Symposium Program (in Memorial Union Building, OSU campus)

The scientific program consists of a mix of student oral and poster presentations throughout the day, and concludes with a key-note lecture by the inaugural guest speaker, Prof. Jonathan Ellman (UC Berkeley). Oral presentations are grouped into thematically linked sub-sessions each with four student lectures. The poster session will follow lunch and allow the opportunity for a diverse selection of organic chemistry research topics to be discussed in a less formal setting. Prizes will be awarded at the evening social event to recognize the best talk, poster, and symposium participant.

A confirmed final schedule and book of abstracts will be distributed among participants during registration on the day of the symposium. Click on presenter names to link to research abstract (pdf).

Provisional schedule (ML = Main Lounge; JR = Journey Room; AP = Avery Park):

09:00: Brandin Lilgert (University of Victoria, BC. Advisor: Fraser Hof)

Replicating a Complex Natural Event Using a Simple Synthetic Host

09:20: Christopher Hazzard (Portland State University, OR. Advisor: Kevin A. Reynolds)

Kinetic Analysis of Crotonyl Coenzyme A Reductive Carboxylases Involved in Natural Product Biosynthesis

09:40: Sheng-Chieh Huang (University of British Columbia, BC. Advisor: David Perrin)

Tryptathionine Enkephalin

10:00: Jamie Murphy (Washington State University, WA. Advisor: Ming Xian)

Novel Bioorthogonal Reactions for S-Nitrosothiols

10:40: Jesse Nye (Central Washington University, WA. Advisor: Levente Fabry-Asztalos)

Synthesis Towards 5,6-Dihydropyran-2-ones as Potential Inhibitors of HIV-1 Protease

11:00: Anna Greenswag (Willamette University/OHSU, OR. Advisors: Sarah Kirk and Jeff Karpen)

Progress Towards the Design and Synthesis of a Tetracaine Derivative as a Bifunctional Ion Channel Blocker

11:20: Nathan Cermak (University of Washington, WA. Advisor: Michael H. Gelb)

Secreted Phospholipase A2 Inhibitors

11:40: Thomas Pinter (Simon Fraser University, BC. Advisor: Rob Britton)

Concise Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted 3-Hydroxytetrahydrofurans

14:30: Corinne A. Allen (University of Oregon, Advisor: Darren W. Johnson)

Self-Assembled As(III)-Thiolate Macromolecules

14:50: Allison Akagi (Lewis & Clark College, Advisor: Louis Kuo)

Degradation of a VX Analogue: First Organometallic Reagent to Promote Phosphonothioate Hydrolysis Through Selective P-S Bond Scission

15:10: Dagmara Marston (University of Oregon, Advisor: Michael M. Haley)

A Mechanistic Investigation of Iridabenzenes Through the Use of Asymmetric 3-Vinylcyclopropenes

15:30: Jessica Velluci (Western Washington University, Advisor: Timothy B. Clark)

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydroboration Reactions of Aldehydes

Jonathan Ellman (UC Berkeley)

New Metal-Catalyzed C-C Bond Forming Reactions for the Efficient Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds

The symposium will take place in the Journey Room (lectures) and Main Lounge (lunch and posters) of the historic Memorial Union building which lies at the heart of the OSU campus. The MU facility boasts one of the most architecturally impressive buildings on campus and provides many different services to the OSU community (e.g., restaurants, campus information, ATMs, telephones, e-mail access points, convenience store, etc.). All levels of the MU are fully accessible to the disabled (ramp access, elevators etc.) and a wireless guest internet service is available throughout the entire building.

For campus maps and directions to the MU, see [LINK].

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