Jamison Group at MIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christopher Morten

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006 - present
Ph.D. candidate with Prof. Timothy F. Jamison

B.Sc.

Columbia University, 2005
with Prof. Nicholas Turro

Current research:

Current research interests include development of epoxide opening cascade reactions directed towards the synthesis of ladder polyether natural products.

Publications:

  • Morten, C. J.; Byers, J.A.; Van Dyke, A.R.; Vilotijevic, I.; Jamison, T. F. "The development of endo-selective epoxide-opening cascades in water" Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010 in press

  • Morten, C. J.; Jamison, T. F. "New synthetic strategies for the stereocontrolled synthesis of substituted ‘skipped’ diepoxides" Tetrahedron 2009, 65, Symposium-in-Print, Larry E. Overman Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry, 6648-6655

  • Morten, C. J.; Jamison, T. F. "Water Overcomes Methyl Group Directing Effects in Epoxide-Opening Cascades," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6678-6679.
 

Contact: cmorten at mit dot edu