Chemistry @ Colgate: Ernest G. Nolen, Jr.

Chemistry @ Colgate

Ernest G. Nolen, Jr.
Associate Professor of Chemistry

B.S., 1979, University of North Carolina
Ph.D., 1984, Oregon State University

Email:enolen@mail.colgate.edu
(315) 228-7234

Teaching Interests: Organic Chemistry, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Juggling

Research Interests: Natural product synthesis; supramolecular chemistry, and glycopeptide mimetics. Detailed descriptions of current research projects are available.

Selected Publications:

Nolen, E. G.; Kurish, A. J.;* Wong, K. A.;* Orlando, M. D.* “Short, stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosyl asparagines via an olefin cross-metathesis,” Tetrahedron Letters 2003, 44, 2449.
Nolen, E. G.; Watts, M. M.;^* Fowler, D. J.^* “Synthesis of C-Linked Glucopyranosyl Serines via a Chiral Glycine Enolate Equivalent,” Organic Letters 2002, 4, 3963-65.
Nolen, E. G.; Watts, M. M.;^* Fowler, D. J.^* “Stereoselective Synthesis of C-Linked Glucopyranosyl Serines,” Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research 2002, 2, 63-68.
Smith III, A.B.; Nolen, E.G.; Shirai, R.; Blase, F.R.; Ohta, M.; Chida, N.; Hartz, R.A.; Fitch, D.M.; Clark, W.M.; Sprengeler, P.A.; "Tremorgenic Indole Alkaloids. 9. Asymmetric Construction of an Advanced F-G-H-Ring Lactone Precursor for the Synthesis of Penitrem D" J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 7837.
Nolen, E.G.; Marsh, A.; *Gardinier, K.M.; Lehn, J.-M.; "Janus Molecules: Synthesis of Double-Headed Heterocycles Containing Two Identical Hydrogen Bonding Arrays" Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 397.
Onaka, M.; Shinoda, T.; Izumi, Y.; Nolen, E.G.; "Acidic Clay-Directed Polymerization-Cyclization of Aldehydes and Pyrrole to Porphyrins" Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 1994, 90, 85.
M. Onaka, T. Shinoda, Y. Izumi, and E.G. Nolen, Porphyrin Synthesis in Clay Nanospaces, Chemistry Lett. 1993, 117.

Asterisks indicate undergraduate student co-authors who conducted their research in collaboration with a faculty member at Colgate.

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