Advisor: Stoltz, Brian, Thesis and Dissertations from CaltechTHESIS

• Al-Saihati, Zainab Ahmed 2020 (PHD) C(sp³)–H Activation via Dehydrogenation of Cyclic and Heterocyclic Alkanes by Single-Site Iridium Pincer Ligated Complexes 10.7907/tsge-5m91
• Li, Jiaming 2020 (PHD) Concise Total Syntheses of ∆¹²-Prostaglandin J Natural Products Using Stereoretentive Metathesis 10.7907/Q78K-7R18
• Reimann, Christopher Elias 2020 (PHD) Convergent Synthetic Strategies toward Heterodimeric Bisindole Alkaloids and Polyoxygenated Diterpenoids 10.7907/j1y9-g269
• Schuman, David Phillip 2020 (PHD) Development and Mechanistic Investigation of Potassium Tert-Butoxide Catalyzed C–H Silylation 10.7907/248y-cp18
• Alexy, Eric John 2020 (PHD) Development of Enantioselective Transition-Metal Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Methodologies 10.7907/41nh-wb31
• Wright, Austin Cameron 2020 (PHD) Evolving Strategies Toward the Synthesis of Curcusone C 10.7907/6FET-N212
• Goldstein, Elizabeth Lee 2020 (PHD) Synthesis of Enantioenriched (Poly)Fluorinated Building Blocks, 2,2-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines and [7,7]Paracyclophanes 10.7907/hks0-tg22
• Loskot, Steven Anthony 2019 (PHD) Applications of the Enantioselective Allylic Alkylation Toward the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products 10.7907/TZHG-9B35
• Sun, Alexander Wang 2019 (PHD) Stereoselective Synthesis of Diazaheterocycles by Decarboxylative Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation 10.7907/E2YS-GJ06
• Shockley, Samantha Elizabeth 2018 (PHD) Development of Stereoselective Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Methods 10.7907/S93J-6P85
• Bachman, Shoshana 2017 (PHD) Development of Cu- and Ni-Catalyzed C–C and C–N Bond Forming Reactions 10.7907/Z99S1P2G
• Duquette, Douglas Charles 2017 (PHD) Highly Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Reactions of Carbocyclic Enaminones and Acyclic Substrates 10.7907/Z9S46Q0P
• Bates, Kelvin Hamilton 2017 (PHD) Isoprene Oxidation Mechanisms and Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Under HO2-Dominated Conditions 10.7907/Z9930R6T
• O’Connor, Nicholas R. 2017 (PHD) Methodological Developments and Synthetic Applications of Strained Rings and Allylic C-H Functionalization of Hindered Substrates 10.7907/Z9JS9NF6
• Pritchett, Beau Patrick 2017 (PHD) Studies in Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation: Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Structurally Diverse Alkaloids 10.7907/Z9ZG6Q9Q
• Kim, Kelly Eun-Jung 2017 (PHD) The Synthesis and Late-Stage Diversification of the Cyanthiwigin Natural Product Core and Synthetic Insights Derived Therein 10.7907/Z9KP8046
• Haley, Christopher Keating 2016 (PHD) Aryne Reactions in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules 10.7907/Z9QN64P5
• Han, Seojung 2016 (PHD) I. Synthetic Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products – Communesin F, Perophoramidine and Ineleganolide. II. Nickel Catalyzed Intramolecular C–O Bond Formation 10.7907/Z9NV9G6M
• Gordon, Jonny Robert 2015 (PHD) Applications of a Concise and General Strategy for the Syntheses of Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products 10.7907/Z99021P4
• Liu, Yiyang 2015 (PHD) Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative and Decarbonylative Transformations in the Synthesis of Fine and Commodity Chemicals 10.7907/Z9NZ85NC
• Craig, Robert Allen, II 2015 (PHD) Progress Toward the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ineleganolide and the Polycyclic Norcembranoid Diterpenes and Construction of the Ineleganoloids 10.7907/Z92B8VZ6
• Lee, Chung Whan 2015 (PHD) Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Curcusone C and Mechanistic Elucidation of an Unexpected Rearrangement 10.7907/Z9J964C4
• Reeves, Corey Michael 2015 (PHD) Strategies for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Carbon Quaternary Centers via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Alkylation of Enolate Compounds 10.7907/Z9VX0DGH
• Holder, Jeffrey Clinton 2014 (PHD) The Development of an Asymmetric Palladium-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition and Its Application Toward the Total Syntheses of Taiwaniaquinoid Natural Products 10.7907/EW6K-2D88
• Nelson, Hosea Martin 2013 (PHD) A Unified Synthetic Approach to the Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products 10.7907/09DW-P586
