The Jamison Research Group

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Andrew Leduc

Education:
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009 - 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Timothy F. Jamison
Ph.D. The University of Western Ontario, 2009
“The Total Synthesis of (±)-Decursivine and (−)-Allosecurinine”
with Dr. Michael A. Kerr
B.Sc. The University of Western Ontario - 2004
with Dr. Michael A. Kerr

Current Research:
    MIT - Novartis collaboration

Publications:
  • Leduc, A. B., Jamison, T. F. "Continuous Flow Oxidation of Alcohols and Aldehydes Utilizing Bleach and Catalytic Tetrabutylammonium Bromide" Org. Process Res. Dev. 2011, ASAP DOI: 10.1021/op200118h.
  • Leduc, A. B., Lebold, T. P., Kerr, M. A. "Synthesis of Tetrahydropyrans from Propargyl Alcohols and 1,1-Cyclopropanediesters: A One-Pot Ring-Opening/Conia-Ene Protocol" J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 8414-8416.
  • Lebold, T. P., Leduc, A. B., Kerr, M. A. "A Zn(II) Catalyzed Synthesis of Piperidines from Propargyl Amines and Cyclopropanes" Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7945-7948.
  • Johansen, M. B., Leduc, A. B., and Kerr, M. A. "Concise Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Both Antipodes of Balasubramide" Synlett 2007, 2593-2595.
  • Leduc, A. B.; Kerr, M. A. "Total Synthesis of (+/−)-Decursivine" Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 2, 237-240.

Contact:
    aleduc at mit dot edu