Publications

French, Andrew N.  “Clean, Green Chiral Reactions—Just Add a Salt”, Science, 2010, 329(5984), 1365 – 1366.

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Altermann, S. M.; Richardson, R. D.; Page, T. K.; Schmidt, R. K.; Holland, E.; Mohammed, U.; Paradine, S. M.; French, A. N.; Richter, C.; Bahar, A. M.; Witulski, B.; T. Wirth, “Catalytic Enantioselective α-Oxysulfonylation of Ketones Mediated by Iodoarenes”, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2008, 5315- 5328.

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Richardson, R. D.; Page, T. K.; Altermann, S.; Paradine, S. M.; French, A. N.; Wirth, T. “Enantioselective α-Oxytosylation of Ketones Catalysed by Iodoarenes” Synlett, 2007(3), 538-542.
French, A. N.; Cole, J.; Wirth, T. “Tetrahydrofuranylation of Alcohols using Hypervalent Iodine Reagents” Synlett, 2004(13), 2291 – 2293.

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French, A. N.; Bissmire, S.; Wirth, T. “Iodine Electrophiles in Stereoselective Reactions: Recent Developments and Synthetic Applications” Chem. Soc. Rev., 2004, 33, 354 – 362.

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Boye, A. C.; Meyer, D.; Ingison, C. K.; French, A. N.; Wirth, T. “Novel Lactonization with Phenonium Ion Participation Induced by Hypervalent Iodine Reagents” Organic Letters, 2003, 5, 2157 – 2159.

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Hirt, U.H.; French, A.N.; Wiest, O. G.; Wirth, T. “Chiral Hypervalent Organo-Iodine(III) Compounds” Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2001, 1569 – 1579.

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Posner, G. H.; Wang, D.; Cumming, J. N.; Oh, C. H.; French, A. N.; Bodley, A. L.; Shapiro, T.A. “Further Evidence Supporting the Importance of and the Restrictions on a Carbon-Centered Radical for High Antimalarial Activity of 1,2,4-Trioxanes Like Artemisinin” J. Med. Chem., 1995, 38, 2273-2275.

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French, A. N.; Wilson, S. R.; Katzenellenbogen, J. A. “A Synthesis of 7α-substituted Estradiols: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a 7α-BODIPYTM Fluorescent Conjugate and a Fluorine-18 Labeled 7α-pentyl Estradiol Analog” Steroids, 1993, 58, 157-169.

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French, A. N.; Napolitano, E.; VanBrocklin, H. F.; Brodack, J. W.; Hanson, R. N.; Welch, M. J.; Katzenellenbogen, J. A. “Synthesis and Evaluation of 11β-Fluoroalkyl and Fluoroalkoxy Estradiols as Potential Imaging Agents for Hormone Dependent Breast Tumor”  Nucl. Med. Biol., 1993, 20, 31-47.

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Posner, G. H.; Carry, J-C.; Anjeh, T. E. N.; French, A. N. “A New and Efficient Asymmetric Synthesis of an A-Ring Precursor to the Physiologically Active 1α-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Steroids” J. Org. Chem., 1992, 57, 7012-7014.

French, A. N.; Napolitano, E.; VanBrocklin, H. F.; Brodack, J. W.; Hanson, R. N.; Welch, M. J.; Katzenellenbogen, J. A. “The β-Heteroatom Effect in Metabolic Defluorination: The Interaction of Resonance and Inductive Effects May be a Fundamental Determinant in the Metabolic Lability of Fluorine-Substituted Compounds” Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals, 1991, 30, 431-433.

Newman, A. R.; French, A. N. “Synthesis of Organohydroxylamine Complexes of Iron(II) Tetraphenylporphyrin” Inorganica Chimica Acta, 1987, 129, L37-L39.

Presentations:

1)      “Using Tablet Computers in Organic Chemistry: Implementation and Assessment of Teaching and Learning” A.N. French, K.Shanton, G.Cox, Invited Talk to Sympsium on Using Technology to Enhance Teaching of Organic chemistry at the Chem. Ed. Division of the American Chemical Society’s 238th Annual Meeting, August, 2009.

2)      “The Development of a Multi-Media Dialogue Changing the Topography of the 21st Century Classroom” A.N. French, K.Shanton, G.Cox, Invited Talk SOTL Academy Conference, May19, 2009.

3)      “Implementing tablet PCs into organic chemistry lecture: A blind integrated assessment plan of student use and learning” A.N. French, K.Shanton, G.Cox, Invited Poster at the Chem. Ed. Division of the American Chemical Society’s 237th Annual Meeting, March 18, 2009.

4)      ” Co-Evolution of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment-Changing the Topography of the 21st Century Classroom” A.N. French, K.Shanton, G.Cox, Invited Talk to NITLE Annual Meeting, DePauw University, February, 2009

5)      “Adventures with Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagents – a Story of International Collaborations”, A.N.French, Invited Lecture presented at the University of Mainz, Germany, July 26, 2007.

6)      “Thermal and microwave-assisted 2-tetrahydrofuranylation of simple alcohols using hypervalent iodine reagents”, A. N. French, J. Cole and T. Wirth, Invited Poster presented at the “Cardiff Symposium on Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry”, Cardiff University, May 24 – 26, 2004.

7)      “Techniques and Projects Component Program: Research for Sophomore Organic Students”, A. N. French and C. E. Harris, Invited Talk to Symposium “NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum”, at the Chem. Ed. Division of the American Chemical Society’s 224th Annual Meeting, August 18-24, 2002.

8)      “Undergraduate Research IS Teaching: The Techniques and Projects Component Program for Organic Lab”, A. N. French and C. E. Harris, Poster presented at the Chem. Ed. Division of the American Chemical Society’s 223rd Annual Meeting, April 7-11, 2002.

9)      “Alumina Supported Potassium Permanganate: New, Accessible, Safe and Interesting Research Experiences in the Sophomore Organic Laboratory”, C. E. Harris, and A. N. French, Poster presented at the Chem. Ed. Division of the American Chemical Society’s 223rd Annual Meeting, April 7-11, 2002.

10)   “Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Compounds in Stereoselective Synthesis”, T. Wirth, A. N. French, Invited Talk, 1st International Conference on Hypervalent Iodine: New Methodologies and Applications, with Emphasis in the Synthesis of Drugs and Natural Products, Kallithea, Halkidiki, Greece, September 12 – 14, 2001

11)  “Sex Pheromones and Iodine:  Chemistry Research in the French Laboratory at Albion College (and elsewhere)”, Invited Lecture, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, May 24, 2001.

12)   “Synthesis and Evaluation of New Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagents: A Collaboration”, Invited Lecture, Michigan State University, Nov. 29, 2000.

13)  “Synthesis and Evaluation of Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagents”, Invited Lecture, Andrews University, Oct. 19, 2000.

14)  “Synthesis and Evaluation of ortho-Substituted Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Reagents.”, T. Wirth, U. Hirt, M.F.H. Schuster, and A. N. French, Poster presented at the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society’s 219th Annual Meeting, March 26-30, 2000.

15)  “Conformational Analysis of Chiral Hypervalent Iodine Compounds:  A New Working Model to Explain Facial Selectivity using DFT Calculations”, U. H. Hirt, A. N. French, O. G. Wiest, T. Wirth, Poster presented at the WATOC99 5th World Congress of Theoretically Oriented Chemists, Imperial College, London Aug. 1– 6, 1999.

16)  “From Spider Pheromones to Hypervalent Iodine: Research in the French Laboratory at Albion College” Invited Lecture, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland, July 5, 1999.

17)  “Learning Chemistry While Navigating the Web”, A. N. French, P. W. Atkins, L. L. Jones, M. R. Julet, Invited Talk Presented at the National American Chemical Society Meeting, Symposium on Chemistry Teaching and the WWW, San Francisco, March, 1997.