Academic Background
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Postdoctoral Fellow
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A
- Major in Organic Synthesis
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Doctorate
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, U.S.A.
- Ph.D, Major in Organic Synthesis
Professional Interests
Teaching
CHEM-C341 Organic Chemistry 1, CHEM-C342 Organic Chemistry 2 CHEM-C343 Organic Chemistry Lab 1, CHEM-C344 Organic Chemistry lab 2, CHEM-C409 Chemical Research, CHEM-C470 Polymer Chemistry.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Wang, S.; Zhelavskyi, O.; Lee, J.; Arguelles, A.J.; Khomutnyk, Y.Y.; Mensah, E.A.; Guo, H.; Hourani, R.; Zimmerman, P. M.; Nagorny, P. . (2021). Studies of Catalyst-Controlled Regioselective Acetalization and Its application to Single-Pot Synthesis of Differentially Protected Saccharides.. J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 143 (44), 18592 – 18604..
- Mensah, E.A.; Green, S.D.; West, J.; Kindoll, T.; Lazaro-Martinez, B. . (2019). Formation of Acetals and Ketals from Carbonyl Compounds: A New and Highly Efficient Method Inspired by Cationic Palladium. . Synthetic Letters, 30 (15), 1810 – 1814..
- Mensah, E.A.; Day, A.; Thomas R.. (2018). Hafnium Inspired Activation of Highly Hindered Anhydrides in the Acylation of Alcohols and Polyols.. Tetrahedron letters, 59 (12), 1094 – 1098..
- Mensah, E.A.; Earl, L. . (2017). Mild and Highly Efficient Copper (I) Inspired Acylation of Alcohols and Polyols. . Catalysts, 17 (1), 33 – 42..
- Mensah, E.A.; Camasso, N.; Kaplan, W.; Nagorny, P. . (2013). Chiral Catalyst-Directed Regioselective Acetalization of Carbohydrate-Derived 1,2-Diols.. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , 52 (49), 12932 – 12936..
