Selected Publications and Patents
  • Beight, D. W., Burkholder, T. P., Clayton, J. R., Eggen, M., Henry, K. J., Johns, D. M., Parthasarathy, S., Pei, H., Rempala, M. E., Sawyer, J. S. AKT Inhibitors. PCT Int. Appl. 137pp. WO 2011 050016.
  • “Improved Total Synthesis of the potent HDAC inhibitor FK228 (FR-901228)” Greshock, T. J.; Johns, D. M.; Noguchi, Y.; Williams, R. M. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 613-616.
  • “Synthetic Studies on Quinine: Quinuclidine Construction via a Ketone Enolate Regio- and Diastereoselective Pd-mediated Allylic Alkylation” Johns, D. M.; Mori, M.; Williams, R. M.  Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4051-4054.
  • “An Improved Synthesis of Optically Pure 4-Boc-5,6-Diphenylmorpholin-2-one and 4-Cbz-5,6-Diphenylmorpholin-2-one” Dastlik, K. A.; Sundermeier, U.; Johns, D. M.; Chen, Y.; Williams, R. M. Synlett, 2005, 4, 693-696.
  • “Remote Asymmetric Induction in an Intramolecular Ionic Diels-Alder Reaction:  Application to the Total Synthesis of (+)-Dihydrocompactin” Sammakia, T.; Johns, D. M.; Kim, G.; Berliner, M. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6504-6505.
  • “Dosimeter and Method for Using the Same.” Benjamin P. Warner and Deidre M. Johns, U.S. Patent Number 6,582,657, June 24, 2003.  *Licensed to Radiation Litmus Paper, LLC.