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Research Interests
Organic Chemistry
Employee degree:
BA, Hiram College
PHD, Indiana University Bloomington
Biography
- Professor,Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2015-
- Associate Professor, Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2005-2015.
- Assistant Professor, Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2002-2005 .
- Part-time faculty member, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2001 (Summer)
- Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1999 (Summer)
Education
- Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2000
- B.A., Chemistry (cum laude, ACS accredited) Hiram College, Hiram, OH 1994
Teaching Interests
- Organic Chemistry
- Organic Synthesis
- NMR Spectroscopy
Research Interests
- Development of synthetic methods
- Total synthesis natural products
- The history of organic chemistry
Selected Publications
- Bair, A.; Printy, N.; Choi, S. H.; Wilkinson, J.; O’Brien, J.; Myers, B.; Roman, D.; Mahfouz, T. M. In silico design of RGS2–Galpha-q interaction inhibitors with anticancer activity. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2024, 64, 8052–8062.
- Hrometz, S. L.; Ebert, J. A.;* Grice, K. E.;* Nowinski, S. M.; Mills, E. M.; Myers, B. J.; Sprague, J. E. Potentiation of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-induced hyperthermia and FAT/CD36 expression in chronically exercised animals. Temperature 2016, 3, 1–10.
- Zimmerman, J. R.; Johntony, O.;* Steigerwald, D.;* Criss, C.;* Myers, B. J.; Kinder, D. H. The Synthesis of a New Class of Highly Fluorescent Chromones via an Inverse-Demand Hetero-Diels–Alder Reaction. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 3256–3259.
- Zimmerman, J. R.; Myers, B. J.; Bouhall, S.;* McCarthy, A.;* Johntony, O.;* Manpadi, M. A two-step, single pot procedure for the synthesis of substituted dihydropyrazolopyrimidines. Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 936–940.
- Fenlon, E.; Myers, B. J. Profiles in Chemistry: A Historical Perspective on the National Organic Symposium. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78,
- Williams, D. R.; Myers, B. J.; Mi, L.; Binder, R. J. Studies for the Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide P. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 4762–4778.
- McCarthy, A.;* Spatney, R.;* Manpadi, M.; Myers, B. J. Zimmerman, J. R. A direct conversion of carboxylic acids to methylthiomethyl esters using a microwave-assisted pummerer rearrangement with dimethylsulfoxide. Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 4782–4784.
Professional Service
- Web Team Leader, Organic Division of the American Chemical Society (), 2002-present
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