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Department of Chemistry

Jon Antilla

Jon Antilla
Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, CHE 205A
Tampa, FL 33620-5250

Office: (813) 974-7438, NES 230
Lab: (813) 974-9012, NES 332
Email: jantilla@cas.usf.edu

Education

B.S., Northern Michigan University, 1995
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2000
Postdoctoral Fellow (NIH-NCI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000-2003

Research Areas

Chiral Organocatalysis, Metal-Catalysis, New Stereoselective Reaction Methodology, Drug Discovery.

We have now made significant inroads into a new area of organocatalysis that utilize chiral Phosphoric acids in a number of interesting synthetic transformations. We have published the first examples in the literature where chiral N,N- or N,O-aminals can be formed in a catalytic enantioselective manner. This new approach to catalysis should allow for the general synthesis of highly desired chiral heterocycles. Recently, we have begun collaboration with the medical center to develop drugs for post-stroke treatment. These potential drugs are based upon a promising lead structure with a guanidine core. We are currently developing synthetic routes to synthetic guanidine analogues.

Graduate Researchers

Michelle Cortes-Salva, Gajendrasingh Ingle, Pankaj Jain, Young Ran Ji, Matthew Kaplan, Shawn E. Larson, Tao Liang

Postdoctoral Associates and Visiting Scholars

Dr. Ying Dou, Dr. Changwon Kang,Dr. Guilong Li, Dr. Zuhui Zhang, Dr. Wenhua Zheng

Visting Professor

Dr. Suoqin Zhang

Group Photo

Antilla Group

Ongoing Research Support

Title: Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Asymmetric Additions to Imines (Sole PI)
Agency: PRF   $ 40,000.00   1/1/07-8/31/09
Type: Type G Starter (PRF# 45899-G1) (Sole PI)

Title: The development of New Stereoselective Organocatalytic Processes (Sole PI)
Agency: NIH   $ 1,318,849.00   9/1/07-8/31/12
Type: R01 (GM082935) (Sole PI)

Title: Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Reaction Methodology and Synthetic Applications
Agency: NSF   $ 550,000   4/1/08-3/31/13
Type: CAREER (CHE-0847108) (Sole PI)

Title: Novel Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor Modulators for the Treatment of Ataxia
Agency: FCoE-BITT   $ 70,000   5/1/09-4/30/10
Type: Internal Grant (Co-PI on this seed grant)

Title: Synthesis and Screening of Sigma Ligands for Stroke Treatment at Delayed Time Points
Agency: James and Ester King Biomedical Research   $ 999,360   7/1/09-6/30/11
Type: Florida Department of Health State Grant (Co-PI on this Team Science Grant)

Completed Research Support

Title: Synthesis and Screening of Sigma Receptor Ligands for Stroke Therapy at Delayed Time Points
Agency: FCoE-BITT (Co-PI on this seed grant)   $ 75,000   2/1/08-1/31/09
Type: Internal Grant

Current Courses (Fall 2009)

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80159 CHM 2210 001 Organic Chemistry I
M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not
3 MWF
T
M
10:45am-11:35am
8:00am-8:50am
7:35pm-9:45pm
BSF
CHE
ULH
100
303
101
80160 CHM 2210 002 Organic Chemistry I
M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not
3 MWF
T
M
10:45am-11:35am
9:30am-10:20am
7:35pm-9:45pm
BSF
CHE
ULH
100
101A
101
80161 CHM 2210 003 Organic Chemistry I
M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not
3 MWF
T
M
10:45am-11:35am
11:00am-11:50am
7:35pm-9:45pm
BSF
CHE
ULH
100
302
101
80162 CHM 2210 004 Organic Chemistry I
M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not
3 MWF
T
M
10:45am-11:35am
12:30pm-1:20pm
7:35pm-9:45pm
BSF
PHY
ULH
100
118
101
80163 CHM 2210 005 Organic Chemistry I
M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not
3 MWF
T
M
10:45am-11:35am
2:00pm-2:50pm
7:35pm-9:45pm
BSF
SOC
ULH
100
160
101
80164 CHM 2210 006 Organic Chemistry I
M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not
3 MWF
T
M
10:45am-11:35am
9:30am-10:20am
7:35pm-9:45pm
BSF
CPR
EDU
100
481
115
80165 CHM 2210 007 Organic Chemistry I
M 7:35pm-9:45pm, scheduled exam time. You can register in organic lecture w/out the lab, but not
3 MWF
T
M
10:45am-11:35am
12:30pm-1:20pm
7:35pm-9:45pm
BSF
CHE
EDU
100
217
115

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