Fall 2020 Seminars
Recent Advances in Asymmetric Baeyer-Villiger Oxidations
Amie Lanzendorf
Carbocycle Formation Enabled by Redox Non-Innocent Ligands
Christopher Davis
Carbon Nanobelts: Potential Precursors for the Controlled Preparation of Carbon Nanotubes
Joseph Forzano
The Use of ω-Transaminase for Chiral Amine Synthesis in Organic Synthesis
Joenisse Rosado-Rosa
Advancements in the Synthesis of 2ʹ and 4ʹ Modified Nucleoside Analogues
Wesley Wang
Brønsted and Lewis Acid Mediated Carbonyl Metathesis Reactions
David Ryffel
Oriented Electric Fields in Non-Redox Organic Reactivity
Casey Olen
The Enolonium Ion: Umpolung Strategies for the α–Functionalization of Carbonyls
Sydney McKee
Efficiency and Structural Developments in Organic Solar Cells
Jonnathan Marin
Alkoxide-Directed Metallacycle-Mediated Intermolecular [2+2+2] Annulation
Maegen M. Kincanon
Ring Expansion Methods for the Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers
Mara L. Paterson
The Development and Optimization of Azide-Based Bioorthogonal Reactions
Selena Hernandez
Spring 2021 Seminars
Frontiers in the Use of Metals as Therapeutic Agents
Devon Fontaine
Electrochemically-Driven, Enzymatic Synthesis of Organic Compounds
Yu Zhou
The Use of ω-Transaminase for Chiral Amine Synthesis in Organic Synthesis
Charlie Dixon
Liberated 𝛼,β-Functionalization of Saturated Cyclic Amines
Brett Cain
Intermolecular Enantioconvergent Catalysis via Carbocation Intermediates
Shelby King
Advances in On-DNA Chemistry to Expand DNA-Encoded Libraries
Kai Gui
Mapping the Chemical Landscape of Prebiotic Genetic Polymers
Jason Cournoyer
Recent Developments in the Multicomponent Petasis Reaction
Alexander Gomez
Recent Advances in Cascade Metathesis Polymerization
Yunyan Sun
Recent Advances of the Hexadehydro-Diels-Alder Reaction in Benzyne Chemistry
Chelsea Swartchick
Recent Advances in Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of Arenes
Aliza Yazdani
Synthesis and Therapeutic Applications of Chalcones