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Welcome
Welcome to the Carter Research Group at Oregon
State University. Below and to the right are selected examples of the
projects we are currently working on. Click on each molecule for more
information.
Please use the links at left to navigate our site.
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News
- Postdoc openings
available - apply via regular mail or email to Professor Carter. You
will also need to complete an on-line application via this
webpage.
- February 2, 2010 - Damien Kuiper successfully defended his
Ph.D. dissertation. Congrats to Dr. Kuiper!!
- January 2010 - Professor Carter was awarded a presitgious
2010 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Long
Term Fellowship to support his sabbatical at Tokushima Burni
University.
- November 23, 2009 - Erik Carlson successfully defended his
Masters thesis. He is off to start a job at Synthetech, Inc in Albany, OR next month.
Congrats to Erik!
- November 21, 2009 - Subham's paper on the synthesis
of the C7-C20 western half of amphidinolides C and F is featured on the
cover (LINK)
of Issue 22 of Organic and Biomoluecular Chemistry (ABSTRACT).
- September 16, 2009 - Subham's paper on the synthesis
of the C7-C20 western half of amphidinolides C and F was published
today in Organic and Biomoluecular Chemistry (ABSTRACT). It is
noteworthy that this communication has been awarded 'Hot
Paper' status by the
Royal Society of Chemistry.
- August 24, 2009 - Liang Lu successfully defended his
Ph.D. dissertation. He is off to postdoctoral position with Seth Herzon at
Yale University
in New Haven, CT next month. Congrats to Dr. Lu!!
- August 19, 2009 - Dr. Hua Yang was promoted to
Research Associate - Congrats to Hua!
- July 24, 2009 - Jason Lusk was awarded a
Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC)
Award for 2009-2010. Congrats to Jason!!
- July 13 - Johanna Schwartz successfully defended her
Ph.D. dissertation. She is off to law school at Lewis and Clark in Portland, OR next
month. Congrats to Dr. Schwartz!!
- June 11, 2009 - Hua's featured article on Asymmetric
Construction of Nitrogen-Containing [2.2.2] Bicyclic Scaffolds Using
N-(p-Dodecylphenylsulfonyl)-2-pyrrolidinecarboxamide was published
today in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (ABSTRACT).
- June 2009 - Liang and Wei's paper on the total
synthesis of amphidinolide B (J. Am. Chem Soc. 2008, 130,
7253-7255, ABSTRACT)
was featured in Synfacts (Synfacts 2008, 7, PDF).
- June 5, 2009 - Damien Kuiper successfully passed his
oral preliminary exam. Congrats to Damien!!
- May 29, 2009 - Johanna Schwartz is awarded the
Shomaker Award from the OSU Chemistry Department!
- May 29, 2009 - Nathan Collett, Damien Kuiper, Erik
Carlson and Mike Naffziger are awarded Tartar Fellowships from the OSU
Chemistry Department!
- May 11, 2009 - Professor Carter was promoted to Full
Professor effective September 16, 2009.
- April 15, 2009 - Professor Carter's National
Institutes of Health (GM 63723) was renewed until 2012!
- March 2009 - An article featuring our practical
proline mimetic (called Hua Cat) was featured in Speciality Chemicals
magazine (March 2009 Issue, pages 12-15).
- February 19, 2009 - Liang Lu successfully passed his
oral preliminary exam today. Congrats to Liang!!
- February 4, 2009 - Hua's paper on enantioselective
Mannich reactions with the practical proline mimetic N-(p-Dodecylphenyl-sulfonyl)-2-pyrrolidinecarboxamide
was published today in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (ABSTRACT).
- January 2009 - Hua's paper on the total synthesis of
lycopodine (J. Am. Chem Soc. 2008, 130,
9238-9239, ABSTRACT)
was featured in Synfacts (Synfacts 2008, 7, PDF).
- November 2008 - Johanna's presentation at the
National American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia, PA (ABSTRACT)
was featured in Synform (Synform 2007,
A113-A114, PDF).
- September 23, 2008 - Hua's paper on a practical
proline mimetic, N-(p-Dodecylphenylsulfonyl)-2-pyrrolidinecarboxamide
(a.k.a. Hua Cat), for catalyzing enantioselective and
diastereoselective aldol reactions was published today in Organic
Letters (ABSTRACT).
