Molecular Science

Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry

Our synthetic chemistry research efforts are focused on the development of new methods for the synthesis of chiral molecules, heterocycles, ligands, transition metal complexes, main group and organometallic monomers and polymers. The development of these reactions is interesting from the point of view of understanding the behaviour of molecules in reactions and the properties of the products, but also because these products may have interesting applications. For instance, we are synthesizing heterocycles for research in the medicinal chemistry of the genetic disease, cyctic fibrosis, and transition metal complexes as potential treatments for breast cancer.

Courtesy of Dr. R. Gossage

Courtesy of Dr. R.Viire

Courtesy of Dr. R.Viire

Faculty

Name	Topics
Daniel Foucher daniel.foucher@ryerson.ca My Website	Inorganic and organometallic polymers
Robert A. Gossage gossage@ryerson.ca My Website	Synthetic inorganic and organic chemistry; oxazole and oxazoline coordination chemistry, medicinal inorganic
Anne Johnson anne.johnson@ryerson.ca My Website	Bio-organic chemistry, enzymology
Russell D. Viirre rviirre@ryerson.ca My Website	Synthetic organic chemistry: transition metal catalysis, enantioselective synthesis, heterocycle synthesis, and medicinal chemistry of cystic fibrosis drugs.
Andrew Williams amcwilli@ryerson.ca My Website	Main group inorganic polymers and macrocycles
Stephen Wylie swylie@ryerson.ca My Website	Inorganic coordination chemistry; supramolecular chemistry, physical chemistry of solution state self-assembly reactions.