Faculty
Steven T. Diver
Professor and
Director of Graduate Studies
Office: 572 Natural Sciences Complex
Phone: (716) 645-4208
Fax: (716) 645-6963
E-mail: diver@buffalo.edu
Information on the Diver Research Group
Publication List:
1. D. A. Clark, J. R. Clark and S. T. Diver, "Alkenol-Alkyne Cross Metathesis," Org. Lett. 2008, 10, in press.
2. S. T. Diver, D. A. Clark and A. A. Kulkarni, "Selective Tandem Enyne Metathesis for the Synthesis of Functionalized Cycloheptadienes," Tetrahedron 2008, in press.
3. S. T. Diver, A. A. Kulkarni, B. P. Peppers and D. A. Clark, "Cyclodimerization of Alkynes with Phosphine-Free Ruthenium Carbene Complexes: Carbene Consumption by Shunted Alkyne Oligomerization," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2007, 129, 5832-5833.
4. B. R. Galan, K. P. Kalbarczyk, S. Szczepankiewicz, J. B. Keister and S. T. Diver, "A Rapid and Simple Clean-Up Procedure for Metathesis Reactions," Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 1203-1206.
5. B. R. Galan, K. P. Kalbarczyk, S. Szczepankiewicz, J. B. Keister and S. T. Diver, "A Rapid and Simple Clean-Up Procedure for Metathesis Reactions," Org. Lett. 2007, in press.
6. S. T. Diver, "Ruthenium Vinyl Carbene Intermediates in Enyne Metathesis," Coord. Chem. Rev. 2007, 251, 671-701.
7. D. A. Clark, A. K. Kulkarni, K. P. Kalbarczyk, B. M. Schertzer and S. T. Diver, "Tandem Enyne Metathesis and Claisen Rearrangement: Versatile Synthesis of Conjugated Dienes of Variable Substitution Patterns," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 15632-15636.
8. M. D. Middleton, B. P. Peppers and S. T. Diver, "Studies Directed Towards the Synthesis of the Scabrosins: Validation of the Tandem Enyne Metathesis Approach," Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 10528-10540.
9. B. P. Peppers, A. A. Kulkarni and S.T. Diver, "Functional Group Scope in the Methylene-Free, Tandem Enyne Metathesis," Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2539-2542.
10. K. K. Ellis-Holder, B. P. Peppers, A. Y. Kovalevsky and S. T. Diver, "Double Stevens Rearrangement Approach to the Synthesis of Imidazolone and Benzimidazolone-Containing Macrocyclophanes," Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 2511-2514.
11. S. T. Diver, "Metal Carbenes in Enyne Metathesis: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies," J. Mol. Cat. A 2006, 254, 29-42.
12. B. Galan, M. Gembicky, P. M. Dominiak, J. B. Keister and S. T. Diver, "Carbon Monoxide-Promoted Carbene Insertion into the Aryl Substituent of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Buchner Reaction in a Ruthenium Carbene Complex," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2005, 127, 15702-15703.
13. B. Galan, A. J. Giessert, J. B. Keister and S. T. Diver, "Studies on the Mechanism of Intermolecular Enyne Metathesis: Kinetic Method and Alkyne Substituent Effects," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2005, 127, 5762-5763.
14. A. K. Kulkarni and S. T. Diver, "Ring Synthesis by Methylene-Free Enyne Metathesis," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2004, 126, 8110-8111.
15. B. P. Peppers and S. T. Diver, "Tandem Cyclopropanation/Ring-Closing Metathesis," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2004, 126, 9524-9525.
16. S. T. Diver and A.J. Giessert, "Enyne Metathesis (Enyne Bond Reorganization)," Chem. Reviews (Washington, D. C.) 2004, 104, 1317-1382.



