Independent Career
20. Najmeh Rahimi,; Saba Sehrish,; Samuel K. Akompong,; Bayler G. Barnes,; Cory J. Windorff,;
Marat R. Talipov; Rodolfo Tello-Aburto. Annulative Endoperoxidation of Tetronates. Org. Biomol.
19. Carlos R. Viera,; Bradley T. Stevens,; Talysa Viera,; Cameron Zielinsky.; Lee A. Uranga,; Snezna
Rogelj,; Praveen L. Patidar,; Rodolfo Tello-Aburto. Cystargolide-based amide and ester Pz
analogues as proteasome inhibitors and anti-cancer agents. R. Soc. Open Sci. 2022, 9, 220358-
18. Alexandra E. Golliher,; Antonio J. Tenorio,; Brandon M. Cornalli,; Erika Y. Monroy,; F. Omar
Holguin,; William A. Maio. The synthesis and use of g-chloro-enamides for the subsequent
construction of novel enamide-containing small molecules. Tetrahedron 2021, 102, 132536-
17. Nishanti Ellepola, Talyssa Ogas, Danielle N. Turner, Rubi Gurung, Sabino Maldonado-Torres,
Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Praveen L Patidar, Menake E. Piyasena, Gayan Rubasinghege. A
Toxicological Study on Photo-Degradation Products of Environmental Ibuprofen: Ecological and
Human Health Implications. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 2020, 188, 109892-109899.
16. Doleshwar Niroula, Liam P. Hallada, Camille LeChapelain, Susantha K. Ganegamage, Devon
Dotsonu, Snezna Rogelj, Michael Groll and Rodolfo Tello-Aburto. Design, Synthesis and
Evaluation of Cystargolide-Based Beta-Lactones as Potent Proteasome Inhibitors. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2018, 157, 962-977.
15. Doleshwar Niroula, Liam P. Hallada, Snezna Rogelj and Rodolfo Tello-Aburto. A Total Synthesis
of (-)-Hortonone C. Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 359-364.
14. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Liam P. Hallada, Doleshwar Niroula and Snezna Rogelj. Total Synthesis
and Absolute Stereochemistry of the Proteasome Inhibitors Cystargolides A and B. Org. Biomol.
13. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Alyssa N. Lucero, and Snezna Rogelj. A Catalytic Approach to the MH-031
Lactone: Application to the Synthesis of Geralcin Analogs. Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 6266-6268
Graduate and Mentored
12. Suneet Mehrotra, Brendan M. Duggan, Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Tara D. Newar, William H. Gerwick,
Thomas F. Murray and William A. Maio. Detailed Analysis of (–)-Palmyrolide A and Some
Synthetic Derivatives as Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Antagonists. J. Nat. Prod. 2014, 77,
11. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Kyle A. Kalstabakken, and Andrew M. Harned. Ligand and Substrate
Effects During Pd-Catalyzed Cyclizations of Alkyne-Tethered Cyclohexadienones. Org. Biomol.
10. Leticia Minor-Villar, Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Horacio F. Olivo, Aydee Fuentes, Moises Romero-
Ortega. Desulfurization–Oxygenation of Chiral 1,3-Thiazolidine-2-thiones and 1,3-Oxazolidine-2-
thiones Using Propylene Oxide and Microwave Irradiation. Synlett 2012, 23, 2835–2839.
9. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Tara D. Newar and William A. Maio. Evolution of a Protecting-Group-Free
Total Synthesis: Studies en Route to the Neuroactive Marine Macrolide (–)-Palmyrolide A. J. Org.
8. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Emily M. Johnson, Cheyenne K. Valdez and William A. Maio. Asymmetric
Total Synthesis and Absolute Stereochemistry of the Neuroactive Marine Macrolide Palmyrolide
A. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2150–2153. [Highlighted in Synfacts 2012, 8 (7), 708]
7. Joseph K. Hexum, Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Nicholas B. Struntz, Andrew M. Harned and Daniel A.
Harki. Bicyclic Cyclohexenones as Inhibitors of NF-kB Signaling. ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 2012, 3,
6. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Kyle A. Kalstabakken, Kelly A. Volp and Andrew M. Harned. Regioselective
and Stereoselective Cyclizations of Cyclohexadienones Tethered to Active Methylene Groups.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 7849–7859.
5. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto and Andrew M. Harned. Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions of
Cyclohexadienones: Regioselective Cyclizations Triggered by Alkyne Acetoxylation. Org. Lett.
4. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Maria Yolanda Rios, Dale C. Swenson and Horacio F. Olivo. Bromohydrin
Reactions of Grieco’s Bicyclic Lactone. Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 6853–6855.
3. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto and Horacio F. Olivo.A Formal Synthesis of the Auriside Aglycon. Org. Lett.
2. Rodolfo Tello-Aburto, Adrian Ochoa-Teran and Horacio F. Olivo. Model Studies on the Ring
Construction of the Auriside Macrolactone. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 5915–5917.
1. Baldomero Esquivel, Rodolfo Tello and Ana Adela Sánchez. Unsaturated Diterpenoids with a
Novel Carbocyclic Skeleton from Salvia xalapensis. J. Nat. Prod. 2005, 68, 787–790.