Research Projects

Selected Student Presentations:

SYNTHESIS OF ALLYLIC BROMIDES TOWARD THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF TORREYUNLIGNANS - THE FIRST NATURALLY-OCCURRING PHOSPHODIESTERASE-9A INHIBITORS. Andrew P. Moyer, Margaret McEwan, Armen G. Beck, Kiersten A. Ring, and Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Paideia Research Conference, 16th Annual Meeting, Christopher Newport University, April 15, 2017. (Oral)

SYNTHESIS OF DIHYDROPYRANS AND TETRAHYDROPYRANS USING LEWIS ACID PROMOTED TANDEM REACTIONS. Rachel Edwards, Ryan Crane, John Halonski, Tyler Nungesser, & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. 252nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 22, 2016. (Published Abstract) (Poster)

CYCLIZATION OF TETHERED AMINOALKENES WITH IN SITU GENERATED CATALYTIC HYPERVALENT IODIDE. Darcy Davidson, Dmitry Liskin, Megan Sak, Skye Harris & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. 252nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 22, 2016. (Published Abstract) (Poster)

SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED CINNAMYL BROMIDES AND ARYL BETA-KETO ESTERS TOWARD A CONVERGENT TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF NATURALLY-OCCURRING PHOSPHODIESTERASE-9A INHIBITORS. Armen Beck, Margaret McEwan, Kierra Perry, Andrew Moyer, Kiersten Ring, & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. 252nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 22, 2016. (Published Abstract) (Poster)

TOWARD A CONVERGENT TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF NATURALLY-OCCURRING INHIBITORS OF PHOSPHODIESTERASE-9A. Armen G. Beck, Margaret A. McEwan, and Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. 2nd CNU Summer Scholars Program Research Symposium, Christopher Newport University, August 17, 2016. (Poster).

SYNTHESIS OF BETA-KETO ESTER FRAGMENTS FOR THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF TORREYUNLIGNANS A-D. Armen G. Beck, Andrew P. Moyer, Kierra L. Perry, Kiersten A. Ring, and Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Tidewater Chapter of Sigma Xi, 17th Annual Student Research Poster Session, Christopher Newport University, November 20, 2015. (Poster)

SYNTHESIS OF ALLYLIC BROMIDES TOWARD THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF TORREYUNLIGNANS - THE FIRST NATURALLY-OCCURRING PHOSPHODIESTERASE-9A INHIBITORS. Kierra L. Perry, Andrew P. Moyer, Armen G. Beck, Kiersten A. Ring, and Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Tidewater Chapter of Sigma Xi, 17th Annual Student Research Poster Session, Christopher Newport University, November 20, 2015. (Poster)

ONE-STEP SYNTHESES OF BIOLOGICALLY-ACTIVE TETRAHYDROPYRAN NATURAL PRODUCTS. Ryan M. Crane and Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. 1st CNU Summer Scholars Program Research Symposium, Christopher Newport University, August 19, 2015. (Poster)

SYNTHESIS OF TETRAHYDROPYRAN SCAFFOLDS USING LEWIS ACID-PROMOTED SILYL-PRINS CYCLIZATION. Tyler C. Nungesser, M. Scott Binder, Alexander W. Van Dyke, S. Lauren Kyte, and Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Tidewater Chapter of Sigma Xi, 16th Annual Student Research Poster Session, Christopher Newport University, November 21, 2014. (Poster)

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FATTY ACID CONTENT IN FLAX SEEDS AS INFLUENCED BY SOIL CADMIUM AND MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI. Matthew E. Kaplan, Ellen R. Simmons, Jack C. Hawkins, Lauren G. Ruane & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. 247^th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, TX, March 18, 2014. (Published Abstract) (Poster)

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FATTY ACID CONTENT IN FLAX SEEDS UNDER VARIOUS GROWING CONDITIONS BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY. Ellen R. Simmons, Matthew E. Kaplan, Jack C. Hawkins, Lauren Ruane & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Paideia Research Conference, 12th Annual Meeting, Christopher Newport University, April 13, 2013. (Poster)

HETEROGENEOUS OPENING OF EPOXIDES AND THIIRANES WITH AMINES. Eric P. Ginsburg, Chelsea L. Brown & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Paideia Research Conference, 12th Annual Meeting, Christopher Newport University, April 13, 2013. (Poster)

RAPID CONSTRUCTION OF DIHYDROPYRANS VIA A TANDEM SAKURAI/SILYL-PRINS REACTION SEQUENCE. David N. McCartney, Clinton J. Bronder, & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. 244^th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA; American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 22, 2012. (Published Abstract) (Poster)

HETEROGENEOUS OPENING OF EPOXIDES AND EPISULFIDES WITH AMINO ACIDS – AN APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF THIOLS. Marc-Antoine Tremblay, Eric P. Ginsburg, Chelsea L. Brown, Ellen R. Simmons, Dylan J. Jamieson & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Virginia Academy of Sciences, 90th Annual Meeting, Norfolk State University, May 24, 2012. (Published Abstract) (Poster)

PROGRESS TOWARDS A TWO-STEP SYNTHESIS OF THE VIOLACEIN CORE. Kyle Ponce, Richard Robertson & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Paideia Research Conference, 11th Annual Meeting, Christopher Newport University, April 14, 2012. (Oral)

PROGRESS TOWARDS A TWO-STEP SYNTHESIS OF THE VIOLACEIN CORE. Kyle Ponce & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Tidewater Chapter of Sigma Xi, 13th Annual Student Research Poster Session, Christopher Newport University, November 18, 2011. (Poster)

MULTI-STEP SYNTHESIS OF VIOLACEIN. Kyle Ponce & Jeffrey M. Carney, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606. Paideia Research Conference, 10th Annual Meeting, Christopher Newport University, March 26, 2011. (Poster)