Weekly ORganic MeetingS

WORMS is a fun and relaxed learning experience for organic chemistry. The meetings consist of a one hour presentation on the topic of the day followed by a problem session lasting about one hour. Problems are prepared the week before and handed out for everyone to work on before the meeting. Problems can be on any topic the writer chooses and may include mechanistic and/or synthesis problems. Peresentations are prepared on a computer and a copy of the presentations are posted here.

Spring 2007
Wednesdays 6:00-8:00 pm
Dunbar 152
Download the fall schedule here

FALL 2006
Download the fall schedule here
09/20/06 An Approach to Success in Graduate Research - Levi Stanley (Sibi Group)
09/27/06 What's it Take to Publish? - Jake Zimmerman and Mukund Sibi (Sibi Group)
10/18/06 You and HPLC and YOU - Robert Kargbo (Cook Group)
10/25/06 NMR Techniques for Organic Chemistry - Brandon Gustafson (Sibi Group)
11/01/06 All About Mass Spectrometry - Ryuji Hayashi (Cook Group)

SUMMER 2006
Summer 2006 schedule
05/24/06 Olefin Metathesis: Background and Mechanism - Arvin Yu (Sibi Group)
06/07/06 Olefin Metathesis: Catalysts and Ligands - Ryuji Hayashi (Cook Group)
06/28/06 Ring Closing and Ring Opening Metathesis - Robert Kargbo (Cook Group)
07/12/06 Cross Metathesis, Ene-yne and Alkyne Metathesis - Brandon Gustafson (Sibi Group)
07/26/06 Synthetic Applications of Metathesis - Levi Stanley (Sibi Group)

Older Worms Presentations

Here are some files from 2005

19 Jan 2005 - Jake - What's it take to publish?
19 Jan 2005 - Kalyani - Problem Set
02 Feb 2005 - Robert - Problem Set
23 Feb 2005 - Greg - Nitrogen Protecting Groups
23 Feb 2005 - Ryuji - Problem Set
30 Mar 2005 - Levi - High Res Mass Spectrometry
30 Mar 2005 - Yinbi - Problem Set
06 Apr 2005 - Brandon - NMR
06 Apr 2005 - Arvin - Problem Set
13 Apr 2005 - Digamber - Chromatography and You