| Asymmetric total synthesis of erythromcin. 1. Synthesis of an erythronolide A secoacid derivative via asymmetric induction RB Woodward, E Logusch, KP Nambiar, K Sakan, DE Ward, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 103 (11), 3210-3213, 1981 | 382 | 1981 |
| The destruxins: synthesis, biosynthesis, biotransformation, and biological activity MSC Pedras, LI Zaharia, DE Ward Phytochemistry 59 (6), 579-596, 2002 | 288 | 2002 |
| Asymmetric total synthesis of erythromycin. 3. Total synthesis of erythromycin RB Woodward, E Logusch, KP Nambiar, K Sakan, DE Ward, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 103 (11), 3215-3217, 1981 | 265 | 1981 |
| A simple method for the microscale preparation of Mosher's acid chloride DE Ward, CK Rhee Tetrahedron letters 32 (49), 7165-7166, 1991 | 234 | 1991 |
| Asymmetric total synthesis of erythromycin. 2. Synthesis of an erythronolide A lactone system RB Woodward, BW Au-Yeung, P Balaram, LJ Browne, DE Ward, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 103 (11), 3213-3215, 1981 | 207 | 1981 |
| Chemoselective reductions with sodium borohydride DE Ward, CK Rhee Canadian journal of chemistry 67 (7), 1206-1211, 1989 | 127 | 1989 |
| Proline-catalyzed asymmetric aldol reactions of tetrahydro-4H-thiopyran-4-one with aldehydes DE Ward, V Jheengut Tetrahedron Letters 45 (45), 8347-8350, 2004 | 116 | 2004 |
| In planta sequential hydroxylation and glycosylation of a fungal phytotoxin: Avoiding cell death and overcoming the fungal invader MSC Pedras, IL Zaharia, Y Gai, Y Zhou, DE Ward Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (2), 747-752, 2001 | 106 | 2001 |
| Enantioselective direct intermolecular aldol reactions with enantiotopic group selectivity and dynamic kinetic resolution DE Ward, V Jheengut, OT Akinnusi Organic letters 7 (6), 1181-1184, 2005 | 101 | 2005 |
| Intramolecular Diels− Alder reaction by self-assembly of the components on a Lewis acid template DE Ward, MS Abaee Organic Letters 2 (24), 3937-3940, 2000 | 89 | 2000 |
| Thiopyran route to polypropionates: an efficient synthesis of serricornin DE Ward, V Jheengut, GE Beye The Journal of Organic Chemistry 71 (23), 8989-8992, 2006 | 76 | 2006 |
| Influence of the β-Alkoxy Group on the Diastereoselectivity of Aldol Reactions of Tetrahydro-4H-thiopyran-4-one with 4-Alkoxytetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-3 … DE Ward, M Sales, CC Man, J Shen, PK Sasmal, C Guo The Journal of Organic Chemistry 67 (5), 1618-1629, 2002 | 68 | 2002 |
| Chemoselective reductions with sodium borohydride. Aldehydes vs. ketones DE Ward, CK Rhee Synthetic Communications 18 (16-17), 1927-1933, 1988 | 64 | 1988 |
| A general method for the selective reduction of ketones in the presence of enones. DE Ward, CK Rhee, WM Zoghaib Tetrahedron letters 29 (5), 517-520, 1988 | 64 | 1988 |
| Catalytic Enantioselective Diels− Alder Reaction by Self-Assembly of the Components on a Lewis Acid Template DE Ward, MS Souweha Organic Letters 7 (16), 3533-3536, 2005 | 57 | 2005 |
| Diastereoselective Formation of Cyanohydrins from α-Alkoxy Aldehydes DE Ward, MJ Hrapchak, M Sales Organic Letters 2 (1), 57-60, 2000 | 55 | 2000 |
| Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Cyathin A3 DE Ward, J Shen Organic Letters 9 (15), 2843-2846, 2007 | 54 | 2007 |
| [3+ 3] Annulation Based on 6-Endo-Trig Radical Cyclization: Regioselectivity and Diastereoselectivity DE Ward, Y Gai, BF Kaller The Journal of Organic Chemistry 60 (24), 7830-7836, 1995 | 51 | 1995 |
| Metabolites of bird's nest fungi. Part 8. Some minor metabolites of Cyathus helenae and some correlations among the cyathins WA Ayer, LM Browne, JR Mercer, DR Taylor, DE Ward Canadian journal of chemistry 56 (5), 717-721, 1978 | 48 | 1978 |
| The thiopyran route to polypropionates DE Ward Chemical communications 47 (41), 11375-11393, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
