Matthew M. Abelman

Intramolecular alkene arylations for rapid assembly of polycyclic systems containing quaternary centers. A new synthesis of spirooxindoles and other fused and bridged ring systems

Matthew M. Abelman, Taeboem Oh, Larry E. Overman · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1987 · 327 citations

Engineering, Heterocyclic, Alkene Metathesis +10

Palladium-catalyzed polyene cyclizations of dienyl aryl iodides

Matthew M. Abelman, Larry E. Overman · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1988 · 157 citations

Palladium-catalyzed Polyene Cyclizations, Chemical Engineering, Molecular Sciences +10

Construction of quaternary carbon centers by palladium-catalyzed intramolecular alkene insertions. Total synthesis of the Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (.+-.)-tazettine and (.+-.)-6a-epipretazettine

Matthew M. Abelman, Larry E. Overman, Vinh Tran · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1990 · 119 citations

Engineering, Alkene Metathesis, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids +10

Palladium-catalyzed, polyene cyclizations

Larry E. Overman, Matthew M. Abelman, David J. Kucera et al. · Pure and Applied Chemistry · 1992 · 102 citations · Full text

Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering, Alkene Metathesis +5

Alicyclic Claisen rearrangement. A general carbocycle synthesis based on four-atom-ring contractions of lactones

Matthew M. Abelman, Raymond L. Funk, J. D. JUN. MUNGER · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1982 · 79 citations

Four-atom-ring Contractions, Engineering, Alicyclic Claisen Rearrangement +12