25th Annual Organic Area
ALLERTON CONFERENCE
Poster Session 1
10:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Stephen Davis (Prof. Martin D. Burke)
Exploring the Mechanism of Ion Selectivity in the Amophotericin B Ion Channel
Timothy Chang (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryldimethylsilanolates
Karen Morrison (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
Generation of Structurally Diverse Compounds from Gibbererellic Acid Leads to the Discovery of a Novel Anticancer Compound
Norio Yasui (Prof. John A. Katzenellenbogen)
Study of Nucleophilic Fluorination on Electron-Rich Aromatic Rings from Non-Aromatic Precursors
Joel Melby (Prof. Douglas A. Mitchell)
Regio- and Chemoselectivity of Thiazole/Oxazole Biosynthesis
Mike Evans (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
An Online Peer Training Tutoring System Increases Perceptions of Learning in a Blended Organic Chemistry Course
Spencer Peck (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
Investigations into the Mechanism of Hydroxethylphosphonate Dioxygenase
Marinus Bigi (Prof. M. Christina White)
Mixed oxygenase-desaturase activity in carboxylic acid-directed non-heme iron catalyzed C-H oxidations
Yen-Jun Ho (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Elucidating the Recognition Mode of T-T Mismatches by Small Molecules as a Step Toward Drug Discovery in Myotonic Display
Poster Session 2
2:45 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
Dr. Justin Struble (Prof. Martin D. Burke)
Bifunctional MIDA Boronate Building Blocks for Small Molecule Synthesis
Rob Weintraub (Prof. Scott E. Denmark)
Charge Separation vs. Effective Concentration: A Kinetic Analysis of the Alkylation of Phenol Under Homogeneous and Phase Transfer Catalysis Conditions
Rachel Botham (Prof. Paul J. Hergenrother)
Priming Cells for Apoptosis via Zinc Chelation
Kyle Dunbar (Prof. Douglas A. Mitchell)
Insights into the Mechanism of ATP Utilization in the Cyclodehydration of Thiazole/Oxazole-Modified Microcins
Scott Sisco (Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore)
Investigation of Shape and Geometry on the Macrocyclization of Oligoester Macrocycles via Alkyne Metathesis
Ayse Okesli (Prof. Wilfred A. van der Donk)
Nine Posttranslational Modifications During the Biosynthesis of Cinnamycin and the Tailoring Enzymes
Andrew Young (Prof. M. Christina White)
Allylic C--H alkylation of unactivated a-olefins
Amin H Jahromi (Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman)
Rational design of potent dimeric ligands as potential therapeutic agents for myotonic dystrophy type I (DMI)