| People
- Faculty
- Professor:
Javier Read de Alaniz |
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Organic Chemistry |
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| Email: |
javier@chem.ucsb.edu |
| Phone: |
(805) 893-6103 |
Fax:
(805) 893-4120 |
| Office: |
PSBN 1631 |
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Selected
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| Bio: |
Javier Read de Alaniz joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UC Santa Barbara in 2009. He was born and raised in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He received his B.S. degree from Fort Lewis College in 1999 where he conducted undergraduate research under the direction of Professor William R. Bartlett. His Ph.D. degree was obtained under the supervision of Tomislav Rovis at Colorado State University in 2006. His doctoral training focused on asymmetric catalysis. Javier then moved to sunny California, where he worked in the area of total synthesis with Professor Larry E. Overman at the University of California, Irvine. During that time he was the recipient of the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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Research
Objective
Research in our group will focus on new reaction developments and their application to the synthesis of architecturally challenging and biologically important molecules. Initially, we will focus on identifying efficient new methods for the construction of carbon-nitrogen bonds. Nitrogen-containing molecules are valuable pharmaceutical targets and fundamental building blocks in natural product synthesis.
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| "A Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Intramolecular Stetter Reaction." Kerr, M. S.; Read de Alaniz, J.; Rovis,* T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 10298-10299. |
| "Conversion of a-Halo-Aldehydes into Acylating Agents by an Internal Redox Reaction Catalyzed by Nucleophilic Carbenes." Reynolds, N. T.; Read de Alaniz, J.; Rovis,* T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9518-9519. |
| "A Highly Enatio- and Diastereoselective Catalytic Intramolecular Stetter Reaction." Read de Alaniz, J.; Rovis, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6284-6289. |
| "An Efficient Synthesis of Achiral and Chiral 1,2,4-Triazolium Salts: Bench Stable Precursors for N-Heterocyclic Carbenes" Kerr, M. S.; Read de Alaniz, J.; Rovis,* T. J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 5725-5728. |
| "Scope of the Asymmetric Intramolecular Stetter Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Nucleophilic Triazolinylidene Carbenes." Read de Alaniz, J.; Kerr, M. S.; Moore, J. L.; Rovis,* T. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 2033-2040. |
| "Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Nankakurine A and B: Confirmation of Structure and Establishment of Absolute Configuration." Nilsson, B. L.; Overman,* L. E.; Read de Alaniz, J.; Rohde, J. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11297-11299. |
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