Dr. Robert Miller

Director Of Organic Chemistry Laboratories

C-314 Gottwald Center for the Sciences
Office: (804) 287-6358
Fax: (804) 287-1897

Speciality:
Organic Chemistry

Teaching:
Organic Chemistry I and II

Education:
Ph.D., University of Akron

Selected Publications:

Tognarelli, D.J., Miller, R.B., Pompano, R.R., Loftus, A.A., Sheibley, D.J., & Leopold, M.C. (2005) Covalently Networked Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticle Films. Langmuir, 21, 11119-11127

J. Gupton, R. Miller, S. Clough, K. Krumpe, E. Banner, R. Kanters, K. Du, K. Keertikar, N. Lauerman, J. Solano, B. Adams, D. Callahan, B. Little, A. Scharf and J. Sikorski (2005) The Application of Vinylogous Iminium Salt Derivatives to an Efficient Relay Synthesis of the Pyrrole Containing Alkaloids Polycitone A and B. Tetrahedron, 61, 1845-1854.

S. Clough, J. Gupton, A. Ligali, M. Roberts, D. Driscoll, S. Annet, A. Hewitt, M. Hudson, E. Jackson, R. Miller, B. Norwood, R. Kanters, H. Wyre and H. Petruzzi (2005) Reactions of (Z)-3-Aryl-3-chloropropenals with Nucleophiles: Stereoselective Formation of (E)-Vinylogous Esters, (E)-Vinylogous Amides and Vinamidinium Salts. Tetrahedron, 61, 7554-7561. 

S. Clough, J. Gupton, K. Griffin, D. Driscoll, A. Hewitt, M. Hudson, A. Ligali, S. Mulcahey, M. Roberts, R. Miller T. Belachew, I. Kamenova, R. Kanters and B. Norwood (2004) Extension of β-Chloroenals to Ethyl 5-Chloro-2,4-pentadienoates Using Wadsworth-Emmons Reactions: Subsequent Conversions to 5-Aryl-5-chloro-2,4-pentadienoic Acids and 5-Aryl-2-penten-4-ynoic Acids. Tetrahedron, 60, 10165-10169.

J. Holub, K. O'Toole-Colin, A. Getzel, A. Argenti, M. Evans, D. Smith, G. Dalglish, S.Rifat, D. Wilson, B. Taylor, U. Miott, J. Glersaye, K. Lam, B. McCranor, J. Berkowitz, R. Miller, J. Lukens, K. Krumpe, J. Gupton and B. Burnham (2004) Lipid-Lowering Effects of Ethyl 2-Phenacyl-3-aryl-1H-pyrrole-4-carboxylates in Rodents. Molecules, 9, 134-157.