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Presenter
Dr. Wei Wang
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology (Tenured), The University of Arizona
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona
Abstract:
The recent surge in applications of deuterated pharmaceutical agents has created an urgent demand for synthetic methods that efficiently generate deuterated building blocks. Recently we initiated a program aiming at developing organocatalyzed synthesis of synthetically valued deuterated building blocks. The efforts have led to various methods of accessing these deuterated structures using D2O as deuterium source (Fig. 1). I will discuss the details of the exciting chemistries in the talk.
Bio:
Wei Wang received his PhD in organic chemistry from North Carolina State University in 2000 and completed his postdoctoral study in peptide chemistry at the University of Arizona in 2001. Prior to joining UA, he was faculty in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. His research interests include organic synthesis, molecular imaging and recognition, chemical biology and medicinal chemistry/drug discovery. Dr. Wang’s laboratory has placed particular emphasis on the utilization of chemical tools for broad and practical biological applications. Dr. Wang is the author of over 340 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of organic and medicinal chemistry and chemical biology with an H-index of 85.
Hosted by: Dr. Jon Njardarson