Organic Chemistry
Purdue University has a history of excellence in organic chemistry as exemplified by pioneering work in boron chemistry and transition-metal catalyzed cross-coupling, two areas recognized by Nobel Prizes awarded to Prof. H. C. Brown and Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi. We continue to build on this legacy in order to tackle global challenges related to health and human disease; synthesis and manufacturing; sustainability and the environment; and modern computing, artificial intelligence, and automation. With 20 faculty members and over 100 graduate and undergraduate researchers, our research activities are multifaceted, interdisciplinary, and highly collaborative.
Our Faculty
- Bioactive Natural Products Synthesis
- Development of New Reactions and Applications
- Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry
- Structure-Based Molecular Design
- Organic Reaction Intermediates
- Analysis Methods for Drug Metabolites and Impurities
- Organic Chemistry Related to Energy
- Synthetic Physical Organic Chemistry (SPOC)
- Selective Transition Metal Catalysis & Organocatalysis
- Fundamental Reaction Discovery & Mechanistic Analysis
- Methods Development
- Organic and Polymer Synthesis
- Organic Electronics that are Flexible and Stretchable
- Bioelectronics that connect Biology with Electronics
- Photoredox/Excited-State Catalysis
- Transition Metal Catalysis
- Organofluorine Chemistry
- Carbohydrate Chemistry
- Natural Product Synthesis and Biosynthesis
- Biocatalysis
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Catalytic Reaction Methodology
- Antibacterial Research
- Chemoproteomics
- Materials Chemistry
- Supramolecular Chemistry
- New Affinity Reagents
- Biopharmaceutical Production, Stabilization, and Delivery
- Drug Synthesis Using Flow Chemistry
- Lipid- & Protein-Based Drug Delivery Systems
- Affinity Capture Materials for cryoEM
- Synthesis and Methodology
- Organometallic Chemistry and Transition Metal Catalysis
- Organic Materials
- Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy
- Fluorescent Dyes for Imaging of Cellular Signals
- Sustainable Hybrid Thermoplastics
