The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Organic Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006

Fall 2005 Seminars

Asymmetric Synthesis of Azially Chiral Allenes
Yuan Shi
Asymmetric Approaches to the Tetracycline Antibiotics
Hahdi Perfect
The Structure of Guanosine Quadruplexes and their Potential as Targets
Kristen Aramthanapon
Catalytic Asymmetric Variants of the Henry Reaction
Jeremy Wilmot
Hypervalent Iodine in Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions
Peter Yao
Organic Photovoltaics
Douglas Davis
Proline Catalysis of Aldol and Mannich Reactions
Mirth Hoyt
Rhodium Catalyzed Carbonyl-Ylide Cycloadditions
Nathan Duncan-Gould
Metallocyclobutadienes: Synthetic Access to an Anti-Aromatic System
Tyler Wilson
Developments Toward the Synthesis of the Welwitindolinone Alkaloids
Russell Smith

Spring 2006 Seminars

The Mevalonate-Independent Pathway to Isoprenoid Compounds: Discovery, Elucidation, and Reaction Mechanisms
Leigh Anne Furgerson
Synthesis of Enatiopure β-amino Acids and Their Derivatives
Jin Hee Lee
Recent Advances in the Design and Applications of Low Molecular Weight Peptide and Amino Acid Hydrogelators
Abbigail F. Zito
Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactide for the Synthesis of Poly (Lactic Acid)
Keith A. Porter
Encapsulation of Gases by Synthetic Organic Molecular Hosts
Keyla Rodriguez
Reductive Coupling Reactions of Nitrones and Imines, Modern Versions of the Pinacol Reaction: Expanded Substrate Scope and Asymmetric Induction
Christopher G. Mayne
Colorimetric Indicators of Chirality and Enantiomeric Excess
Darrell Kuykendall
Improving Enatioselectivity of Enzymes Through Directed Evolution
Brandon Lange
Radical Clocks: Molecular Stopwatches for Timing Radical Reactions
Nora Wang
Chemistry at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign