Garg Group

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Front row (left to right): Prof. Neil Garg, Ben Boal, Tehetena Mesganaw, Dr. Jamie Im, Grace Chiou, Sarah Bronner

Back row: Kyle Quasdorf, Alex Schammel, Adam Goetz, Dr. Liansuo Zu, Stephen Ramgren, Ryan Hollibaugh, Alex Huters, Haoxuan Wang

Research in the Garg Laboratory at UCLA is directed toward the development of synthetic strategies and methods, while pursuing the total synthesis of bioactive molecules.  Areas of interest include asymmetric catalysis, organmetallic transformations, heterocycle synthesis, umpolung reactions and cascade processes.  Several representative targets are shown below.