Connie Anderson

Time in the Lab

Fall 2015–Summer 2021

Education & Experience

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2022)

Thesis: Development of New Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–C and C–O Bond Activation Reactions 

B.S. Chemistry, Minnesota State University, Moorhead (2015)

Advisor: Jeffery Bodwin

Douglas Group Publications

Hydroxyl-directed C–C bond activation of benzophenones for the O-acylation of phenols. Tetrahedron 2022, 128, 133074

Integrating Metal-Catalyzed C–H and C–O Functionalization To Achieve Sterically Controlled Regioselectivity in Arene Acylation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10025–10033.

Development and Mechanistic Study of Quinoline-Directed Acyl C–O Bond Activation and Alkene Oxyacylation Reactions. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 2972–2983.

Honors

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2016)

Wayland E. Noland Fellowship in Organic Chemistry (2015)