron Spectroscopy", Helv. Chim. Acta , 65 , 1743-1751 (1982).

12. M. W. Schmidt, R. O. Angus, Jr. and R. P. Johnson*, "Small-Ring Cyclic Allenes: An Ab Initio Study of 1,2-Cyclohexadiene", J. Am. Chem. Soc . , 104 , 6838-6839 (1982).

13. R.O. Angus, Jr. and R.P. Johnson*, "A Butatriene Cycloaddition Equivalent Approach to the Multiple Linear Homologation of Six- Membered Rings and the Synthesis of Benzocyclobutenes", J. Org. Chem . , 48 , 273-277 (1983).

14. M.W. Klett and R.P. Johnson*, "Cumulene Photochemistry: Photoaddition of Neutral Methanol to Phenylallenes", Tetrahedron Letters , 1107-1110 (1983).

15. T.J. Stierman and R.P. Johnson*, "Cumulene Photochemistry: Photorearrangement of 1,2-Cyclononadiene to a Bicyclic Cyclopropene", J. Am. Chem. Soc . 105 , 2492-2493 (1983).

16. M. W. Klett and R. P. Johnson*, "Cumulene Photochemistry: Phenyl and Hydrogen Migration in Phenylallene Photoreactions", Tetrahedron Letters  2523-2526 (1983).

17. B. Lam and R. P. Johnson*, "Polarized Nonvertical Excited States: A FORS-MCSCF and CI Study of Torsion and Bending in Allene", J. Am. Chem. Soc . , 105 , 7479-7483 (1983).

18. R. O. Angus, Jr. and R. P. Johnson* "Small-Ring Cyclic Cumulenes: The Structure and Energetics of Cyclic Butatrienes and the Synthesis of 1,2,3-Cyclononatriene", J. Org. Chem . , 49 , 2880-2883 (1984).

19. R. P. Johnson, "An Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Study of the Phenyl Radical", J. Org. Chem . , 49 , 4857-4859 (1984).

20. R. O. Angus, Jr., M. W. Schmidt and R. P. Johnson*, "Small-Ring Cyclic Cumulenes: Theoretical Studies of the Structure and Barrier to Inversion in Cyclic Allenes", J. Am. Chem. Soc . , 107 , 532-537 (1985).

21. J. D. Price and R. P. Johnson*, "Cumulene Photochemistry: Evidence for Cis and Trans Cyclopropylidene Intermediates in the Photoreactions of 1,2-cyclodecadiene", J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 107 , 2187-2189 (1985).

22. J. D. Price and R. P. Johnson*, "Thermal Rearrangements of Cyclic Allenes via Retro-Ene Reactions:, Tetrahedron Letters , 2499-2502 (1985).

23. R. P. Johnson, "Cumulene Photochemistry", Organic Photochemistry , Volume 7, Chpt. 2, A. Padwa, Editor, 1985.

24. M. W. Klett and R.P. Johnson*, "Cumulene Photochemistry: Photorearrangements of Tetraphenyl and Triphenyl C3 Isomers", J. Am. Chem. Soc .  107, 3963-3971 (1985).

25. T. J. Stierman and R.P. Johnson*, "Cumulene Photochemistry: Singlet and Triplet Photorearrangements of 1,2-Cyclononadiene", J. Am. Chem. Soc . , 107, 3971-3980 (1985).

26. M. W. Klett and R. P. Johnson*, "Photogeneration of Triphenyl C3 Radical Cations: Pathways Involving Deprotonation and Nucleophilic Addition", J. Am. Chem. Soc . , 107 , 6615-6620 (1985).

27. R. P. Johnson "The Structure and Energetics of Cyclic Alkenes, Alkynes, and Cumulenes", a chapter for "Molecular Structures and Energetics", Volume 3, Verlag-Chemie International, J.F. Liebman and A. Greenberg, (Eds.), 1986.

28. J. D. Price and R. P. Johnson*, "Small-Ring Cyclic Cumulenes: Synthesis of a Kinetically Stable 1,2- Cyclooctadiene", J.D. Price and R.P. Johnson*, Tetrahedron Letters 27 , 4679 4682 (1986).

29. R. O. Angus Jr., M. Janakiraman, R. A. Jacobsen* and R. P. Johnson*, "Synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Structure of Bis(triphenylphosphine) chloro-(1,2,3-cyclononatriene)rhodium", Organometallics . , 6 , 1909 (1987)

30. R. O. Angus, Jr. and R. P. Johnson*, "Columnar Homoconjugation", J. Org. Chem . , 53 , 314 317 (1988).

31. R. P. Johnson, "Cyclic Cumulenes", an invited chapter for "Advances in Theoretically Interesting Molecules", R. P. Thummel, Editor, JAI Press, 1989.

