Biography:
Professional Experience:
- Associate Professor, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, 2012-present
- Assistant Professor, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, 2006-2012
- Research/Teaching Assistant, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 2001-2006
Education:
- BS, Chemistry, Montana State University-Billings, Billings, MT, 2001
- Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 2006
Teaching Interests:
- Organic Chemistry
- Organic Synthesis
- Medicinal Chemistry
Awards:
- Petroleum Research Fund: PRF-UNI Undergraduate New Investigator: "Stereoselective Tin-Free Radical Reactions." $50,000; 06/1/2009 through 08/31/2011.
Research Interests:
- New catalyst/ligand design for asymmetric organic processes
- Stereoselective tin-free radical reactions
Selected Publications:
- Sibi, M. P.; Manyem, S.; Zimmerman, J. Enantioselective Radical Processes Chem. Rev. 2003, 103, 3263-3295.
- Sibi, M. P.; Zimmerman, J.; Rheault, T. Enantioselective Conjugate Radical Addition to b-Acyloxy Acrylate Acceptors: An Approach to Acetate Aldol-Type Products Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 4521-4523.
- Sibi, M. P.; Petrovic, G.; Zimmerman, J. Enantioselective Addition/Trapping Reactions with a,b-Disubstituted Enoates. Synthesis of anti-Propionate Aldols. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 2390-2391.
- Sibi, M. P.; Hultin, P. G.; Hein, J. E.; Zimmerman, J. Stereoselective Radical Conjugate Additions: Application of a Fluorous Oxazolidinone Chiral Auxiliary for Efficient tin Removal. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2755-2758.
- Sibi, M. P.; Zimmerman, J. Pyrones to Pyrans: Enantioselective Radical Additions to Acyloxy Pyrones. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 13346-13347.
- Lee, S.; Lim, C. J.; Kim, S.; Subramanyam, R.; Zimmerman, J.; Sibi, M. P. Enantioselective Conjugate Radical Addition to a'-Hydroxy Enones. Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4311-4313.
- "Handbook of Cyclization Reactions; CH. 23: Radical Cyclizations." Sibi, M. P.; Zimmerman, J.; Holloway, A. Wiley-VCH, 2009.
- Zimmerman, J. R.; Manpadi, M.; Spatney, R. Tin-free Radical Reactions Under Minimal Solvent Conditions for the Synthesis of Substituted Chromones and CoumarinsGreen Chem. 2011, 13, 3103-3106.
- Zimmerman, J. R.; Manpadi, M.; Spatney, R.; Baker, A. Diastereoselective Tin-Free Tandem Radical Additions to 3-Formylchromones. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 8076–8081.
