Steve Sieck

 

Campus Phone: 
641-269-3077
Fax: 
641-269-4984
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chair of Biological Chemistry Major
On-Campus Address: 
Science-2033
Education / Degrees: 
Associate Professor, 2006-, Grinnell College
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2006, University of Kansas
B.S., 2001, Loras College
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
Microwave synthesis of a-cyano chalconesDeshpande, S. D.; Leger, P. R.; Sieck, S. R.; Tetrahedron Letters , 2012, 53, 1772-1775.
RCM of Sterically and Electronically Demanding Systems Sieck, S. R.; Hanson, P. R.; Chemtracts 2007, in press.
Metathesis Studies to Cyclic Enol PhosphonamidatesSieck, S. R.; McReynolds, M. D.; Shroeder, C. E.; Hanson, P. R. J. Organomet. Chem. 2006, 691, 5307-5311.
In Science of Synthesis, Houben-Weyl:Methods of Molecular TransformationsWhitehead, A.; Sieck, S.; Mukherjee, S.; Weinreb, S.M. Ed.; Georg Thieme Verlag: New York, 2005; Vol 21 907-937.
Bis-(2-chloroethyl)-phosporamidic dichloride, e-EROSSieck, S. R.; Hanson, P. R., Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Paquette, L. A. Ed., John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
Courses Taught: 
CHM 129 General Chemistry
CHM 221 Organic Chemistry I
CHM 222 Organic Chemistry II
CHM 325 Advanced Organic Chemistry
Tutorial "The Scientific Gold Rush: Prescription Drugs"
Tutorial "Medicinal de$ign"

Research

Professor Sieck is interested in the development of new synthetic organic methodology to generate biologically active molecules. Sieck Summer 2013 Research Description