Dr. Hernandez’s group is focused on the chemical synthesis of heterocyclic organic compounds. Specifically, his group develops strategies to target benzotriazinones derivatives, which display a wide variety of biological activities. Possible REU projects will focus on (1) the synthesis of 3-substituted-1,2,3-benzotriazinones via cycloaddition of aromatic or aliphatic azides with aryl magnesium reagents to build a small library of compounds and (2) explore new chemical entities represented by a diversity of functionalized benzotriazinones.
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