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  • So, R. C.†; Gouse, S.†;  Boddu, U. R.; Xue, H.; Suzuki, S.; Zhang, X.; Yang, M.; Nguyen, J.; Nguyen, E.; Miller, S.; Penner, R.; Hull, K. G.*; Fleig, A.*; Sun, H.-S.*; Feng, Z.-P.*; Horgen, F. D.*; Romo, D.* Waixenicin A Derivatives as Neuroprotective Agents against Hypoxic Ischemic Brain Injury Through TRPM7 Blockade (provisional patent application #: 63/944,256, December 18, 2025; †co-first author for the manuscript).
  • So, R. C.; Subramanian, H.; Kuehn, C.; Sibi, M. Relay-PHOS. Ligands with fluxional chirality in asymmetric palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 34, 7196–7201. https://doi.org/10.1021
  • So, R. C.; Felix, B.; Jalan, A.; Kopach, M.; Castle, S. A Serine Ligation Method Based on Mitsunobu Reaction and O-to-N Acyl Transfer. ChemRxiv. Cambridge: Cambridge Open Engage; 2023.
  • Major, G. H.; Pinder, J.; Austin, D. E.; Baer, D. R.; Castle, S. L.; Čehal, J.; Clark, B. M.; Cohen, H.; Counsell, J.; Herrera-Gomez, A.; Kim, S. H.; Morgan, D. J.; Opila, R. L.; Powell, C.; Průša, S.; Roberts, A.; Rocca, M.; Shirahata, N.; Šikola, T.; Smith, E. F.; So, R. C.; Strunk, J.; Teplyakov, A.; Terry, J.; Weber, S. G.; Linford, M. R.  A Perspective on improving the quality of surface and material data analysis in the scientific literature with a focus on X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2023, 41, 038501. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002437
  • So, R. C.*; Carreon-Asok, A. C. Molecular Design, Synthetic Strategies and Applications of Cationic Polythiophenes. Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 11442-11509. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00773.
  • Caminos-Peruelo, D.*; Wang, W. C.; Chin, T. S.; So, R. C.; Fabicon, R. M.; Hsieh, M. F. Preparation, Characterization of Chitosan/bamboo Charcoal/poly(methacrylate) Composite Beads. Bull. Mater. Sci. 2017, 40, 1179-1187. doi:10.1007/s12034-017-1464-3.
  • Romano, E. F.; Holdsworth, C.; Quirino, J. P.; So, R. C.* Room-temperature Synthesis and Binding Studies of Solution-Processable Histamine-imprinted Microspheres. J. Mol. Recognit. 2017, e2659. doi: 10.1002/jmr.2659.
  • So, R. C.*; Sanggo, J. E.; Jin, L.; Diaz, J. M. A.; Guerrero, R. A.; He, J. Gram-scale Synthesis and Kinetic Study of Bright Carbon Dots from Citric acid and Citrus japonica via Microwave-assisted Method.ACS Omega 2017, 2, 5196-5208. doi:10.1021/acsomega.7b00551.
  • Romano Jr., E. F.; Quirino, J. P.; Holdsworth, J. L.; So, R. C.; Holdsworth, C. I.* Assessment of the Binding Performance of Histamine-imprinted Microspheres by Frontal Analysis Capillary Electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2017, 38, 1251-1259. doi:10.1002/elps.201600448. 
