Donald G. Farnum

Attempted reformatskii reaction of benzonitrile, 1,4-diketo-3,6-diphenylpyrrolo[3,4-C]pyrrole. A lactam analogue of pentalene.

Donald G. Farnum, Goverdhan Mehta, G. G. I. MOORE et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1974 · 188 citations

Engineering, Heterocyclic, Lactam Analogue +7

Preparation of Aryldiazoalkanes by the Bamford-Stevens Reaction

Donald G. Farnum · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1963 · 88 citations

Altmetrics, Molecular Sciences, Bioorganic Chemistry +13

A stereospecific synthesis of (+)-disparlure, sex attractant of the gypsy moth

Donald G. Farnum, Tarik Veysoglu, Anja M. Cardé et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1977 · 79 citations

Biology, Pheromone Biochemistry, Stereospecific Synthesis +6

Ester decarbonylation as a route to cyclopropenium ion and its mono- and dimethyl derivatives

Donald G. Farnum, Goverdhan Mehta, Robert G. Silberman · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1967 · 68 citations

Engineering, Ester Decarbonylation, Altmetric Attention Score +16

Aldoketene Dimers and Trimers from Acid Chlorides. A Synthesis of Substituted 3-Hydroxycyclobutenones

Donald G. Farnum, J. R. Johnson, R. E. Hess et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1965 · 46 citations

Derivative (Chemistry), Heterocyclic, Biochemistry +12