Web Links
Driving Directions & Campus Overview
University of Pittsburgh Maps & Directions; for the Chemistry Department Chevron Building, click here; our offices and labs are in the Chevron Annex, accessible through the 6th and 7th floor of Chevron.
Synthesis & General Chemistry References
H-Cube Catalysts; pdf File of Applications & Operation; Wipf Group User Guidelines (pdf)
Smith ATR IR; Wipf Group User Guidelines (pdf)
Jasco CD/ORD; Wipf Group User Guidelines (pdf)
Overview of Lab Techniques and Useful Reagents (TLC, etc)
Agilent and Waters LC/MS Primers and HPLC Troubleshooting Guide; Information on Solvent Switches and RP Buffer Selection
Flash Chromatography Guidelines
Web-based NMR & Spectral Tools: Predictor/Assigner/Resurrector; NMR Shift Database; ChemExper Chemical Directory; Spectral Database for Organic Compounds; NIST Database
Common NMR Solvents & Impurities
Common Chemical Additives in Plastics
1H NMR Coupling Constant Analysis
Strategies & Tools for NMR based Structure Determination
Tables of pKa's, Name reactions, Organic synthesis problems
Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
U.S. & Canadian Synthetic Organic Programs
U.S. & Canadian Chemical Biology Programs
Chemical Supplier's Database for Compound Properties
Faculty of 1000-Biology "Pharmacology & Drug Discovery" Click here for Evaluations from our group
Houben-Weyl Science of Synthesis
Online Journals Article Search
Science Citation Search (Web of Science) Gateway
Summary of Common Crystallization Solvents
Crystallization Information - How to grow x-ray quality crystals
Health Sciences Library System (or: Book Search)
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Search
RSC Methods in Organic Synthesis Online Search
Charting Chemical Space: Finding New Tools to Explore Biology, August, 2004
Chemistry Internet Search Engine
News Coverage
News items have moved to twitter - follow us on @wipf_group
August 2016: Humboldt Research Award
June 2016: JJ-450's Preclinical Development is Sponsored by UPMC Enterprises
June 2016: Erika Gotway received the prestigious Beckman Scholar Award
May 2013: A Universe of Unexplored Small Molecules; Highlighted in NIH's Biomedical Beat (May Issue)
March 2013: Our Indole Synthesis has been Highlighted in Synfacts
November 2012: Promising Therapy Developed for Huntington's Disease; See also: NIGMS Biomedical Beat December 20, 2012
August 2012: XJB-5-131 Prevents Secondary Damage after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Commentary: Knockout punch: cardiolipin oxidation in trauma
January 2012: MAL3-101 Shows Potent Anti-Tumor Effects on Multiple Myeloma
July 2011: Kara George Receives 2011 ACS Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship
April 2011: PI3K At The Clinical Crossroads(C&EN April 11, 2011, Cover Story)
August 2009: "A Radical Old Age" - An update on our mitochondrial targeting research
July 2009: "To Cyclize or Not To Cyclize: Catching Enzyme Evolution in the Act
June 2008-present: Phase I/II triala of PX-866, a drug developed in our labs
C&E News, August 6, 2007 (Solvent can dominate optical rotation)
C&E News, February 6, 2006 (Streamlined method to ID chiral selectors)
C&E News, May 3, 2004 (The Right Combination; Combinatorial Chemistry & Jobs in Drug Discovery)
C&E News, April 19, 2004 (Organozirconium Chemistry Arrives)
Ancient Roots - Modern Medicines, Spring 2004 (Story about Curacin A)
C&E News, October 13, 2003 (Beyond Natural Products)
C&E News, November 11, 2002 (Curacin A)
Post-Gazette, October 11, 2002 (UPCMLD)