Dr. Christine Gottardo
ProfessorPh.D (Guelph)
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, ON
P7B 5E1
Chemistry 2211
Chemistry 3231
Dr. Christine GottardoProfessorPh.D (Guelph) |
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Synthetic Organic Chemistry |
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| Office Phone: | (807) 343-8466 | |
| Lab Phone: | (807) 343-8501 | |
| E-Mail: | christine.gottardo@lakeheadu.ca | |
| Postal: | c/o Lakehead University Department of Chemistry 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 |
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Chemistry 1130 Chemistry 2211 Chemistry 3231 |
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We are currently looking at a number of different areas of organic chemistry:
(a) Photochemical Cyclizations of Enediynes
This involves the cyclization of enediynes under photochemical conditions with an emphasis on the use of heteroatom containing enediynes changing the chromophore - can we extend the chromophore sufficiently to use lower energy light to trigger the cyclizations?
(b) Reactions of Thioenones
This is an attempt to answer the question: "What happens when the oxygen of an enone is replaced by sulfur?"
(c) Natural Product Isolation
Algae from Northern Ontario lakes is being isolated and extracted to determine the natural products present
(d) Synthesis of 7-phosphanorbornadiene
Synthesis of a novel norbornadiene to determine its P-31 chemical shift
Gottardo Group, Summer 2004 (l-r):
CG, Megan Perry, Agnes Brenk, Curtis Shewchuk, Chiarra Pretto.
Recent Publications:
Quayyum, H.A.; Mallik, A.U.; Leach, D.M.; Gottardo, C. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2000, 26, 2221-2231. Growth Inhibitory Effects of Nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) on Rice (Oryza sativa) Seedlings.
Gottardo, C.; Fratpietro, S.; Hughes, A.N.; Stradiotto, M. Heteroatom Chemistry 2000, 11, 182-186. Crystallographic Characterization of a Stable 7-Phospanobornadiene-7-Oxide: 2,3-Benzo-1,4,5,6,7-pentaphenyl-7-phosphabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-7-oxide.
Lange, G.L.; Gottardo, C.; Merica, A. J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 6738-6744. Synthesis of Terpenoids Using a Free Radical Fragmentation/Elimination Sequence.
Brook, M.A.; Balduzzi, S.; Mohamed, M.; Gottardo, C. Tetrahedron1999, 55, 10027-10040. The Photolytic and Hydrolytic Lability of Sisyl (Si(SiMe3)3) Ethers, An Alcohol Protecting Group.
Mueller, J. L.; Gottardo, C.; Jones, T. R. B.; Gibson, M. S. Phosphorus,
Sulfur and Silicon 1998, 132, 163-166. Susceptibility
of 2-Arylidene-3,5-diaryl-2,3-dihydro-1,3,4-thiadiazoles to Hydrolysis.
| Brook, M.A.; Gottardo, C.; Balduzzi, S.; Mohamed, M. Tetrahedron
Lett. 1997, 40, 6997-7000. The Sisyl(Tris(trimethylsilyl)silyl)
Group: A Fluoride Resistant, Photolabile Alcohol Protecting Group.
Lange, G.L.; Gottardo, C. Magn. Reson. Chem. 1996, 34, 660-666. 13C and 1H NMR Study of Substituted Tricyclic [2+2] Photoadducts. Lange, G.L. and Gottardo, C. J. Org. Chem. 1995, 60, 2183-2187. Free Radical Fragmentation of [2+2] Photoadduct Derivatives. Formal Synthesis of Pentalenene. |
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