Ben Baker

Email: bbaker@chem.ucsb.edu

B.S. Chemistry (University of Oregon) 2005
M.S. Chemistry (University of Oregon) 2006

Current Research
(1) Achiral conjugate reductions of highly congested substrates with copper hydride
(2) Asymmetric synthesis of biaryls via chiral tethered Bergman cyclizations
(3) Synthesis of novel boronic acid derivatives via copper catalyzed reduction of activated alkynes

Publications
(1) B.A. Baker, Ž.V. Boškovi?, B.H. Lipshutz. "(BDP)CuH: A "Hot" Stryker's Reagent for Use in Achiral Conjugate Reductions", Org. Lett. (accepted) 10.1021/ol702689v
(2) C.A. Johnson II, B. A. Baker, O. B. Berryman, L. N. Zakharov, M. J. O'Connor and M. M. Haley. "Synthesis and characterization of pyridine- and thiophene-based platinacyclynes" J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 413.