| Chemistry and biology of the enediyne anticancer antibiotics KC Nicolaou, WM Dai Angewandte Chemie International Edition 30 (11), 1387-1416, 1991 | 1195 | 1991 |
| Chemistry and biology of taxol KC Nicolaou, WM Dai, RK Guy Angewandte Chemie International Edition 33 (1), 15-44, 1994 | 898 | 1994 |
| Designed enediynes: a new class of DNA-cleaving molecules with potent and selective anticancer activity KC Nicolaou, WM Dai, SC Tsay, VA Estevez, W Wrasidlo Science 256 (5060), 1172-1178, 1992 | 399 | 1992 |
| Chemie und Biologie von Endiin‐Cytostatica/Antibiotica KC Nicolaou, WM Dai Angewandte Chemie 103 (11), 1453-1481, 1991 | 341 | 1991 |
| Design, synthesis, and study of simple monocyclic conjugated enediynes. The 10-membered ring enediyne moiety of the enediyne anticancer antibiotics KC Nicolaou, G Zuccarello, C Riemer, VA Estevez, WM Dai Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (19), 7360-7371, 1992 | 220 | 1992 |
| Chemie und Biologie von Taxol KC Nicolaou, WM Dai, RK Guy Angewandte Chemie 106 (1), 38-69, 1994 | 167 | 1994 |
| New general asymmetric synthesis of versatile. gamma.-alkylated butenolides and its application to expeditious synthesis of the chiral Geissman-Waiss lactones useful for (+ … Y Nagao, WM Dai, M Ochiai, M Shiro The Journal of Organic Chemistry 54 (22), 5211-5217, 1989 | 138 | 1989 |
| Chemistry of aminophenols. Part 1: Remarkable additive effect on Sonogashira cross-coupling of 2-carboxamidoaryl triflates and application to novel synthesis of indoles WM Dai, DS Guo, LP Sun Tetrahedron Letters 42 (31), 5275-5278, 2001 | 120 | 2001 |
| Molecular design, chemical synthesis, kinetic studies, calculations, and biological studies of novel enediynes equipped with triggering, detection, and deactivating devices … KC Nicolaou, WM Dai, YP Hong, KK Baldridge, JS Siegel, SC Tsay Journal of the American Chemical Society 115 (18), 7944-7953, 1993 | 115 | 1993 |
| Chemistry of aminophenols. Part 3: First synthesis of nitrobenzo[b]furans via a coupling–cyclization approach WM Dai, KW Lai Tetrahedron letters 43 (51), 9377-9380, 2002 | 106 | 2002 |
| Highly diastereoselective alkylation of chiral Tin (II) enolates onto cyclic acyl imines. An efficient asymmetric synthesis of bicyclic alkaloids bearing a nitrogen atom ring … Y Nagao, WM Dai, M Ochiai, S Tsukagoshi, E Fujita The Journal of Organic Chemistry 55 (4), 1148-1156, 1990 | 106 | 1990 |
| Chiral ligands derived from abrine. Part 6: Importance of a bulky N-alkyl group in indole-containing chiral β-tertiary amino alcohols for controlling enantioselectivity … WM Dai, HJ Zhu, XJ Hao Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 11 (11), 2315-2337, 2000 | 102 | 2000 |
| Molecular design and chemical synthesis of potent enediynes. 2. Dynemicin model systems equipped with C-3 triggering devices and evidence for quinone methide formation in the … KC Nicolaou, WM Dai Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (23), 8908-8921, 1992 | 98 | 1992 |
| Molecular design and chemical synthesis of potent enediynes. 2. Dynemicin model systems equipped with C-3 triggering devices and evidence for quinone methide formation in the … KC Nicolaou, WM Dai Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (23), 8908-8921, 1992 | 98 | 1992 |
| Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide Y by Formation of Trisubstituted (E)-Double Bond via Ring-Closing Metathesis of Densely Functionalized Alkenes J Jin, Y Chen, Y Li, J Wu, WM Dai Organic letters 9 (13), 2585-2588, 2007 | 96 | 2007 |
| Molecular design and chemical synthesis of potent enediynes. 1. Dynemicin model systems equipped with N-tethered triggering devices KC Nicolaou, P Maligres, T Suzuki, SV Wendeborn, WM Dai, RK Chadha Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (23), 8890-8907, 1992 | 95 | 1992 |
| Molecular design and chemical synthesis of potent enediynes. 1. Dynemicin model systems equipped with N-tethered triggering devices KC Nicolaou, P Maligres, T Suzuki, SV Wendeborn, WM Dai, RK Chadha Journal of the American Chemical Society 114 (23), 8890-8907, 1992 | 95 | 1992 |
| A novel class of nonbiaryl atropisomeric P, O-ligands for palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation WM Dai, KKY Yeung, JT Liu, Y Zhang, ID Williams Organic letters 4 (9), 1615-1618, 2002 | 92 | 2002 |
| Microwave-assisted solid-phase organic synthesis (MASPOS) as a key step for an indole library construction WM Dai, DS Guo, LP Sun, XH Huang Organic letters 5 (16), 2919-2922, 2003 | 91 | 2003 |
| Enediyne Compounds Equipped with Acid‐, Base‐and Photo‐Sensitive Triggering Devices. Chemical Simulation of the Dynemicin A Reaction Cascade KC Nicolaou, WM Dai, SV Wendeborn, AL Smith, Y Torisawa, P Maligres, ... Angewandte Chemie International Edition 30 (8), 1032-1036, 1991 | 90 | 1991 |
