Research
Interests: organometallic
reaction mechanisms, lanthanide chemistry, electrochemical studies
of single electron transfer, calorimetry, protein refolding and
renaturation, molecular recognition.
Teaching
Interests: undergraduate
organic chemistry, advanced courses in organic chemistry including:
reaction mechanisms, reactive intermediates, physical organic chemistry,
application of lanthanides in organic synthesis.
Flowers'
group webpage
Recent
Publications:
“Mild
Conversion of b-diketones to Carboxylic Acids by CAN” Zhang,
Y.; Jiao, J.; Flowers, R.A., II J. Org. Chem. 2006,
71, 4516-4520.
"Stopped-Flow
Kinetics of Tetrazine Cycloadditions: Experimental and Computational
Studies Towards Sequential Transition States" Sadasivam, D.V.; Prasad,
E.; Flowers, R.A., II; Birney, D.M. J.
Phys. Chem . 2006 , 110 , 1288-1294
.
"The
Role of Water in SmI2-Mediated
Reductions of Alkyl Halides" Prasad, E.; Flowers, R.A., II
J. Am. Chem Soc. 2005, 127, 18093-18099.
"Chelation-Controlled
Diastereoselective Reduction of a -Fluoroketones" Mohanta, P.K.;
Davis, T.A.; Gooch, J. R.; Flowers, R.A., II J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2005 , 127 , 11896-11897
.
"Photoinduced
Electron Transfer Reactions by SmI2 in THF:
Luminescence Quenching Studies and Mechanistic Investigations"
Prasad, E. Knettle, B.W., Flowers, R.A., II Chem. Eur. J. 2005
, 11 , 3105-3112.
"Reduction
of b -hydroxyketones by SmI2
/H2O/Amine " Davis , T.A.; Chopade, P.;
Hilmersson, G.; Flowers, R.A., II Org. Lett. 2005
, 7 , 119-122.
"Solvent
Dependent Chemoselectivities in Additions of ß-Carbonyl Imines to
AllylTrimethyl-silane Using CTAN" Zhang, Y.; Raines, A.J.; Flowers,
R.A., II J. Org Chem. 2004, 69,
6267-6272.
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