Janice G. Smith
Professor of Chemistry

A.B., 1973, Cornell University
A.M., 1975, Harvard University
Ph.D., 1978, Harvard University
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 1978-1979

For 21 years, Jan Smith was a Professor of Chemistry at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where she taught organic chemistry and maintained a research program in organic synthesis. After spending two sabbaticals at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the most recent in 1997-1998, she decided to permanently move to Hawaii, where she continues to teach organic chemistry. She also currently spends her professional life writing a sophomore level organic chemistry text.
Contact Information

Office: 241B Bilger Hall
Phone: (808)-956-8381
e-mail: jgsmith@hawaii.edu

Courses

Organic Chemistry I and II
Organic Chemistry for non-majors (one semester course)
Organic Chemistry I and II for biology majors
Organic Synthesis
Environmental Chemistry

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College, 1979 -1985
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, Brown University, 1985 -1986
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College, 1985 -1992
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, 1992
Professor of Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College, 1992 -2000
Chair, Department of Chemistry, Mount Holyoke College, 1993 -1997
Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, 1997-1998, 2000 - present

Publications and Abstracts

1. Janice Gorzynski Smith, "Trimethylsilylcopper" In Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Paquette, L. Ed.; Wiley: New York, 1995; p. 5246-8.

2. Janice Gorzynski Smith, S. L. Henke,* E. M. Mohler,* L. Morgan,* and N. I. Rajan, "A Convenient Synthesis of Allyltrimethylsilanes from Allylic Phosphates," Synthetic Commun., 21, 1999 (1991).

3. Janice G. Smith, K. Cate,* E. Craig,* C. de Leon,* S. Drozda,* and S. Lirio-Ona,* "The Use of Unsaturated Organosilanes in Organic Synthesis," Abstracts of Papers, Atlanta Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 1991.

4. Janice G. Smith and Mary Fieser, Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Collective Indices for Volumes 1-12, Wiley: New York, 1990.

5. Mary Fieser and Janice G. Smith, Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 13, Wiley: New York, 1988.

6. Janice Gorzynski Smith, "Synthetically Useful Reactions of Epoxides," Synthesis, 629 (1984).

7. Janice Gorzynski Smith, Susan E. Drozda,* Susan P. Petraglia,* Nina R. Quinn,* Elizabeth M. Rice,* Barbara S. Taylor,* and

8. Malini Viswanathan, "Regioselective Synthesis of Allyltrimethylsilanes from Allylic Halides and Allylic Sulfonates. Application to the Synthesis of 2,3-Bis(trimethylsilyl)alk-1-enes," J. Org. Chem., 49, 4112 (1984).

9. Janice Gorzynski Smith, "Regioselective Synthesis of Allyltrimethylsilanes Using Trimethylsilyl Metal Reagents," Abstracts of Papers,, Thirteenth Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, June 1983.

10. Janice Gorzynski Smith, M. S. Finck,* B. D. Kontoleon,* M. A. Trecoske,* L. A. Giordano,* and L. A. Renzulli,* "A Convenient Synthesis of Dimethyl [(Alkylthio)methyl]phosphonates and Dimethyl [(Arylthio)methyl]phosphonates," J. Org. Chem., 48, 1110, (1983).

11. Janice Gorzynski Smith, Nina R. Quinn,* and Malini Viswanathan, "Regioselective Synthesis of Allyl Trimethylsilanes from Allylic Halides," Synthetic Commun., 13773 (1983).

12. Janice Gorzynski Smith, Nina R. Quinn,* and Malini Viswanathan, "Synthesis of Allyl Silanes Using Trimethylsilyllithium in the Presence of Copper(I) Iodide," Synthetic Commun., 13, 1 (1983).

13. Martin F. Semmelhack, Paul Helquist, L. D. Jones, Leonard Keller, L. Mendelson, Laurine Speltz Ryono, Janice Gorzynski Smith, and R. D. Stauffer, "Reaction of Aryl Vinyl Halides with Zerovalent Nickel. Preparative Aspects and the Synthesis of Alnusone," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 103,6460 (1981).

14. E. J. Corey and Janice Gorzynski Smith, "The Total Synthesis of Gibberellic Acid. A New and Effective Route to a Key Tricyclic Intermediate," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 101, 1038 (1979).

15. Martin F. Semmelhack, Paul Helquist, and Janice D. Gorzynski, "Synthesis with Zerovalent Nickel. Coupling of Alkenyl Halides with Bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel(0)," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 94, 9234 (1972).

* denotes undergraduate co-author.

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