Shaun Murphree
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Chemistry
Other Departments: Biochemistry
Degrees: B.A., Colgate University, 1984; Ph.D., Emory University, 1991
Contact Info
Email: smurphre@allegheny.edu
Phone: (814) 332-5358
Website: Click here
Office Info
Office Location: Doane Hall of Chemistry C215
Office Hours: M-W-Th-F 10:00-11:30
Research Interests
Research in the Murphree group focuses mainly on synthetic methodology, particularly through the use of sulfones. For example, the sulfone-based reagent 2,3-dibromo-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1-propene, or DBP, reacts with 1,3-diketones to form 2,4-disubstituted furans, a structural motif found in some naturally occurring products of biological and industrial interest.
Ongoing projects are exploring the synthetic utility of this methodology, as well as the chemistry of other novel sulfonyl-substituted small molecules.
An additional research interest involves the development of more environmentally benign modifications of classical industrial syntheses through the use of catalytic methods.
