Matt recently wrote to his thesis adviser, Pat McDougal:
“I wanted to let you know that I recently became Chris Vanderwal’s
first PhD at UC Irvine, and I am starting a new position at Pfizer, Groton
next week. I had a JACS communication about a year ago, and a full JOC
article is coming soon…”.
A little detective work turned up these extra links:
- Matt’s profile and photo on the Vanderwal group’s graduate student page
- Matt’s JACS communication – [19] Dowling, M. S.; Vanderwal, C. D. “Ring-Closing
Metathesis of Allylsilanes/Electrophilic Desilylation to Prepare exo-Methylidenecycloalkanes. Short Syntheses of
Teucladiol and Poitediol” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131,
15090-15091. - Matt’s JOC article? – [23] Dowling, M. S.; Vanderwal, C. D. “Ring-Closing Metathesis of Allylsilanes as a
Flexible Strategy Toward Cyclic Terpenes. Short Syntheses of Teucladiol,
Isoteucladiol, Poitediol and Dactylol, and an Attempted Synthesis of
Caryophyllene” submitted for publication.