Steve Sieck

 

sieckste@grinnell.edu
Campus Phone: 
641-269-3077
Fax: 
641-269-4984
Unit (Dept., Office, Center, etc.): 
Chemistry
Biological Chemistry
Position: 
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Chair of Biological Chemistry Major
On-Campus Address: 
Science-2033
Education / Degrees: 
Assistant Professor, 2006-, Grinnell College
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 2006, University of Kansas
B.S., 2001, Loras College
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
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"
Primary Academic Interest: 
Development of new synthetic organic methodology

On Leave Academic Year 2010-2011

 

Research

Professor Sieck is interested in the development of new synthetic organic methodology. His research will be focused on the utilization of acyliminium ions for multi-component asymmetric transformations. Sieck Summer 2012 Research Description