Joined the faculty in 2001
Postdoctoral, Stanford University
Ph.D., Dartmouth College
B.A., Carleton College
Read Erin Pelkey's Curriculum Vitae
Courses Routinely Taught:
Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 240)
Organic Chemistry II (CHEM 241)
Advanced Organic Chemistry (CHEM 447)
Molecules that Matter (CHEM 110)
Current Scholarly Interests:
Heterocyclic chemistry
Total synthesis of biologically active natural products
Metal-mediated tandem reactions
Current Research Students:
Jessica G. Gregor 2011
Jacob P. MacDonald 2010
David M. Degan 2010
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications:
(Note: HWS Undergraduate co-authors in bold)
Yoon-Miller, S.J.P. Dorward, K.M. White, K.P. Pelkey, E.T. Suzuki-Miyaura Arylations of Tetramic Acid Sulfonates: Evaluation of Lactam Protection, Sulfonate Esters, and Sterics. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2009, 46, 447-454.
Dorward, K.M. Guthrie, N.J. Pelkey, E.T. Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Approach to 3,4-Diaryl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones from Tetramic Acid Triflates. Synthesis 2007, 2317-2322.
Yoon-Miller, S.J.P. Opalka, S.M. Pelkey, E.T. Short Synthesis of 4-Aryl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones. Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 827-830.
Coffin, A.R. Roussell, M.A. Tserlin, E. Pelkey, E.T. Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes and 3-Pyrrolin-2-ones from Pyrrole Weinreb Amides. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 6678-6681.
Recent Book Chapters:
(Note: HWS Undergraduate co-authors in bold)
Russel, J. Pelkey, E.T. Yoon-Miller, S.J.P. Five-Membered Ring Systems: Pyrroles and Benzo Derivatives. In Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Gribble, G.W. and Joule, J.A., Eds. Elsevier Science: New York, 2009, 21, in press.
Pelkey, E.T. Selenophenes. In Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III, Katritzky, A.R. Ramsden, C.A. Scriven, E.F.V. Taylor, R., Eds. Elsevier: Oxford, 2008 Vol. 3, 975-1006.
Russel, J. Pelkey, E.T. Five-Membered Ring Systems: Pyrroles and Benzo Derivatives. In Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Gribble, G.W. and Joule, J.A., Eds. Elsevier Science: New York, 2008, 20, 122-151.
Pelkey, E.T. Russel, J. Five-Membered Ring Systems: Pyrroles and Benzo Derivatives. In Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry,, Gribble, G.W. and Joule, J.A., Eds. Elsevier Science: New York, 2007, 19, 135-175.
Pelkey, E.T. Five-Membered Ring Systems: Pyrroles and Benzo Derivatives. In Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Gribble, G.W. and Joule, J.A., Eds. Elsevier Science: New York, 2006, 18, 150-186.
External Grants:
NSF-MRI, $342,000 (2007-2010)
ACS-Petroleum Research Fund, Type G, $35,000 (2004-2007)
Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, $46,018 (2003-2005)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Start-Up Grant, $20,000 (2001-2006)
Awards:
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Faculty Teaching Prize (2006-2007)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (1999-2001)
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship (1997-1998)
Honorable Mention, NSF Predoctoral Fellowship (1994)
Richard W. Ramette Teaching Award, Carleton College (1993-1994)
Professional Activities:
Member, Sigma Xi
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry
Member, Council of Undergraduate Research
Reviewer, Tetrahedron Letters
Reviewer, Tetrahedron
Reviewer, Synthesis
Reviewer, ARKIVOC
Reviewer, Petroleum Research Fund
Reviewer, National Science Foundation