Connor

Connor Saludares csaludares@utexas.edu

Connor was born in San Diego, California, and spent his formative years in Murrieta, California. He earned a B.A in Chemistry from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 2021 under the supervision of Dr. Raul Navarro. While at Occidental, he worked on a total synthesis of a natural product that exhibit cytotoxic activity towards the hepatitis B virus and a methodology investigating Decarboxylative Allylic Alkylations. In the Fall of 2021, he joined the Krische group at the University of Texas at Austin, and is interested in exploring new synthetic methods and total synthesis of natural products.

Connor's Publications

3. “Chiral-at-Ruthenium-SEGPHOS Catalysts Display Diastereomer-Dependent Regioselectivity: Enantioselective Isoprene-Mediated Carbonyl tert-Prenylation via Halide Counterion Effects,” Shezaf, J. Z.; Santana, C. G.; Saludares, C.; Briceno, E. S.; Sakata, K.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 18676. (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06734.)

2. “Carbonyl Allylation and Crotylation: Historical Perspective, Relevance to Polyketide Synthesis, and Evolution of Enantioselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Auto-Transfer Processes,” Ortiz, E.; Saludares, C.; Wu, J.; Cho, Y.; Santana, C. G.; Krische, M. J Synthesis. 2023, 55, 1487. (DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1751420)

1. “Asymmetric Ruthenium-Catalyzed Carbonyl Allylations by Gaseous Allene via Hydrogen Auto-Transfer: 1º vs 2º Alcohol Dehydrogenation for Streamlined Polyketide Construction,” Saludares, C.; Ortiz, E.; Santana, C. G.; Spinello, B. J. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 1662. (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05425.)

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