Jamison Group at MIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Steinlin

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009 - present
Swiss National Science Foundation fellow
postdoctoral associate with Prof. Timothy F. Jamison
Ph.D. ETH Zurich, Switzerland
"New Methods for the Synthesis of Guanines and Pteridines from 6-Acylamino-5-nitrosopyrimidines."
with Prof. Andrea Vasella
M.Sc.

ETH Zurich, Switzerland
with Prof. Andrea Vasella

Current research:

Mechanistic investigation into epoxide opening reactions directed towards the synthesis of ladder polyether natural products.

Publications:

  • Acylation of a 6-Methylamino-5-nitrosopyrimidine and 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of an 8-Methyl-isoxanthopterin N(5)-Oxide.  Synthesis of C(6) and N(8) Disubstituted Isoxanthopterins.
    T. Steinlin and A. Vasella; Helv. Chim. Acta 2009, 92(3), 588–606.

  • Synthesis and Reactivity in [3 + 2] Cycloadditions of Isoxantopterin      5-N-Oxides – A New Synthesis of 6-Substituted Pterinones.
    T. Steinlin, T. Sonati, and A. Vasella; Helv. Chim. Acta 2008, 91(10), 1879–1887.

  • Diels-Alder Additions, Ene Reactions, and Condensations of 4-(Acylamino)-5-nitrosopyrimidines - Synthesis of 8-substituted Guanines and of 6-Substituted Pteridinones.
    T. Steinlin and A. Vasella; Helv. Chim. Acta 2008, 91(3), 435–450.

   
 

Contact: steinlin at mit dot edu