MS, University of Chicago

BS, D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Projects: Development of a Novel Class of 1-amino-1-oxo-1,3-butadienes, Doubly Activated Dienes, for the Diels-Alder Reaction. Development of Novel Types of Bifunctional and Single-Point Hydrogen Bonding Catalysts.

Publications

P.K. Elkin, G.Yu. Yurkov //"Ultrasound-provided synthesis of cobalt-containing nanoparticles" / Physics, Chemistry and Application of Nanostructures (Ed. V.E. Borisenko). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2009, pp. 369-372

G.Yu.Yurkov, O.V.Popkov, P.K.Elkin, E.A.Ovchenkov, Yu.A.Koksharov, A.V.Kozinkin, O.N.Shishilov, V.M.Bouznik. // Composites based on poly(tetrafluoroethylene) matrix and iron-containing nanoparticles: synthesis and properties. / Advances in Chemistry Research. (Ed. J.C. Taylor). Vol. 7. NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2011, pp. 171-196.

P.K. Elkin, V.V. Levin, A.D. Dilman, M.I. Struchkova, P.A. Belyakov, D.E. Arkhipov, A.A. Korlyukov, V.A. Tartakovsky, “Reactions of CF3-substituted boranes with α-diazocarbonyl compounds” Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 52 (41), 2011, pp. 5259-5263

Pavel K. Elkin, Vitalij V. Levin, Alexander D. Dilman, Marina I. Struchkova, Dmitry E. Arkhipov, Alexander A. Korlyukov, “Three-component reactions of CF3-substituted boranes, ethyl diazoacetate and imines”, Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 53 (46), 2011, pp. 6216-6218

Vitalij V. Levin, Pavel K. Elkin, Marina I. Struchkova, Alexander D. Dilman, “Nucleophilic fluoroalkylation of (bromomethyl)pinacolborane using silicon reagents” Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, vol. 154, 2013, pp 43-46

elkin@uchicago.edu

MS, IIT, Bombay, India

BS, IIT, Bombay, India

Project: Exploring New Scaffolds Towards Dual Hydrogen-Bond Donor Catalysis

Publications

Chintan S. Sumaria, Yunus E. Türkmen, and Viresh H. Rawal, "Non-Precious Metals Catalyze Formal [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Reactionsof 1,2-Diazines and Siloxyalkynes under Ambient Conditions," Organic Letters 16 (2014): 3236−39.

Timothy J. Montavon, Yunus E. Turkmen, Noumaan A. Shamsi, Christopher Miller, Chintan S. Sumaria, Viresh H. Rawal, and Sergey A. Kozmin, "[2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Siloxy Alkynes with 1,2-Diazines: FromReaction Discovery to Identification of an Antiglycolytic Chemotype," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52 (2013): 13576 –79.

Siddharth Shukla, Chintan S. Sumaria, and P. I. Pradeepkumar, "Exploring Chemical Modifications for siRNA Therapeutics:A Structural and Functional Outlook," ChemMedChem 5 (2010): 328 – 49.

sumaria@uchicago.edu

BS, Cornell University

Project: Thiosquaramide and Bispyridinium Catalysis

mrombola@uchicago.edu

MS, University of Chicago

BS, Fudan University, China

Project: Total Syntheses of Hapalindole-type Natural Products

jiasuxu@uchicago.edu

MS, University of Chicago

BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Project: Enantioselective Synthesis of Catharanthine and Its Analogs

lanluo.uchicago@gmail.com

BS, University of Texas, Dallas

Project: Synthesis of Welwitindolinone A

ftaenzler@uchicago.edu