BENJAMIN AMORELLI

E-Mail: bamorelli@chem.ucsb.edu

Ph.D. Chemistry (Rutgers Univ) 2006
M.S. Chemistry (Montclair State Univ) 2001
B.S. Environmental Science (Rutgers Univ) 1997

Current Research
(1) Stereoselective Cu catalyzed reductive aldol cyclizations.
(2) Synthesis of CoQ natural product analogues utilizing Zr/Ni catalyzed carboalumination/cross couplings.

Publications
(1) Amorelli, B.; Yang, C.; Rempel, B.; Withers, S. G.; Knapp, S. "Synthesis and N-Acetylhexosaminidase Inhibitory Properties of C-1 Homologated GlcNAc- and GalNAc-Thiazolines" Bioorg. Med. Chem. (Submitted)
(2) Kim, E. J.; Amorelli, B.; Abdo, M.; Thomas, C. J.; Love, D. C.; Knapp, S.; Hanover, J. A. "Differential Inhibition of OGA Isoforms by an -GlcNAc Thiolsulfonate" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14854-14855.
(3) Knapp, S.; Huhn, R. A., Amorelli, B. "Thionation: GlcNAc-Thiazoline Triacetate {(3aR,5R,6S,7R,7aR)-5-acetoxymethyl-6,7-diacetoxy-2-methyl-5,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-3aH-pyrano[3,2-d]thiazole}" Org. Synth. 2007, 84, 68-76.
(4) Knapp, S.; Darout, E.; Amorelli, B. "New Glycomimetics: Anomeric Sulfonates, Sulfenamides, and
Sulfonamides" J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 1380-1389.
(5) Knapp, S.; Amorelli, B.; Darout, E.; Ventocilla, C. C.; Huhn, R. H.; Goldman, L. M.; Minnihan, E. C. "A
Family of Mycothiol Analogues" J. Carbohydr. Chem. 2005, 24, 103-130 (invited).
(6) de Silva, S. A.; Loo, K. C.; Amorelli, B.; Pathirana, S. L.; Nyakirang'ani, M.; Dharmasena, M.; Demarais,
S.; Dorcley, B.; Pullay, P.; Salih, Y. A. "A Fluorescent "Off-On-Off" Proton Switch Derived from Natural
Products and Further Studies of First-Generation Fluorescent Photoinduced Electron Transfer (PET)
Systems" J. Mater. Chem. 2005, 15, 2791-2795 (invited).
(7) Knapp, S.; Amorelli, B.; Doss, G. A. "A Fused GalNAc-Thiazole from a Singular and Unanticipated
Fragmentation" Tetrahedron. Lett. 2004, 45, 8507-8510.
(8) de Silva, S. A.; Amorelli, B.; Isidor, D. C.; Loo, K. C.; Crooker, K. E.; Pena, Y. "A Fluorescent "Off-On-
Off" Proton Switch with an Overriding 'Enable-Disable' Sodium Ion Switch" Chem. Commun.
2002, 13, 1360-1361.