Discovery and invention in synthetic organic chemistry

ORGN 36

Frank E. McDonald, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322
Our laboratory is engaged in the discovery of new chemical transformations, which in turn facilitates the development of novel strategies to the chemical synthesis of biologically important organic compounds. This lecture will describe recent advances from our laboratory, such as the tungsten-catalyzed endo-selective cycloisomerization of alkynyl alcohols to cyclic enol ethers and applications to a non-traditional but effective approach to oligosaccharide synthesis.