Group Seminar Schedule 2012
Keck Amphitheater (Guests Welcome to Attend) Begins at 12 noon, unless otherwise stated.
Please emailconcerning group meeting dates.
Date	Lecture	Lit. Review	Mech. Problem
4-20	Shu Kobayashi (Dao, 2013)	Michaudel	Rosen
4-27	Pentacyclic Triterpenes (Michaudel, 2013)	Rosen	Wilde
5-4	Tohru Fukuyama (Rosen, 2013)	Wilde	Gianatassio
5-11	JOC Year in Review: 1986 (Wilde, 2013)	Gianatassio	Martinez
5-25	(Gianatassio, 2013)	Martinez
TBD	(Martinez, 2013)

Mechanisms discussed in group meetings and hundreds of others can be found at Professor Evans' website

Group Seminar Library

A
Acridine Alkaloids (Lockner, 2006)
Acylsilane Chemistry (Dixon, 2011)
Agrochemistry: Insecticides (Cherney, 2011)
Ajmaline and Sarpagine Alkaloids (Newhouse, 2006)
Alkane Hydroxylation (Voica, 2009)
All-Carbon Spirocycles (Cherney, 2012)
Allenes (Dao, 2012)
Al Padwa (Krawczuk, 2009)
Alkaloid Photochemistry (Eastman, 2006)
Alois Fürstner (O'Malley, 2006)
Angewandte Chemie Year in Review: 1996 (Martinez, 2012)
Angewandte Chemie Year in Review: 1998 (Lo, 2012)
Angewandte Chemie Year in Review: 2004 (Guerrero, 2005)
(The) Anomeric Effect (Krawczuk, 2005)
Anti-Baldwin Cyclizations (Wengryniuk, 2013)
Aphidicolin (Khoroosi, 2005)
(The) Art & Science of Natural Products Chemistry: Koji Nakanishi (Lin, 2004)
(The) Art & Science of Natural Products Chemistry: William Fenical & Satoshi Omura (DeMartino, 2004)
Arthur J. Birch (Hafensteiner, 2005)
Aryldiazonium Chemistry (Brückl, 2011)
Atroposelective Biaryl Synthesis (Gulder, 2008)
Aziridines in Synthesis (Jessing, 2007)

B
Barry Snider (Krawczuk, 2007)
Bernhard Witkop (Maue, 2006)
Biginelli and Related Reactions (DeMartino, 2003)
Biocatalysis (Gulder, 2009)
Biotin (Shenvi, 2003)
Bismuth in Organic Synthesis (Lockner, 2007)
Block One Metals in Organic Chemistry (Cherney, 2013)
Borrowing Hydrogen (Seiple, 2010)
Bruce Maryanoff (Holte, 2013)
Buried Treasures: Cascades We Haven't Seen (Shenvi, 2003)

C
C–C Bond Activation (Luzung, 2009)
Camptothecin (Chen, 2007)
Cation-Radical Cycloadditions (Su, 2007)
Cembranoid Natural Products (Newhouse, 2007)
Cepharamine and Related Alkaloids (Mitsos, 2005)
Chemistry in Germany: The Young Generation (Götz, 2011)
Chemistry of 1-Acyl Pyridiniums (Lin, 2006)
Cladiellin, Briarellin, Asbestinin & Sarcodictyin (Maimone, 2007)
Classic Corey Tetrahedron Letter's (Shenvi, 2006)
Classic Terpene Syntheses (Maimone, 2005)
Classics in Chemische Berichte (Schöne, 2008)
Classics in Helvetica Chimica Acta (Biskup, 2007)
Classics in Tetrahedron Letters (Richter, 2003)
Clayton H. Heathcock (Luzung, 2008)
Cobalt in Organic Synthesis (Foo, 2009)
Computer-Assisted Organic Syntheis (Maimone, 2006)
Conservation of Helical Asymetry (Burns, 2005)
Controversial Mechanisms in Organic Synthesis (Seiple, 2010)

Coriolin & Related Natural Products (Gallagher, 2004)
Corrin Chemistry Cliff Notes (Burns, 2007)
Creativity from the Chiral Pool: Carvone (Rosen, 2012)
Cyclobutanes in Organic Synthesis (Foo, 2012)
Cycloisomerizations in Synthesis (Dam, 2008)
Cyclopentane Synthesis (O'Malley, 2005)

Cyclopropanes in Synthesis (Gallagher, 2004)
Cytochalasins (Li, 2006)

Delphinine (Ambhaikar, 2004)
Dendrobine (O'Malley, 2004)
Derek H. R. Barton (Gutekunst, 2010)
Desymmetrization (Newhouse, 2009)

