Matt Eastwood
Time in the Lab
Summer 2014–Fall 2019
Education & Experience
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2019)
Thesis: Development of Stereoselective Cyanoamidation Reactions and Their Application to Natural Product Total Synthesis
B.A. Chemistry, MidAmerica Nazarene University (2014)
Advisor: Faith Jacobsen
Douglas Group Publications
DiLiberti, S. L., Eastwood, M. S., Otte, S. C., Douglas, C. J. Total Synthesis of (+)-Eburnamonine Using Asymmetric Alkene Cyanoamidation through C—CN Bond Activation. Org. Lett. 2024, ASAP
Synthesis of the Madangamine Alkaloid Core by a C–C Bond Activation Cascade. J. Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 6149–6154.
Diastereoselective Intramolecular Cyanoamidation with Alkenes. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2017, 45–48.