32. D. W. Kurtz* and R. P. Johnson, " A Valence Isomer Trapping Procedure for Introductory Organic Laboratory: Synthesis of a Homobarrelene Derivative", J. Chem. Educ ., 66 , 873 874 (1989).

33. R. P. Johnson, "Strained Cyclic Cumulenes", Chem. Rev ., 89 , 1111 1124 (1989).

34. T. J. Stierman, W. M. Shakespeare and R. P. Johnson*,"Cumulene Photochemistry: Substituent Effects on the Mechanism of 1,2 Cyclononadiene Photochemistry", J. Org. Chem . , 55 , 1043 1047 (1990).

35. J. E. Chateauneuf*, R. P. Johnson* and M. M. Kirchhoff, "Absolute Kinetics of Dichlorocarbene in Solution", J. Am. Chem. Soc . , 112 , 3217 3218 (1990).

36. L. M. Tolbert*, Md. N. Islam, R. P. Johnson*, P. M. Loiselle and W. C. Shakespeare, "Carbanion Photochemistry: A New Photochemical Route to Strained Cyclic Allenes", J. Am. Chem. Soc . ,112 , 6416 6417 (1990).

37. W. C. Shakespeare and R. P. Johnson*, "1,2,3 Cyclohexatriene and Cyclohexen 3-yne: Two New Highly Strained C6H6 Isomers", J. Am. Chem. Soc . ,112 , 8578 8579 (1990).

38. W. C. Shakespeare and R. P. Johnson*, "An Ab Initio Study of Hydrogen Abstraction by Triplet Cyclopropylidene and Planar Triplet Allene", J. Org. Chem . 56 ,
377 6379 (1991).

39. J. D. Price and R. P. Johnson*, "Cumulene Photochemistry: Photoreactions of a Strained 1,2-Cyclooctadiene", J. Org. Chem . 56 , 6372 6376 (1991).

40. Manli Zheng, Kenneth J. DiRico, Mary M. Kirchhoff, Kristine Phillips, Lisa M. Cuff and Richard P. Johnson*, "Photorearrangements of Acyclic Conjugated Enynes: A Photochemical Analogue of the Bergman Rearrangement" Journal of the American Chemical Society , 115 , 12167 12168 (1993).

41. R. Marshall Wilson* Tatiana N. Romanova, Ardeshir Azadnia, Jeanette A. Krause Bauer and Richard P. Johnson*, "The Argon Laser Jet Initiated Multiple Photon (Reluctant), Electrocyclic Ring Opening of 10,10 Diphenyl 9 (10H) phenanthrenone : A Carbene and Biradical Modeling Study" Tetrahedron Letters 35 , 5401 5404 (1994).

42. Richard P. Johnson* and Kimberly J. Daoust, "Interconversions of Cyclobutyne, Cyclopentyne, Cyclohexyne and Their Corresponding Cycloalkylidenecarbenes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 117 , 362 367 (1995)

43. Richard P. Johnson* and Kenneth DiRico, "Ab Initio Conformational Analysis of trans Cyclohexene", J. Org. Chem. , 60 , 1074 1076 (1995).

44. Richard C. Burrell, Kimberly J. Daoust, Alexander Z. Bradley, Kenneth J. DiRico and Richard P. Johnson* "Strained Cyclic Cumulene Intermediates in Diels-Alder Cycloadditions of Enynes and Diynes", Journal of the American Chemical Society , 118 , 4218 - 4219 (1996).

45.  Susana Hernandez, Mary M. Kirchhoff, Stephen G. Swartz Jr. and Richard P. Johnson*,  "1,2,3-Cyclooctatriene",  Tetrahedron Letters. 37, 4907 - 4910 (1996).

46. Richard P. Johnson* and Kimberly J. Daoust, "Electrocyclic Ring Opening Modes of Dewar Benzenes:  Ab Initio Predictions for Möbius Benzene and trans-Dewar Benzene as New C6H6 Isomers", J. Am. Chem. Soc.1996, 118,  7381 - 7385.

47. Marc Robert, John P. Toscano, Matthew S. Platz*, Sarah C. Abbot, Mary M. Kirchhoff, and Richard P. Johnson*,  “A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Chlorocarbene”,  J. Physical Chem.   1996, 100,  18426 - 18430.

48.  Alexander Z. Bradley and Richard P. Johnson*,  "Thermolysis of 1,3,8-Nonatriyne: Evidence for Intramolecular Cycloaromatization to a Benzyne Intermediate",   J. Am. Chem. Soc.1997, 119,  9917 - 9918.

49. Marc Robert, Igor Likhotvorik, Matthew S. Platz*, Sarah C. Abbot,   Mary M. Kirchhoff, and Richard P. Johnson*,  “A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Alkylhalocarbenes Generated from Non-Nitrogenous Precursors”,  J. Physical Chem.   1998, 102,  1507-1512.

