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2018 Poster Presentations

Titles and presenters of the posters presented at the Organic Retreat 2018 are listed below.

Poster Session 1

Synthetic Substrate to Build and Probe Bacterial Glycans
Phillip Calabretta, Kiessling Group

Breaking the Base Barrier: An Electron-Deficient Palladium Catalyst Enables the Use of Common, Soluble Bases in C-N Coupling
Joey Dennis, Buchwald Group

Biomass Conversion Using Boronic Acids: Efficient Transformation of Carbohydrates Into Furanics
Brian Graham, Raines Group

A Novel Electrophilic Nitrogen Source for Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroamination for the Synthesis of Chiral Primary Amines
Dr. Sheng Guo, Buchwald Group

Spontaneous Reactive Graphene Exfoliation and Its Applications
Intak Jeon, Swager Group

Development and Application of New Strategies for Synthesis of Complex Diketopiperazine Alkaloids
Brandon Nelson, Movassaghi Group

Solution-Processable Arylthiolate Coordination Polymers
Zachary Nelson, Swager Group

Scalable Synthesis of ROMP-Compatible Multivalent Macromonomers Enables High-Loading Nitroxide-Based Macromolecular MRI Contrast Agents with Unprecedented Transverse Relaxivity for Millimetric Tumor Detection
Hung Nguyen, Johnson Group

Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Redox Active Diaryl Sulfides Towards Electroactive Poly(phenylene sulfide)s
Dr. Nathan Romero, Swager Group

Continuous Flow Synthesis of Rufinamide, Nicardipine, and Linezolid
M. Grace Russell, Jamison Group

Poster Session 2

Ni-Catalyzed Electrochemical Decarboxylative C-C Couplings in Batch and Continuous Flow
Christopher Breen, Jamison Group

Site-Selective Functionalization: A Dual Catalytic System for Chemoselective Oxidation Adjacent to Azaheterocycles
Julian Cooper, Radosevich Group

Electronic and Steric Optimization of Fluorogenic Probes for Biomolecule Transport
Henry Kilgore, Raines Group

Anion Exchange Membranes: Towards Extreme Stability and High Conductivity
Dr. Yoonseob Kim, Swager Group

Synthesizing Mucin Mimics 
Austin Kruger, Kiessling Group

A Biaryldiguanidine Pendant to Enhance Cellular Uptake
Lindsey Orgren, Raines Group

Palladium−Peptide Oxidative Addition Complexes for Bioconjugation
Anthony Rojas, Buchwald Group

Extended π-conjugated Structures through Dehydrative C-C Coupling
Constantin Voll, Swager Group

Bench-Stable Nickel Precatalysts with Heck-type Activation
Jessica Weber, Jamison Group

CuH-Catalyzed Transformations of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids
Yujing Zhou, Buchwald Group