Science: Chemistry: Organic: Research Groups: B

Stereoselective synthesis of bicyclic and polycyclic structures.

Catalytic antibodies, organocatalysis, protein-like DNA enzymes, therapeutic antibodies, molecular recognition of DNA by proteins, phage display.

Development of new synthetic methodology using novel main-group organometallic chemistry.

Design and synthesis of new molecules with interesting properties.

Silicon chemistry.

Biomimetic and total synthesis, and beta-lactam biosynthesis.

Enantioselective reduction. Carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. Carbon-heteroatom bond-forming processes. Design and utilization of new ligands. Applications in total synthesis.

Total synthesis.

Total synthesis of biologically active natural products, the development of new synthetic methods, heterocyclic chemistry, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, the study of DNA-agent interactions, and the chemistry of antitumor antibiotics.

Marine natural products. New antimalarial agents. Tropical Plant Compounds. Neurodegeneration. Natural product synthesis. Computational Chemistry.

Novel aromatics: nonplanar aromatic compounds, cyclophanes and molecular switches.

Organoboron chemistry. Transition metal and lanthanide catalysis. Cycloadditions. Reactive intermediates. Heterocycles and guanidines. Combinatorial chemistry.

Biosynthesis of complex natural products.

Development and applications of new organic reactions. Catalysis. Dynamic organic molecules. Bioorganic chemistry.