Current Merlic Group Members
Group Meeting Schedule
 
Daniel Chan

B.S. in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary

Pd(II) catalyzed macrocyclizations

Robert Iafe

B.S. in Chemistry from Loyola Marymount University

 

Pd(II) catalyzed insertions and couplings of cis and trans vinyl boronate esters.

Brian Lehigh

B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Colorado

 

Macrocyclizations with palladium(II)-catalyzed coupling reactions.

Jonathan Kuo

2nd Year Undergraduate

Macrocyclizations with palladium(II)-catalyzed coupling reactions.

Darius Faizi

4th Year Undergraduate

Macrocyclizations with palladium(II)-catalyzed coupling reactions.



 

Eric Chen

B.S. in Chemistry from Brigham Young University

Regioselectivity in Pd(0) reactions.

 

 

Ryan Shade

B.S. in Chemistry from CSU Fullerton

Synthesis of Fluorescein-di-galactose-BAPTA-Am.
Oscar Villalta

B.S. in Chemistry from CSU Los Angeles

Studying the kinetics and regio selectivity of the aryl- and vinyl-boronic acids in Suzuki cross coupling reactions.

Working on the application of intra molecular Oxidative Heck reactions to synthesize complex annular compounds.
 
Studying the effect that Bronsted and Lewis acids have on the rate of Palladium catalyzed cross coupling reactions.
David Winterheimer

B.S. in Biochemistry from University of Evansville

Investigation of Modern Ullmann Couplings.

Dustin Hochshatter

B.S. in Chemistry from University of Missouri: Kansas City

Studies of a new route to form precursors of Transannular Diels-Alder substrates. Studies of oxidative radical cyclizations to form cyclic ethers.

Gerson Uc

B.S. in Chemistry from CSU Fresno

Palladium catalyzed oxidative coupling of vinyl
boronates.