Bryan Frieman

B.S. Biochemistry, Philadelphia University (2001)

E-Mail: bfrieman@chem.ucsb.edu

Distinctions

  • 2003-2004 Roche Bio Science Graduate Excellence Award
  • 2002-2003 Dewolfe Research & Teaching Fellowship
  • 2002 Internship at Merck (West Point, PA)
  • 2001-2002 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
  • 2001 Philadelphia University ACS Award
  • 2001 Philadelphia University Biochemistry American Institute of Chemists Award

Current Research
In view of this groups extensive use of enantioselective copper hydride catalyzed reductions, I am currently involved in mechanistic work to determine the intermediates leading to the production and the structure of copper hydride Ln*.

Publications
"Scavenging and Reclaiming Phosphines Associated with Group 10 Medal-Mediated Couplings", Lipshutz, Bruce H., Bryan Frieman, Henrik Birkedal. Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 2305-2308.

"Microwave Accelerated, Ni/C-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of in situ-Derived Zirconocenes", Lipshutz, Bruce H., Bryan Frieman. Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 1309-1316.

"Heterogenous Catalysis: Ni/C-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings en route to Allylated Aromatics: Application to a Precursor to Coenzyme Q10", Lipshutz, Bruce H., Bryan Frieman, Stephen S. Pfeiffer. Synthesis, 2002, 2110-2116.

"A Facile Entry to Bicyclic Systems From L-Glutamic Acid", Frieman, Bryan A., Charles W. Bock, Krishna L. Bhat. Heterocycles, 2001, 11, 2099-2108.

"Investigation of Molecular Structure of the Cortex of Wool Fibers", Liff, Mark, Ronald McNamara, Michael Zimmerman, and Bryan Frieman. NTC Annual Report, 1999, 8, M98-P1.