1980 – 1989
- Daniel L. Comins and William Dernell, “A One‑pot Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Secondary Alcohols From Two Grignard Reagents,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1981, 22, 1085.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “The In Situ Protection of Aldehydes via a‑Amino Alkoxides,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1981, 22, 4213.
- Daniel L. Comins and Abdul H. Abdullah, “Regioselective Addition of Grignard Reagents to 1‑Acylpyridinium Salts. A Convenient Method for the Synthesis of 4‑Alkyl(Aryl)pyridines,” J. Org. Chem., 1982, 47, 4315.
- Daniel L. Comins, Jack D. Brown, and Nathan B. Mantlo, “A One‑Pot Ortho Alkylation of Aromatic Aldehydes,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1982, 23, 3979.
- Daniel L. Comins and Nathan B. Mantlo, “Regioselective Arylation of 3‑Bromopyridine,” J. Heterocyclic Chem., 1983, 20, 1239.
- A. I. Meyers, A. L. Campbell, D. L. Comins, K. A. Babiak, M. P. Fleming, R. Henning, M. Heuschmann, J. P. Hudspeth, J. M. Kane, P. J. Reider, D. M. Roland, K. Shimizu, K. Tomioka, and R. D. Walkup, “The Total Synthesis of (‑)‑Maysine,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1983, 105, 5015.
- Daniel L. Comins, Abdul H. Abdullah, and Roy K. Smith, “Intramolecular Diels‑Alder Reactions of 2‑Alkenyl‑1,2‑dihydropyridines. An Approach to the Synthesis of the cis‑Decahydroquinoline Ring System,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1983, 24, 2711.
- Daniel L. Comins and Nathan B. Mantlo, “Synthesis of 3‑Acylpyridines Utilizing a Friedel‑Crafts Reaction,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1983, 24, 3683.
- Daniel L. Comins, “a‑Metalation of 1‑(tert‑Butoxycarbonyl)‑1,4‑dihydropyridines,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1983, 24, 2807.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “Ortho Metalation Directed by a‑Amino Alkoxides. An Improved Synthesis of Ortho‑Substituted Aryl Ketones,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1983, 24, 5465.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “Ortho Metalation Directed by a‑Amino Alkoxides,” J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 1078.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jim Herrick, “A One‑Step Conversion of Esters to Secondary Alcohols with LiBH4‑RMgX,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1984, 25, 1321.
- Daniel L. Comins, Eric Stroud, and James J. Herrick, “Regioselective Addition of Grignard Reagents to the 1‑Phenoxycarbonyl Salts of Alkyl Nicotinates,” Heterocycles, 1984, 22, 151.
- Daniel L. Comins, Roy K. Smith and Eric D. Stroud, “Synthesis of 3‑Halo‑ and 3‑Formyl‑4‑alkylpyridines,” Heterocycles, 1984, 22, 339.
- Daniel L. Comins and Abdul H. Abdullah, “Synthesis of 1‑Acyl‑1,4‑dihydropyridines via Copper Hydride Reduction of 1‑Acylpyridinium Salts,” J. Org. Chem., 1984, 49, 3392.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “Regioselective Addition of Titanium Enolates to 1‑Acylpyridinium Salts. A Convenient Synthesis of 4‑(2‑Oxoalkyl)pyridines,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1984, 25, 3297.
- Daniel L. Comins, Abdul H. Abdullah, and Nathan B. Mantlo, “Synthesis and Synthetic Utility of 1‑Acyl‑2‑alkyl‑4‑
trimethylstannyl‑1,2‑dihydropyridines,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1984, 25, 4867.
- Daniel L. Comins and Abdul H. Abdullah, “Synthesis of the cis‑Decahydroquinoline Ring System via an INOC Reaction of a 1‑Acyldihydropyridine,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1985, 26, 43.
- Daniel L. Comins and Eric D. Stroud, “Synthesis of 4-Alkyl-3-pyridinols from 3-Benzyloxypyridine,” J. Heterocyclic Chem., 1985, 22, 1419.
