James H. Babler

A Facile Method for the Bishomologation of Ketones to α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes: Application to the Synthesis of the Cyclohexanoid Components of the Boll Weevil Sex Attractant

James H. Babler, Michael J. Coghlan · Synthetic Communications · 1976 · 77 citations

Tertiary Vinyl Carbinols, Engineering, Cyclohexanoid Components +14

Alkoxide-Catalyzed Addition of Terminal Alkynes to Ketones

James H. Babler, Vincent P. Liptak, NGUYEN PHAN NGUYEN PHAN · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1996 · 51 citations

Engineering, Alkene Metathesis, Alkoxide-catalyzed Addition +10

A facile method for monoacetylation of symmetrical diols: application to the total synthesis of Z-8-dodecenyl acetate, the sex attractant of the oriental fruit moth

James H. Babler, Michael J. Coghlan · Tetrahedron Letters · 1979 · 48 citations

Biosynthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry, Symmetrical Diols +12

Reduction of acid chlorides with sodium borohydride in N, N-dimethylformamide: Nature of the reaction intermediate and a method for its conversion to the corresponding aldehyde with minimal alcohol formation

James H. Babler, Benedict J. Invergo · Tetrahedron Letters · 1981 · 44 citations

Minimal Alcohol Formation, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +6

A facile route to allylic phosphonates via base-catalyzed isomerization of the corresponding vinylphosphonates

James J. Kiddle, James H. Babler · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1993 · 38 citations

Engineering, Base-catalyzed Isomerization, Facile Route +17