1. Highly Cited Contributions From EJ Corey John Hayes Group Meeting Special Topic 8/26/15

2. Biography Born July 12, 1928 Undergrad: MIT Ph.D.: MIT, John C. Sheehan 1956: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1959: Harvard University Awards Notable Students

3. Scope of Accomplishments 1105 publications in 2014 (+ 7 not updated) – Ejcorey.org 17 Unique Methods Between 1950 and 2003 – Including: Corey-Chaykovsky, PCC Oxidation >260 Total Syntheses At least 5 books with numerous forewords authored

4. Corey-Bakshi-Shibata (CBS) Reagent Corey, E.J., JACS, 1987, 109, 5551.

5. TBS Protecting Group Orthogonal to -OBn, O- trichloroethyl, and tetrahydropyran (THP) More stable silyl ether than TMS and dimethylisopropylsilyl ether First time used imidazole and DMF Corey, E.J., JACS, 1972, 94, 6190.

6. Corey-Chaykovsky Reaction First use in ring expansions and homologations Dimethyloxosulfonium vs. Dimethylsulfonium Corey, E.J., JACS, 1965, 87, 1353.

7. Enantioselective Phase Transfer Catalysis Corey, E.J., JACS, 1997, 119, 12414.

8. Corey-Fuchs Reaction Conversion of aldehydes to terminal alkynes 1 st Step: Wittig with CBr 4 2 nd Step: Deprotonation and Lithium-Halogen Exchange Corey, E.J., Tet. Lett., 1972, 13, 3769.

9. PCC Oxidation Corey, E.J., Tet. Lett., 1975, 31, 2647.

10. Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Amino Nitriles Corey, E.J., Org. Lett., 1999, 1, 157.

11. Catalyst for Enantioselective Diels-Alder Catalyst produced in 3 steps from (S)-(+)-Phenylglycinol Diels-Alder experiments performed using Fe(III) halides with 4 and cyclopentadiene Corey, E.J., JACS, 1991, 113, 729.

12. Enantioselective Synthesis of Amino Acids by Chiral Phase Transfer Catalyst Corey, E.J., Tet. Lett., 1998, 39, 5347.

13. PDC Oxidation Corey, E.J., Tet. Lett., 1979, 5, 399.

14. Face-Selective Nitroaldol Corey, E.J., ACIE, 1999, 111, 2057.

15. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ecteinascidin 743 Corey, E.J., JACS, 1996, 118, 9202.

16. CuCl Accelerated Stille Couplings Corey, E.J., JACS, 1999, 121, 7600.

17. Silylations with Trialkylsilyltriflates New method for producing TBSOTf and TIPSOTf Use of TBSOTf to silylate tertiary and unreactive secondary alcohols Use of TIPSOTf to trap enol ethers Improvement of silylation procedures for C18 HPLC columns Corey, E.J., Tet. Lett., 1981, 82, 3455.

18. Oxidative Hydrolysis of Dithianes to Carbonyls Corey, E.J., JOC, 1971, 36, 3553.

19. Acetoxylation and C-C Bond Formation at Unactivated Positions on α-Amino Acids Corey, E.J., Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 3391.

20. Enantioselective Route to (S)-(-)-phenyloxirane Corey, E.J., JOC, 1988, 53, 2861.

21. Corey-Nicolaou Macrolactonization Corey, E.J., JACS, 1974, 96, 5614.

22. Enantioselective Diels-Alder and Aldol Reactions Corey, E.J., JACS, 1989, 111, 5493.

23. Enantioselective Epoxidation of α,ß-Enones Corey, E.J., Org. Lett., 1999, 1, 1287.

24. Super-Lewis Acidic Chiral Catalyst Corey, E.J., JACS, 1996, 118, 5502.

25. Highly Cited Contributions From EJ Corey John Hayes Group Meeting Special Topic 8/26/15