Deuterium Isotope Effect in Natural Product Synthesis (Shenvi, 2004)
Dieter Seebach (Holte, 2011)

Direct Coupling of sp2 and sp3 Carbon Centers (Lin, 2004)
Directed Metalation: A Survival Guide (Krawczuk, 2008)
Discorhabdin Alkaloids (Krawczuk, 2006)

E. J. Corey: B-Sides (Newhouse, 2010)
Ed Vedejs (Newhouse, 2007)
Ekkehard Winterfeldt (Maue, 2006)

Electrochemistry in Synthesis (Ambhaikar, 2005)
Electrophilic Nitrogen (Lockner, 2009)
Energy Source Chemistry (Shi, 2009)
Ernest Wenkert (DeMartino, 2005)
EROS: Vol. I and II (Gutekunst, 2012)
EROS: Vol. III and IV (Rodriguez, 2013)
Erythronolide and Erythromycin (Ishihara, 2009)

F
Fischer Carbenes (Chen, 2007)
Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis (Holte, 2012)
"Flatland": Logic and Methods in the Synthesis of Benzenoids (McKerrall, 2011)
Fluorination of Organic Compounds (Su, 2008)
Fragmentation Reactions in Synthesis (Shenvi, 2005)
Frederick Ziegler (Lewis, 2009)
Furans & Thiophene Synthesis: Cliff Notes (Shenvi, 2004)

G
Germacranes (Usui, 2011)
Gilbert Stork (Burns, 2006)
Guaianes and Xanthanes (Cherney, 2011)
Guanidine Derivatives (Yan, 2012)

H
Haloselectivity in Heterocycles (Gutekunst, 2010)
Henry Rapoport (Foo, 2013)
"Hidden Gems" in Chemistry Letters (Shi, 2010)
High Energy Materials (Rodriguez, 2012)
Higher Order Cycloadditions in Synthesis (O'Malley, 2006)
Hydrogen Bonding in Synthesis (Seiple, 2009)

Indole & Pyrrole Synthesis: Cliff Notes (Richter, 2004)
Indolizidine Alkaloids (Richter, 2006)
Iridium in Synthesis (Guerrero, 2005)
Isocyanide Chemistry (Gaich, 2009)
Isoquinoline Alkaloids (Shi, 2006)
Isosteres in Medicinal Chemistry (Mitsos, 2006)

Isoxazoles & Isothiazoles in Synthesis (Mitsos, 2004)

Jack Baldwin (Georgiades, 2006)
Jan-Erling Bäckvall (Lockner, 2008)

JACS Year in Review: 1971 (O'Malley, 2003)
JACS Year in Review: 1980 (Krawczuk, 2006)
JACS Year in Review: 1981 (Rodriguez, 2011)

JACS Year in Review: 1982 (Guerrero, 2003)
JACS Year in Review: 1983 (Cherney, 2010)
JACS Year in Review: 1984 (Shi, 2007)
JACS Year in Review: 1985 (Hernandez, 2008)
JACS Year in Review: 1986 (Gutekunst, 2008)
JACS Year in Review: 1987 (Holte, 2010)
JACS Year in Review: 1988 (McKerrall, 2010)
JACS Year in Review: 1989 (Foo, 2011)

JACS Year in Review: 1990 (Shenvi, 2004)
JACS Year in Review: 1991 (Villaume, 2012)
JACS Year in Review: 1992 (Dao, 2012)
JACS Year in Review: 1993 (Rosen, 2012)
JACS Year in Review: 1994 (Burns, 2005)

JOC Year in Review: 1972 (Zografos, 2003)

JOC Year in Review: 1974 (DeMartino, 2003)
JOC Year in Review: 1984 (Ishihara, 2007)
JOC Year in Review: 1985 (Voica, 2007)

JOC Year in Review: 1990 (Hafensteiner, 2004)
JOC Year in Review: 1991 (Cernijenko, 2012)
José Barluenga (Mendoza, 2011)

K
Kharasch Reaction (Foo, 2010)
Kinetics in Process Chemistry (DeMartino, 2006)

L
Lignan Synthesis (DeMartino, 2005)
Limonoids (Renata, 2011)
Leo A. Paquette (Rodriguez, 2011)
Lewis N. Mander (Cherney, 2009)
Lupin Alkaloids (Seiple, 2006)

Manganese (III) in Organic Chemistry (Voica, 2010)
Masakatsu Shibasaki (Ishihara, 2011)

