Week 8

Enterpreneurship, ACS & You

Submitted by chisulo on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 08:40
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Week 8

Speaker: Kathleen Shultz

 Title: Enterpreneurship, ACS & You

 

"Comprehensive Two-Dimensional GC: Another Milestone?"

Submitted by theChemist on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 08:07
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Week 8

Last week in ChemSem, we heard from Mark Merrick, a lead scientists who works for LECO Corporation at Saint Joseph, MI. He told us about the potential that 2D GC has and the many challenges that this technique needs to overcome.

In general, Merrick said that the instrument could be faster, the column connections could be better and that the peak quality needs to be improved. He also mentioned that the installation of the instrument could be easier. The software of the instrument needs improvements also because it has difficulties processing complex samples.

One Step Syntheses

Submitted by shulla on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 03:35
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Week 8

This installment of ChemSem had the honor of hearing Dr. Hisashi Yamamoto of the University of Chicago present on some of the studies he has undertaken in the past. Yamamoto is a world renown organic synthetic chemist with many years of experience. He's spent many years focusing on developing the science and art of organic reaction syntheses of natural substances.

Designing Asymmetric Catalysis: Cascade Reaction for Polyketide Synthesis

Submitted by mastera on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 03:32
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This week's lecture was done by the famous organic chemist Hisashi Yamamoto from the University of Chicago, known for such things as the Yamamoto reagents and reactions. His presentation was fairly interesting, but it was sometimes hard to understand what he was saying. The reason I found this presentation to be interesting was the topic of the catalysts. I have always found catalysts to be an intriguing subject, and it would be nice to have more lectures on the subject.

Review of Hisashi Yamamoto's Desiging Asymmetric Catalysis: Cascade Reaction for Polyketide Synthesis

Submitted by shieun on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 03:28
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Our high profile, award winning guest Hisashi Yamamoto, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Chicago, thinks of new strategies and ways to shorten the number of reactions needed to obtain a product, especially using cascade reactions (the whole reaction takes place in one pot or tube reactor) hoping for 100% atom economy, eliminating side products. His research also includes asymmetric synthesis using acid catalysts (Brønsted and Lewis acids) and the development of efficient syntheses of polyketides for production.

Designing Asymmetric Catalysis – Cascade Reaction for Polyketide synthesis

Submitted by young on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 03:23
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Week 8

Today’s guest speaker for the chemistry seminar was Hisashi Yamamoto. He is an Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He has received various awards in chemistry and published hundreds of articles, reviews, books, and journals.

Acid Catalysts for Polyketide Cascade Synthesis by Hisashi Yamamoto

Submitted by seonui on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 03:19
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Week 8

This week’s presentation speaker was Hisashi Yamamoto, a professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago. He has made an extremely noticeable achievement in acid catalysis in organic synthesis. Because it was a great opportunity to meet a world-famous organic chemist, I was very excited about his seminar.

Designing Asymmetric Catalysis: Cascade Reaction for Polyketide Synthesis

Submitted by Troy on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 03:15
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Week 8

We were privileged and delighted this week to receive words from the renowned organic chemist Dr. Hisashi Yamamoto. From the start, it was evident that this was to be a stirring lecture and very engaging. Dr. Yamamoto's love for organic chemistry came at an early age, even in high school. His journey led him to the University of Chicago where he continues his research today.

Designing Asymmetric Catalysis

Submitted by choig on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 20:36
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The seminar that was held on October 29, 2009 was  called “Designing Asymmetric Catalysis.” The speaker was Hisashi Yamamoto, from the University of Chicago. He is known as a world famous organic chemist. I was impressed that he always wanted to be a chemist; he started to read some university chemistry books when he was a high school student. Later, he graduated and received a bachelor degree at Kyoto University in Japan, and received a Ph.D. at Harvard University.

Designing Asymmetric Catalysis Cascade Reaction for Polyketide Synthesis

Submitted by stephen on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 20:32
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Week 8

This week’s seminar was Designing Asymmetric Catalysis: Cascade Reaction for Polyketide Synthesis.  The speaker was Hisashi Yamamoto, an organic chemist, who received his BSc from Kyoto University and PhD from Harvard.  He has held many teaching positions over the years, such as Assistant Professor and lecturer at Kyoto University, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Hawaii, Professor at Nagoya University, and an Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.  He has also received many awards over the years. 

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