- August 22, 2008 - Brad's paper on the elucidation of
competing tandem [2+2] cycloaddition/[1,3] sigmatropic shift pathway in
our biaryl synthesis was published today in the Journal of Organic
Chemistry (ABSTRACT).
- August 20, 2008 - Jo presents her work at the
National American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia, PA today (ABSTRACT).
- August 19, 2008 - The Carter laboratory was awarded a
Venture
Fund grant from Oregon State University entitled "Commercialization
of Hua Cat for Use in Asymmetric Chemical Processes." OSU has issue a press
release concerning these awards.
- June 27, 2008 - Hua's enantioselective total
synthesis of lycopodine was published today in the Journal of the
American Chemical Society (ABSTRACT).
- June 5, 2008 - Erik, Lauren, Hua and Nathan's paper
on an improved protocol for asymmetric, intramolecular heteroatom
Michael addition using organocatalysis and its application to the
syntheses of homoproline, pelletierine, and homopipecolic acid was
published to day in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (ABSTRACT).
- May 20, 2008 - Liang and Wei's total syntheses of
amphidinolide B1 and the proposed structure of amphidinolide B2 were
published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
(ABSTRACT).
- May 8, 2008 - Johanna Perkins successfully passed her
oral preliminary exam today. Congrats to Jo!!
- April 22, 2008 - Brad successfully defended his Ph.D.
dissertation today. He is off to a postdoctoral position in Professor Marcus
Tius' laboratory (University of Hawaii) in June. Congrats to Dr.
Ashburn!
- February 26, 2008 - Johanna's paper on the synthesis
of Programmable Tetra-ortho Substituted Biaryl Compounds Using
Diels-Alder Cycloadditions / Cycloreversions of Di-Substituted Alkynyl
Stannane was published in the Journal of the American Chemical
Society (ABSTRACT).
- February 8, 2008 - Hua's article on a Scalable
Synthesis of Lissamine Rhodamine B Sulfonyl Chloride and Incorporation
of Xanthene Derivatives onto Polymer Supports was published in Synthesis
today (ABSTRACT).
- December 14, 2007 - Mike, Brad and Johanna's article
in the Journal of Organic Chemistry is showcased
on the cover of Issue 26 of the Jouranl of Organic Chemistry.
(ABSTRACT)
- November 27, 2007 - Brad's communication on the
importance of the ortho-nitro moiety in our Diels-Alder
Approach to Biaryls (DAB) was published
today in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (ABSTRACT).
- Novebmer 12, 2007 - Brad, Lauren and Betsy's full
paper on the successful synthesis of the Western biaryl portion of
TMC-95 was published in Tetrahedron as a Symposium-in-Print
series entitled "Cycloaddition and benzannulation approaches to
functionalised aromatic compounds" today (ABSTRACT).
- September 25, 2007 - An article detailing Professor
Carter's successful efforts to raise the funds to purchase a 700 MHz
NMR for OSU Chemistry was described in a recent press
release from OSU.
- September 19, 2007 - Professor Carter has been
awarded the 2007 Sugihara
Young Faculty Research Award. The purpose of the award is to
recognize outstanding scholarship in science by honoring a young
faculty member in the College of Science at Oregon State University.
- August 19, 2007 - Brad presents his
work at the National American Chemical Society Meeting in Boston,
MA.
- June 29, 2007 - Brad's paper on the synthesis of
tetra-ortho-substituted phosphorous- and carbonyl-containing
biaryls via a Diels-Alder approach was published in the Journal
of the American Chemical Society (ABSTRACT) today.
- June 29, 2007 - Mike, Brad and Johanna's paper on the
synthesis of halogenated biaryl templates via a Diels-Alder
approach and its application to the total synthesis of siamenol was
published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (ABSTRACT) today.
- June 29, 2007 - Brad's paper on the synthesis of
tetra-ortho-substituted biaryls containing propargylic tertiary
alcohols as dienophiles via a Diels-Alder approach was
published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (ABSTRACT) today.
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