Publications

Peer-reviewed publications from independent career: (Student co-authors underlined)

Ams, M. R.; McAuliffe, J. M.; Semenick, R. S. “Self-Replication Without Hydrogen-Bonds: An Exobiotic Design” Chem. - Eur. J. 2024. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401446

Ams, M. R.; Trapp, N.; Schwab, A.; Milić, J. V.; Diederich, F. “Chalcogen Bonding “2S—2N Squares” versus Competing Interactions: Exploring the Recognition Properties of Sulfur” Chem. - Eur. J. 2019, 25, 323—333. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804261

Sherman, M. C.; Ams, M. R.; Jordan, K. D. “Symmetry-Adapted Perturbation Theory Energy Analysis of Alkyl Fluorine-Aromatic Interactions in Torsion Balance Systems” J. Phys. Chem. A 2016, 120, 9292—9298. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b09193

Ams, M. R.; Fields, M.; Grabnic, T.; Janesko, B. G.; Zeller, M.; Sheridan, R.; Shay, A. “Unraveling the Role of Alkyl F on CH—π Interactions and Uncovering the Tipping Point of Fluorophobicity”  J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 7764—7769. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01072

Janesko, B. G.; Ams, M. R. “Dispersion-corrected DFT study on methano and ethano bridged Wilcox torsion balances” Theor. Chem. Acc. 2014, 133, 1490. DOI: 10.1007/s00214-014-1490-9

Bhayana, B.; Ams, M. R. “Effect of Diazocine Bridgehead Modification on the Folding of the Wilcox Molecular Torsion Balance: A View from a Different Angle” J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 3594—3596. DOI: 10.1021/jo200316t

Peer-reviewed publications from post-doctoral and graduate work:

Dube, H.; Ams, M. R.; Rebek, J., Jr. “Supramolecular Control of Fluorescence through Reversible Encapsulation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 9984—9985. DOI: 10.1021/ja103912a

Ams, M. R.; Ajami, D.; Craig, S. L.; Yang, J.; Rebek, J., Jr. “Control of stilbene conformation and fluorescence in self-assembled capsules” Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, 79. DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.5.79

Ams, M. R.; Ajami, D.; Craig, S. L.; Yang, J.; Rebek, J., Jr. “‘Too Small, Too Big, and Just Right’ – Optical Sensing of Molecular Conformations in Self-Assembled Capsules” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13190—13191. DOI: 10.1021/ja903198v

Ams, M. R.; Wilcox, C. S. “Benzil-Tethered Precipitons for Controlling Solubility: A Round-Trip Energy-Transfer Mechanism in the Isomerization of Extended Stilbene Analogues” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3966—3972. DOI: 10.1021/ja068211c

Ams, M. R.; Wilcox, C. S. “Intramolecularly Sensitized Precipitons: A Model System for Application to Metal Sequestration” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 250–256. DOI: 10.1021/ja0561340