ACS PRF Annual Report 2018 - Panel 1

Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Organic synthesis including organic and organometallic reagents and catalysts, and asymmetric synthesis.

• 56158-DNI1: New Organocatalysts for Chemoselective Aliphatic C-H Hydroxylation, Michael K. Hilinski, Ph.D. , University of Virginia
• 56159-DNI1: Photocatalytic C-F Functionalization: Transforming Perfluoroarenes from Inert Molecules to Synthetic Linchpins, Jimmie D. Weaver, Ph.D. , Oklahoma State University
• 56371-DNI1: Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes for Catalytic Alkene and Alkyne Functionalization, David J. Michaelis, Ph.D. , Brigham Young University
• 56372-DNI1: Titanium-Mediated Selective Dihalogenation for the Vicinal Difunctionalization of Simple Alkenes, Noah Z. Burns, Ph.D. , Stanford University
• 56505-DNI1: Chiral α,α - Disubstituted Amines via the Allylic Azide Rearrangement, Joseph J. Topczewski, Ph.D. , University of Minnesota
• 56575-DNI1: A Reverse Polarity Approach to Preparing Chiral Amines through Stereoselective C-C Bond Assembly, Steven J. Malcolmson, Ph.D. , Duke University
• 56603-DNI1: Novel Nitrogen-Substituted (lamba)3-Iodanes for the Functionalization of Chemical Feedstocks, Sarah E. Wengryniuk, Ph.D. , Temple University
• 56878-DNI1: A New Class of Reagents for Heterocycle Coupling Reactions, Andrew  McNally, Ph.D. , Colorado State University
• 57175-DNI1: Dearomative Functionalization with Arenophiles, David  Sarlah, Ph.D. , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 57274-DNI1: Direct Radical Functionalization of Alcohols Using Cobalt Photocatalysis, David  Martin, Ph.D. , University of California, Riverside
• 58063-DNI1: Development of Cobalt(I)-Catalyzed Radical-Polar Crossover Reactions, Sergey  Pronin, Ph.D. , University of California, Irvine

• 56230-ND1: Hypervalent Iodine-mediated Transformation of Silyl-substituted Hydrocarbons, Annaliese K. Franz, Ph.D. , University of California, Davis
• 56311-ND1: Copper-Catalyzed Photochemistry with Simple Alkenes, Tehshik P. Yoon, Ph.D. , University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 56369-ND1: Hydrogenation of C(sp3)-O bonds Catalyzed by Acidic Group 9 Hydride Complexes, Ross A. Widenhoefer, Ph.D. , Duke University
• 56509-ND1: New Chemistry of Conjugated Cumulated Materials and Their Analogs, Richmond  Sarpong, Ph.D. , University of California, Berkeley
• 56686-ND1: Heterogeneous Colloid Catalysts for Visible Light Photochemistry, Todd D. Krauss, Ph.D. , University of Rochester
• 56849-ND1: Organotrifluoroborates as Fluoride Ion Sources in Cationic Fluorination for the Preparation of Fluorinated Organics, David M. Perrin, Ph.D. , University of British Columbia
• 57164-ND1: Photocatalytic Functionalization of Arenes and Alkenes Using Visible Light, Wei  Wang, Ph.D. , University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy
• 57200-ND1: Fundamental Structure-Reactivity Relationships of Isolable Distorted Cycloallenes: New Petroleum Derived Reagents for Rapid, Strain Promoted Cycloaddition Chemistry, Rylan J. Lundgren, Ph.D. , University of Alberta
• 57206-ND1: Understanding and Controlling the Reactivity of Allylmagnesium Reagents in Stereoselective Synthesis, Keith A. Woerpel, Ph.D. , New York University
• 57440-ND1: Development of an Aromatic C-H Bond Substitution Approach, Jon T. Njardarson, Ph.D. , University of Arizona
• 58264-ND1: Enantioselective Atom Transfer Radical Additions to Olefins, Joseph M. Ready, Ph.D. , The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• 58268-ND1: Strategies for Aldoxime and Ketoxime Umpolung: Versatile Syntheses of Amines and Heterocycles, Jennifer M. Schomaker, Ph.D. , University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 58269-ND1: Development of Unique Functional Group Interconversions, Alejandro  Bugarin, Ph.D. , Florida Gulf Coast University

• 56004-UNI1: Benzodiazaboroles as Potential Dynamic Covalent Functional Groups for New Molecular Architectures, Dustin E. Gross, Ph.D. , Sam Houston State University
• 56161-UNI1: New Methods for the Synthesis of Spirocycles via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Dearomative Arene Alkyne Coupling, Paul A. Vadola, Ph.D. , DePaul University
• 56605-UNI1: New Alkene Hydrofunctionalization Reactions: Approaches to Aldehyde Activation Using Base Metal Catalysis, Dale J. Wilger, Ph.D. , Samford University
• 56852-UNI1: Development of a Novel and Versatile Method for the Synthesis of Substituted Cyclobutanes, Michael R. Gesinski, Ph.D. , Southwestern University
• 57163-UNI1: Synthesis and Characterization of Naphthalene and Biphenylene Tetraimides, Dennis D. Cao, Ph.D. , Macalester College
• 57199-UNI1: Merging Photoredox and Copper Catalysis: Extending the Chan-Lam Coupling Reaction Scope by Mechanistic Understanding, Andrew  Wommack, Ph.D. , High Point University
• 57208-UNI1: New Catalysts for Reductive Reactions of Ketones: Enantioselective Synthesis of C-C Bonds with Chiral Titanium Complexes, Jeffrey S. Cannon, Ph.D. , Occidental College
• 57897-UNI1: Design and Synthesis of Persistent Luminescent Organic Radicals and Investigation of Doublet-State Photophysics, Graham T. Sazama, Ph.D. , Lawrence University

• 52798-UR1: Synthesis of Azaannulenes Related to the Porphyrins, Timothy D. Lash, Ph.D. , Illinois State University
• 54968-UR1: Palladium Catalyzed alpha Heteroarylation of Ketones, Lili  Ma, Ph.D. , Northern Kentucky University
• 55707-UR1: Organocatalytic Domino Reactions for the Synthesis of Highly Substituted Heterocycles, Shanina Sanders Johnson, Ph.D. , Spelman College
• 55852-UR1: New Reactivity Mediated by Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate, C. Wade Downey, Ph.D. , University of Richmond
• 56502-UR1: Molecular Jump Rope: Synthesis and Study of Axial Chirality in Cyclophanes Lacking Stereocenters, Kenneth  Miller, Ph.D. , Fort Lewis College
• 56692-UR1: Exploring the Potential of an Acid-Initiated Vinylogous Aldol Reaction to Form All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters, John E. Hofferberth, Ph.D. , Kenyon College
• 57975-UR1: Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatics via Domino Aryne Cascade Reactions, Patrick H. Willoughby, Ph.D. , Ripon College
• 58270-UR1: Visible-Light-Promoted Reactions of Organoborates with Imines, James M. Hanna, Ph.D. , Winthrop University