MacMillan, David W. C.

Committee Member — 30 thesises

• Zhong, Hong A. — Ancillary Ligand Effects: From Zirconium(IV)-Catalyzed Homogeneous Propylene Polymerization to Platinum(II)-Mediated C-H Bond Activation (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Goodwin, Nicole Cathleen — Application of Iminium Activation Technologies To Natural Product Synthesis: Total Synthesis of the Spiculisporic Acids, Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Cylindrocyclophane F, and Formal Synthesis of Cylindrocyclophane A (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Knowles, Robert Randolph — Asymmetric Organocatalysis in Complex Target Synthesis: Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Diazonamide A (2009, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tambar, Uttam Krishan — Convergent Methods for Synthesizing Rings in the Context of Natural Product Synthesis: I. Development of a Tandem Stille-Oxa-Electrocyclization Reaction, and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Saudin. II. Development of the Direct Acyl-Alkylation of Arynes, and Its Application Toward the Total Synthesis of Amurensinine (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wiener, John Jacob Moely — Design and Development of New Enantioselective Catalytic Reactions and Progress towards the Total Synthesis of Callipeltoside (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Northrup, Alan Bowers — Design and Development of New Enantioselective Organocatalytic Transformations, a Two-Step Synthesis of Carbohydrates, and Progress toward the Total Synthesis of Callipeltoside C (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tuttle, Jamison Bryce — Development of Enantioselective Organocatalytic Hydrogenation Methods and Progress toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Minfiensine (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Beeson, Teresa Diane — Development of Enantioselective Organocatalytic Technologies for the Alpha-Functionalization of Aldehydes and Ketones (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lee, Sandra — Development of Iminium-Activation Technologies and the Total Synthesis of (+)-Frondosin B (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jen, Wendy Sandra — Development of New Asymmetric Organocatalytic Methods and Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Guanacastepene A (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mangion, Ian Kyle — Development of Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Transformations, Total Syntheses of Brasoside and Littoralisone, and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Diazonamide A (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Lambert, Tristan Hayes — Development of the Lewis Acid Catalyzed Allenoate-Claisen Rearrangement. Investigations of Enantioselective Catalysis of the Allenoate-Claisen Rearrangement. Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Erythrolide E (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Paras, Nick Anthony — Enantioselective Organocatalytic Friedel-Crafts Alkylations of Heterocycles and Electron-Rich Benzenes (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• May, Jeremy Allen — I. Synthesis and Utilization of Diazocompounds for Applications in Solution-Phase and Gas-Phase Chemistry. II. Progress Toward the Communesin Alkaloids (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Brown, Sean Pomeroy — Iminium and Enamine Activation: Methods for Enantioselective Organocatalysis (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Larsen, Catharine Hoàng-Mai — Investigating Imidazolidinone Catalysts: Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels-Alder Reactions, Conjugate Additions to Access Non-Natural ∝-Amino Acids, and Bimodal Catalyst Activation for the Development of Organo-Cascade Reactions (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Borths, Christopher J. — Investigations in Enantioselective Catalysis. Development of Novel Asymmetric Organocatalytic Reactions (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Chatterjee, Arnab Kumar — Investigations into the Selectivity of Olefin Cross-Metathesis Using Ruthenium Alkylidene Catalysts: Electronic and Steric Matching of Substrates (2003, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jenkins, David Matthew — Low Spin Pseudotetrahedral Cobalt Tris(phosphino)borate Complexes (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Saliba, Katie Rose — Methodologies for the Rapid Synthesis of Hexoses and Their Application Towards a Differentially-Protected Chondroitin Sulfate Tetrasaccharide (2008, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Waltman, Andrew Willis — N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for Nickel Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts:Toward the Incorporation of Polar Comonomers (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dong, Vy Maria — Novel Variants of the Zwitterionic Claisen Rearrangement and the Total Synthesis of Erythronolide B (2004, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wurtz, Nicholas Roland — Sequence Specific Alkylation of DNA by Polyamide-Chlorambucil Conjugates (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tully, Sarah Erin — Synthesis and Biological Activity of Chondroitin Sulfate Biopolymers (2007, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sanford, Melanie Sarah — Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigations of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts (2001, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Yoon, Tehshik Peter — The Acyl-Claisen Rearrangement: Development of a Novel Metal-Catalyzed Claisen Rearrangen1ent and Enantioselective Variants of the Acyl-Claisen Rearrangement (2002, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Carrera, Diane Elizabeth — The Development of Brønsted Acid Catalysis Technologies and Mechanistic Investigations Therein (2010, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Austin, Joel Francis — The Development of Organocatalytic Reactions Pertaining to Indoles (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ashley, Eric Robert — The First Total Synthesis of (–)-Lemonomycin and Progress toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Cyanocycline A (2006, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Garg, Neil Kamal — The Total Synthesis of Dragmacidins D and F (2005, Dissertation (Ph.D.))