ThiesThiesEDUCATION:
UCLA (with S. Winstein) Postdoc. Organic Chemistry 1968
University of Wisconsin PhD Organic Chemistry 1967
University of Michigan BS Chemistry 1963
EMPLOYMENT:
Oregon State University 1968-present (retired 2003)
Asst./Assoc. Dean of Science since Jan. 1987
Dow Research (polymer chemistry) Sum. 1986
National Science Foundation 1983-1984
(Program Director for Synthetic Organic and Natural Products Chemistry)
University of British Columbia (natural product synthesis ) 1979-1980
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
National Science Foundation's Outstanding
Performance and Sustained Performance Award 1984
NATO Senior Scientist Fellowship 1980
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Chemical Society
Royal Society of Chemistry
Oregon Academy of Science Chemistry Section co-chair 1987-90, Pres-elect, 1992-93,
President 1993-94; coordinated meeting at OSU Feb. 1994
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate - Lecture and laboratory organic chemistry courses.
Graduate - Courses covering mechanistic organic, stereochemistry, synthetic organic, pericyclic reactions, photochemistry and polymer chemistry.
RESEARCH BACKGROUND
Research Interests: Rearrangement processes with particular emphasis on ring-expansion reactions and the chemistry of medium and large-sized rings, pericyclic rearrangements, catalyzed allene rearrangements, synthesis of large-ring analogues of steroids, natural product synthesis, and synthesis of specialty polymers.
Recent Publications :
1. Thies, R. W. Lithium 1-methyl-2-(2-methyl-1-(E)-propenyl)cyclopropyl(phenylthio)-cuprate in Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis; Paquette, L. A., Ed.; John Wiley: Chichester, West Sussex,1995; Vol. 8, pp 3143-3145.
2. R. W. Thies, G. R. Collins, D, L. Cook, I. V. Farr. Polybenzimidazole Synthesis: Preparation of Aromatic Ether and Sulphone Containing Monomers. Proc. Oregon Acad. Sci. 1994, 29, 14.
3. R. W. Thies, G. R. Collins, D, L. Cook. Synthesis Of Polybenzimidazoles With Ether and Sulphone Links. Proc. Oregon Acad. Sci. 1993, 29, 17.
4. R. W. Thies, G. R. Collins, C. K. Welborne, C. B. Svendsen, A. A. Ross, S. D. Grimes and D. Azmus. Synthesis Of Polybenzimidazoles With Flexible Links. Proc. Oregon Acad. Sci. 1992, 28, 22.
5. R. W.Thies, G. R. Collins, T. Sekin, C. K. Welborne, C. B. Svendsen, A. R. Ross, and S. D. Grimes, "Synthesis of 2,2'-Bis(4-(3,4-diaminophenoxy)phenyl)propane and Its Polymerization". Macromolecules 1992, 25, 1207.
6. R. W.Thies, J. Pierce, S. T. Yue, E. Sanusi, and P. C. Tjoa, "Ring-expansion Methods for Synthesis of Large-ring Hormone Analogs". Proc. Oregon Acad. Sci. 1990, 26,19.
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