Mulzer ist bekannt für seine Arbeiten zu Naturstoffsynthesen und Synthesemethoden.
Mulzer, Johann: Trying to rationalize total synthesis, In: Natural Product Reports (2014), 31(4), 595–603.
Preindl, Johannes; Leitner, Christian; Baldauf, Simon; Mulzer, Johann: A Short Access to the Skeleton of Elisabethin A and Formal Syntheses of Elisapterosin B and Colombiasin A In: Organic Letters (2014), 16(16), 4276–4279.
Toelle, Nina; Weinstabl, Harald; Gaich, Tanja; Mulzer, Johann: Light-mediated total synthesis of 17-deoxyprovidencin, In: Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2014), 53(15), 3859–3862.
Ramharter, Jürgen; Weinstabl, Harald; Mulzer, Johann: Synthesis of the Lycopodium Alkaloid (+)-Lycoflexine, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010), 132(41), 14338–14339.
Martin, Harry J.; Magauer, Thomas; Mulzer, Johann: In Pursuit of a Competitive Target: Total Synthesis of the Antibiotic Kendomycin In: Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2010), 49(33), 5614–5626.
Marchart, Stefan; Gromov, Alexey; Mulzer, Johann: Total Synthesis of the Antibiotic Branimycin In: Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2010), 49(11), 2050–2053.
Magauer, Thomas; Mulzer, Johann; Tiefenbacher, Konrad: Total Syntheses of (+)-Echinopine A and B: Determination of Absolute Stereochemistry, In: Organic Letters (2009), 11(22), 5306–5309.
Gaich, Tanja; Mulzer, Johann: Total Synthesis of Penifulvin A, an Insecticide with a Dioxafenestrane Skeleton In: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009), 131(2), 452–453.
Prantz, Kathrin; Mulzer, Johann: Decarboxylative Grob-Type Fragmentations in the Synthesis of Trisubstituted Z Olefins: Application to Peloruside A, Discodermolide, and Epothilone D, In: Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2009), 48(27), 5030–5033.
Tiefenbacher, Konrad; Mulzer, Johann: Short formal synthesis of (–)-platencin, In: Angewandte Chemie, International Edition (2008), 47(33), 6199–6200.