Hydrogen-Bonding Behavior of Amidines in Helical Structure
O'Brien, A. E.; Purslow, J. A.; Wall B. J.; VanVeller, B. Chemical Science202415, 18992–18999 DOI: 10.1039/D4SC06108J
Facile, mechanochemical functionalization of hydrophobic substrates for single walled carbon nanotube based optical reporters of hydrolase activity
Elhambakhsh, A.; Abbasi, M.; Dutter, C.; McDaniel, M.; VanVeller, B.; Hillier, A.; Reuel, N. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces202416, 62547–62556 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c13800
Thermal Rearrangement of the S–N Bond of Thiooxime Esters
Wall, B. J.; Byerly-Duke, J.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2024, 89, 15312–15316 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01571
Complimentary Strategies for Installation of Thioimidates into Peptide Backbones
Byerly-Duke, J.; Donovan A.; O'Brien E. A.; Sharma, K. K.; Ibrahim, R.; Stanley, L. M.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2024, 89, 14755–14761 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01386
Thioimidates Provide General Access to Thioamide, Amidine, and Imidazolone Peptide-Bond Isosteres
Byerly-Duke, J.; O'Brien, A. E.; Wall B. J.; VanVeller, B. Methods in Enzymology2024, 698, 27–55 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2024.04.012
General Installation of (4H)-Imidazolone cis-Amide Bioisosteres Along the Peptide Backbone
Wall B. J.; Sharma, K. K.; O'Brien, A. E.; Donovan, A.; VanVeller, B. Journal of the American Chemical Society2024, 146, 11648–11656 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13825
Thioimidate Solutions to Thioamide Problems during Thionopeptide Deprotection
Byerley-Duke, J.; VanVeller, B. Organic Letters2024, 5, 1452–1457 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00035
An Anomeric Answer to Sulfenamide Stability and α-Nucleophilicity
Wall, B. J.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2023, 88, 15067–15072 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01520
Protein Conformational Dynamics Underlay Selective Recognition of
Thermophilic over Mesophilic Enzyme I by a Substrate Analogue
Singh, A.; Burns, D.; Sedinkin, S.; VanVeller, B.; Potoyan, D.; Venditti, V. Biomolecules2023, 13, 160–174 DOI: 10.3390/biom13010160
A General Strategy to Install Amidine Functional Groups Along the Peptide Backbone
O'Brien, E. A.; Sharma, K. K.; Byerly-Duke, J.; Camacho III, L. A.; VanVeller, B. Journal of the American Chemical Society2022, 144, 22397–22402 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09085
Attached Nitrogen Test by 13C–14N Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy for the Structure Determination of Heterocyclic Isomers
Dorn, R. W.; Wall, B. J.; Ference, S. B.; Norris, S. R.; Lubach, J. W.; Rossini, A. J.; VanVeller, B. Organic Letters2022, 24, 5635–5640 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01576
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Hydrogen Bond and Geometry Effects of Thioamide Backbone Modifications
Lampkin, B. J.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2021, 86, 18287–18291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02373
Investigation of a Series of 2-(2’-Hydroxyaryl)benzazole Derivatives: Photophysical Properties, Excited-State Intramolecular Proton-Transfer Reactions and Observation of Long-Lived Triplet Excited States
Li, Y.; Bai, X.; Liang, R.; Zhang, X.; Nguyen, Y. H.; VanVeller, B.; Du, L.; Phillips, D. L. Journal of Physical Chemistry B2021, 47, 12981–12989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05798
● JCP special issue to honor George Schatz
Molecular Conformation in Charge Tunneling across Large-Area Junctions
Du, C.; Norris, S. R.; Thakur, A.; Chen, J.; VanVeller, B.; Thuo, M. Journal of the American Chemical Society2021, 143, 13878–13886 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06622
Magnetic shielding paints an accurate and easy-to-visualize portrait of aromaticity
Karadakov, P. B.; VanVeller, B. Chemical Communications2021, 57, 9504–9513 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03701C
Determination of Diffusion Kinetics of Ketamine in Brain Tissue: Implications for in vitro Mechanistic Studies of Drug Actions
Geiger, Z.; VanVeller, B.; Lopez, Z.; Harrata, A. K.; Battani, K.; Points, L. J.; Yuan, L. L. Frontiers in Neuroscience2021, DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.678978
A Decision Tree for Retrosynthetic Analysis
VanVeller, B. Journal of Chemical Education2021, 98, 2726–2729 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00447
Surface-grafted and covalently cross-Linked polymeric ionic liquids with tunable morphology via in/ex-situ methods
Demirci, S.; Demirci, S. K.; VanVeller, B. ACS Macro Letters2020, 9, 1806–1811 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00632
Detailed visualization of aromaticity using isotropic magnetic shielding
