Eric M. Ferreira - Franklin Chm Colostate - Colorado State University

Eric M. Ferreira
University Address: Home Address:
Department of Chemistry 2712 Dixon Creek Ln
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80526
1872 Campus Delivery email: emferr@mail.colostate.edu
Fort Collins, CO 80523
tel. (970) 491-6379 (office)
(650) 862-5005 (mobile)
Position: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, August 2008 to present
Education: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow, July 2005 to August 2008
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, May 2005
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
S.B., Chemistry, June 2000
Concentration in Writing: Exposition and Rhetoric
Professional and Research Experience:
Assistant Professor of Chemistry: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
August 2008 to present
• Oversight of research group in the general areas of synthetic methodology, catalysis, and natural product
synthesis.
Postdoctoral Research Associate: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
July 2005 to August 2008
• Studied ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions for the formation of polycyclic compounds under the
direction of Professor Barry Trost.
Graduate Research Assistant: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
August 2000 to May 2005
• Developed novel oxidation systems using palladium catalysis as a graduate student under the direction of
Professor Brian Stoltz.
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
May 1998 to September 1999
• Assisted in the development of copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate reductions in the research group of
Professor Stephen Buchwald.
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
June 1997 to August 1997
• Investigated the use of procyanidins and anthocyanins as natural colorants in food products in the group of
Professor Ronald Wrolstad.

Research Publications:
21. Highly Enantiospecific Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations: Synthesis of Enantioenriched
Oxabicycloheptene Derivatives. Eric T. Newcomb and Eric M. Ferreira. Manuscript submitted.
20. Platinum-Catalyzed Cyclizations via Carbene Intermediates: Syntheses of Complementary Positional
Isomers of Isoxazoles. Paul A. Allegretti and Eric M. Ferreira. Chem. Sci. 2013, in press.
19. Palladium-Catalyzed Hiyama Couplings of α-Silylenoates and α-Silylenamides. Douglas A. Rooke and
Eric M. Ferreira. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3328-3331.
18. Molecular Scaffolds with Remote Directing Groups for Selective Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond
Functionalizations. Erin E. Stache, Curtis A. Seizert, and Eric M. Ferreira. Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1623-1628.
17. Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrosilylations of Internal Alkynes: Harnessing Substituent Effects to Achieve
High Regioselectivity. Douglas A. Rooke and Eric M. Ferreira. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3225-3230.
16. Generation of α,β-Unsaturated Platinum Carbenes from Homopropargylic Alcohols – Rearrangements
to Polysubstituted Furans. Paul A. Allegretti and Eric M. Ferreira. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5924-5927.
15. Stereoselective Syntheses of Trisubstituted Olefins via Platinum Catalysis: α-Silylenones with
Geometrical Complementarity. Douglas A. Rooke and Eric M. Ferreira. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11926-
11928.
14. Use of a Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Kinetic Resolution in Synthetic Efforts toward
Bielschowskysin. Michael E. Meyer, John H. Phillips, Eric M. Ferreira, and Brian M. Stoltz. Manuscript
submitted.
13. Differential Reactivities of Enyne Substrates in Ruthenium- and Palladium-Catalyzed
Cycloisomerizations. Barry M. Trost, Alicia C. Gutierrez, and Eric M. Ferreira. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132,
9206-9218.
12. The Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols: Reaction Development,
Scope, and Applications. David C. Ebner, Jeffrey T. Bagdanoff, Eric M. Ferreira, Ryan M. McFadden, Daniel D.
Caspi, Raissa M. Trend, and Brian M. Stoltz. Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 12978-12992.
11. Ruthenium- and Palladium-Catalyzed Enyne Cycloisomerizations: Differentially Stereoselective
Syntheses of Bicyclic Structures. Barry M. Trost, Eric M. Ferreira, and Alicia C. Gutierrez. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2008, 130, 16176-16177. For a commentary on this paper, see Chem. Eng. News 2008, 86, 55.
10. C-H Bond Functionalizations with Palladium(II): Intramolecular Oxidative Annulations of Arenes. Eric
M. Ferreira, Haiming Zhang, and Brian M. Stoltz. Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 5987-6001.
9. Convergency and Divergency as Strategic Elements in Total Synthesis: The Total Synthesis of (–)-
Drupacine and the Formal Total Synthesis of (±)-Cephalotaxine, (–)-Cephalotaxine, and (+)-Cephalotaxine.
Qi Liu, Eric M. Ferreira, and Brian M. Stoltz. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7352-7358.
8. The Synthesis of C-3β Functionalized Indoles Via a Hydroboration/Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Sequence.
Eric M. Ferreira and Brian M. Stoltz. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 8579-8582.
7. 2-Diazoacetoacetic Acid, an Efficient and Convenient Reagent for the Synthesis of α-Diazo-β-Ketoesters.
Michael E. Meyer, Eric M. Ferreira, and Brian M. Stoltz. Chem. Commun. 2006, 1316-1318.
6. Direct Oxidative Heck Cyclizations: Intramolecular Fujiwara-Moritani Arylations for the Synthesis of
Functionalized Benzofurans and Dihydrobenzofurans. Haiming Zhang, Eric M. Ferreira, and Brian M. Stoltz.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 6144-6148.

