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PhD & Postdoctoral  Publications 

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23. P. Chatelain, C. Muller, A. Sau, D. Brykczynska; M. Bahadori, C. Rowley, J. Moran “Desulfonative Suzuki-Miyaura  Coupling of Sulfonyl Fluorides”

       Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 25307-25312.

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22.  A. Sau, K. Nagarajan, B. Patrahau, L. Lethuillier-Karl, R. Vergauwe, A. Thomas, J. Moran, C. Genet, T. W.                Ebbesen. “Modifying Woodward-Hoffmann stereoselectivity under vibrational strong coupling”:

        Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 5712-5717. 

       (Selected as a Hot paper)

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21. C. Palo-Nieto‡, A . Sau‡, R. Jeanneret, P. Payard, M. Martins-Teixeira, I. Carvalho, L. Grimaud, M. C. Galan.             “Copper Reactivity can be Tuned to Catalyse the Stereoselective Synthesis of 2-deoxy Glycosides from Glycals”:       

       Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1991-1996. (‡co first author)

 

20. I. H. González, E. S.Fernández, A. Sau, C. Nativi, J. G. Fernández, M. C. Galan, C. O. Mellet. “Stereoselective           Synthesis of Iminosugar 2-Deoxy(thio)glycosides from Bicyclic Iminoglycal Carbamates Promoted by                         Cerium(IV) Ammonium Nitrate and Cooperative Brønsted Acid-Type Organocatalysis” 

       J. Org. Chem., 2020, 85, 5038-5047.

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19. M. Ghirardello, H. Ledru, A. Sau, M. C. Galan “Chemo-selective Rh-catalysed Hydrogenation of Azides into              Amines”:

       Carbohydr. Res., 2020, 489, 107948. 

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18. P. Chatelain, A. Sau, C. N. Rowley, J. Moran. “Suzuki−Miyaura Coupling of (Hetero)Aryl Sulfones:                            Complementary Reactivity Enables Iterative Polyaryl Synthesis”: 

       Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 14959-14963. 

       (Selected as a Hot Paper)

       (Featured in Synfacts)

       (Top downloaded paper)

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17.  A. Sau, C. Palo-Nieto, M. C. Galan. “Substrate-controlled direct stereoselective synthesis of deoxyglycosides           from glycals using B(C6F5)3 as the Catalyst”: 

       J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84, 2415–2424.

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16.  I. Mattsson, M. Lahtinen, A. Peuronen, A. Sau, A. Gunell, T. Saloranta-Simell, R Leino. “Thermal                                spectroscopic  and crystallographic analysis of mannose-derived linear polyols”:

       Crystal Growth & Design., 2018, 18, 3151–3160.

 

15. C. Palo-Nieto, A. Sau, M. C. Galan.   “Gold (I) Catalysed Stereoselective Synthesis of Deoxyglycosides”:

       J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 14041-14044. 

       (Featured in Synfacts)

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14.  C. Palo-Nieto, A. Sau, R. Williams, M. C. Galan. “Cooperative Brønsted Acid-Type Organocatalysis for the                Stereoselective Synthesis of Deoxyglycosides”:

       J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 407-414.

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13.  A. Sau, M. C. Galan. “Palladium-Catalyzed α-Stereoselective O-Glycosylation of O(3)-Acylated Glycals”:

       Org. Lett., 2017, 19, 2857-2860.

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12. A. Sau, R. Williams, C. Palo-Nieto, A. Franconetti, S. Medina, M. C. Galan. “Palladium-Catalysed Direct                    Stereoselective  Synthesis of Deoxyglycosides from Glycals”: 

       Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 3640-3644.

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11.  P. K. Parida‡, A. Sau‡, T. Ghosh, K. Jana, K. Biswas, S. Raha and A. K. Misra, “Synthesis and evaluation of triazole  linked glycosylated 18b-glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives as anticancer agents”:

       Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2014, 24, 3865-3868. (‡ co first author)

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10.  M. Jana‡, A. Sau‡, A. K. Misra, “Synthesis of a pentasaccharide repeating unit of the O-antigen of enteroadherent      Escherichia coli O154 strain”.

       Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2014, 25, 632-636. (‡ co first author)

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9.  A. Sau, D. Dhara, A. K. Misra. “Concise synthesis of a pentasaccharide repeating unit corresponding to the O-antigen of         Escherichia coli O102”:

       Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2013, 24, 942-946.

 

8.  A. Sau, A. K. Misra. “Convergent synthesis of the tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the cell wall lipopolysaccharide of             Escherichia coli O40”:

       Beilstein. J. Org. Chem, 2012, 8, 2053-2059.

 

7.  A. Sau, A. Santra, A. K. Misra. “Stereoselective glycosylations by nitrosyl tetrafluoroborate catalyzed activation of    glycosyl trichloroacetimidate derivatives”:

       Synlett, 2012, 2341-2348.

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6.  A. Sau, A. K. Misra. “Reaction of glycal derivatives with alcohols in the presence of N-bromosuccinimide and            diphenyldiselenide”: preparation of 2-deoxy-2-phenylselenyl glycosides:

       Carbohydr. Res., 2012, 361, 41-48.

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5.  A. Sau, R. Panchadhayee, D. Ghosh, A. K. Misra. “Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide analog corresponding to the repeating           unit of the O-polysaccharide of Salmonella enterica O59”: Unexpected stereo outcome in glycosylation:  

       Carbohydr. Res., 2012, 352, 18-22

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4.  A. Sau, A. K. Misra. “Synthesis of the tetrasaccharide motif and its structural analog corresponding to the O-specific lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli O75”:

       PLoS One, 2012, 7(5) e37291.

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3.  A. Sau, A. K. Misra. “Oderless eco-friendly synthesis of thio- and selenoglycosides in ionic liquid”:

       Synlett, 2011, 1905-1911.

 

2.  A. Sau, A. K. Misra. “Environmentally Benign Preparation of Benzylidene Acetal of Carbohydrate Derivatives in      PEG-600”:

       J. Carbohydr. Chem, 2011, 30, 41-46.

 

1.  A. Santra, A. Sau, A. K. Misra. “Synthesis of thioglycosides in room temperature Ionic Liquid”:

       J. Carbohydr. Chem., 2011, 30, 85-93.