Specialties

Sarah Wengryniuk

Assistant Professor
Organic
Office: Beury 442
Phone: 215-204-0360
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Biography

2012-2015

2012

2007

Selected Awards
Postdoctoral researcher, Scripps Research Institute

Ph.D. Duke University

B.S. Winthrop University

NIH Ruth L. Kirchstein NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship.  National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Merck Inc. Women In Chemistry Fellowship.

Interests

Our lab aims to develop a multifaceted research program focusing on asymmetric methods development and natural product synthesis as the means for fueling biological investigations. Our research program will provide students with training across multiple scientific fields and aid in their understanding of the interplay between chemistry and biology.  Representative research areas include C–H activation, asymmetric C–C bond formation, novel methods to access carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen containing ring systems, and the synthesis of natural products targeting cancer metastasis.

Select Publications

Access to Diverse Oxygen Heterocycles via Oxidative Rearrangement of Benzylic Tertiary Alcohols
Kelley, B. T.; Walters, J. C.; Wengryniuk, S. E.
Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 1896.    

11-Step Total Synthesis of Pallambins C and D
Martinez, L. P.; Umemiya, S.; Wengryniuk, S. E.; Baran, P. S.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7536. 

Regioselective Asymmetric α,α-Bisalkylation of Ketones via Complex Induced Syn-Deprotonation of Chiral N-Amino Cyclic Carbamate Hydrazones
Wengryniuk, S. E.; Lim, D.; Coltart, D. M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8714.