21st Annual Organic Area
ALLERTON CONFERENCE

Sponsored by
Dr. Seemon H. Pines and Merck & Company
Saturday, November 10, 2007
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Poster Session I

  1. Jonathan F. Arambula (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
    Selective Targeting of the T-T/U-U Mismatch
  2. Dustin J. Covell (Prof. M. Christina White)
    Strategies for Asymmetric Allyic C-H Oxidation
  3. L.A. Furgerson-Ihnken (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
    Investigation of the Protease Domain of the Lacticin 481 Transporter, LctT
  4. Robert H. Lambeth III (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
    Synthesis and Application of Azobenzene Functionalized Polymers
  5. Adam D. Langenfeld, Abbigail F. Zito (Prof. Anne M. Baranger)
    Design and Synthesis of Chimeric Activators for Restoration of Alternative Splicing
  6. Christopher G. Mayne (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
    Design and Synthesis of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines as ER-Subtype Selective Ligands
  7. Daniel Palacios (Prof. Martin Burke)
    Synthesis-Enabled Investigation of the Amphotericin B-Based Ion Channel
  8. Rahul Palchaudhuri, Karson S. Putt (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
    “Marvel”ous Anti-Cancer Compound: Identification of a Novel, Fast-Acting Anti-Cancer Agent
  9. John F. Rakus (Prof. John A. Gerlt)
    Identification of Novel Catalytic Strategies in the Enolase Superfamily
  10. Giang D. Vo, Xuebin Lao (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
    Palladium Catalyzed α-Arylation of Ketones and Aldehydes
  11. Tyler W. Wilson, Matthew T. Burk (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
    Enantioselective Construction of Quaternary Stereogenic Carbons by the Lewis Base Catalyzed Additions of Silyl Ketene Imines to Aldehydes

Poster Session II

  1. Timothy A. Boebel (Prof. John F. Hartwig)
    Iridium Catalyzed Hydrosilane-directed ortho-Borylation
  2. Kui Chan (Prof. John A. Gerlt)
    Genomic Enzymatic Approach to Understand the Mechanism of Orotidine-5’ Monophosphate Decarboxylase
  3. Nathan W. Duncan-Gould (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
    The Tandem [4+3]/[3+2] Cycloaddition of Nitroalkenes as a Discover Tool: Exploring Phase Transfer Catalysis
  4. Suk Joon Lee, Kaitlyn Gray, James Paek (Prof. Martin Burke)
    Simple, Efficient, and Modular Syntheses of Polyene Natural Products
  5. Richie E. Kohman, Nathan P. Gabrielson, Amy M. Balija (Prof. Daniel W. Park, Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
    1,3,5-Triazaadamantanes as Dendrimer Monomers and Polyamine Crosslinkers
  6. S. Todd Meyer (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
    Synthetic Small Molecule Ligands for Internal RNA Secondary Structure
  7. E. Davis Oldham (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
    Peptidomimetic Inhibitors of the Estrogen Receptor – Steroid Recruitment Coactivator Interaction
  8. Stacie Lynn Richardson (Prof. Anne M. Baranger)
    Development of 3,4,5-Trisubstituted Oxazolidinones as Ligands for Stem-Loop RNA
  9. Mitchell J. Schultz, Aaron D. Finke (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
    Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Conjugated Monolayer Films Prepared via Self-Assembled Monolayers
  10. Nicolaas Vermeulen (Prof. M. Christina White)
    Synthetic Streamlining via the Coupling of Organic Acids to Terminal Olefins
  11. John T. Whitteck (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
    Structural Reassignment of the Antibiotic A53868 Reveals a Tripeptide With an Unusual Amino Dehydrophosphonic Acid Monomethylester