Lampkin, B. J.; Karadakov, P. B.; VanVeller, B. Angewandte Chemie International Edition2020, 59, 19275–19281 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008362
Fast Acquisition of Proton Detected HETCOR Solid-State NMR Spectra of Quadrupolar Nuclei and Rapid Measurement of NH Bond Lengths by Frequency Selective HMQC and RESPDOR Pulse Sequences
Wijesekara, A. V.; Venkatesh, A.; Lampkin, B. J.; VanVeller, B.; Lubach, J. W.; Nagapudi, K.; Hung, I.; Gor’kov, P. L.; Gan, Z.; Rossini, A. J. Chemistry – A European Journal2020, 26, 7881–7888 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000390
The Malleable Excited States of Benzothiadiazole Dyes and Investigation of their Potential for Photochemical Control
Warner, C. C.; Thooft, A. M.; Norris, S. R.; Lampkin, B. J.; Demirci, S. K.; VanVeller, B. ChemistrySelect2020, 5, 7016–7020 DOI: 10.1002/slct.202001980
Visible-light photocleavable protecting groups based on benzothiadiazole scaffolds
Norris, S.; Warner, C. C.; Thooft, A. M.; Demirci, S. K.; Lampkin, B. J.; Miner, K.; Ellern A.; VanVeller, B. Organic Letters2020, 22, 270–273 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04268
Controlled supramolecular complexation of cyclodextrin-functionalized polymeric ionic liquid brushes
Demirci, S.; Demirci, S. K.; VanVeller, B. ACS Applied Polymer Materials2020, 2, 751–757 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b01058
Selective staining and quantification of intracellular lipid droplets with CBD-Fluor, a more sensitive push-pull fluorophore
Suarez, S. I.; Warner, C. C.; Brown-Harding, H.; Thooft, A. M. VanVeller, B.; Lukesh, J. C. III Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry2020, 18, 495-499 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02486g
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Deprotection strategies for thioimidates during Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis: A safe route to thioamides
Camacho III, L. A.; Nguyen, Y. H.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2019, 84, 15309-15314 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02317
A bottom-up approach to preserve thioamide residue stereochemistry during Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis
Camacho III, L. A.; Lampkin, B. J.; VanVeller, B. Organic Letters2019, 21, 7015-7018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02598
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Demonstration of Baird's rule complementarity in the singlet state and implications for excited-state intramolecular proton transfer
Lampkin, B. J.; Nguyen, Y. H.; Karadakov, P.; VanVeller, B. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics2019, 21, 11608-11614 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP02050K
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Synthesis and spectral properties of push-pull dyes based on isobenzofuran scaffolds
Norris, S. R.; Warner, C. C.; Lampkin, B. J.; Bouc, P. M.; VanVeller, B. Organic Letters2019, 21, 3817-3821 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01260
Tuning electrochemical redox potentials with boronic acid derivatives
Robole, Z.; Rahn, K.; Lampkin, B. J.; Anand, R. K.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2019, 84, 2346-2350 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b03087
Proton Detected 1H-17O Double Resonance Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Carnahan, S.; Lampkin, B. J.; Pranjali, N.; Hanrahan, M.; Slowing, I.; VanVeller, B.; Gang, W.; Rossini, A. Journal of the American Chemical Society2019, 141, 441-450 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b10878
A designed protein binding-pocket to control excited-state intramolecular proton transfer fluorescence
Lampkin, B. J.; Monteiro, C.; Powers, E. T.; Bouc, P.; Kelly, J. W.; VanVeller, B. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry2019, 17, 1076-1080 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob02673d
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Open resonance assisted hydrogen bonds and competing quasiaromaticity
Nguyen, Y.; Lampkin, B.; Venkatesh, A.; Ellern, A.; Rossini, A.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2018, 83, 9850-9857. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01331
Understanding interface (odd-even) effects in charge tunneling using polished EGaIn electrode
Chen, J.; Giroux, T.; Nguyen, Y.; Kadoma, A.; Chang, B.; VanVeller, B.; Thuo, M. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics2018, 20, 4864-4878 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07531f
A small push-pull fluorophore for turn-on fluorescence
Thooft, A. M.; Cassaidy, K.; VanVeller, B. Journal of Organic Chemistry2017, 82, 8842-8847. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00939
S-5-Ethynyl-anabasine, a novel compound, is a more potent agonist than other nicotine alkaloids on the nematode Asu-ACR-16 receptor
Zheng, F.; Du, X.; Robertson, A. P.; Yu, E. W.; VanVeller, B.; Martin, R. J. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance2016, 7, 12-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2016.12.001
