Mark Taylor

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Phone: 416-946-0571

Office: LM 622A

Email:

Research Homepage: http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/staff/MST/taylorgroup

Organic synthesis; catalysis; supramolecular and materials chemistry

Research in the Taylor group has as its focus the development of new catalysts for organic synthesis. Our goals are to discover selective, broadly applicable catalytic transformations and to demonstrate their utility in the synthesis of challenging targets with interesting properties. Studying the mechanisms of these reactions, and obtaining insight into the molecular recognition events that underlie their selectivity, are integral to our research approach.

Specific areas of interest include:

• Asymmetric catalysis
• Bifunctional and cooperative catalysis
• Preparation of novel conjugated polymers and oligomers
• Molecular recognition and catalysis in aqueous solution

For group website, please see above.

"Enantioselective Catalysis by Chiral Hydrogen Bond Donors" Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed . 2006 , 45 , 1520–1543.

"Enantioselective Thiourea-Catalyzed Acyl-Mannich Reactions of Isoquinolines" Taylor, M. S.; Tokunaga, N.; Jacobsen, E. N. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed . 2005 , 44 , 6700–6704.

"Highly Enantioselective Conjugate Additions to a,b -Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by a (salen)Al Complex" Taylor, M. S.; Zalatan, D. N.; Lerchner, A. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005 , 127 , 1313–1317.

"Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Acyl-Pictet–Spengler Reactions" Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. J. Am. Chem. Soc . 2004 , 126 , 10558–10559.

"Asymmetric Catalysis in Complex Target Synthesis" Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci . U.S.A. 2004 , 101 , 5368–5373.

"Enantioselective Michael Additions to a,b -Unsaturated Imides Catalyzed by a salen-Al Complex" Taylor, M. S.; Jacobsen, E. N. J. Am. Chem. Soc . 2003 , 125 , 11204–11205.