• Hong, Allen Yu 2013 (PHD) Development of a Novel Ring Contraction Strategy and Application to the Total Synthesis of Presilphiperfolanol Natural Products 10.7907/Z9WW7FMB
• Bennett, Nathan Bruce 2013 (PHD) Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation: Insights, Application Toward Cyclopentanoid and Cycloheptanoid Molecules, and the Total Synthesis of Several Daucane Sesquiterpenes 10.7907/ZP3K-A474
• Goldberg, Alexander F. G. 2013 (PHD) Synthetic Applications and Methodological Developments of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes 10.7907/Z9W9576V
• Gilmore, Christopher Dennis 2012 (PHD) Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules 10.7907/C8F7-DQ34
• Tadross, Pamela Michele 2012 (PHD) Exploiting the Reactivity of Arynes in the Total Synthesis of Natural Products 10.7907/0HAZ-QF41
• Sherden, Nathaniel Haynes 2011 (PHD) Mechanistic Investigations into the Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylation of Ketone Enolates Using the PHOX Ligand Architecture 10.7907/QEAX-9N40
• Meyer, Michael Elliott 2011 (PHD) Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions in Natural Product Synthesis: Efforts toward Bielschowskysin and Phalarine 10.7907/J3YQ-SP42
• Ma, Sandy 2011 (PHD) Progress Toward the Cortistatin A Carbocyclic Core and the Development of the Catalytic Enantioselective Alkylation of 3-Helooxindoles 10.7907/ZF1G-Y610
• Enquist, John Andrew 2011 (PHD) Total Synthesis of Cyanthiwigin Natural Products via Double Asymmetric Catalytic Alkylation and Investigations into the Nature of Double Asymmetric Processes 10.7907/V11W-RH98
• Allan, Kevin McCormack 2010 (PHD) Development of Versatile Strategies for Aryne Annulation: Applications in Methodology and Natural Product Total Synthesis 10.7907/VPEN-7M75
• Mohr, Justin Thomas 2010 (PHD) Enantioselective Reactions of Palladium Enolates 10.7907/Z9RF5S1C
• Roizen, Jennifer Lyn 2010 (PHD) Progress Toward an Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Ineleganolide 10.7907/Z93F4MMN
• Krout, Michael Raymond 2010 (PHD) Progress Toward the Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Variecolin and Gas-Phase Studies of the Twisted Amide 2-Quinuclidone 10.7907/Z9765C9X
• Ebner, David Christopher 2009 (PHD) Development and Applications of the Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols 10.7907/2KEA-TT16
• Stockdill, Jennifer Lynn 2009 (PHD) Forays into the Synthesis of Zoanthenol: Intriguing Patterns in Reactivity and Selectivity 10.7907/WYAG-4S28
• McFadden, Ryan Michael 2008 (PHD) Applications of Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Alkylation in Natural Products Total Synthesis 10.7907/GQ1E-RW28
• Caspi, Daniel David 2008 (PHD) The Adaptive Nature of Palladium Reactivity in Synthesis 10.7907/N37A-5970
• Behenna, Douglas Carl 2007 (PHD) Progress Toward the Synthesis of (+)-Zoanthenol and the Development of an Asymmetric Tsuji Allylation Reaction 10.7907/46KF-QE46
• Trend, Raissa M. 2006 (PHD) Concerning the Mechanism and Selectivity of Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation Reactions 10.7907/M4CC-BR50
• Tambar, Uttam Krishan 2006 (PHD) Convergent Methods for Synthesizing Rings in the Context of Natural Product Synthesis: I. Development of a Tandem Stille-Oxa-Electrocyclization Reaction, and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Saudin. II. Development of the Direct Acyl-Alkylation of Arynes, and Its Application Toward the Total Synthesis of Amurensinine 10.7907/PMHT-S093
• Bagdanoff, Jeffrey Thomas 2006 (PHD) Development of the Enantioselective Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols and Natural Products Total Synthesis 10.7907/Z94F1NQK
• May, Jeremy Allen 2006 (PHD) I. Synthesis and Utilization of Diazocompounds for Applications in Solution-Phase and Gas-Phase Chemistry. II. Progress Toward the Communesin Alkaloids 10.7907/dkek-2c97
• Ashley, Eric Robert 2006 (PHD) The First Total Synthesis of (–)-Lemonomycin and Progress toward the Total Synthesis of (+)-Cyanocycline A 10.7907/QM4S-3B86
• Ferreira, Eric Matthew 2005 (PHD) The Design and Development of Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Transformations 10.7907/Z9K64G2R
• Garg, Neil Kamal 2005 (PHD) The Total Synthesis of Dragmacidins D and F 10.7907/Q4GM-9610
• Greene, Blake Bennet 2004 (MS) Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Salvadione-A and Related Diterpenoids 10.7907/AAPZ-W246
• Zepernick, John F. 2004 (MS) The Development of a Tandem Stille-Oxaelectrocyclization Reaction 10.7907/hc53-h270