Chemistry

• Andrew P. Duncan
• Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• Olin Science Center 315
• 503-370-6518
• aduncan@willamette.edu

Andrew P. Duncan

Education

• BA., Middlebury College
• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Courses

• Chem 115 Introductory Chemistry I
• Chem 225 Organic Chemistry I
• Chem 226 Organic Chemistry II
• Chem 430 Advanced Topics in Chemistry

Research Interests

• Chemical Synthesis
  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

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.