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11.2009
• The group's latest full paper, titled "The Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols: Reaction Development, Scope, and Applications" has been published in Chemistry - A European Journal and can be found here.
10.2009
• The group's latest publication titled "Expedient synthesis of 3-hydroxyisoquinolines and 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones via one-pot aryne acyl-alkylation/condensation" has been published in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry and can be found here.
9.2009
• The group's latest publication titled "Catalytic Enantioselective Stereoablative Alkylation of 3-Halooxindoles: Facile Access to Oxindoles with C3 All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters" has been published in Angewandte Chemie and can be found here.
8.2009
• The Stoltz Group's intramural softball team won the league championship! Click here to find the team picture!
• The group's latest publication titled "Unusual Allylpalladium Carboxylate Complexes: Identification of the Resting State of Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation Reactions of Ketones" has been published in Angewandte Chemie and can be found here.
• Brian was recently awarded the Tetrahedron Young Investigator Awards for Organic Synthesis for 2010. Congratulations!
7.2009
• The groups latest review titled "Enantioselective Protonation" has been published in Nature Chemistry and can be found here.
• The group's publication titled "A Concise Total Synthesis of (-)-Quinocarcin via Aryne Annulation" has been featured in Synfacts, 2009, 708. The article can be found here.
• The group's synthesis of (+)-Cassiol has been featured in Synfacts, 2009, 712. The article can be found here.
6.2009
• The group's latest publication titled "An efficient synthesis of the carbocyclic core of zoanthenol" has been published in Tetrahedron and can be found here.
5.2009
• Brian was recently awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences. Congratulations!
3.2009
• The group's latest publication titled "Synthetic efforts toward cyathane diterpenoid natural products" has been published in Nat. Prod. Rep. and can be found here.
2.2009
• The group's latest publication titled "Unexpected decarbonylation during an acid-mediated cyclization to access the carbocyclic core of zoanthenol" has been published in Tetrahedron Lett. and can be found here.
• The group's publication titled "Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidation of Chiral Secondary Alcohols: Access to Both Enantiomeric Series" has been featured in Synfacts, 2009, 121. The article can be found here on the Synfacts page.
• Take a look at the group's three latest publications in Org. Synth. Titled "Preparation of (S)-2-Allyl-2-methylcyclohexanone", "Preparation of (S)-tert-ButylPHOX", and "The Direct Acyl-Alkylation of Arynes. Preparation of Methyl 2-(2-AcetylPhenyl)Acetate." They can be found here.
• The group's publication concerning "A Concise Total Synthesis of (-)-Quinocarcin via Aryne Annulation" has been featured in Chemistry World's Totally Synthetic column. Take a look here.
• The group's latest communication, "Progress toward the Synthesis of the Transtaganolide/Basiliolide Natural Products: An Ireland-Claisen Approach", has been published in Tetrahedron Lett. and can be found here.
1.2009
• The group's latest paper, "Side Chain Chemistry Mediates Backbone Fragmentation in Hydrogen Deficient Peptide Radicals", has been published in J. Proteome Res. and can be found here.
12.2008
• Take a look at the group's two latest papers! The "Catalytic Enantioselective Approach to the Eudesmane Sesquiterpenoids: Total Synthesis of (+)-Carissone" and the "Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Cassiol" have both been published in Org. Lett. and can be found here.
• Pictures from the group holiday party are now online, and can be found here.
11.2008
• The latest publication from the group describing "A Concise Total Synthesis of (-)-Quinocarcin via Aryne Annulation" has been accepted to J. Am. Chem. Soc. and can be found here.
• The group's recent publication concerning "Catalytic Enantioselective Alkylation of Substituted Dioxanone Enol Ethers" has been featured in the November issue of Synfacts.
10.2008
• The group's latest paper, titled "Structural Features and Reactivity of (Sparteine)PdCl2: A Model for Selectivity in the Oxidative Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols", has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. and can be found here.
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Class Websites
Chemistry 5a - Advanced Techniques of Synthesis and Analysis (Spring 2003)
Chemistry 41a - Organic Chemistry (Fall 2009)
Chemistry 250 - Advances in Pharmaceutical Research (Spring 2003)
