 | Dean J. Tantillo Associate Professor Email: tantillo@chem.ucdavis.edu Phone:(530) 754-5635 Fax:(530) 752-8995 University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. Cornell University, Postdoc Appointed to faculty, July 2003 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry Award for Early Excellence in the Field of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2007 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2005 Group Page |
| Principal Research Interests |  |
Research in the Tantillo group is driven by puzzling mechanistic questions. The group is particularly interested in elucidating the origins of low activation barriers and high regio- and stereoselectivities for various cascade polycyclization reactions used by Nature and by organic chemists to synthesize complex natural products and in designing new metal-promoted pericyclic reactions. A synergistic combination of theory and experiment is used to tackle such problems. | |
| Representative Publications Siebert, M. R.; Tantillo, D. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 8686-8687: “Transition State Complexation in Palladium-Promoted [3,3] Sigmatropic Shifts” Wang, S. C.; Tantillo, D. J. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 8394-8401: “Substituent Effects on Tandem Alkenyl Migration/Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions” Gutta, P.; Tantillo, D. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6172-6179: “Theoretical Studies of Farnesyl Cation Cyclization: Pathways to Pentalenene” Gutta, P.; Tantillo, D. J. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2719-2723: “Proton Sandwiches: Nonclassical Carbocations with 4-Coordinate Protons” | |