BEFORE ISU
Target selection by natural and redesigned PUF proteins
Porter, D. F.; Koh, Y. Y.; VanVeller, B.; Raines, R. T.; Wickens, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.2015, 112, 15868-15873. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508501112
Convenient synthesis of collagen-related tripeptides for segment condensation
Ellison, A. J.; VanVeller, B.; Raines, R. T. Biopolymers2015, 104, 674-681. DOI: 10.1002/bip.22700
Thioamides in the collagen triple helix
Newberry, R. W.; VanVeller, B.; Raines, R. T. Chemical Communications2015, 51, 9624-9627. DOI: 10.1039/c5cc02685g
Signatures of n→π* interactions in proteins
Newberry, R. W.; Bartlett, G. J.; VanVeller, B.; Woolfson, D. N.; Raines, R. T. Protein Science2014, 23, 284-288. DOI: 10.1002/pro.2413
Interplay of hydrogen bonds and n→π* interactions in proteins
Bartlett, G. J.; Newberry, R. W.; VanVeller, B.; Raines, R. T.; Woolfson, D. N. Journal of the American Chemical Society2013, 135, 18682-18688. DOI: 10.1021/ja4106122
Thiols and selenols as relay catalysts for disulfide-bond reduction
Lukesh, J. C. III; VanVeller, B.; Raines, R. T. Angewendte Chemie International Edition2013, 52, 12901-12904. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307481
- Cover Article, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309405
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A divalent protecting group for benzoxaboroles
VanVeller, B.; Aronoff, M. A.; Raines, R. T. RSC Advances2013, 3, 21331-21334. DOI: 10.1039/c3ra44385j
A Selective detection of boronic acids through ESIPT fluorescence
Aronoff, M. A.; VanVeller, B.; Raines, R. T. Organic Letters2013, 15, 5382-5385. DOI: 10.1021/ol402714k
n→π* Interactions of amides and thioamides: implications for protein stability
Newberry, R. W.; VanVeller, B.; Guzei, I. A.; Raines, R. T. Journal of the American Chemical Society2013, 135, 7843-7846. DOI: 10.1021/ja4033583 - JACS Spotlight J. Am. Chem. Soc.2013, 135, 8431. DOI: 10.1021/ja405586p
- Chemical & Engineering News2012, 90 (36), 68-71. Link: Tweeks Boost Protein Stability
Synthesis and properties of triptycene-containing polyetherolefins via acyclic diene metathesis polymerization
Sydlik, S. A.; Delgado, P. A.; Inomata, S.; VanVeller, B.; Yang, Y.; Swager, T. M.; Wagener, K. B. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry.2013, 51, 1695-1706. DOI: 10.1002/pola.26557
Polycyclic aromatic triptycenes: oxygen substitution cyclization strategies
VanVeller, B.; Schipper, D. J.; Swager, T. M. Journal of the American Chemical Society2012, 134, 7282-7285. DOI: 10.1021/ja3018253
Fluorescent amphiphiles: a novel tool for designing mild topical conference
Seto, J.; Polat, B.; VanVeller, B.; Lopez, R.; Langer, R.; Blankschtein, D. Journal of Controlled Release2012, 158, 85-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.10.018
Triptycene diols: a strategy for synthesizing planar π-systems
VanVeller, B.; Robinson, D.; Swager, T. M. Angewendte Chemie International Edition2012, 51, 1182-1186. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106985
Absolute rate constants for 5-deazariboflavin triplet excited state in one-electron transfer processes
Barra, M.; VanVeller, B.; Verberne, C. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry2011, 225, 113-116. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.10.007
An experimental and molecular dynamics investigation into the amphiphilic nature of sulforhodamine B
Polat, B. E.; Lin, S.; Mendenhall, J. D.; VanVeller, B.; Langer, R.; Blankschtein, D. Journal of Physical Chemistry B2011, 115, 1394-1402. DOI: 10.1021/jp109866q
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Synthesis of azaperylene-9,10-dicarboximides
Andrew, T. L.; VanVeller, B.; Swager, T. M. Synlett2010, 3045-3048. DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259060
Biocompatible post-polymerization functionalization of a water soluble poly(p-phenylene ethynylene)
VanVeller, B.; Swager, T. M. Chemical Communications2010, 5761–5763. DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01456g
Poly(aryleneethynylene)s
VanVeller, B.; Swager, T. M. Design and Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers, Leclerc, M.; Morin, J., Eds. Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2010; Chapter 5
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629787
Rigid hydrophilic structures for improved properties of conjugated polymers and nitrotyrosine sensing in water
VanVeller, B.; Miki, K.; Swager, T. M. Organic Letters2010, 12, 1292–1295. DOI: 10.1021/ol1001768
PATENTS
(S)-5-Ethynyl-anabasine, derivatives thereof, and related compositions and methods of making and using
Zheng, F.; Du, X.; Robertson, A. P.; Yu, E. W.; VanVeller, B.; Martin, R. J. U.S. Provisional Patent No. 62/424,496.
Protecting groups for boronic acids
Raines, R. T.; VanVeller, B.; Aronoff, M. A. U.S. Patent No. 9,085,590.