Jamison Group at MIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica Tanuwidjaja

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007 - present
Ph.D. candidate with Prof. Timothy F. Jamison
B.Sc.

University of California, Berkely, 2006
with Prof. Jonathan A. Ellman

Current research:

Use of epoxide opening cascades in the synthesis of terpenoid polyether natural products .

Publications:

  • Tanuwidjaja, J.; Ng, S.-S.; Jamison, T.F. "Total Synthesis of ent-Dioxepandehydrothyrsiferol via a Bromonium-Initiated Epoxide-Opening Cascade" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12084–12085.

  • Tanuwidjaja, J.; Peltier, H. M.; Lewis, J. C.; Schenkel, L. B.; Ellman, J. A. "One-Pot Microwave-Promoted Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldehydes via tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines" Synthesis 2007, 3385-3389.

  • Tanuwidjaja, J.; Peltier, H. M.; Ellman, J. A. "One-Pot Asymmetric Synthesis of Either Diastereomer of tert-Butanesulfinyl-protected Amines from Ketones" J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 626-629.

 

Contact: jess_tan at mit dot edu