Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications


1. M. Morales, M. Y. Yang, W. A. Goddard, H. B. Gray, J. R. Winkler, Copper(II) coordination to the intrinsically disordered region of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121, e2402653121 (2024).

2. Behring, L., Ruiz-Gomez, G., Morales, M. et al. Dipeptide-Derived Alkynes as Potent and Selective Irreversible Inhibitors of Cysteine Cathepsins. J. Med. Chem. 66, 3818–3851 (2023).

3. Morales, M., Ravanfar, R., Oyala, P. H., Gray, H. B. & Winkler, J. R. Copper(II) Binding to the Intrinsically Disordered C-Terminal Peptide of SARS-CoV-2 Virulence Factor Nsp1. Inorg. Chem. 61, 8992–8996 (2022).

4. Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J.C., Silva, C.P.D, Derr, J.B., Silva, G.T.D., Billones, M.K., Morales, M. et al. Charge transfer vs. proton transfer in the excited-state dynamics of biomimetic pyranoflavylium cations. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology 10, 100110 (2022).

5. Barth, A. T., Morales, M. Winkler, J. R. & Gray, H. B. Photoredox Catalysis Mediated by Tungsten(0) Arylisocyanides in 1,2-Difluorobenzene. Inorg. Chem. 61, 7251–7255 (2022).

6. Fajardo, J., Barth, A.T., Morales, M. et al. Photoredox Catalysis Mediated by Tungsten(0) Arylisocyanides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 19389–19398 (2021).

7. Rybicka-Jasińska, K., Espinoza, E.M., Clark, J.C., Derr, J.B., Gregory, C., Morales, M. et al. Making Nitronaphthalene Fluoresce. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 10295–10303 (2021).

8. Sharma, V. K., Mahammed, A., Mizrahi, A., Morales, M. et al. Dimeric Corrole Analogs of Chlorophyll Special Pairs. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 9450–9460 (2021).

9. Derr, J. B., Rybicka-Jasinska, K., Espinoza, E.M., Morales, M. et al. On the Search of a Silver Bullet for the Preparation of Bioinspired Molecular Electrets with Propensity to Transfer Holes at High Potentials. Biomolecules 11, 429 (2021).

10. Yadav, P., Khoury, S., Mahammed, A., Morales, M. et al. Enhanced Synthetic Access to Tris-CF 3 -Substituted Corroles. Org. Lett. 22, 3119–3122 (2020).

11. Skonieczny, K., Espinoza, E.M., Derr, J.B., Morales, M. et al. Biomimetic and bioinspired molecular electrets. How to make them and why does the established peptide chemistry not always work? Pure and Applied Chemistry 92, 275–299 (2020).

12. Derr, J. B., Clark, J.A., Morales, M. et al. Solvent-induced selectivity of Williamson etherification in the pursuit of amides resistant against oxidative degradation. RSC Adv. 10, 24419–24424 (2020).

13. Derr, J. B., Tamayo, J., Clark, J.C., Morales, M. et al. Multifaceted aspects of charge transfer. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 21583–21629 (2020).

14. Espinoza, E. M., Clark, J.C., Soliman, J., Derr, J.B., Morales, M. et al. Practical Aspects of Cyclic Voltammetry: How to Estimate Reduction Potentials When Irreversibility Prevails. J. Electrochem. Soc. 166, H3175–H3187 (2019).