Jamison Group at MIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron Van Dyke

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004 - present
Ph.D. candidate with Prof. Timothy F. Jamison

B.Sc.

Seattle University, Summa Cum Laude, 2004
with Prof. Greg T. Spyridis

Current research:

Methods development directed towards the synthesis of marine “ladder polyether” natural products.

Publications:

  • Van Dyke, A. R.; Miller, K. M.; Jamison, T. F. “(R)-(−)-Neomenthyldiphenylphosphine in Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Coupling of Alkynes and Aldehydes:  Enantioselective Synthesis of Allylic Alcohols and α-Hydroxy Ketones,” Org. Synth. 2007, 84, 111-119.

  • Blice-Baum, A.; Van Dyke, A. R.; Sigmon, I.; Salter, A.; Wierzbicki, A.; Pocker, Y.; Spyridis, G. T. “Computational and spectroscopic studies concerning the solvatochromic behavior of 1,3-disubstituted azulenes.” Int. J. Quant. Chem. 2006, 106, 2331-2338.
   
 
Contact: vandya at mit dot edu