Brian Myers

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Name:
Brian Myers
Title:
Professor of Chemistry
Email:
b-myers@onu.edu
Phone:
419-772-2350
Office:
Meyer Hall of Science 256
Address:
525 South Main Street, Ada, OH, 45810
Research Interests
Organic Chemistry
Employee degree:

BA, Hiram College

PHD, Indiana University Bloomington

Biography
  • Professor,Ohio Northern University (ONU), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2015-
  • Associate Professor, Ohio Northern University (ONU), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2005-2015.
  • Assistant Professor, Ohio Northern University (ONU), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2002-2005 .
  • Part-time faculty member, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2001 (Summer)
  • Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1999 (Summer)

Education

  • Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2000
  • B.A., Chemistry (cum laude, ACS accredited) Hiram College, Hiram, OH 1994

Teaching Interests

  • Organic Chemistry    
  • Organic Synthesis
  • NMR Spectroscopy

Research Interests

  • Development of synthetic methods
  • Total synthesis natural products
  • The history of organic chemistry

Selected Publications

  • Zimmerman, J. R.; Johntony, O.;* Steigerwald, D.;* Criss, C.;* Myers, B. J.; Kinder, D. H. The Synthesis of a New Class of Highly Fluorescent Chromones via an Inverse-Demand Hetero-Diels–Alder Reaction. Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 3256–3259.
  • Zimmerman, J. R.; Myers, B. J.; Bouhall, S.;* McCarthy, A.;* Johntony, O.;* Manpadi, M. A two-step, single pot procedure for the synthesis of substituted dihydropyrazolopyrimidines. Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 936–940.
  • Fenlon, E.; Myers, B. J. Profiles in Chemistry: A Historical Perspective on the National Organic Symposium. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78,  10.1021/jo302475j
  • Williams, D. R.; Myers, B. J.; Mi, L.; Binder, R. J. Studies for the Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide P. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 4762–4778.
  • McCarthy, A.;* Spatney, R.;* Manpadi, M.; Myers, B. J. Zimmerman, J. R. A direct conversion of carboxylic acids to methylthiomethyl esters using a microwave-assisted pummerer rearrangement with dimethylsulfoxide. Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 4782–4784.

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