Organic Chemistry Seminar

The future of synthetic organic chemistry depends on the development of low-cost, robust, environmentally friendly transformations.  Our laboratory seeks to develop new reactions that enable the efficient synthesis of medicinally relevant small molecules.  By examining known mechanistic data, we identify gaps in understanding that can be exploited to create new reaction pathways.  Further mechanistic refinement in our laboratory leads to a better understanding of these catalytic processes at a level of conceptual depth that permit the design of new reactions in a rational and systematic fashion.