Peter Norris

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Dr. Peter Norris

Professor

Chemical & Biological Sciences

Ward Beecher Hall 5048

phone: (330) 941-1553

pnorris@ysu.edu

Bio

Born and raised in the northwest of England. First degree from Salford University with a year spent at the University of Toledo. Doctorate from The Ohio State University.

Research Interests

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Teaching Interests

Organic Chemistry.

  • 1992

    Ph D, Organic Chemistry

    The Ohio State University

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Synthesis and Chemistry of Ylides derived from 1,3-Dimethyluracils"

  • 1986

    Other, Chemistry

    Salford University

  • 2019

    YSU

    Distinguished Professor Award in Teaching

    Distinguished Professor Award in Teaching

  • 2012

    YSU

    Distinguished Professor Award in Research

    Distinguished Professor Award in Research

  • 1998

    YSU

    Distinguished Professor Award in Research

    Distinguished Professor Award in Research

  • 2022

    "Six-Membered Rings With One Other Element"

    P. Norris

    Elsevier, p. 725-743

  • 2017

    "1,2-Bis (diphenylphosphano) Ethane (DPPE)-Mediated Synthesis of Glycosyl Amides"

    D. Temelkoff, P. Norris, A. Gabba

    CRC Press, p. 343-351

  • 2014

    "1,3,4-Tri-O-acetyl-2-N-(trifluoroacetyl)-β-L-fucose"

    D. McCutcheon, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 70, issue 2, p. o134-o135

  • 2012

    "Synthesis of a d-Glucopyranosyl Azide: Spectroscopic Evidence for Stereochemical Inversion in the SN2 Reaction"

    O. Adesoye, I. Mills, D. Temelkoff, J. Jackson, P. Norris

    Journal of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society (ACS), volume 89, issue 7, p. 943-945

  • 2012

    "Azidonitration of Di-O-acetyl-L-fucal: X-Ray Crystal Structures of Intermediate Azidodeoxysugars and of the Bacterial Aminosugar N-Acetyl-L-fucosamine"

    A. Alhassan, D. McCutcheon, M. Zeller, P. Norris

    Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry, Informa UK Limited, volume 31, issue 4-6, p. 371-383

  • 2011

    "Reactions of several monosaccharide-derived alcohols with p-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl azide and DBU"

    I. Sacui, P. Norris

    Tetrahedron Letters, Elsevier BV, volume 52, issue 21, p. 2670-2672

  • 2010

    "2,3;5,6-Di-O-isopropylidene-1-O-(2-phenylacetyl)-α-D-mannofuranose"

    I. Sacui, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 66, issue 9, p. o2341-o2341

  • 2009

    "4-Butyl-1-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-β-L-fucopyranosyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole"

    A. Alhassan, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 65, issue 8, p. o1992-o1993

  • 2008

    "Carbohydrate mimetics as potential antiinfective treatments for Staphylococcus aureus"

    D. Fagan, M. Royal, M. Vicarel, P. Norris

    The FASEB Journal, Wiley, volume 22, issue S1

  • 2008

    "Pyranose N-Glycosyl Amines: Emerging Targets With Diverse Biological Potential"

    P. Norris

    Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd, volume 8, issue 2, p. 101-113

  • 2007

    "3,4-Di-O-acetyl-2-azidodeoxy-1-O-nitro-α-L-fucose"

    D. McCutcheon, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 63, issue 8, p. o3484-o3484

  • 2007

    "Carbohydrate mimetics for Staphylococcus aureus capsule"

    D. Fagan, M. Vicarel, A. Alhassan, P. Norris

    The FASEB Journal, Wiley, volume 21, issue 6

  • 2006

    "N-Glycoside neoglycotrimers from 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-d-glucopyranosyl azide"

    D. Temelkoff, M. Zeller, P. Norris

    Carbohydrate Research, Elsevier BV, volume 341, issue 9, p. 1081-1090

  • 2006

    "4-Acetamidobenzenesulfonyl azide"

    M. Vicarel, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 62, issue 5, p. o1751-o1753

  • 2005

    "1,2,3,4-Tetra-O-acetyl-α-L-fucopyranose"

    A. Alhassan, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 61, issue 11, p. o3668-o3669

  • 2005

    "Methyl 4-O-benzyl-6-deoxy-2,3-O-isopropylidene-α-L-talopyranoside"

    M. Maust, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 61, issue 3, p. o643-o644

  • 2005

    "Methyl 2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-1-azido-1-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranuronate at 100 K"

    C. Smith, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 61, issue 3, p. o736-o737

  • 2005

    "2,3,4-Tri-O-acetyl-β-L-fucopyranosyl azide"

    P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 61, issue 3, p. o729-o730

  • 2005

    "Cu(I)-catalyzed Formation of D-Mannofuranosyl 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazolecarbohybrids"

    P. Norris

    HETEROCYCLES, CLOCKSS Archive, volume 65, issue 5, p. 1035

  • 2004

    "Prop-2-ynyl 1,2,3,4-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranuronate"

    D. Temelkoff, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 60, issue 12, p. o2273-o2274

  • 2004

    "6-Deoxy-1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-α-D-galacto-heptodialdo-1,5-pyranose diphenyl dithioacetal"

    T. Weaver, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 60, issue 11, p. o2113-o2114

  • 2004

    "2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl azide"

    D. Temelkoff, P. Norris, M. Zeller

    Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), volume 60, issue 11, p. o1975-o1976

