BSc, University of Leeds (UK) 1971 PhD, University of Aston (UK) 1974 Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University, 1974-77 Sir Gilbert Morgan Medal, Society for Chemical Industry, UK, 1973 SERC Advanced Fellow, Cambridge University (UK), 1977-82 CWRU Sigma XI Research Award, 1984 John S. Diekhoff Award for disginguished graduate teaching, 1994

Organic Chemistry/Organometallic Chemistry/Catalysis/Natural Products/Synthesis

We currently have two research themes: (1) Development of organoiron chemistry for applications in organic synthesis, and (2) Development of organocatalysts for asymmetric aldol reactions.

A. J. Pearson, H. Sun and X. Wang. Dynamic Diastereoselectivity During Iron Carbonyl Mediated Spirocyclization Reactions. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 2547-2557. A. J. Pearson and H. Sun. Cyclohexadieneiron Tricarbonyl. Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. L. A. Paquette, Editor-in-Chief. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2007. A. J. Pearson and H. Sun. An Iron Promoted Aldehyde-Diene Cyclocoupling Reaction. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7693-7700. A. J. Pearson and D. V. Ciurea. Synthesis of a Key Precursor for Orienticin C and Model Study on Ruthenium-mediated Macrocyclization. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 760-763. H. Paramahamsan, A. J. Pearson, A. A. Pinkerton, and E. A. Zhurova. Toward an Understanding of 1,5 Asymmetric Induction During Nucleophile Addition to Arenechromium Tricarbonyl Complexes: Conformational Preference and Orientation of the Chromium Tricarbonyl Tripod for Transmission of Chirality. Organometallics 2008, 27, 900-907. A. J. Pearson, D. V. Ciurea, and A. Velankar. Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Ristocetin A Aglycone Using Arene-Ruthenium Complexes as SNAr Substrates: Construction of an Advanced Tricyclic Intermediate. Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49¸ 1922-1926. H. Pramahamsan, A. J. Pearson, N. M. Pinkerton and A. A. Pinkerton. 1,5-Asymmetric Induction During Nucleophile Additions to Arenechromium Tricarbonyl Complexes, η6-{4-[[Spiro[(1R,2S)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-3.2′-[1,3-dioxolan]-2-yl]oxy]toluene}chromium Tricarbonyl. Acta Cryst. 2008, C64, m147-m148. A. J. Pearson and Y. Zhou. Diels-Alder Reactions of Cyclopentadienones with Aryl Alkynes To Form Biaryl Compounds. J. Org. Chem.2009, 74, 4242-4245. A. J. Pearson, E. Kim, and H. Sun. A Synthetic Pathway To Diquinane and Angular Triquinane Systems via an Iron Carbonyl Promoted Tandem [6+2] Ene Type Reaction. Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 4943-4946. A. J. Pearson and S. Panda. N-Prolinylanthranilic Acid Derivatives as Bifunctional Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Aldol Reactions.Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 3969-3975.

A. J. Pearson and S. Panda. N-Prolinylanthranilamide Pseudopeptides as Bifunctional Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Aldol Reactions. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5548-5551.