Every week the Carbery Research Group have a problem session, where an unknown compound is identified based on its spectroscopic properties, and a set of questions based on mechanistic or total synthesis aspects are set.

A selection of these problems can be found below:

Date

Problems

Set By
23/06/2011 Fundamental Organic Chemistry Nathan
Spectroscopic Unknown Compound Steve
17/06/2011 Total Synthesis of (–)-Salinasporamide A Steve
Spectroscopic Unknown Compound Matt
08/06/2011 Feeling the Strain Matt
07/04/2011 Total Synthesis of Goniomitine Steve
30/03/2011 Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Galanthamine (Tu's synthesis) Matt
09/03/2011 Total Synthesis of (–)-Adominine Nathan
16/02/2011 Total Synthesis of (+)-Isatistine A Steve
18/01/2011 Total Synthesis of Briarellins E and F (Part Two) Nathan
06/10/2010 Total Synthesis of Briarellins E and F (Part One) Nathan
29/09/2010 Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Galanthamine (Trost's synthesis) Nathan
11/08/2010 Retrosynthetic Problems Jim
04/08/2010 Furanamycin Synthesis Jim
16/06/2010 Carbonyl Chemistry Jim
09/06/2010 Mechanistic Problems Wes
02/06/2010 Mechanistic Problems Matt
27/05/2010 Oxidations and Reductions Nathan
20/05/2010 Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better Steve
06/05/2010 Mechanistic Problems Jim
15/04/2010 Mechanistic Problems Nathan
01/04/2010 Common Transformations in Drug Synthesis Andy
18/03/2010 Named Reactions Wes
11/03/2010 Mechanistic Problems Matt
04/03/2010 Total Synthesis of Pseudolaric Acid B Nathan
25/02/2010 Tandem Reaction Special Steve
  Spectroscopic Unknown Compound Jim
18/02/2010 Mechanistic Problems Matt
11/02/2010 Conformational Analysis Wes

 

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