Chemistry and Biochemistry

Organic Chemistry at SDSU

The study of organic chemistry at SDSU spans the development of new methodologies, synthesis of organometallic and organoboron compounds, and combinatorial chemistry. Research groups in this area at SDSU are listed below.

• B. Mikael Bergdahl: asymmetric total synthesis of natural products, organometallic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry and chiral synthesis with the emphasis on catalysis and asymmetric induction.
• Thomas Cole: boron/organometallic chemistry; computational organic chemistry.
• Douglas Grotjahn: organometallics and bioinorganic chemistry.
• Shelli McAlpine: organic synthesis of natural products and bioorganic chemistry.
• Ratnasamy Somanathan: bioorganic synthetic chemistry; macrocyclic synthesis.