Fall 2015 Seminars
Transition Metal Catalyzed Cleavage of the C-N Amide Bond: Applications in Organic Synthesis
Subhanip Biswas
Copper-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Alkenes and Alkynes
Alfredo Garcia
The First, the Good, and the Best? 25 Years of Ingenol Synthesis
Carolyn Levinn
The Chemistry of Nickel(IV)
Anasheh Sookezian
Development of the Asymmetric Kinugasa Reaction
Emma H. Southgate
The Electron as an Effective Catalyst for Radical Reactions
Guanqun Zhang
Spring 2016
Anion Relay Chemistry: Development and Applications in Total Synthesis
Siraj Z. Ali
The Prebiotic Quest for Ribonucleoside Synthesis
Soumitra Athavale
Organic Dyes as Photoredox Catalysts
Christopher Bemis
Total Synthesis of Vancomycin Analogues: Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance
Connor Delaney
C-H Activation Using Transient Directing Groups
Daniel Holycross
Synthesis of Sequence-Controlled Polymers via Ruthenium-catalyzed ROMP
Huiying Liu
Interstellar Formation of "Simple" Organic Molecules
Jacob McAlpin
Ruthenium-catalyzed Trans-hydrofunctionalization of Internal Alkynes
Mikiko Okumura
The Crystalline Sponge Method: Applications in Organic Chemistry
Sarah Perlmutter