Major Research Areas
Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry
E-mail:moilanen@bu.edu

Sirkka Moilanen
Sirkka Moilanen
Graduate Research Assistant 2002–2007

Postdoctoral Fellow with
Prof. James S. Panek
Department of Chemistry
Boston University

PhD, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University and Tri-Institutional Training Program in Chemical Biology, 2007

BS, Case Western Reserve University, 2001

Frank L. Horsfall, Jr. Fellow, 2006–2007

Thesis: Synthesis of a Structurally and Stereochemically Diverse Spiroketal Library Using Novel Stereoselective Spirocyclizations of C1-Substituted Glycal Epoxides, May 14, 2007


Publications

5)  Moilanen, S. B.; Potuzak, J. S.; Tan, D. S.* "Stereocontrolled synthesis of spiroketals via Ti(Oi-Pr)4-mediated kinetic spirocyclization of glycal epoxides with retention of configuration." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1792–1793.

Abstract | PDF | Supporting Info | PMC ]

•  Highlighted in Nature

4)  Potuzak, J. S.; Moilanen, S. B.; Tan, D. S.* "Stereocontrolled synthesis of spiroketals via a remarkable methanol-induced kinetic spirocyclization reaction." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 13796–13797.

Abstract | PDF | Supporting Info ]

3)  Moilanen, S. B.; Tan, D. S.* "Enantioselective synthesis of erythro-4-deoxyglycals as scaffolds for target- and diversity-oriented synthesis: New insights into glycal reactivity." Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005, 3, 798–803.

Abstract | PDF | Supporting Info ]

2)  Potuzak, J. S.; Moilanen, S. B.; Tan, D. S.* "Discovery and applications of small molecule probes for studying biological processes." Biotechnol. Genet. Eng. Rev. 2004, 21, 11–78.

Journal ]

1)  Garner, P.*; Sherry, B.; Moilanen, S.; Huang, Y. "In vitro stability of α-helical peptide nucleic acids (αPNAs)." Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2001, 11, 2315–2317.

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