  • Silverio, O. V.; So, R. C.*; Elnar, K. J. S.; Malapit, C. A.; Nepomuceno, M. C. M. Development of Dieldrin, Endosulfan, and Hexachlorobenzene-imprinted Polymers for Dye-displacement Array Sensing. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017, 134, 2, 44401. doi:10.1002/app.44401
  • Romano Jr., E. F.; So, R. C.*; Donne, S. W.; Holdsworth, C. I.* Preparation and BindingEvaluation of Histamine-imprinted Microspheres via Conventional Thermal and RAFT-mediated Free Radical Polymerization. ACS Omega 2016, 1, 518-531. doi:10.1021/acsomega.6b00144 
  • Carreon, A. C.; Santos, W. L.; Matson, J. B.*; So, R. C.* Cationic Polythiophenes as Responsive DNA-binding Polymers. Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 314-317. doi:10.1039/C3PY01069D
  • Calderon, I. A. C.; Lao, K. S.; Chua, E. T.; Romano, E.; Anore, K. H. S.; Cabatuando, A. C. R.; Ibabao, M. J. P.; Guerrero, R. A.;So, R. C.*FRET Interaction between Pyrene-tagged β-hydroxy acid and Perylen-3-ylmethyl methacrylate co-N-Dodecylmethacrylamide in Film and Solution.J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2013, 129, 5, 2865-2872. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/app.38881.
  • Chen, C.-H.; Cuong, N.-V.; Chen, Y. T.; So, R. C.; Liau, I.; Hsieh, M.-F.* Overcoming Multidrug Resistance of Breast Cancer Cells by the Micellar Doxorubicin Nanoparticles of mPEG-PCL-graft-cellulose. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2011, 11, 53-60. doi:10.1166/jnn.2011.3102
  • Malapit, C.; Lao, K. S.; Holdsworth, C.; So, R. C.* Molecular Recognition Properties of Artemisinin-Imprinted Polymer Microspheres. Kimika 2010, 23, 1, 17-25.
  • Chan, A. S.; del Valle, J.; Lao, K.; Malapit, C.; Chua, M.; So, R. C.* Evaluation of Silica sol-gel Microcapsule for the Controlled Release of Insect Repellent, N,N-diethyl-2-methoxybenzamide, on cotton. Philipp. J. Sci. 2009, 138, 1, 13-21.
  • Tyznik, A. J.; Farber, E.; Girardi, E.; Birkholz, A.; Li, Y.; Chitale, S.; So, R. C.; Arora, P.; Khurana, A.; Wang, J.; Porcelli, S. A.; Zajonc, D.; Kronenberg, M.; Howell, A. R.* Glycolipids that Elicit IFN-γ-biased Responses from Natural Killer T cells. Chem. Biol. 2011, 18, 12, 1620-1630. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.10.015
  • Howell, A. R.*; So, R. C.; Richardson, S. K. Approaches to the Preparation of Sphinganines. Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 11327-11347. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2004.09.056.
  • Busacca, C. A.*; Grossbach, D.; Campbell, S. J.; Dong, Y.; Eriksson, M. C.; Harris, R. E.; Jones, P. J.; Kim, J. Y.; Lorenz, J. C.; McKellop, K. B.; O’Brien, E. M.; Qiu, F.; Simpson, R. D.; Smith, L.; So, R. C.; Spinelli, E. M.; Vitous, J.; Zavattaro, C. Electronic Control of Chiral Quaternary Center Creation in the Intramolecular Asymmetric Heck Reaction. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 5187-5195. doi:10.1021/jo049448z.
  • So, R. C.; Ndonye, R.; Izmirian, D. P.; Richardson, S. K.; Guerrera, R. L.; Howell, A. R.* Straightforward Synthesis of Sphinganines via a Serine-derived Weinreb Amide. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 3233-3235. doi:10.1021/jo030355b
  • Busacca, C. A.*; Grossbach, D.; So, R. C.; O’Brien, E. M.; Spinelli, E. M. ProbingElectronic Effects in the Asymmetric Heck Reaction with the BIPI Ligands. Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 595-598. doi:10.1021/ol0340179.
  • Ndakala, A. J.; Hashemzadeh, M.; So, R. C.; Howell, A. R.* Synthesis of (D)-erythro-Dihydrosphingosine and (D)-xylo-Phytosphingosine from a Serine Derived, 1,5-Dioxaspiro-[3,2]hexane template. Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 1719-1722. doi:10.1021/ol0200448.