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Christopher Morten |
Education:
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006 - present
Ph.D. candidate with Prof. Timothy F. Jamison |
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Columbia University, 2005
with Prof. Nicholas Turro
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Current research:
Current research interests include development of epoxide opening cascade reactions directed towards the synthesis of ladder polyether natural products. |
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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.
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Contact: cmorten at mit dot edu
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