Dr. James McCullagh
Ph.D., 1998
Education:
Ph.D. (Chemistry) State University of New York at
Stony Brook; Stony Brook, NY
May 1998.
B. S. (Biochemistry) Hofstra University; Hempstead, NY
cum laude May 1992.
High Departmental Honors
Minor in Mathematics
Research Experience:
August 1993 - Present : Graduate research under the direction of
Professor Iwao Ojima. Major research focus: Design of Rh-catalyzed silylcarbocyclizaton (SiCaC) reactions for potential application to the synthesis of natural products.
August 1994 - May 1995: Undergraduate research project in organic
synthesis under the direction of Dr. Dennis Ryan.
Skills:
Experience in organic (multistep) synthesis and catalysis including air
sensitive reactions. Familiar with the operation of standard
instrumentation including: IR, GC, NMR (GE QE-300, Brucker AC-250,
and Varian Gemini 300), etc.
Teaching Experience:
August 1994 - May 1995: teaching assistant for undergraduate general
chemistry recitation under Professor. C. Krishnan.
Jan 1993 - May 1993: Teaching Assistant (grading for several courses
including general chemistry lab and organic chemistry lecture).
August 1992 - December 1992: teaching assistant for undergraduate
general chemistry recitation under Professor Roy Lacey .
Jan 1991 - May 1991: teaching assistant for sophmore organic
chemistry lab under Professor Rodney Finzel.
August 1991 - Dec 1991: teaching assistant for sophmore organic
chemistry lab under Professor Dennis Ryan.
Honors and Awards:
May 1992: ACS Award Outstanding Senior Scholar (Hofstra University)
May 1992 : Membership Phi Lambda Upsilon - Chemistry Honor Society (Hofstra University)
May 1992: High Departmental Honors Undergraduate Research Project
(Hofstra University)
Publications:
"New Cascade Silylcarbocyclization (SiCAC) of Enediynes" Iwao Ojima*,
James V. McCullagh, Willam R. Shay. Journal of Organomettalic
Chemistry, 1996, 521, 421-423.
"Novel Rh-Catalyzed Intramolecular Silylcarbotricyclization of Triynes"
Iwao Ojima*, An T. Vu, James V. McCullagh, Atsushi Kinoshita.
Manuscript in preparation.
"The Rh(I) and Ir(I) Catalyzed Silylcarbocyclization of 1,6-Eneynes" Iwao
Ojima*, James V. McCullagh. Manuscript in preparation.
Professional Presentations:
New Cascade Silylcarbocyclization (SiCAC) of Dienynes and Triynes
James V. McCullagh, Iwao Ojima*, Presented at the 212th
National ACS Meeting; Orlando Florida, August 1996.
Talk #013 ORGN section.
Rh- Catalyzed Silylcarbocyclization (SiCAC) Reactions of Dienynes
James V. McCullagh, William R. Shay, Iwao Ojima, Presented at
the 208 th National ACS Meeting; Washington D.C., August 1994.
Poster #315 ORGN section.
Novel Rh(I) Catalyzed Cascade Silylcarbocyclization (SiCAC) Reactions
James V. McCullagh, Iwao Ojima*, Presented at the 10th
International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis; Princeton,
New Jersy, August 1996.
Poster # PP-B43
Rhodium Catalyzed Silylcarbocyclization (SiCAC) of 1,6- Eneynes
James V. McCullagh, Iwao Ojima*, Presented at the 8th IUPAC
Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards
Organic Synthesis (OMCOS 8); Santa Barbara, California, August
1995. Poster # 250.
Novel Rh(I) Catalyzed Cascade Silylcarbocyclization (SiCAC) Reactions
James V. McCullagh, Iwao Ojima*, Presented at the New York
Academy of Sciences Poster Program for Graduate Students
in Chemistry; New York, NY, November 1996.
James V. McCullagh, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
Phone: (516) 632-7939
Fax: (516) 632-7942
e-mail: jmccullagh@sbchm1.chem.sunysb.edu