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330:”); methods for the synthesis of aromatic and dihydroaromatic compounds based on cycloadditions of highly unsaturated conjugated molecules such as conjugated 1,3-enynes; and formal cycloadditions based on propargylic ene reaction/Diels-Alder cycloaddition cascades. Natural products synthesized in his laboratory at MIT include the neurotoxic alkaloids anatoxin a and quinolizidine 217A, the immunosuppressant agent mycophenolic acid the antitumor agent ascochlorin and a number of diterpene quinones derived from the Chinese traditional medicine 133: 25: 82: 326:
carbanion-accelerated vinylcyclopropane rearrangements; the application of organosilanes (e.g., allenylsilanes, propargylsilanes, and allylsilanes) in a general annulation strategy for the synthesis of five-membered carbocycles and heterocycles (the "Danheiser Annulation"); benzannulation strategies based on pericyclic transformations of vinylketenes (“
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Danheiser has a longstanding interest in laboratory safety and at MIT he has served as the chair of several committees including the MIT Chemistry Department EHS Committee which was recognized in 1991 as the first recipient of the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Safety national award
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Danheiser's research has focused on the development of new strategies for the synthesis of complex molecules and their application in the total synthesis of natural products. Synthetic methods invented in his laboratory include highly stereoselective cyclopentene annulations based on oxyanion and
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At MIT, Danheiser's educational contributions have been recognized with a MacVicar Faculty Fellowship, the School of Science Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the MIT Graduate Student Council Teaching Award, and the School of Science Prize for Graduate Education.
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and a member of the board of directors of the Organic Syntheses corporation since 2004. Organic Syntheses has the unusual feature that all data and experiments reported in articles must be confirmed in the laboratory of a member of the editorial board prior to publication.
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for "best university safety program". Danheiser also served on the National Research Council Committee on Prudent Practices for the Handling, Storage and Disposal of Chemicals in Laboratories, chairing the Subcommittee on Assessing Chemical Hazards.
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Danheiser, R. L.; Bronson, J. J.; Okano, K. (1985). "The Carbanion-Accelerated Vinylcyclopropane Rearrangement. Application in a General, Stereocontrolled Annulation Approach to Cyclopentene Derivatives".
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Corey, E. J.; Danheiser, R. L.; Chandrasekaran, S.; Siret, P.; Keck, G. E.; Gras, J.-L. (1978). "Stereospecific Total Synthesis of Gibberellic Acid. A Key Tricyclic Intermediate".
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Corey, E. J.; Danheiser, R. L.; Chandrasekaran, S.; Keck, G. E.; Gopalan, B.; Larsen, S. D.; Siret, P.; Gras, J.-L. (1978). "Stereospecific Total Synthesis of Gibberellic Acid".
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and chair of the MIT faculty. His research involves the invention of new methods for the synthesis of complex organic compounds. Danheiser is known for the
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Stork, G.; Danheiser, R. L.; Ganem, B. (1973). "Spiroannelation of Enol Ethers of Cyclic 1,3-Diketones. A Simple Stereospecific Synthesis of -Vetivone".
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Danheiser, R. L.; Gould, A. E.; Fernandez de la Pradilla, R.; Helgason, A. L. (1994). "Intramolecular Cycloaddition Reactions of Conjugated Enynes".
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Stork, G.; Danheiser, R. L. (1973). "The Regiospecific Alkylation of Cyclic b Diketone Enol Ethers. A General Synthesis of 2-Alkylcyclohexenones".
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Danheiser was awarded the Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society in 1995. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society.
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Danheiser has a particular interest in reproducibility in scientific research. He has been the editor-in-chief of the journal
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Danheiser, R. L.; Gee, S. K. (1984). "A Regiocontrolled Annulation Approach to Highly Substituted Aromatic Compounds".
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Danheiser, R. L.; Morin, J. M.; Salaski, E. J. (1985). "An Efficient Total Synthesis of Anatoxin a".
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Danheiser, R. L.; Gee, S. K.; Perez, J. J. (1986). "The Total Synthesis of Mycophenolic Acid".
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Dudley, G. B.; Takaki, K. S.; Cha, D. D.; Danheiser, R. L. (2000).
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Danheiser was born in New York and received his B.A. in 1972 at
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chemist and is the Arthur C. Cope Professor of Chemistry at the
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
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Columbia University
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Organic chemistry
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The Total Synthesis of Gibberellic Acid
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