Jessica

JESSICA WU                                      jess.wu@utexas.edu 

Jessica was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. She graduated with her BS in Chemistry and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Posse scholar in December 2018. While there, she worked on the site-selective functionalization of carbohydrates under the direction of Dr. Weiping Tang. After graduation, Jessica stayed in Wisconsin and worked as an analytical chemist at Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. (PPD). In the fall of 2020, she joined the Krische group and is interested in both method development and total synthesis. 

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Jessica's Publications

4. “β-Hydroxy Propionates as Malonic Semialdehyde Proelectrophiles in Enantioselective Butadiene-Mediated Crotylation: Total Synthesis of Octalactins A and B,” Wu, J.; Krische, M. J. Org. Lett. 2024, 26, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01644.

3. “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, DOI: 10.1055/s-00000084.

2. “Stereo- and Site-Selective Crotylation of Alcohol Proelectrophiles via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrogen Auto-Transfer Mediated by Methylallene and Butadiene,” Ortiz, E.; Spinello, B. J.; Cho, Y.; Wu, J.; Krische, M. J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202212814.


1. “Direct Conversion of Primary Alcohols and Butadiene to Branched Ketones via Merged Transfer Hydrogenative Carbonyl Addition-Redox Isomerization Catalyzed by Rhodium,” Spinello, B. J.; Wu, J.; Cho, Y.; Krische, M. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 13507.