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Research Interests:
Organometallic reaction mechanisms, lanthanide chemistry, electrochemical studies of single electron transfer, calorimetry, protein refolding and renaturation, molecular recognition.
Teaching Interests:
Undergraduate organic chemistry, advanced courses in organic chemistry including: reaction mechanisms, reactive intermediates, physical organic chemistry, application of lanthanides in organic synthesis.
Selected Recent Publications:
“On the Nature of the Oxidative Heterocouling of Lithium Enolates” Casey, B.M.; Flowers, R. A., II J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 11492–11495.
“Catalytic Ni(II) in Reactions of SmI2: Sm(II) or Ni(0)-Based Chemistry?” Choquette, K.A.; Sadasivam, D.V.; Flowers, R.A., II J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10655-10661.
“Back-scattering interferometry: an alternative approach for the study of hydrogen bonding interactions in organic solvents” Pesciotta, E.N.; Bornhop, D.J.; Flowers, R.A., II Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2654-2657.
“A convenient pathway to Sm(II)-mediated chemistry in acetonitrile” Maisano, T.A.; Tempest, K.E.; Sadasivam, D.V.; Flowers, R.A., II Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 1714-1716.
“Back-Scattering Interferometry: A Versatile Platform for the Study of Free-Solution vs. Surface Immobilized Hybridization” Pesciotta, E.; Bornhop, D.J.; Flowers, R.A., II Chemistry, As. J. 2011, 6, 70-73.
“Uncovering the Mechanistic Role of HMPA in the Samarium Barbier Reaction” Choquette, K.A.; Sadasivam, D.V.; Flowers, R.A., II J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17396-17398.
“Dynamic Ligand Exchange in Reactions of Samarium Diiodide” Sadasivam, D. V.; Teprovich, J.A., Jr.; Procter, D.J.; Flowers, R.A., II Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4140-4143.
“Mechanistic Complexity in Organo-SOMO Activation” Devery, J.J., III; Conrad, J.C.; MacMillan, D.W.C.; Flowers, R.A., II Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 6106-6110.
“Efficient protein renaturation using tunable hemifluorinated anionic surfactants as additives” Singh, R.; Flowers, R.A., II Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 276-278.
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