Publications

Cone, G. W.; Maness, P. M.; McCulla, R. D. “Comparison of low-density lipoprotein oxidation by hydrophilic O(3P)-precursors and lipid-O(3P)-precursor conjugates” Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2023, 99, 1412-1419.

 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/php.13803 

Isor, A.; O’Dea, A. T.; Grady, S. F.; Petroff, J. T.; Skubic, K. N.; Aziz, B.; Arnatt, C. K.; McCulla, R. D. “Effects of photodeoxygenation on cell biology using dibenzothiophene S-oxide derivatives as O(3P)-precursors” Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2021, 20, 1621-1633, doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00136-5

Isor, A.; Chartier, B. V.; Abo, M.; Currens, E. R.; Weerapana, E.; McCulla R. D. "Identifying Cysteine Residues Susceptible to Oxidation by Photoactivatable Atomic Oxygen Precursors using a Proteome-wide Analysis." RSC Chemical Biology, 2021, 2, 577-591. doi/full/10.1039/D0CB00200C

Chintala, S. M.; Throgmorton, J. C.; Maness, P. F.; McCulla R. D. "Visible light-induced photodeoxygenation of polycyclic selenophene Se-oxides." Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2021, 34, e4144. doi/full/10.1002/poc.4144

Isor, A.; Hommelsheim, R.; Cone, G. W.; Frings, M.; Petroff, J. T.; Bolm, C.; McCulla, R. D. “Photochemistry of N-Phenyl Dibenzothiophene Sulfoximine” Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2021, 97, 1322-1334.

Chintala, S. M.; Maness, P. F.; Petroff, J. T.; Throgmorton, J. C.; Zhang, M.; Omlid, S. M.; McCulla R. D. "Photo-oxidation and Thermal Oxidations of Triptycene Thiols by Aryl Chalcogen Oxides." ACS Omega, 2020, 5(50), 32349-32356. doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c04293C

Isor, A.; O'Dea, A. T.; Petroff, J. T.; Skubic, K. N.; Grady, S. F.; Arnatt, C. K.; McCulla R. D. "Synthesis of triphenylphosphonium dibenzothiophene S-oxide derivatives and their effect on cell cycle as photodeoxygenation-based cytotoxic agents." Bioorganic Chemistry, 2020, 105, 104442.
10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104442

Petroff, J. T.; Omlid, S. M.; Haloi, N. ; Sith, L.; Johnson, S.; McCulla R. D. "Reactions of sulfenic acids with amines, thiols, and thiolates studied by quantum chemical calculations." Computational & Theoretical Chemistry, 2020, 1189, 112979. 10.1016/j.comptc.2020.112979

Petroff, J. T.; Grady, S.; Arnatt, C. K.; McCulla R. D. "Dibenzothiophene Sulfone Derivatives as Plasma Membrane Dyes." Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2020, 96(1), 67-73. 10.1111/php.13175

Petroff, J. T.; Isor, A.; Chintala, S. M.; Albert, C. J.; Franke, J. D.; Weinstein, D., Grady, S.; Omlid, S. M.; Arnatt, C. K.; Ford, D. A.; McCulla R. D. "In vitro oxidations of low-density lipoprotein and RAW 264.7 cells with lipophilic O(3P)-precursors." RSC Advances, 2020, 10, 26553-26565. 10.1039/D0RA01517B

Chintala, S. M.; Petroff, J. T.; Barnes, A.; McCulla R. D. "Photodeoxygenation of phenanthro[4,5-bcd]thiophene S-oxide, triphenyleno[1,12-bcd]thiophene S-oxide and perylo[1,12-bcd]thiophene S-oxide." Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 2019, 40(5), 503-515. 10.1080/17415993.2019.1615065

Omlid, S. M.; Dergunov, S. A.; Isor, A.; Sulkowski, K. L.; Petroff, J. T.; Pinkhassik, E.; McCulla R. D. "Evidence for diffusing atomic oxygen uncovered by separating reactants with a semi-permeable nanocapsule barrier." Chemical Communications, 2019, 55(12), 1706-1709. 10.1039/C8CC06715E

Petroff, J. T.; Skubic, K. N.; Arnatt, C. K.; McCulla R. D. "Asymmetric Dibenzothiophene Sulfones as Fluorescent Nuclear Stains." Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83(22), 14063-14068. 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01931

Omlid, S. M.; Isor, A.; Sulkowski, K. L.; Chintala, S. M.; Petroff, J. T.; McCulla R. D. "Synthesis of Aromatic Disulfonic Acids for Water-Soluble Dibenzothiophene Derivatives." Synthesis, 2018, 50(12), 2359-2366. 10.1055/s-0036-1591969

