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Selected recent publications

  1. Combinatorial Chemistry in Insects: A Library of Defensive Macrocyclic Polyamines. F. C. Schröder, J. J. Farmer, A. B. Attygalle, S. R. Smedley, T. Eisner, and J. Meinwald, Science 1998, 281, 428-431.

  2. Mirasorvone: A Masked 20-Ketopregnane from the Defensive Secretion of a Diving Beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus). J. Meinwald, Q. Huang, J. Vrkoc, K. B. Herath, Z. Yang, F. Schröder, A. B. Attygalle, V. K. Iyengar, R. C. Morgan, and T. Eisner, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1998, 95, 2733-2737.

  3. Myrmicarin 663: A New Decacyclic Alkaloid from Ants. F. Schröder, V. Sinnwell, H. Baumann, M. Kaib, W. Francke, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1997, 36, 77-80.

  4. Induced Chemical Defense in Plants. F. Schröder, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1998, 37, 1213-1216.

  5. Synthesis of Myrmicarin 217, a Pyrrolo[2,1,5-cd]indolizidine from Ants. F. Schröder, W. Francke, Tetrahedron 1998, 54, 5259-5264.

  6. Absolute Configuration of the Polyazamacrolides, Macrocyclic Polyamines Produced by a Ladybird Beetle. F. C. Schröder, J. J. Farmer, S. R. Smedley, T. Eisner, and J. Meinwald, Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 6625-6628.

  7. Psylloborine A, a New Dimeric Alkaloid from Ladybird Beetles. F. C. Schröder, T. Tolasch, Tetrahedron 1998, 54, 12243-12248.

  8. Polyazamacrolides from Ladybird Beetles: Ring-Size Selective Oligomerization. F. C. Schröder, S. R. Smedley, L. K. Gibbons, J. J. Farmer, A. B. Attygalle, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald, Proc. Acad. Natl. Sci. USA 1998, 95, 13387-13391.

  9. N-Methylquinolinium 2-carboxylate, a Defensive Betaine from Photuris versicolor Fireflies. A. Gonz?lez, F. C. Schroeder, T. Eisner, J. Meinwald, J. Natl. Prod. 1999, 62, 378-380.

  10. Metabolic Transformations of Acquired Lucibufagins by Firefly "Femmes Fatales". A. Gonzales, F. C. Schroeder, A. B. Attygalle, A. Svatos, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner, Chemoecology 1999, 9, 105-112.

  11. A Combinatorial Library of Macrocyclic Polyamines Produced by a Ladybird Beetle. F. C. Schroeder, J. J. Farmer, A. B. Attygalle, S. R. Smedley, T. Eisner, and J. Meinwald, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 3628-3634.

  12. Miriamin, a defensive diterpene from the eggs of a land slug (Arion sp.). Frank C. Schroeder, Andrés Gonz?lez, Thomas Eisner, and Jerrold Meinwald, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1999, 96, 13620-13525.

  13. Chiral Silylation Reagents for the Determination of Absolute Configuration by NMR Spectroscopy. Douglas B. Weibel, Tameka R. Walker, Frank C. Schroeder, Jerrold Meinwald, Organic Letters 2000, 2, 2381-2383.

  14. Synthesis of Macrocyclic Insect-Derived Alkaloids. Jay J. Farmer, Frank C. Schroeder, Jerrold Meinwald, Helv. Chim. Acta 2000, 83, 2594-2606.

  15. Host recognition by the tobacco hornworm is mediated by a host plant compound, Marta L. del Campo, Carol I. Miles, Frank C. Schroeder, Caroline Mueller, Ronald Booker, J. Alan Renwick, Nature 2001, 411, 186 - 189.

  16. Chemical defense: bestowal of a nuptial alkaloidal garment by a male moth on its mate. William E. Conner, Ruth Boada, Frank C. Schroeder, Andres Gonzales, Jerrold Meinwald, Thomas Eisner, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2000, 97, 14406-14411.



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