Organic Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2003 - Spring 2004 / Chemistry at Illinois

Fall 2003 Seminars

Asymmetric Nonlinear Effects in the SOAI Reaction: A Possible Model for Spontaneous Generation of Asymmetry
Eric Todd

Custom-Made Catalysis: RNA as a Promising Catalyst in Organic Synthesis
Jonathan McKay

Recent Advances in Dynamic Kinetic Resolution: Design, Engineering and Optimization
Jack Liu

Regioselective [4+2] Benzannulation: Synthesis of Polysubstituted Benzenes
Won-jin Chung

Catalytic Enantioselective Mannich Reaction
Mike Arnold

Recent Approaches to the Total Synthesis of Tetrodotoxin
Ryan Carra

Spring 2004 Seminars

Applications of Dendrimers to Drug Delivery
Catherine A. Brummond

Transition Metal Catalyzed Higher-Order Cycloadditions — The Direct Formation of Eight-Membered Ring Systems
Chuck Hickenboth

Cycloadditions with Singlet Oxygen Mechanism and Substituent Directing Effects
Cyril Jacquot

The Saga of Saha: Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Agents
Micael L. Nickels