Petroff, J. T.; Omlid, S. M.; Chintala, S. M.; McCulla R. D. "Wavelength dependent photochemistry of expanded chromophore and asymmetric dibenzothiophene S-Oxide Derivatives." Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 2018, 358, 130-137. 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.03.001

Throgmorton, J. C.; Chintala, S. M.; McCulla R. D. "Synthesis of Asymmetric Monosubstituted and Disubstituted Dinaphthothiophenes" Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2017, 54, 3682-3688.
10.1002/jhet.3002

Omlid, S. M.; Zhang, M.; Isor, A.; McCulla R. D. "Thiol Reactivity Towards Atomic Oxygen Generated During the Photodexoygenation of Dibenzothiophene S-oxide" Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017, 24, 13333-13341. 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02428

Petroff, J. T.; Nguyen, A. H.; Porter, A. J.; Morales, F. D.; Kennedy, M. P.; Weinstein, D.; Nazer, H.; McCulla, R. D. "Enhanced photocatalytic dehalogenation of aryl halides by combined poly-p-phenylene (PPP) and TiO2 photocatalysts" Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 2017, 335, 149-154. 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.11.024

Petroff, J. T.; McCulla, R. D. "Synthesis of Asymmertical Dibenzothiophene Sulfonate Esters" Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, 57(42), 4726-4726. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.09.028

Zheng, X.; Baumann, S. M.; Chintala, S. M.; Galloway, K. D.; Slaughter, J. B.; McCulla, R. D. "Photodeoxygenation of dinaphthothiophene, benzophenanthrothiophene, and benzonaphthothiophene S-oxides " Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2016, 15, 791-800. 10.1039/C5PP00466G

Zhang, M.; Welch, B. K.; Hasanagic, M.; Fritz, A.; McCulla, R. D. "Determination of sulfoxide bond dissociation enthalpies of dibenzothiophene S-oxide derivatives with computational methods" Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2014, 27(8), 630-639. 10.1002/poc.3310

Bourdillon, M. T.; Ford, B. A.; Knulty, A. T.; Gray, C. N.; Ford, D. A.; McCulla, R. D. "Oxidation of Plasmalogen, Low-Density Lipoprotein and RAW 264.7 Cells by Photoactivatable Atomic Oxygen Precursors" Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2014, 90, 386-393. 10.111/php.12201

Korang, J.; Emahi, I.; Grither, W. R.; Baumann, S. M.; Baum, D. A.; McCulla, R. D. "Photoinduced DNA cleavage by atomic oxygen precursors in aqueous solutions" RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 12390-12397. C3RA41597J

Zhang, M.; Ravilious, G. E.; Hicks, L. M.; Jez, J. M.;McCulla, R. D. "Redox switching of adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate kinase with photoactivatable atomic oxygen precursors" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134(41), 16979-16982. 10.1021/ja3078522

Zhang, M.; Rouch, W. D.; McCulla, R. D. "Conjugated polymers as photoredox catalysts: Visible-light driven reductions of aryl aldehydes by poly-p-phenylene." European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012, 31, 6187-6196. 10.1002/ejoc.201200437

Grither, W. R.; Korang, J.; Sauer, J. P.; Sherman, M. P.; Vanegas, P. L.; McCulla, R. D. "The Effect of Nitro Substitution on the Photochemistry of Benzyl Benzohydroxamate: Photoinduced Release of Benzohydroxamic acid." Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2012, 227, 1-10.
10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.10.005

Rouch, W. D.; Zhang, M.; McCulla, R. D. "Conjugated polymers as photoredox catalysts: A new catalytic system using visible light to promote aryl aldehyde pinacol couplings" Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53(37), 4942-4945.
10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.06.144

Korang J.; Grither, W. R.; McCulla, R. D. "Comparison of Experimental and Computationally Predicted Sulfoxide Bond Dissociation Enthalpies" Journal Physical Chemistry A, 2011, 115, 2859-2865.
10.1021/jp1109465

Sherman, M. P.; Grither, W. R.; McCulla, R. D. "Computational Investigation of the Reaction Mechanims of Nitroxyl and Thiols" Journal Organic Chemistry., 2010, 73, 4014-4024.
10.1021/jo100172t PDF Supporting Information

Korang, J.; Grither, W. R.; McCulla, R. D. "Photodeoxygenation of Dibenzothiophene S-Oxide Derivatives in Aqueous Media" Journal of the American Chemical Society., 2010, 123, 4466-4476.
10.1021/ja100147b