Publications

  1. Hoffman, R.V. and Cesare, V.  Science of Synthesis, Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations, Vol. 21, Chapter 8, Shinkai, I. and Weinreb, S., Eds., Georg Thieme Verlag: Stuttgart, 2005.
  2. Cesare, V., Sadarangani, I., Rollins, J., and Costello, D., The Synthesis and Isolation of N-tert-Butyl-2-phenylsuccinamic Acid and N-tert-Butyl-3-phenylsuccinamic Acid. An Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment.  J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81(5), 713-714.
  3. Lengyel, I., Cesare, V., and Taldone, T., A Direct Link Between the Passerini Reaction and -Lactams. Tetrahedron, 2004, 60/5, 1107-1124.
  4. Cesare, V., Taldone, T., and Lengyel, I.  About the Factors Which Govern the Ring-opening of -Lactams with Primary Amines: II. The Relative Basicity of the Amine. Heterocycles, 2002, 57, 1851-1868.
  5. Cesare, V., Lyons, T.M., and Lengyel, I.  A High-Yielding General Synthesis of -Lactams, Synthesis, 2002, 1716-1720.
  6. Lengyel, I., Cesare, V., Chen, S., and Taldone, T., About the Factors which Govern the Ring-Opening of -Lactams with Benzylamine: The Relative Stability of the -Lactam and the Substituent on Nitrogen. Heterocycles, 2002, 57, 677-695.
  7. Lengyel, I., Cesare, V., Adam, I., and Taldone, T., About Four New Tritylsubstituted -Lactams. Heterocycles, 2002, 57, 73-95.
  8. Stephani, R., Cesare, V., Sadarangani, I., Lengyel, I.  Synthesis of New Optically Active and Racemic Phenylsuccinamic Acids, Synthesis, 2002, 47-52.
  9. Cesare, V., Costello, D., Rollins, J.  Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual, Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, 2001.
  10. Lengyel, I., Cesare, V., Taldone, T., Uliss, D.  The Synthesis, Physical and Spectral Properties, and Some Reactions of a New Stable bis--Lactam (Aziridinone) with a Terpene Skeleton, Synth. Commun., 2001, 31(23), 103-115.
  11. Lengyel, I., Cesare, V., Karram, H., Taldone, T.  About 1-Triphenylmethyl-3-tert butylaziridinone and Some of Its Reactions, J. Heterocyclic Chem., 2001, 38, 997-1002.
  12. Lengyel, I., Cesare, V., Taldone, T.  About the Reaction of 2,3-dibromo-2-methyl N-(1-adamantyl)-propanamide with Sodium tert-Butoxide.  A Competition Experiment, Synth. Commun., 2001, 31(16), 2499-2506.
  13. Stephani, R. and Cesare, V.  Enantiomeric enrichment of non-racemic antihistamines by achiral high performance liquid chromatography.  J. Chromatog. A, 1998, 813, 79-84.
  14. Lengyel, I.; Cesare, V.; Stephani, R.  t-Butyl hypochlorite: a powerful electrophilic aromatic ring chlorinating agent.  Synth. Commun., 1998, 28(10), 1891-1896.
  15. Stephani, R. and Cesare, V.  Resolution of racemic phenylsuccinic acid using (-)-proline as the resolving agent: an introductory laboratory experiment.  J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74, 1226.