The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois

Organic Chemistry Seminar Abstracts, Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

Fall 2006 Seminars

Catalytic, Enantioselective, Electrophilic a-Functionalization of Carbonyl Compounds
Nathan Werner
Recent Advances in sp3-sp3 Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions
Nicolaas Vermeulen
Catalytic, Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols
Giang Vo
Catalytic Enantioselective Insertion of Rhodium-Carbenoids into Aliphatic C-H Bonds
Brad P. Carrow
Catalytic, Enantioselective Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions of Aldehydes
Dustin Covell
Catalyst in a Box: Zeolite-Supported Enantioselective Catalysts
Alexander Parent
Enzymatic Halogenation in Natural Product Biosynthesis
John T. Whitteck
Organo-Nitrogen Compounds from Molecular Nitrogen
Jared Delcamp

Spring 2007 Seminars

The Ugi Multicomponent Reaction: Stereocontrol, Modifications and Applications
Stacie Lynn Richardson
Mobius Aromaticity: Which Side Are You On?
Philip A. Janowicz
Synthesis, Luminescence, and Applications of Coelenterazine and its Analogs
Victor M. Gonzalez, Jr.
Asymmetric Domino Reactions: What Do Organocatalysts Have To Offer?
Diana C. West
Chiral Phase-Transfer Catalysis (CPTC) by Modified Cinchona Alkaloids
Rahul Palchaudhuri
NMR Analysis of Protein-Small Molecule Interactions
Thomas M. Anderson
The Synthesis of Molecules Containing Quaternary Stereogenic Centers via the Intramolecular Asymmetric Heck Reaction
Eric P. Gillis
Automated Solid-Phase Synthesis of Oligosaccharides
Daniel Palacios
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