Organic Chemistry Graduate
Symposium
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- Overview/ Events/ Faculty/
Research
Featuring
the 2000 UCLA
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Ph.D.s and Their Research
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Accomplishments
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Saturday June 3, 2000
- Cram Conference Room
- 3440 Molecular Sciences Building, UCLA
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| 9:00 a.m. |
K.N. Houk |
Introductory Remarks |
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Craig Merlic |
Presiding |
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| 9:10 a.m. |
Dean Tantillo |
(Houk group) |
"Theoretical Bioorganic
Chemistry of Antibody Catalysis: Understanding an Antibody Decarboxylase" |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Laura Sonnichsen |
(Garcia-Garibay group) |
"The Search for a Better Neutron Detector: Photophysics of Simple Organic Molecules within Gadolinium Exchanged Zeolite X." |
| 9:50 a.m. |
Michael Miller |
(Merlic group) |
"New Synthetic Methods Employing Tricarbonylchromium Templated Reactions." |
| 10:10 a.m. |
Coffee Break/Refreshments
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Fred Wudl |
Presiding |
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| 10:40 a.m. |
Joe Pontillo |
(Jung group) |
"Approaches to an Enantioselective Synthesis of Sclerophytin A. " |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Adrian Huang |
(Jung Group) |
"Use of Optically Active Imidazolidines
in Asymmetric Induction." |
| 11:20 p.m |
Kyle Gano |
(Myles/Garrell/Monbouquette Group) |
"User-Defined Patterning at the Molecular Scale." |
| 11:40 a.m. |
Stuart Cantrill |
(Stoddart group) |
"Fluorine Labeling in Supramolecular Systems." |
| 12:00 N |
Luncheon
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| 1:25 p.m. |
Miguel Garcia-Garibay |
Remarks |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Orville Chapman |
Presiding |
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Ping Kang |
(Foote Group) |
"Photooxygenation of Guanosine and Imidazole Derivatives." |
| 1:50 p.m. |
Lisa Milne |
(Sigman Group) |
"Chemically Modified Oligonucleotides As Gene-Specific Transcription Inhibitors." |
| 2:10 p.m. |
Bruce Heitbrink |
(Merlic Group) |
"Transition Metal Stabilization of Reactive Intermediates." |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Robert Stackow |
(Foote Group) |
"The Photophysics of Fullerene Derivatives." |
| 2:50 p.m. |
Coffee Break/Refreshments
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Yves Rubin |
Presiding |
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| 3:20 p.m. |
Shang-Hsien Chiu |
(Stoddart/Myles group) |
"Selective mono-modification
on the secondary face of beta-cyclodextrin on route to the first ether-linked
3-3' beta-cyclodextrin dimers". |
| 3:40 p.m. |
Courtney Aldrich |
(Merlic group) |
"Carbene Complexes in Natural
Product Synthesis: The Total Synthesis of the Calphostins." |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Wenyuan Qian |
(Rubin group) |
" Part I: Organic Stereochemistry at a Psuedo-Octaahedral Center. Part II. Part II. Molecular Surgery on Fullerene C60." |
| 4:20 p.m. |
Nobuko Nishimura | (Jung group) | "Studies Directed Toward a Total Synthesis of Dysidiolide and More" |
| 4:40 p.m. |
Closing Remarks, Michael Jung |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Reception, Pizza, Party! |
2000 graduates who are not able to participate: Erick Co (Myles Group), Christopher Lee (Myles/Jung group), Krisztina Peterfy (Garcia-Garibay group)
Sponsored by the Organic Division (Orville L. Chapman,
Christopher S. Foote, Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, Robin L. Garrell,
K.N. Houk, Michael E. Jung, Craig A. Merlic, Yves F. Rubin, David S. Sigman, J. Fraser Stoddart, Fred Wudl, and the following generous supporters of the Organic Group: Eli Lilly and Company; Axys Advanced Technologies, Inc.; Rohm & Haas Company; Dupont
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Updated April 25, 2000
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