George A. Kraus

Ames Laboratory Assistant Director of Biorelated Initiatives
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University

2759 Gilman Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

phone 515.294.7794, fax 515.294.0105, email: gakraus@iastate.edu

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 1976
B.S. Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 1972

Professional Appointments

Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 2004 - Present
Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1993 - 1999
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1986
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1981 - 1986
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1976

Honors, Awards and Professional Activities

   

Selected Publications

G. A. Kraus, T.  Nugyen, I. Jeon  “Synthesis of the Core Bicyclic System of Hyperforin and Nemorosone II”, Tetrahedron Lett, 2003, 44, 659. 

G. A. Kraus, I. Kim  “A Synthetic Approach to Malibatol A”, Org. Lett, 2003, 5, 1191.

G. A. Kraus, N. Zhang  “A Direct Synthesis of Denbinobin”, Tetrahedron Lett, 2002, 43, 9597.

G. A. Kraus, X. Wang  "An Enantioselective Formal Total Synthesis of Phytuberin", Synlett, 1999, 1395.

G. A. Kraus, C. Jones  “The Reaction of Ketone Enolates with a d-Oxo Phosphonate:  A Carbanion-Based 4+2 Annulation”  Synlett, 2001, 793.

   

Materials Chemistry and
Biomolecular Materials Program

Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University
142 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011 USA

Phone: 1.515.294.7568
FAX: 1.515.294.4709