Rocco J. Lopresti

Synthetic studies on (2R,4'R,8'R)-.alpha.-tocopherol. An approach utilizing side chain synthons of microbiological origin

Noal Cohen, Wayne F. Eichel, Rocco J. Lopresti et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1976 · 146 citations

Biosynthesis, Biotransformation, Biochemistry +12

Enantiospecific syntheses of leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4, and [14,15-3H2]leukotriene E4 dimethyl ester

Noal Cohen, Bruce L. Banner, Rocco J. Lopresti et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1983 · 99 citations

Engineering, Altmetric Attention Score, Organic Chemistry +17

Total Synthesis of All Eight Stereoisomers of α‐Tocopheryl Acetate. Determination of their diastereoisomeric and enantiomeric purity by gas chromatography

Noal Cohen, Clifford G. Scott, Christian Neukom et al. · Helvetica Chimica Acta · 1981 · 72 citations

Enantioselective Synthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry +15

A novel total synthesis of (2R,4'R,8'R)-.alpha.-tocopherol (vitamin E). Construction of chiral chromans from an optically active, nonaromatic precursor

Noal Cohen, Rocco J. Lopresti, G. Saucy · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1979 · 69 citations

Vitamin E, Chiral Chromans, Biochemistry +12

Studies on the total synthesis of (2R, 4'R, 8'R)-.alpha.-tocopherol (vitamin E). Stereospecific cyclizations leading to optically active chromans

Noal Cohen, Rocco J. Lopresti, Christian Neukom · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1981 · 66 citations

Vitamin E, Molecular Sciences, Engineering +15