Organic Chemistry: Enantioselective catalysis to convert ketenes into beta-ketoesters.

CHM 221A: Organic Chemistry I
CHM 221B: Organic Chemistry I
CHM 222: Organic Chemistry II

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• Garrett, M. R.; Tarr, J. C.; Johnson, J. S. "Enantioselective Metallophosphite-Catalyzed C-Acylation of Nitrones." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 127, 12944-12945.
• Nahm, M. R.; Potnick, J. R.; White, P. S.; Johnson, J. S. "Metallophosphite-Catalyzed Asymmetric Acylation of &alpha,&beta-Unsaturated Amides." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 2751-2756.
• Nahm, M. R.; Linghu, X.; Potnick, J. R.; Yates, C. M.; White, P. S.; Johnson, J. S. "Metallophosphite-Induced Nucleophilic Acylation of &alpha,&beta-Unsaturated Amides: Facilitated Catalysis by a Diastereoselective Retro [1,4] Brook Rearrangement" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2377-2379.

• "Metallophosphite- Catalyzed Asymmetric Acylation of &alpha,&beta-Unsaturated Amides," 39th National Organic Chemistry Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 12-16, 2005.
• "Metallophosphite- Catalyzed Asymmetric Acylation of &alpha,&beta-Unsaturated Amides and Nitrones," Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 16, 2007.
• "Enantioselective Synthesis of &beta-Ketoesters via a Ketene-Claisen Condensation," Centenary College of Louisiana, September 24, 2007.
• "Metallophosphite- Catalyzed Asymmetric Acylation of &alpha,&beta-Unsaturated Amides and Nitrones," American Chemical Society Meeting-Northwest Louisiana Section, Natchitoches, Louisiana, November 27, 2007.
• "Asymmetric Acylation of &alpha,&beta-Unsaturated Amides, Nitrones, and Ketenes," Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, January 20, 2009.