Synthetic organic chemistry and the development of new synthetic methodology and total synthesis of natural products. More details are available on the website of the Clark research group.

Clark, J.S., and Romiti, F. (2013) Total syntheses of amphidinolides T1, T3, and T4. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 52(38), pp. 10072-10075. (doi:10.1002/anie.201305467) Clark, J.S., Boyer, A., Aimon, A., Garcia, P.E., Lindsay, D.M., Symington, A.D.F., and Danoy, Y. (2012) Organocatalytic synthesis of highly substituted furfuryl alcohols and amines. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 51(48), pp. 12128-12131. (doi:10.1002/anie.201207300) Clark, J.S., Berger, R., Hayes, S.T., Thomas, L.H., Morrison, A.J., and Gobbi, L. (2010) Enantioselective total syntheses of three cladiellins (eunicellins): a general approach to the entire family of natural products. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 49(51), pp. 9867-9870. (doi:10.1002/anie.201005508) Clark, J.S., Baxter, C.A., Dossetter, A.G., Poigny, S., Castro, J.L., and Whittingham, W.G. (2008) Stereoselective construction of the tricyclic core of neoliacinic acid. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73(3), pp. 1040-1055. (doi:10.1021/jo702111u)