Positions

Associate Professor & Chair, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

moreheada@ecu.edu

252-328-9702

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Andrew Morehead

selected publications

article
- Alternate Geometries in the Cobalt-Catalyzed Hydroacylation of Dienes Facilitate a High Spin Mechanism: A Density Functional Theory Study. Organometallics. 43:2202-2212. 2024
- Degradation and Extraction of Organochlorine Pollutants from Environmental Solids under Subcritical Water Conditions
  . Molecules. 28:5445-5465. 2023
- DFT Mechanistic Investigation of an Enantioselective Tsuji-Trost Allylation Reaction. Organometallics. 37:3791-3802. 2018
- Decarboxylative and dehydrative coupling of dienoic acids and pentadienyl alcohols to form 1,3,6,8-tetraenes. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 13:384-392. 2017
- Utility of the Nudged Elastic Band Method in Identifying the Minimum Energy Path of an Elementary Organometallic Reaction Step. Organometallics. 35:1861-1865. 2016
- Mechanism of rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular hydroacylation: A computational study. Organometallics. 27:135-147. 2008
- Hydroacylation of 2-vinyl benzaldehyde systems: An efficient method for the synthesis of chiral 3-substituted indanones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127:16042-16043. 2005
- Rhodium chemzymes: Michaelis-Menten kinetics in dirhodium(II) carboxylate-catalyzed carbenoid reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124:1014-1023. 2002
- Revised relative and absolute stereochemistry of (+)-purpurin. Journal of Natural Products. 61:89-91. 1998
- On the resolution of fenfluramine. Enantiomer. 1:63-68. 1996
- Saturation kinetics in dirhodium(II) carboxylate-catalyzed ons of diazo compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118:8162-8163. 1996
- A new route for the synthesis of furanoflavone and furanochalcone natural products. Tetrahedron. 51:4909-4922. 1995
- Dipolar cycloaddition of cyclic rhodium carbenoids to digonal carbon. Synthesis of isoeuparin. Tetrahedron Letters. 35:6229-6230. 1994
- Electronic effects in dirhodium(II) carboxylates. Linear free energy relationships in catalyzed decompositions of diazo compounds and CO and isonitrile complexation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116:8991-9000. 1994

principal investigator on

Acquisition of Mass Spectrometers at East Carolina University awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2008
Mechanistic Studies of the Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Ortho-Formyl Styrenes awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2008
Application of Calibrated Peer ReviewTM to Improving the Writing and Critical Reading Skills of MS and PhD Students in the Department of Chemistry awarded by East Carolina University Faculty Senate 2007
RUI: Mechanistic Investigation of the Catalytic Cyclization of Ortho-Formyl Styrenes awarded by GOV-National Science Foundation (NSF) 2007
RUI: Mechanistic Investigation of the Catalytic Cyclization of Ortho-Formyl Styrenes awarded by GOV-National Science Foundation (NSF) 2006
Acquisition of Mass Spectrometers for East Carolina University awarded by GOV-National Science Foundation (NSF) 2005
RUI: Mechanistic Investigation of the Catalytic Cyclization of Ortho-Formyl Styrenes awarded by GOV-National Science Foundation (NSF) 2005
Synthesis of Tetralones by a Novel Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction awarded by East Carolina Faculty Senate 2005
Rhodium Catalyzed Synthesis of Tetralones and Naphthols awarded by GlaxoSmithKline 2004
RUI: Mechanistic Investigation of the Catalytic Cyclization of Ortho-Formyl Styrenes awarded by GOV-National Science Foundation (NSF) 2004
Intermolecular Hydroacylation Catalyzed by Bifunctional Transition Metal Complexes awarded by Research Corporation 1998

co-principal investigator on

East Carolina Reach-up Program awarded by GlaxoSmithKline 2009 - 2010

investigator on

THRIVE at East Carolina University (ECU): Towards Hiring, Resources, Inclusion, Value and Excellence awarded by NSF - National Science Foundation 2020 - 2024

professional service activities

Review Article review forCurrent Green Chemistry 2023
External Program Review External reviewer for theAppalachian State University Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences. 2023
Moderator of Panel for Chairs Moderated panelfor Chairs on Using Student Evaluations to Assess Teaching for the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training 2021
Moderator of Panel for New Chairs Moderated panel for new Chairs for the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training 2020
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Ad hoc proposal review 2019
Review of Karty "Organic Chemistry" textbook for Norton 2018
Journal of the American Chemical Society Manuscript Review 2018
Article review for Letters in Organic Chemistry 2017
External Reviewer for Tenure Candidate at Missouri State University 2017
Invited review for International Conference on Physics, Mathematics and Statistics 2017

awards and honors

Ledonia Wright Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award, conferred by East Carolina Black Alumni Association, 2018

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