Development of a Novel Cascade Cyclization Reaction and its Application Towards the Total Synthesis of Malagashanine: A Chloroquine Efflux Inhibitor

Organometallic Enantiomeric Scaffolds in the Synthesis of Alkaloids: I. Homo-SN2´-like Reaction/Annulative Demetallation and the Application in the Synthesis of (+)-Isofebrifugine II. Uncatalyzed Electrophilic C-C Bond Forming Reactions of Pyranyl and Pyridinyl Molybdenum Complexes

Explorations of Metallocarbene and Metallonitrene Reactive Intermediate Chemistry for the Development of Synthetically Useful New Reactions

Investigation of C-H Bond Oxidation Reactions: I. Asymmetric Amination of C-H Bonds Using Ruthenium(II) Catalysts II. Investigation of Structural Determinants of Monoamine Oxidase B

Chapter 1. Total synthesis of Fumonisin B1 Chapter 2. Synthesis of Unnatural Sphingolipids: 1-deoxy-5-hydroxysphinganine and its diastereomers Chapter 3. Development of Methodology: Synthesis of cis- and trans-homoallylic alcohols Chapter 4. Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Synthesis of Natural and Unnatural oligomers

EXPLORATION OF HIGH SYMMETRY DIRHODIUM CATALYSTS AND THE REACTION OF DONOR/ACCEPTOR CARBENOIDS WITH ALCOHOLS

SYNTHETIC AND QUANTUM-CHEMICAL EXPLORATION OF THE SELECTIVITY OF DONOR/ACCEPTOR-SUBSTITUTED METALLOCARBENOIDS