Dr. Ephraim Vidal
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 1998
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Thesis Title: Rhodium-Catalyzed Silylformylation, Silylcarbocyclization, Cyclohydrocarbonylation, and Some Applications to the Total Synthesis of Natural Products.
B.S. in Chemistry , 1991;
University of the Philippines at Los Banos
4031 College, Laguna, Philippines
PUBLICATIONS
1) "Extremely Regioselective Intramolecular Silylformylation of Alkynes," I.Ojima, E.Vidal, M. Tzamarioudaki and I. Matsuda J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1995, 117, 6797.
2) "Silylcarbocyclization of 1,6-Diynes," I. Ojima, J. Zhu, E. S. Vidal, and D. A. Frachiolla-Kass J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 6690.
3) "Rhodium Catalyzed Cyclohydrocarbonylation: Application to the Total Synthesis of Prosopinine and Desoxoprosophylline," I. Ojima and E.S. Vidal (accepted, in press, Journal of Organic Chemistry.)
4) "Intramolecular Silylformylation of Aminoalkynes," I. Ojima and E. S. Vidal (manuscript in preparation, to be submitted to Tetrahedron Lett.)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
1) Vidal, E.S.; Ojima, I.; Tzamarioudaki, M.; Matsuda, I. "Extremely Regioselective Intramolecular Silylformylation of Alkynes." (ORGN 401) 209th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Aug. 20-24, 1995. Chicago, Illinois.
2) Vidal, E.S.; Zhu, J.; Fracchiolla-Kass, D.A.; Ojima, I. "Silylcarbocyclization of 1,6-Diynes Catalyzed by Rhodium Complexes." (ORGN 432) 212th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Aug. 25-29, 1996. Orlando, Florida. (ORAL PRESENTATION)
3) Vidal, E.S.; Ojima, I.; Tzamarioudaki, M. "Extremely Regioselective Intramolecular Silylformylation of Alkynes." (Poster 46) New York Academy of Sciences Poster Program for Graduate Students in Chemistry. Nov. 2, 1996.
New York, New York.
4) Vidal, E.S.; Ojima, I. "Rhodium-catalyzed Cyclohydrocarbonylation Reaction as Efficient Route to Multifunctionalized Piperidine Alkaloids." (ORGN 311) 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Sept. 7-11, 1997. Las Vegas, Nevada.
EPHRAIM S. VIDAL
Work Address:
Department of Chemistry
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
Tel. No. (516) 632-7939 Tel. No. (516) 862-1173
email address: evidal@sbchem.sunysb.edu