Masterpieces in Process Chemistry (Richter, 2004)
Masterpieces in Process Chemistry-II (Richter, 2006)
Maximum Entropy Production Principle (Renata, 2010)
Memory of Chirality (Voica, 2008)
Methods for Dearomatization (Voica, 2010)

Mind-Bending Mechanisms (Hafensteiner, 2004)
Molecular Electronics (Foo, 2011)
Molybdenum in Organic Synthesis (Michaudel, 2012)
Morphine/ Codeine (Li, 2005)

Multi-component Reactions: Cliff Notes (Ambhaikar, 2004)

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (Eastman, 2007)
Nature's Catalysts: A Search for Synthetic Equivalents I (Rodriguez, 2010)

Nickel in Synthesis (Guerrero, 2004)

Nitrogen-centered Radicals (Richter, 2004)
Non-Aldol Polyketide Synthesis (Renata, 2012)
Nucleoside Chemistry (O'Hara, 2012)
Nucleosides: Anomeric Radicals (Gianatassio, 2013)

Organic Chemistry from the Eastern Bloc (Voica, 2011)
Organic Process Research & Development (Ishihara, 2011)
Organic Synthesis from France (Michaudel, 2010)
Organoaluminium in Synthesis (Jessing, 2010)

Organoiron Chemistry (Hafensteiner, 2003)

Organometallic Oddities (O'Malley, 2003)
Organometallics 1990-1997 (Holte, 2010)
Overbred Intermediates (Wilde, 2013)

Paul Scheuer and John Faulkner (O'Malley, 2005)
Pentaleno Lactone (DeMartino, 2004)
Perfume Chemistry (Petricci, 2009)

Photochemistry of Enones (Guerrero, 2003)
Platonic Hydrocarbons (Shenvi, 2006)
Poly(ß-carbonyl)s (Michaudel, 2011)
Polymer Chemistry (Holte, 2011)
Prebiotic Chemistry I (Maimone, 2008)
Prebiotic Chemistry II (Newhouse, 2008)

Prenylated Indole Alkaloids (Guerrero, 2004)
Pyridine N-Oxides (Weickgenannt, 2012)

Pyridine Synthesis: Cliff Notes (O'Malley, 2004)
Pyridinium Photochemistry (Richter, 2005)

Q
Quadrone (Guerrero, 2004)

Radicals and Transition Metals: The Kochi Legacy (Werner, 2013)
Reductive Couplings (Young, 2009)
Retrosynthetic Analysis - Vol. 1 (Gianatassio, 2012)
Robert V. Stevens (Shi, 2008)

Rolf Huisgen (Hafensteiner, 2004)
Ronald Breslow (Renata, 2009)
Royal Chemistry (Renata, 2010)
The Rubromycins (Renata, 2008)

Ryanodol (Shenvi, 2004)

Samarium (II) Iodide (Lewis, 2010)
Scott E. Denmark (McKerrall, 2012)
Semisynthesis (Green, 2012)
Shikimic Acid (Ambhaikar, 2005)
Short Stories in Pharmaceutical Discovery, Process, and Isotopic Labeling (Michaudel, 2011)

Silicon and Germanium (Hafensteiner, 2003)
Singlet Oxygen in Organic Synthesis (McKerrall, 2011)
Sir James Fraser Stoddart (Ishihara, 2010)

Stegane Natural Products (Zografos, 2004)
Stemona Alkaloids (Maimone, 2006)
Stephen Buchwald (Maimone, 2009)
Steven Ley (Jorgensen, 2012)
Stoichiometric Enamine Chemistry (Lockner, 2007)
Syntheses Over 40 Steps (Gutekunst, 2011)

Synthesis of Imidazoles (Zografos, 2004)

Taxol (Wilde, 2012)
Teruaki Mukaiyama (Ishihara, 2008)
Tetracycline (Lin, 2005)

Tetrodotoxin (Vasan, 2003)

Thienamycin (Richter, 2004)
Tigliane, Daphnane, Ingenane, Lathyrane Diterpenes (Seiple, 2007)
Traditional Chinese Medicine (Gutekunst, 2009)
Transannular Reactions (Jessing, 2009)
Triquinanes (Weidner, 2012)

Vindoline (Mitsos, 2004)
Vinigrol (Burns, 2007)
Vinyl Sulphones (Shi, 2008)

(The) Vetivane Sesquiterpenes (Burns, 2004)

W. Clark Still (Lockner, 2010)
Which Hof(f)man(n) is Which? (Young, 2008)

Wittig Rearrangements (Gallagher, 2003)
Wolfgang Oppolzer (Biskup, 2006)

Y
Ynamines (Seiple, 2008)

Group Seminar Schedule 2012

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