Fall 2004 Seminars
Application and Generation of Silacyclopropanes
William R. Collins
Aziridines: Rethinking Their Application and Manipulation in Synthesis
Christopher R. Butler
Enantioselective, Nucleophilic Carbene-Catalyzed Reactions of Acyl Anion Equivalents
Michelle M. Adams
Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions: Entering the Iron Age
Christina Thompson
Catalytic, Enantioselective α-Hyroxlation of Carbonyl Compounds Using Nitroso Benzene
JohnMark Derryberry
Conjugated Polymers as Fluorescence-Based Chemical Sensors
Jay Wackerly
Phosphine-Catalyzed Additions of Nucleophiles and Electrophiles to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
Michael S. Bultman
Development and Applications of Click Chemistry
Gregory C. Patton
Desymmetrization Through Enantioselective Olefin Metathesis 65
Min Xie
[4 + 3] Cycloadditions: Seven Membered Rings from Allyl Cations
Christopher S. Regens
Enzymatic C-F Bond Formation and Fluorinated Natural Product Biosynthesis
Richard W. Pierce
Copper-Catalyzed, Enantioselective Conjugate Addition
Monica Jo Patten
Fine-Tuning Ziegler-Natta Polymerizations: Stereocontrol of Polypropylene Formation
H. George Vandeveer
Spring 2005 Seminars
Approaches to the Total Synthesis of the Aziridine Alkaloids FR-900482 and FR-66979
JohnMark Derryberry
Electroluminescence of Conjugated Aromatic Polymers in Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Robert Lambeth
Scope and Mechanism of Direct Catalytic Arylation: Is the C-H Bond Activated?
S. Todd Meyer
Container Molecules as Catalysts in Organic Chemistry
Ronald Smaldone
Nanoscale Electric Devices Containing Rotaxanes
Richie Kohman
Peptide Dendrimers
Chao Wang
Microwaves in Organic Synthesis: Is it Just a Bunch of Hot Air?
Amanda Boye
Design and Synthesis of Explosives: Polynitrocubanes and High Nitrogen Content Heterocycles
Andrew LaFrate
Regioselective Chemical Modifications of C60 Fullerene
Yunyi Lu
Synthesis, Biosynthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of the Macrolide Antibiotic Leinamycin
Benjamin Leslie
Chemiluminescent and Photoluminescent Switches and their Relation to Logic Gates
Jonathan Arambula
Synthesis and Fragrance Properties of Macrocyclic Musks
Terry Moore
Ferroelectic Liquid Crystals from Achiral Molecules
Stephanie Potisek
Neutral and Anionic Homoaromatic Compounds
Erin Elliott