Timothy Newhouse
Member of Yale faculty, starting 2013
Research Interests
- Organic Chemistry
- Theoretical Chemistry
- Chemical Biology
- Synthetic Chemistry
Research
Despite the power of modern organic chemistry, efficient synthesis of complex molecular scaffolds remains an unmet challenge. Their intricate ring systems and stereochemical arrays require too many synthetic operations to rapidly produce libraries of analogs. New technological approaches are needed to forge their varied bonds to provide scalable access to libraries of these molecular architectures. Through detailed mechanistic study, such technologies can be developed.
The development of general construction reactions has broad utility in a range of fields that rely on the synthesis of small molecules and functional materials. One particular area that we focus on is the total chemical synthesis of frameworks that are known to elicit powerful neurological effects. These substances serve as chemical probes to study fundamental aspects of neurological function and to address neurological dysfunction.
Education
B.A. Colby College, 2005
Ph.D. The Scripps Research Institute, 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2010-2013
Honors
Anderson Award, 2014
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2015
Rosenkranz Award, 2015
NSF CAREER, 2017
Sloan Research Fellowship, 2017
Academic Young Investigator, American Chemical Society, 2017
Dylan Hixon ‘88 Prize for Teaching Excellence, 2018
Amgen Young Investigator Award, 2018
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2019
PRF New Directions, American Chemical Society, 2019
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Early Career, American Chemical Society, 2019
Recent Publications
A. W. Schuppe, Y. Zhao, Y. Liu, T. R. Newhouse. “Total Synthesis of (+)-Granatumine A and Related Bislactone Limonoid Alkaloids via a Pyran to Pyridine Interconversion.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 919.
A. Turlik, Y. Chen, A. C. Scruse, and T. R. Newhouse. “Convergent Total Synthesis of Principinol D, a Rearranged Kaurane Diterpenoid.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8088.
D. Huang, S. M. Szewczyk, P. Zhang, T. R. Newhouse. “Allyl-Nickel Catalysis Enables Carbonyl Dehydrogenation and Oxidative Cycloalkenylation of Ketones” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5669.
D. E. Kim, J. E. Zweig, T. R. Newhouse. “Total Synthesis of Paspaline A and Emindole PB Enabled by Computational Augmentation of a Transform-Guided Retrosynthetic Strategy” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 1479.
M. Elkin, A. C. Scruse, A. Turlik, T. R. Newhouse.* “Computational and Synthetic Investigation of Cationic Rearrangement in the Putative Biosynthesis of Justicane Triterpenoids” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 1025.