5. Catalytic C-H Bond Functionalization with Palladium(II): Aerobic Oxidative Annulations of Indoles. Eric
M. Ferreira and Brian M. Stoltz. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 9578-9579.
4. Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Wacker Cyclizations in Nonpolar Organic Solvents with Molecular
Oxygen: A Stepping Stone to Asymmetric Aerobic Cyclizations. Raissa M. Trend, Yeeman K. Ramtohul, Eric
M. Ferreira, and Brian M. Stoltz. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 2892-2895.
3. Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidation of Alcohols: A Dramatic Rate Acceleration by Cs2CO3/t-
BuOH. Jeffrey T. Bagdanoff, Eric M. Ferreira, and Brian M. Stoltz. Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 835-837.
2. The Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols with Molecular Oxygen.
Eric M. Ferreira and Brian M. Stoltz. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7725-7726. For commentaries on this paper,
see: (a) Chem. Ind. (London) 2001, 588. (b) Chem. Eng. News 2001, 79, 40. (c) Nicholas, K. M. Chemtracts-
Organic Chemistry 2001, 654. (d) Org. Process. Res. Dev. 2001, 5, 554.
1. Asymmetric Conjugate Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Esters Using a Chiral Phosphine–Copper Catalyst.
Daniel H. Appella, Yasunori Moritani, Ryo Shintani, Eric M. Ferreira, and Stephen L. Buchwald. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 1999, 121, 9473-9474.
Additional Publications:
2. 8-Hydroxyquinoline. Eric M. Ferreira. Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. In press.
1. Oxidative Heck-type Reactions (Fujiwara-Moritani Reactions). Eric M. Ferreira, Haiming Zhang, and Brian
M. Stoltz. In The Heck Reaction. Martin Oestreich, Ed. Wiley & Sons: Chichester, UK, 2009; Ch. 9.
Patents:
1. Methods and Compositions for Enantioselective Oxidation Reactions. Eric M. Ferreira and Brian M. Stoltz.
Worldwide Patent WO 02/72514, 2002.
Presentations:
20. Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility. Invited seminar to be
presented at the 2013 Natural Products Gordon Research Conference. Andover, NH, July 2013.
19. Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility. Invited academic seminars,
2012-2013: The Scripps Research Institute-Florida, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Texas A&M
University, University of Iowa, Iowa State University, Colorado University, University of North Carolina,
Vanderbilt University, Penn State University, University of Rochester, University of California-Irvine, University of
California-Los Angeles, University of California-Santa Barbara, University of Michigan, Wayne State University,
Brandeis University, Boston University, Dartmouth University, Rutgers University, University of California-Davis,
California Institute of Technology, The Scripps Research Institute-La Jolla.
18. Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility. Invited seminar at the 2012
Rocky Mountain Regional ACS Meeting. Westminster, CO, October 2012.
17. Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations toward Natural Product Synthesis. Poster seminar and
presentation at the Stereochemistry Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI, July 2012.
16. Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations toward Natural Product Synthesis. Poster presentation at the
Natural Products Gordon Research Conference, Andover, NH, July 2012.
15. The Design of Novel Molecular Scaffolds for Selective C–H Bond Functionalizations. Invited seminar at
the CHIRALITY Conference, Fort Worth, TX, June 2012.

14. Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility. Invited seminar at the
Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Research Conference, Smithfield, RI, July 2011.
13. Accessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates toward Synthetic Utility. Invited seminar at the
Heterocyclic Compounds Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI, June 2011.
12. The Design and Development of New Methodology Based on Late Transition Metal Catalysis. Invited
seminar. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, April 2011.
11. The Design and Development of New Methodology Based on Late Transition Metal Catalysis. Invited
seminar. University of Denver, Denver, CO, March 2011.
10. Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization via Transient Covalent Attachment. Erin E. Stache and Eric M.
Ferreira. Poster presented at the Organic Reactions and Processes Gordon Research Conference, Smithfield, RI,
July 2010.
9. Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization via Transient Covalent Attachment. Erin E. Stache and Eric M. Ferreira.
Poster presented at the Heterocyclic Compounds Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI, June 2010.
8. Metal-Catalyzed Functionalization via Transient Covalent Attachment. Erin E. Stache and Eric M. Ferreira.
Poster presented at the DOE Meeting of the Catalysis Science Program, Annapolis, MD, June 2010.
7. Alkynophilic Metal-Catalyzed Rearrangements: Facile Entries into Reactive Species. Douglas A. Rooke
and Eric M. Ferreira. Poster presented at the Heterocyclic Compounds Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI,
July 2009.
6. Ruthenium Catalysis in the Synthesis of Polycyclic Compounds. Invited seminar. Fort Lewis College,
Durango, CO, October 2008.
5. Palladium and Ruthenium Catalysis Inspired by Both Reaction Mechanisms and Natural Products. Eric
M. Ferreira. 10/2007-12/2007. University of California-Santa Barbara; Colorado State University; Cornell
University; Indiana University; Oregon State University; University of Pittsburgh; University of Wisconsin; Yale
University.
4. Progress Toward the Total Syntheses of Tricyclic Natural Products Via Ruthenium Catalysis. Eric M.
Ferreira and Barry M. Trost. Seminar presented at the Western Regional ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, October
2007.
3. Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization: Aerobic Oxidative C-C Bond Forming Reactions. Eric
M. Ferreira, Uttam K. Tambar, and Brian M. Stoltz. Poster presented at the 38th National Organic Symposium,
Bloomington, IN, June 2003; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2003; B107.
2. Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Wacker Cyclizations in Nonpolar Organic Solvents with Molecular
Oxygen: A Stepping Stone to Asymmetric Aerobic Cyclizations. Raissa M. Trend, Yeeman K. Ramtohul, Eric
M. Ferreira, and Brian M. Stoltz. Poster presented at the 38th National Organic Symposium, Bloomington, IN, June
2003; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2003; A80.
1. Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols. Jeffrey T. Bagdanoff,
Eric M. Ferreira, Daniel D. Caspi, Ryan M. McFadden, David C. Ebner, and Brian M. Stoltz. Poster presented at
the 38th National Organic Symposium, Bloomington, IN, June 2003; American Chemical Society: Washington,
DC, 2003; D88.

Teaching Experience:
CHEM 341: Modern Organic Chemistry I: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Undergraduate level first semester organic chemistry course (large, non-majors section)
Fall 2010, 2012
CHEM 346: Organic Chemistry II: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Undergraduate level second semester organic chemistry course (majors section)
Spring 2010, 2012
CHEM 545: Synthetic Organic Chemistry I: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Graduate level organic synthesis course
Fall 2008-2011
CHEM 641: Organic Reaction Mechanisms: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Graduate level organic mechanism course
Spring 2009, 2010
Honors and Awards:
• Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2011
• Stille Professorship in Chemistry, 2008-2011
• American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005-2008
• National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005-2008 (declined)
• Bristol-Myers-Squibb Graduate Fellowship in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2004-2005
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2004
• Merck Index Award (for outstanding academic achievement), May 2000