Dr. Eddie Myers
Education
Career / Research
Awards
- LMU Research Fellowship (2009–2011)
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2009, declined in favor of LMU Fellowship)
- Dean’s Honor List, McGill University (2003)
- T. Sterry Hunt Award for Excellence in Teaching, McGill University (2002 and 2001)
- Alexander McFee Fellowship, McGill University (2001–2002)
- Gold Medal, Trinity College (2000)
- John Winthorp Hackett Moderatorship Prize (2000)
- Cocker Prize and Medal, Trinity College (2000)
- Graduate Award, Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (2000)
- Dr. George A. Lonergan Prize, Trinity College (1999)
- Elected Scholar of Trinity College (1998)
- D.C. Pepper Prize in Chemistry, Trinity College (1998)
- Henley Memorial Prize, Trinity College (1997)
- Eli Lilly Chemistry Prize, Trinity College (1997)
Recent External Presentations
RSC South West Organic Division Meeting – University of Bath, UK – Feb 1 2017
Manuscripts/Publications/Patents
Synthesis of novel analogs of aromatic peptide nucleic acids (APNAs) with modified conformational and electrostatic properties
L D. Fader, E. L. Myers, Y. S. Tsantrizos
Tetrahedron, 2004, 60 (10):2235–2246. DOIBF3 OEt2 and TMSOTf: A synergistic Combination of Lewis acids
E. L. Myers, C. P. Butts, V. K. Aggarwal
Chemical Communications, 2006, (42):4434–4436. DOIReactions of iminium ions with Michael acceptors through a Morita-Baylis-Hillman-type reaction: enantiocontrol and applications in synthesis
E. L. Myers, J. G. de Vries, V. K. Aggarwal
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2007, 46 (11):1893–1896. DOIA new manifold for the Morita reaction: Diene synthesis from simple aldehydes and acrylates/acrylonitrile mediated by phosphines
A. Palmelund, E. L. Myers, L. R. Tai, S. Tisserand, C. P. Butts, V. K. Aggarwal
Chemical Communications, 2007, (40):4128–4130. DOIChalcogenides as Organocatalysts
E. M. McGarrigle, E. L. Myers, O. Illa, M. A. Shaw, S. L. Riches, V. K. Aggarwal
Chemical Reviews, 2007, 107 (12):5841–5883. DOIA phosphine-mediated conversion of azides into diazo compounds
E. L. Myers, R. T. Raines
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2009, 48 (13):2359–2363. DOIPreparation of Diazo and Diazonium Compounds
E. L. Myers, R. T. Raines
US Patent 20130203974 A1, DOISelected Diastereoselective Reactions: Electrocyclizations
E. L. Myers, D. Trauner
Comprehensive Chirality (Eds.: E. M. Carreira, H. Yamamoto, J. Mulzer), Vol. 2, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Oxford, Waltham, pp. 563-562. DOITotal Synthesis of the Proposed Structure of Trichodermatide A
E. L. Myers, E. Herrero-Gómez I. Albrecht, J. Lachs, P. Mayer, M. Hanni, C. Ochsenfeld, D. Trauner
Journal Of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79 (20):9812–9817. DOISynthesis of 3-Aryl-1-aminopropane Derivatives: Lithiation-Borylation-Ring-Opening of Azetidinium Ions
G. Casoni, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Synthesis, 2016, 48 (19):3241–3253. DOIRegio- and Stereoselective Homologation of 1,2-Bis(Boronic Esters): Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 1,3-Diols and Sch 725674
A. Fawcett, D. Nitsch, M. Ali, J. Bateman, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2016, 55 (47):14663–14667. DOIEnantiospecific Alkynylation of Alkylboronic Esters
Y. Wang, A. Noble, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2016, 55 (13):4270-4274. DOIFull chirality transfer in the synthesis of hindered tertiary boronic esters under in situ lithiation– borylation conditions
D. J. Blair, S. Zhong, M. J. Hesse, N. Zabaleta, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 5289-5292. DOIα-Sulfinyl Benzoates as Precursors to Li and Mg Carbenoids for the Stereoselective Iterative Homologation of Boronic Esters
G. Casoni, M. Kucukdisli, J. M. Fordham, M. Burns, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 2017, 139 (34):11877-11886. DOIAsymmetric Synthesis of Secondary and Tertiary Boronic Esters
B. S. L. Collins, C. M. Wilson, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2017, 56 (39):11700-11733. DOISynergy of synthesis, computation and NMR reveals correct baulamycin structures
J. Wu, P. Lorenzo, S. Zhong, M. Ali, C. P. Butts, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Nature, 2017, 547 (7664):436-440. DOIPhotoinduced Decarboxylative Borylation of Carboxylic Acids
A. Fawcett, J. Pradeilles, Y. Wang, T. Mutsuga, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Science (Washington, DC, United States), 2017, 357 (6348):283-286. DOIEnantiospecific Synthesis of ortho-Substituted Benzylic Boronic Esters by a 1,2-Metalate Rearrangement/1,3-Borotropic Shift Sequence
S. Aichhorn, R. Bigler, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 2017, 139 (28):9519-9522. DOIEnantioselective Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Markovnikov Hydroboration of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes
J. R. Smith, B. S. L. Collins, M. J. Hesse, M. A. Graham, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 9148-9151. DOIIterative Assembly-line Synthesis of Polypropionates with Full Stereocontrol
T. Bootwicha, J. M. Feilner, E. L. Myers, Varinder K. Aggarwal
Nature Chemistry, 2017, 9 (9):896-902. DOISelective Uni- and Bidirectional Homologation of Diborylmethane
D. J. Blair, D. Tanini, J. M. Bateman, H. K. Scott, E. L. Myers, Varinder K. Aggarwal
Chemical Science, 2017, 8 (4):2898-2903. DOIStereodivergent Olefination of Enantioenriched Boronic Esters
R. Armstrong, C. García-Ruiz, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2017, 56 (3):786-790. DOIThe Story behind Synergy of Synthesis, Computation, and NMR Reveals Correct Baulamycin Structures
P. Lorenzo, C. Butts, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Biochemistry, 2017, 56 (47):6177–6178. DOIPinacolborane: Second Update
V. K. Aggarwal, D. J. Blair, E. L. Myers
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2017, DOIBorylation of Carboxylic Acids
A. Fawcett, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
UK Patent Application GB1705897.5, DOIVisible-Light-Mediated Decarboxylative Radical Additions to Vinyl Boronic Esters: Rapid Access to γ-Amino Boronic Esters
A. Noble, R. S. Mega, D. Pflästerer, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2018, 57 (3):2155–2159. DOIEnantiodivergent Synthesis of Allenes by Point to Axial Chirality Transfer
R. J. Armstrong, M. Nandakumar, R. M. P. Dias, A. Noble, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2018, 57 (27):8203-8208. DOIInvestigation of the Deprotonative Generation and Borylation of Diamine-Ligated α-Lithiated Carbamates and Benzoates by in situ IR spectroscopy
R. C. Mykura, S. Veth, A. Varela, L. Dewis, J. J. Farndon, E. L. Myers, V. K. Aggarwal
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140 (44):14677-14686. DOICatalysis of Hydrogen–Deuterium Exchange Reactions by 4-Substituted Proline Derivatives
E. L. Myers, M. J. Palte, R. T. Raines
J. Org. Chem., 2019, 84 (3):1247-1256. DOI