50. M. Nigam, M. S. Platz*,  B.  M.  Showalter, J.  P. Toscano,  R. P. Johnson*,  S. C. Abbot   and  M. M. Kirchhoff,  "Generation and Study of Benzylchlorocarbene from a Phenanthrene Precursor",  J.  Am. Chem. Soc.   1998, 120, 8055 - 8059.

51. Martin  G. Kociolek and Richard P. Johnson*,  "Intramolecular Thermal Cyclotrimerization of an Acyclic Triyne:  An Uncatalyzed Process", Tetrahedron Letters  , 1999, 40,  4141 - 4144.

52.   Alexander Z. Bradley, Martin G. Kociolek and Richard P. Johnson , "Conformational Selectivity in the  Diels-Alder Cycloaddition:   Predictions for Reactions of  s-trans-1,3-Butadienes " J. Org. Chem.  2000, 65,  7134 - 7138.

53.  Richard P. Johnson, "From Photochemistry to Strained Molecules...and Back Again", Inter-American Photochemical Society Newsletter  2000, 23,  56-64.

54.   John E. Mabry and Richard P. Johnson "Beyond the Brown Rearrangement:  A Trialene Mechanism for Long Range Carbon Automerization in Conjugated Polyynes",  J. Am. Chem. Soc. February, 2002, 124, 6497 - 6501.

55.  Chaomin Li,  Richard P. Johnson and John A. Porco, Jr.  "Total Synthesis of the Quinone Epoxide Dimer (+)-Torreyanic Acid: Application of a Biomimetic Oxidation/ Electrocyclization/Diels-Alder Dimerization Cascade",  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5095-5106.

56. Xiaoguang Lei, Richard P. Johnson and John A. Porco Jr.,  “Total Synthesis of the Ubiquitin-Activating Enzyme Inhibitor (+)-Panepophenanthrin”,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 3913 – 3917.

57.  Book chapter:   R. P. Johnson,    “Highly Unsaturated Cyclobutane Derivatives”,  The Chemistry of Cyclobutanes,  Z. Rappoport and J. F. Liebman,  Eds.,  Chapter 14,    p 589 – 616,  John Wiley & Sons,  2005.

58.  Kimberly J. Daoust, Susanna M. Hernandez, Kaleen M. Konrad, Iain D. Mackie, James Winstanley Jr. and Richard P. Johnson*   “Strain Estimates for Small-Ring Cyclic Allenes and Butatrienes”  J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 5708 – 5714.

59.  Kacperski, Michal; Waske, Prashant A.; Durant, Yvon G.*; Johnson, Richard P.*  Degradable polyurethanes based on imine and acetal chemistry.    Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry)  2007 48(2),  202.  

60.  Kacperski, Michal; Waske, Prashant A.; Durant, Yvon G.*; Johnson, Richard P.*  “Polyurethane foams reinforced by modified carbon nanotubes.”    Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry)  200748(2),  429-430.

61.  Iain D. Mackie and Richard P. Johnson  Thermal Rearrangements of 2-Ethynylbiphenyl:  A DFT Study of Competing Reaction Mechanisms, (Featured Article). J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74 , 499–503.

62.  Chong Han,  Sathish Rangarajan, Alicia C Voukides, Aaron B. Beeler, Richard Johnson and John A. Porco, Jr.* "Reaction Discovery Employing Macrocycles: Transannular Cyclizations of Macrocyclic Bis-lactams" Org. Lett., 2009, 11 (2), 413–416.

63. Richard P. Johnson and Kaleen M. Konrad,  “Strained Cyclic Allenes and Cumulenes”,  Chpt 3. in    “Strained Hydrocarbons:  Beyond the van't Hoff and Le Bel Hypothesis”,  Dodziuk, H. (ed.),  Wiley-VCH, 2009.

64.  Alicia C. Voukides, Kaleen M. Konrad and Richard P. Johnson*,  “Competing Mechanistic Channels in the Oxidation of Aldehydes by Ozone”,  J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 2108–2113.

65. Hee Yeon Cho, Aida Ajaz, Dibya Himali, Prashant Waske and Richard P. Johnson*  “Microwave Flash Pyrolysis" J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 4137-4142.

Book Reviews

"Sources and Applications of Ultraviolet Radiation", by Roger Phillips, Academic Press, 1983, Review:  J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  107, 5583, (1985).    

"Excited States and Photochemistry of Organic Molecules" by Martin Klessinger and Josef Michl, VCH Publishers, Inc.  1995, Photochemistry and Photobiology,  (1996),  64(1),  229.

 “Modern Allene Chemistry”, Volumes 1-2 Edited by Norbert Krause (University of Dortmund, Germany) and A. Stephen K. Hashmi (University of Stuttgart, Germany). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim. 2004.    Johnson, R. P.  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005; 127(47); 16748.