- Daniel L. Comins and Nathan B. Mantlo, “Regiospecific a‑Alkylation of 4‑Chloro(bromo)pyridine,” Org. Chem., 1985, 50, 4410.
- Daniel L. Comins and Eric D. Stroud, “Synthesis of 3‑Substituted Indoles via N‑Acylindolium Ions,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1986, 27, 1869.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “Addition of Metallo Enolates to 1‑Acylpyridinium Salts. A Short Synthesis of (±)‑Epi‑lupinine,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1986, 27, 2219.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “Directed Lithiation of Tertiary b‑Amino Benzamides,” J. Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 3566.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “Addition of Grignard Reagents to 1‑Acyl‑4‑methoxypyridinium Salts. An Approach to the Synthesis of Quinolizidinones,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1986, 27, 4549.
- Daniel L. Comins and Eric D. Stroud, “Synthesis of 4‑Substituted 3‑Pyridyl Ketones,” Heterocycles, 1986, 24, 3199.
- Daniel L. Comins and Nathan B. Mantlo, “A Regiospecific Synthesis of 5‑Alkyl‑1‑(phenoxycarbonyl) ‑1,2‑dihydropyridines,” Org. Chem., 1986, 51, 5456.
- Daniel L. Comins and Michael O. Killpack, “Lithiation of Heterocycles Directed by a‑Amino Alkoxides,”
- Org. Chem., 1987, 52, 104.
- Daniel L. Comins and Nathan B. Mantlo, “Regioselective Addition of Nucleophiles to 1‑(Phenoxycarbonyl)‑3‑ trialkylstannylpyridinium Salts,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1987, 28, 759.
- Daniel L. Comins and Sean O’Connor, “The Addition of Alkylzinc Iodides to 1‑(Phenoxycarbonyl)pyridinium Salts,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1987, 28, 1843.
- Daniel L. Comins and James J. Herrick, “Synthesis of Substituted 3‑Pyridinecarboxaldehydes,” Heterocycles, 1987,
26, 2159.
- Daniel L. Comins and Donald H. LaMunyon, “Ortho Lithiation of 2‑,3‑, and 4‑Methoxypyridines,” Tetrahedron Lett.,
1988, 29, 773.
- Daniel L. Comins, Michael A. Weglarz, and Sean O’Connor, “a‑Metalation of 1‑(tert‑Butoxycarbonyl) ‑1,2‑dihydro-pyridines,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1988, 29, 1751.
- Daniel L. Comins and Michael A. Weglarz, “Regioselective a‑Lithiation of Unsymmetrical 1‑(tert‑Butoxycarbonyl)‑ 1,4‑dihydropyridines,” J. Org. Chem., 1988, 53, 4437.
- Jack D. Brown, Michael A. Foley, and Daniel L. Comins, “A Highly Stereocontrolled, Four‑Step Synthesis of (±)‑Lasubine II,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1988, 110, 7445
- Daniel L. Comins and Michael A. Foley, “The Addition of Alkylzinc Iodides to 1‑(Phenoxycarbonyl)‑2,3‑dihydropyridinium Salts. A Synthesis of 2‑Alkyl‑D3‑piperidines,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1988,
29, 6711.
- Daniel L. Comins and Sean O’Connor, “Regioselective Substitution in Aromatic 6‑membered Nitrogen Heterocycles”, in Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 44, A.R. Katritzky, Ed., Academic Press, New York, N.Y. 1988, pp. 199-267.
- Daniel L. Comins and Jack D. Brown, “Ortho Substitution of m‑Anisaldehyde via a‑Amino Alkoxide Directed Lithiation,” J. Org. Chem., 1989, 54, 3730.
- Daniel L. Comins and Michael O. Killpack, “N‑Methyl Lithiation of N‑Methylindoles Directed by a‑Amino Alkoxides,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1989, 30, 4337.
- Daniel L. Comins and Donald H. LaMunyon, “Preparation of 1‑(tert‑Butoxycarbonyl)‑2,6‑dialkyl‑2,3‑dihydro‑ 4‑pyridones. A Stereocontrolled Synthesis of (±)‑Myrtine,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1989, 30, 5053.