scholarly journals ATG Interviews Jon Cawthorne, Dean of the University Library System, Wayne State University

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katina Strauch ◽  
Tom Gilson
Keyword(s):  
State University ◽  
Library System ◽  
University Library ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
The University

scholarly journals And the winners are . . .: The official results of the 2019 ACRL elections

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (6) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Association Of College & Research Libraries
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Vice President ◽  
State University ◽  
Library System ◽  
University Library ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Associate Dean ◽  
President Elect ◽  
Simon Fraser University ◽  
Information Sciences

Karen Munro, associate dean of libraries, learning and research services, at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, on the traditional, current, and unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, and Kwikwetlem Nations, is the 82nd president of ACRL.Jon E. Cawthorne, dean of the Wayne State University Library System and the School of Information Sciences, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of ACRL.

scholarly journals And the winners are . . . : The official results of the 2020 election

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 302
Author(s):  
Association Of College and Research Libraries
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
State University ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Library System ◽  
University Library ◽  
Western Michigan University ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
President Elect ◽  
Information Sciences

Jon E. Cawthorne, dean of the Wayne State University Library System and the School of Information Sciences, is the 83rd president of ACRL.Julie Garrison, dean of university libraries at Western Michigan University, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of ACRL. 

C–O Ring Formation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tristan H. Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Resolution ◽  
Lewis Base ◽  
State University ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
Iminium Ion ◽  
Peking University ◽  
Complete Reversal ◽  
Dyotropic Rearrangement ◽  
The University

A reductive radical cyclization of tetrahydropyran 1 to form bicycle 2 using iron(II) chloride in the presence of NaBH4 was reported (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6942) by Louis Fensterbank and Cyril Ollivier at the University of Paris and Anny Jutand at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. The enantioselective conversion of tetrahydrofuran 3 to spirocycle 5 via iminium ion-catalyzed hydride transfer/cyclization was developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8811) by Yong-Qiang Tu at Lanzhou University. Daniel Romo at Texas A&M University showed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13348) that enantioenriched tricyclic β-lactone 8 could be readily prepared via dyotropic rearrangement of the diketoacid 6 under catalysis by chiral Lewis base 7. A dyotropic rearrangement was also utilized (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6984) by Zhen Yang at Peking University, Tuoping Luo at H3 Biomedicine in Cambridge, MA, and Yefeng Tang at Tsinghua University for the conversion of 9 to the bicyclic lactone 10. In terms of the enantioselective synthesis of β-lactones, Karl Scheidt at Northwestern University found that NHC catalyst 12 effects (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7309) the dynamic kinetic resolution of aldehyde 11 to furnish the lactone 13 with very high ee. Meanwhile, Xiaomeng Feng at Sichuan University has developed (J. Am Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17023) a rare example of an enantioselective Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of 4-alkyl cyclohexanones such as 14. The diastereoselective preparation of tetrahydropyran 18 by Lewis acid-promoted cyclization of cyclopropane 17 was accomplished (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 6258) by Jin Kun Cha at Wayne State University. Stephen J. Connon at the University of Dublin reported (Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 6502) the formal cycloaddition of aryl succinic anhydrides such as 18 with aldehydes to produce γ-butyrolactones, including 20, in high ee. The stereodivergent cyclization of 21 via desilylation-induced heteroconjugate addition to produce the complex tetrahydropyran 22 was discovered (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5550) by Paul A. Clarke at the University of York. Remarkably, while TFA produced a 13:1 diastereomeric ratio in favor of the cis diastereomer 22, the use of TBAF resulted in complete reversal of diastereoselectivity.

Carbon–Carbon Bond Construction

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Grignard Reagent ◽  
Secondary Amide ◽  
State University ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Carbon Carbon Bond ◽  
Diazo Ketone ◽  
Peking University ◽  
Subsequent Exposure ◽  
The University

Carlo Siciliano and Angelo Liguori of the Università della Calabria showed (J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 10575) that an amino acid 1 could be both protected and activated with Fmoc-Cl, so subsequent exposure to diazomethane delivered the Fmoc-protected diazo ketone 2. Pei-Qiang Huang of Xiamen University activated (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 8314) a secondary amide 3 with triflic anhydride, then added an alkyl Grignard reagent with CeCl3 to give an intermediate that was reduced to the amine 4. John C. Walton of the University of St. Andrews found (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13580) that under irradiation, titania could effect the decarboxylation of an acid 5 to give the dimer 6. Jin Kun Cha of Wayne State University demonstrated (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 9517) that a zinc homoenolate derived from 7 could be transmetalated, then coupled with an electrophile to give the alkylated product 8. The Ramberg-Bäcklund reaction is an underdeveloped method for the construction of alkenes. Adrian L. Schwan of the University of Guelph showed (J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 10978) that 10 is a particularly effective brominating agent for this transformation. Daniel J. Weix of the University of Rochester coupled (J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 9989) the bromide 12 with the allylic carbonate 13 to give 14. The Julia-Kocienski coupling, illustrated by the addition of the anion of 16 to the aldehyde 15, has become a workhorse of organic synthesis. In general, this reaction is E selective. Jirí Pospísil of the University Catholique de Louvain demonstrated (J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 6358) that inclusion of a K+-sequestering agent switched the selectivity to Z. Yoichiro Kuninobu, now at the University of Tokyo, and Kazuhiko Takai of Okayama University constructed (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 6116) the tetrasubstituted alkene 20 with high geometric control by the Re-catalyzed addition of 19 to the alkyne 18. André B. Charette of the Université de Montréal converted (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5464) the allylic halide 21 to the alkyne 22 by displacement with iodoform followed by elimination. In an elegant extension of his studies with alkyl tosylhydrazones, Jianbo Wang of Peking University added (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 5742) an alkyne 24 to 23 to give 25.

Eliyana R. Adler and Sheila E. Jelen (eds.), Reconstructing the Old Country: American Jewry in the Post-Holocaust Decades. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2017. xviii + 374 pp.

2020 ◽  
pp. 249-251
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
State University ◽  
American Jews ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
American Jewry ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The University ◽  
First World

This anthology stems from a 2014 conference at the University of Maryland, which focused on how American Jews provided material aid to Holocaust refugees during and after the Holocaust, and also how they began to cope with the catastrophe. This coping involved both an imagining and a re-imagining of “the old country,” a reevaluation of the places American Jews had left behind in more or less normal circumstances before the First World War but in increasingly desperate circumstances after 1918 and, again, after 1939. American Jews who had come to the United States before the 1920s maintained ties with their former communities in Central and Eastern Europe, ties that were fostered by efforts to remain in touch with family and friends and, more generally, with the world’s most populous Jewish communities. Those efforts were aided by the ...

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