Organic Chemistry at Temple has a long and vital tradition, characterized by strong links to the many pharmaceutical and chemical companies in the Philadelphia area. Actually, Philadelphia is at the center of one of the largest concentrations of chemical and pharmaceutical research and development activity in the world.

This tradition of excellence was recently recognized by the selection of Professor Frank Davis for a Cope Scholar Award.

Organic chemistry research ranges from development of synthetic methodology to synthesis of biologically active molecules and a particular area of strength is organosilicon chemistry.

The Organic Chemistry at Temple University consists of the Andrade, Dalton, Davis, Krow, Schafmeister, Sieburth, and Williams groups. 

Even cursory examination of the current webpages of the faculty, provides ample evidence that the richness of the broad swath of science encompassed by the discipline of Organic Chemistry is alive and thriving at Temple University .

Please examine the material at your leisure. You are invited to contact any one of us for further

information.

Recent Publications Include:

G.R. Krow, Q.L. Huang, S.W. Szczepanski, F.H. Hausheer, and P.J. Carroll, "Stereoselectivity in Diels-Alder reactions of diene-substituted N-alkoxycarbonyl-1,2-dihydropyridines." Journal of Organic Chemistry . 72, 3458-3466, (2007).

Davis FA.  "Adventures in sulfur-nitrogen".  Journal of Organic Chemistry 71 (24): 8993-9003 (2006).

PL Chen, YP Chen, PJ Carroll, Scott McN. Sieburth, "Novel Reaction Pathways for 2-pyridone [4+4] Photoadducts", Organic Letters, 8, 3367-3370 (2006).

Andrade, R. B.; Martin, S. F. “Formal Syntheses of (±)-Pinnaic Acid and (±)-Halichlorine.” Organic Letters 7, 5733-5735 (2005).

Wilson ML.; Carroll PJ.; Dalton DR. "Decoration of the aromatic ring of dihydrocodeinone (hydrocodone) and 14-hydroxydihydrocodeinone (oxycodone)".  Journal of Organic Chemistry 70 (16): 6492-6495 (2005).

Williams, J. R.; Ma, J.; Wepplo, P. and Paclin R. A. "Synthesis and Intramolecular Reactions of trans -Cyclohexyl-1,2-bisacrylate". J. Org. Chem . (2004), 69 , 1730-1733.