A Broad Base of Education in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Graduate students receive a broad base of education in synthetic organic chemistry. Our research seeks to advance the fundamental understanding of reaction processes, new reagents, and novel reactivity. We devise efficient strategies for rapid assembly of molecular complexity. A substantial number of our publications describe developments of new methodology applicable to all areas of organic synthesis. We also undertake studies devoted to the target-oriented synthesis of recently discovered, biologically significant natural products. Our laboratories have published successful total syntheses of terpenes, alkaloids, antibiotics and macrolides which illustrate complex arrangements of stereochemistry and polyfunctionality. These projects are designed to enhance the knowledge, skill and creativity of the future Ph.D.
Trevor Douglas
Earl Blough Professor of Chemistry
Chemical Biology, Inorganic, Materials
Caroline Chick Jarrold
Class of 1948 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor
Adjunct Professor, Physics
Martin F. Jarrold
Distinguished Professor and Robert & Marjorie Mann Chair
Nicola L. B. Pohl
Professor and Joan & Marvin Carmack Chair, Associate Dean of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
