Aaron Forbes
Assistant Professor
Dept of Chemistry/Biochemistry
Courses Taught
CHEM 105 Physiological Chemistry
CHEM 108 Physiological Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 222 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
CHEM 225 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
CHEM 414 Computational Chemistry
CHEM 380 Undergraduate Research
Educational History
University of Notre Dame, Ph.D Organic Chemistry, "Computational Studies Toward the Development of Virtual Screening Tools"
Whitworth College (Spokane, WA), B.S. Chemistry, B.A. Physics
Publications
Wahlers , Jessica; Rosales, Anthony; Berkel, Neil; Forbes, Aaron; Helquist, Paul; Norrby, Per-Ola; Wiest, Olaf. “A Quantum-Guided Molecular Mechanics Force-Field for the Ferrocene Scaffold”
J. Org. Chem.
2022
,
18
, 11925-11938.
E. Lime, M. Lundholm, A. Forbes, O. Wiest, P. Helquist, P. O. Norrby “Stereoselectivity in Asymmetric Catalysis: The Case of Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ketone Hydrogenation”
J. Chem. Theory Comput.
2014
,
10
, 2427-2435.
A. Forbes, V. Verdolino, P. Helquist, O. Wiest “Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenations”. In Computational Organometallic Chemistry; O. Wiest, Y. Wu, Ed.; Springer-Verlag: Berlin, 2012; pp 61-112.
S. N. Lill, A. Forbes, P. Donoghue, V. Verdolino, O. Wiest, P. Rydberg, P. O. Norrby “Applications of Q2MM for Stereoselective Reactions”
Curr. Org. Chem.
2010
,
14
, 1629-1645.
V. Verdolino, A. Forbes, P. Helquist, P. O. Norrby, O. Wiest “On the Mechanism of the Rhodium Catalyzed Acrylamide Hydrogenation”
J. Mol. Cat. A
2010
,
324
, 9-14.
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