Dr. Vlaar’s group is interested in the synthesis of nitrogen rich heterocycles via azide intermediates or reagents. REU projects will focus on (1) utilizing continuous flow reactors (flow chemistry), where the quantities of azides are limited at any time and reagents, temperature and reaction time can be optimized for all steps of the transformation and (2) developing novel reaction procedures that avoid the use of azide reagents or intermediates such as reactions involving hydrazones or diazonium salts.
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