Sung‐Bo Ko

A General Synthetic Approach to the (20S)-Camptothecin Family of Antitumor Agents by a Regiocontrolled Cascade Radical Cyclization of Aryl Isonitriles

Hubert Josien, Sung‐Bo Ko, David Bom et al. · Chemistry - A European Journal · 1998 · 147 citations

Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +13

Cascade Radical Reactions of Isonitriles: A Second‐Generation Synthesis of (20<i>S</i>)‐Camptothecin, Topotecan, Irinotecan, and GI‐147211C

Dennis P. Curran, Sung‐Bo Ko, Hubert Josien · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1996 · 116 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +13

Tandem radical reactions of isonitriles with 2-pyridonyl and other aryl radicals: Scope and limitations, and a first generation synthesis of (±)-camptothecin

Dennis P. Curran, Hui Liu, Hubert Josien et al. · Tetrahedron · 1996 · 104 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Pharmacology +7

Selective N-functionalization of 6-substituted-2-pyridones

Hui Liu, Sung‐Bo Ko, Hubert Josien et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1995 · 89 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +7

Synthesis of Optically Active .alpha.-Hydroxy Lactones by Sharpless Asymmetric Dihydroxylations of Ketene Acetals, Enol Ethers, and Ene Lactones

Dennis P. Curran, Sung‐Bo Ko · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1994 · 48 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Natural Product Biosynthesis +6