Fall 2023 Seminars
Catalytic Formation of Ammonia from Dinitrogen
Joshua Berger*
Total Synthesis and Biological Activity of "Supernatural" Products
Emma Simmons
O3: Three Recent Advances in Ozonolysis
Rachel Schaaf
Photoredox Mediated Oxidative Radical/Polar Crossover
Nick Wade
Photoswitchable Ruthenium-Based Catalysis for Olefin Metathesis
Tony Zhang
Replacing TNT: The Quest for a New Melt Castable Explosive
Yanni Lysandrou
Spring 2024 Seminars
Nucleophilic Fluoride as a Source for Sp3 C-H Fluorination
Jeffrey Celis-Chance
Acyl C-N Bond Insertions of Amides: New Electrophiles for Cross-Coupling Reactions
Carter Cunningham
Water-Soluble Synthetic Receptors: Artificial Molecular Recognition
Zhaochen Duan
Recent Advances in Selective [2+2] Cyclobutane Formation
Chang Jiang
Increasing Practicability of Air-Sensitive Synthetic Reactions
Oliver D. Pichardo Peguero
Aromatic C-H Thianthrenation: Mechanisms and Applications
Dongchen Ouyang*
Strategies Towards the Total Synthesis of Picrotoxinin
Shawn Schowe
*Winner of Beak Literature Seminar Award