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BA., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Hired: 2006; Rank: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2006
Office: Olin Science Center 315
Phone: 503-370-6518
email:
aduncan@willamette.edu
Courses Taught:
Chem 115 Introductory Chemistry I
Chem 225 Organic Chemistry I
Chem 226 Organic Chemistry II
Chem 430 Advanced Topics in Chemistry
Professional Interests: Chemical Synthesis- in particular, we are interested
in designing new catalytic reactions that rapidly increase the structural
and stereochemical complexity of molecules. We apply a variety of organic
and organometallic synthetic techniques and make extensive use of NMR
spectroscopy and HPLC/GC techniques to characterize new compounds.
Interests: Backpacking, Skiing, Rock Climbing, Food, Wine, Beer
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Publications :
A.P. Duncan, A.R. ]ohnson. "A 'Classic Papers' Approach to Teaching Undergraduate
Organometallic Chemistry" J. Chem. Educ. in press, February 2007.
F.E. Michael, A.P. Duncan, Z.K. Sweeney, R.G. Bergman. "Rearrangements and Stereomutations of
Metallacycles Derived from Allenes and Imidozirconium Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005,
127, 1752.
A.P. Duncan, J.L. Leighton. "Enantioselective Cu-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Diethylzinc to
Acyclic Aliphatic Enones" Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4117.
F.E. Michael, A.P. Duncan, Z.K. Sweeney, R.G. Bergman. "Mechanisms of Allene Stereoinversion by
Imidozirconium Complexes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 7784.
A.P. Duncan, R.G. Bergman. "Selective Transformations of Organic Molecules by Imidozirconocene
Complexes" The Chemical Record 2002, 2 , 431.
A.P. Duncan, S.M. Mullins, J. Arnold, R.G. Bergman. "Synthesis, Structural Investigation, and
Reactivity of Neutral and Cationic Bis(guanidinato)zirconium(IV) Complexes" Organometallics 2001, 20, 1808.
S.M. Mullins, A.P. Duncan, R.G. Bergman, J. Arnold. "Reactivity of a Titanium Dinitrogen Complex
Supported by Guanidinate Ligands: Investigation of Solution Behavior and a Novel
Rearrangement of Guanidinate Ligands " Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 6952.