1. Undergraduate research participant, 1999−2001.
2. Aryl-Fused Nitrogen Heterocycles by a Tandem Reduction−Michael Addition Reaction
3. Commercially available 2-nitrophenylacetic acid was esterified using MeOH/HCl (g); see: Furniss, B. S.; Hannaford, A. J.; Smith, P. W. G.; Tatchell, A. R.Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th ed.; Longman: New York, 1989; p 700.