Friday, November 9, 2007: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Pavilion I (Intercontinental at the Plaza)
Symposium on Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry: Natural Products as Leads and Tools in Drug Discovery (Contributed Papers)
Contributed papers on medicinal chemistry from the general submissions in organic chemistry
Presider:Duy Hua
Organizer:Keith R. Buszek
1:00 PMSynthesis of Substituted Quinolines and Their Enhancement of Gap Junction Intercellular Communication and Anti-Breast Cancer Activities
Aibin Shi, Srinivas K. Battina, Gunjan Gakhar, Takahiro Ohira, Thu Annelise Nguyen, Duy H. Hua
1:20 PMTotal Syntheses of (±)-Ovalicin, C4(S*)-Isomer, and Its C5-Analogs and Anti-Trypanosomal Activities
Huiping Zhao, Srinivas K. Battina, Kaiyan Lou, Ana L. Jimenez, John Desper, Elisabeth M. Perchellet, Jean-Pierre H. Perchellet, Peter K. Chiang, Duy H. Hua
1:40 PMTotal Synthesis of Neostenine and Stemona Alkaloid-Inspired Libraries
Kevin J. Frankowski, Jeffrey Aubé
2:00 PMPhosphate Tethers in Total Synthesis: Synthesis of C1-C14 Subunit of Dolabelide C
Joshua D. Waetzig, Paul R. Hanson
2:20 PMA New Tether on the Block: Application of Phosphate Tethers En Route to the Synthesis of the C15-C30 Subunit of Dolabelide C
Christopher D. Thomas, Joshua D. Waetzig, Alan Whitehead, Phanindra Venukadasula, Paul R. Hanson
2:40 PMStudies toward the Total Synthesis of (±)-Cis-Trikentrin A and the Herbindoles
Neil Brown, Diheng Luo, Keith R. Buszek
3:00 PMBreak
3:20 PMPhosphate Tethers in Synthesis: Application towards the Potent Phosphatase Inhibitor Fostriecin
James P. McParland, Paul R. Hanson
3:40 PMStrategies for the Synthesis of the Cyclipostins and Some Phosphonate Analogs
Saibal Bandyopadhyay, Christopher D Spilling
4:00 PMTransition Metal-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Ring Contractions and Olefin Insertion Reactions; Asymmetric Synthesis of Dihydroquinoline Derivatives
Chao Wang, Jon Tunge
4:20 PMA Shi Epoxidation Strategy for Synthesis of Cis-Fused Hexahydroxanthenes
Jeffrey D. Neighbors, Joseph J. Topczewski, David F. Wiemer
4:40 PMSynthesis of Diapocynin and Other Compounds
Mikaela Leah Alt, Patricia A. Chernovitz, Robert E. Smith

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