The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Organic Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2002 - Spring 2003

Fall 2002 Seminars

Catalytic Asymmetric α-Amination of Carbonyl Compounds
Jeremy Cobb
Detection of Transition Metal Ions Using Fluorescent Sensors
William Boyke
CO2 as a Monomer for Polycarbonate Synthesis
Joseph Rule
Selective Atropisomer Preparation in Natural Product Synthesis
Kevin Peese
Catalytic Methods for the Direct Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams
Nathan Ide
Iterative Strategies for Polycyclic Ether Synthesis
Steven Tymonko
Asymmetric Allylic Substitution: Mechanism and Recent Advances Using Palladium and Molybdenum
Kyle Bodine
Caspases: Biological Function, Specificity, and Design of Inhibitors
John Comminos
Molecular Architecture Via Metal Coordination
Wei Zhang
Repair of DNA Damage: Cases of Irreversible Inhibition and Small-molecule Assistance
Mary Smalley
Measuring Kinetic Isotope Effects of Carbon at Natural Abundance
John Baird
Controlling the Reactivity of Bergman and Myers-Saito Cyclizations
Daniel Ryan
Formation and Properties of Imidazolones in Petptides and Proteins
Heather Relyea
Chromium Mediated Additions to Aldehydes: The Nozah-Hiyama-Kishi Reaction
Jeffrey Kallemeyn
Towards the Development of Gadolimium Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Contrast Agents: Controlling distribution and Relaxivity
Nathan Ackroyd
Carbonyl Olefination Using Titanium-Carbene Reagents
Ramil Baiazitov

Spring 2003 Seminars

Resorcinarene-Based Hydrogen-Bonded Molecular Capsules
Emily Schmidt

Sulfur And Selenium Safety Catch Linkers
Stephanie Elmer
DNA-Templated Chemical Reactions
Jennifer Heemstra
Catalysis Of "Direct" Asymmetric Aldol Reactions
Yinghua Jin
Mechanism, Stereoselectivity And Synthetic Applications Of The Nitroso Ene Reaction
Vitaliy Nesterenko
Strategies For The Total Synthesis Of (±)-Ingenol And Related In-Out Ring Systems
Brandon Miles
The Total Synthesis Of (-)-Spirotryprostatin B
John Heemstra
Synthetic Molecular Motors
Jordan Quinn
Organic Molecularly Imprinted Polymers As Mimics Of Hydrolytic Enzymes
Hugo Ong
Chemistry at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign