Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia

Richard J. Sundberg

Professor of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry) State University of Iowa, 1959
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1962
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, 1971-72
Fulbright Scholar Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 1978-79
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Phone: (434) 924-3233

Research: Organic chemistry of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, especially indoles. Biological activity of organic compounds.

Professor Sundberg is primarily engaged in teaching and chemical education. Along with Francis A. Carey he is the author of "Advanced Organic Chemistry," a two-part text, which was recently published in its fourth edition. Professor Sundberg is also interested in synthetic methodology in heterocyclic chemistry and is the author of "Indoles" in the Best Synthetic Methods Series (Academic Press, 1996).

Publications

The Iboga Alkaloids and Their Role of Precursors of Anti-Neoplastic Bisindole Catharanthus Alkaloids. R. J. Sundberg and S. Q. Smith. The Alkaloids, 2000. 59: 281-376.

Diethyl Formylmethylphosphonate as an Acetaldehyde Synthon for Quinoline Synthesis. A. J. Walz and R. J. Sundberg. Synlett. 2001. 1: 75-76.

Synthesis of 8-Methoxy-1-methyl-1-H-benzo[de][1,6]naphthyridin-9-ol (Isoaaptamine) and Analogues. A. J. Walz and R. J. Sundberg. J. Org. Chem. 2000. 65: 8001-8010.

Synthesis and Oxidative Fragmentation of Catharanthine Analogs. Comparison to the Fragmentation - Coupling of Catharanthine and Vindoline. R. J. Sundberg, J. Hong, S. Q. Smith and M. Sabat. Tetrahedron. 1998. 54: 6259-6292.

Bis-Cationic Heteroaromatics as Macrofilaricides. Synthesis of bis-Amidine and bis-Guanylhydrazone Derivatives of Substituted Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines. R. J. Sundberg, S. Biswas, K. K. Murthi, D. Rowe, J. W. McCall and M. T. Dzimianski. J. Med. Chem. 1998. 41: 4317-4328.