ORGN 17 |
| This talk will describe efforts to utilize the unusual (and therefore interesting) reactivity of high energy molecules to address fundamental and complex problems in organic synthesis. The concept is that it is possible to surpass the limitations of many reactions by making use of the thermodynamic currency of strained molecules. To this end, the our group has developed a number of new reactions and transformations of chiral cyclopropenes. While these reactions provide powerful methodologies for preparing chiral cyclopropanes, applications are viewed through a much broader lens that includes the assembly of 4-8 membered ring systems, acyclic stereocontrol, and the construction of polycyclic ring systems. The applications extend into materials science, peptide chemistry, the synthesis of natural products, computationally designed analogs, and pharmaceutical research. |
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Young Investigators Symposium
8:25 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 135, Oral
Division of Organic Chemistry |