Dr. Nandeo Choony

Education

Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K. (1999)
M.Phil., Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Brunel University, London, U.K. (1997)
M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (1993)
B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Poona, India

Postdoctoral Research Experience

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, National Institute of Scientific Research, Quebec, Canada (2002).
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, U.S.A. (1999-2000)

Teaching Areas

Recent Publications

Choony, N.*, Rowe, G.T., Choony, C.D., Earhart, L.S., Fulmer, J.M., Johnson, D., Loveless, T.M. “The use and thermodynamic origin of the trityl buttress effect in intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions,”Current Organic Synthesis,2016, 13(4):617-622.
Choony, N., James, L., Rabun, C. “Progress in the synthesis of (−)-α-kainic acid,” Synthetic Communications,2011, 41:17, 2539-2543.
Shi Q.W., Li Z.P., Wang C.L., Zhang M.L, Choony and Kiyota H, J. Nat. Prod.,2006 Jul-Aug; 8(5):431-7.
Choony, N., Kuhnert, N., Sammes, P.G., Smith, G., and Ward, R.W. “On the steric acceleration of ene reactions,” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans 1,2002, 1999.
Choony, N., Sammes, P.G., Smith, G., and Ward, R.W. “Steric acceleration of an uncatalysed ene reaction at room temperature,” J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.,2001, 2062.
Pinney, K.G., Chen, Z., Mocharla, V.P., Choony, N. and Strong, T. “ Synthesis of a benzo[b]thiophene-based vascular targeting prodrug and related anti-tubulin ligands,” 220th ACS National Meeting, Division of Organic Chemistry, Abstract No.196, Washington, D.C., August 20-24, 2000.
Choony, N., Dadabhoy, A. and Sammes, P.G. “On the use of removable steric buttresses in cycloaddition reactions,” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans 1, 1998, 2017.
Choony, N., Dadabhoy, A. and Sammes, P.G.“The trityl group as a removable steric buttress in cycloaddition reactions,” J. Chem. Commun.,1997, 513.

Chapter in Book

Choony, N., James, L., Rabun, C. Progress in the synthesis of (-)-α-kainic acid: in Kainic Acid: Neurotoxic Properties, Biological Sources and Clinical Applications, Leone, E. (Ed.), Chapter3, Nova Publishers, 2014, 39-46. ISBN: 978-1-63117-912-9

Recent Presentations

Choony, N. “The use and thermodynamic origin of the trityl buttress effect in intramolecular Diels-Alder and ene cycloaddition reactions”, IUPAC meeting, October 21-26, 2018, Guangzhou, China.
Choony, N. “The use and thermodynamic origin of the trityl buttress effect in intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions”, NZIC (New Zealand Institute of Chemistry), August 24, 2016, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Choony, N. “Assessing the need for a trityl group as a steric buttress to initiate a Diels-Alder Reaction”, ACS meeting, March 25, 2015, Denver, Colorado.
Choony, N. “Assessing the need for a trityl group as a steric buttress to initiate a Diels-Alder Reaction”, IUPAC meeting, October 10-17, 2014, Zhengzhou, China.
Choony, N. “10-aza-1,4-oxidobicyclo[5.4.0]undec-2-ene”, ACS meeting, March 18, 2014, Dallas, Texas, USA, (Poster).
Choony, N. “Steric effects to enhance Diels-Alder reactions”,University of Mauritius, December 17, 2013, (Oral Presentation and Research Seminar).
Choony, N. “9-aza-1,4-oxidobicyclo [4.4.0]dec-2-ene”, ACS meeting, April 8, 2013, New Orleans. (Poster)
Choony, N. “Use of Steric buttresses to enhance Diels-Alder and ene cycloaddition reactions”, IUPAC, October 14-20, 2012, Xi’An, China.
Choony, N. “Steric effects to enhance Diels-Alder and ene cycloaddition reactions”, ICPAC, July 2, 2012, Mauritius.
Choony, N. “Steric effects to enhance Diels-Alder and ene cycloaddition reactions”, ACS meeting, March 26, 2012, San Diego, USA.
Choony, N. “Synthesis of 8-aza-1,4-oxidobicyclo[4.3.0]non-2-ene on a Solid Support”, ACS meeting, March 23, 2010, San Francisco, USA (Poster).
Choony, N. NOS (National Organic Symposium), Division of Organic Chemistry, June 8, 2009, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (Poster).

Grants

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Dr. Nandeo Choony

Lecturer of Chemistry