  • 2004

    "Synthesis of Glucopyranosyl Amides Using Polymer‐Supported Reagents"

    Y. Root, M. Bailor, P. Norris

    Synthetic Communications, Informa UK Limited, volume 34, issue 13, p. 2499-2506

  • 2004

    "Rapid Access to Glucopyranosyl-1,2,3- triazoles via Cu(I)-catalyzed Reactions in Water"

    P. Norris, R. A. Akula, D. P. Temelkoff, N. D. Artis

    HETEROCYCLES, CLOCKSS Archive, volume 63, issue 12, p. 2719

  • 2003

    "Addition of Lithiated C-Nucleophiles to 2,3-O-Isopropylidene-d-erythronolactone:  Stereoselective Formation of a Furanose C-Disaccharide"

    J. McCartney, C. Meta, R. Cicchillo, M. Bernardina, T. Wagner, P. Norris

    The Journal of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS), volume 68, issue 26, p. 10152-10155

  • 2003

    "Crystal structure of 1,2;5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-3-O-(phenylacetyl)-D-glucofuranose"

    J. Sheville, D. Berndt, T. Wagner, P. Norris

    Journal of Chemical Crystallography, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, volume 33, issue 5-6, p. 409-412

  • 2002

    "Intramolecular carbene and nitrene insertions at C-2 of diacetone-d-glucose"

    D. Berndt, P. Norris

    Tetrahedron Letters, Elsevier BV, volume 43, issue 21, p. 3961-3962

  • 2001

    "Preparation of a d-Glucose-Derived Alkene. An E2 Reaction for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory"

    P. Norris, A. Fluxe

    Journal of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society (ACS), volume 78, issue 12, p. 1676

  • 2000

    "A convenient synthesis of glycosyl chlorides from sugar hemiacetals using triphosgene as the chlorine source"

    R. Cicchillo, P. Norris

    Carbohydrate Research, Elsevier BV, volume 328, issue 3, p. 431-434

  • 1999

    "Development of Reactions of 6- and 5-Substituted 1,3-Dimethyluracils with Dimethylsulfoxonium Methylide"

    P. Norris, H. Shechter

    The Journal of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS), volume 64, issue 20, p. 7290-7298

  • 1999

    "CHIRAL TETRAHYDROFURAN SYNTHESIS FROM D-RIBOSE DIPHENYL DITHIOACETAL"

    P. Norris

    Heterocyclic Communications, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, volume 5, issue 2, p. 113-114

  • 1999

    "Synthesis of Carbohydrate-derived 1,2,3-Triazoles Using 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition on a Soluble Polymer Support"

    P. Norris, S. Freeze

    HETEROCYCLES, CLOCKSS Archive, volume 51, issue 8, p. 1807

  • 1998

    "Dipolar cycloaddition reactions on a soluble polymer-supported dipolarophile: Synthesis of sugar-derived triazoles"

    M. Moore, P. Norris

    Tetrahedron Letters, Elsevier BV, volume 39, issue 39, p. 7027-7030

  • 1996

    "Intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of 5-azido-5-deoxyaldopentose ketene dithioacetal bis(sulfones) in the synthesis of imino sugar analogs"

    P. Norris, D. Horton, D. Giridhar

    Tetrahedron Letters, Elsevier BV, volume 37, issue 23, p. 3925-3928

  • 1996

    "Characterization and interconversions of 2-S-ethyl-2-thio-d-mannose diethyl dithioacetal and the facile epimerization of 2-thio-d-mannopyranose derivatives"

    D. Horton, P. Norris, B. Berrang

    Carbohydrate Research, Elsevier BV, volume 283, p. 53-71

  • 1996

    "Cycloaddition of Cyclopentadiene to 3-Deoxy-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-α-d-erythro-hex-3-enofuranose. Synthesis and Representative Chemistry of 1,6-Anhydro-2,3-dideoxy-β-d-glycero-hex-2-enopyran-4-ulose (“Isolevoglucosenone”)"

    D. Horton, J. Roski, P. Norris

    The Journal of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS), volume 61, issue 11, p. 3783-3793

  • 1996

    "Cycloaddition of Acetylenes with 5-Azido-5-deoxy-D-aldopentose Derivatives: Synthesis of Triazole Reversed Nucleoside Analogs"

    D. Horton, P. Norris, B. R. Levine

    HETEROCYCLES, CLOCKSS Archive, volume 43, issue 12, p. 2643

  • 1995

    "Synthesis of 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-d-xylonolactam VIA acid-catalyzed intramolecular schmidt rearrangement"

    P. Norris, D. Horton, B. Levine

    Tetrahedron Letters, Elsevier BV, volume 36, issue 43, p. 7811-7814

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Education

B.Sc. Chemistry (Honours), Salford University (England), 1986

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, The Ohio State University (Harold Shechter), 1992

Post. Doc., American University, Washington, DC (Derek Horton), 1993-96

Example Publications:

Six-Membered Rings With One Other Element, Peter Norris, in Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV, 2021, p. 725-743. Elsevier.

1,2-Bis(diphenylphosphano) ethane (DPPE)-mediated Synthesis of Glycosyl Amides, D.P. Temelkoff, A. Gabba, and P. Norris in Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods, Volume 4, 2017, CRCPress.

1,3,4-Tri-O-acetyl–2-N-(trifluoroacetyl)-beta-L-fucose. D. C. McCutcheon, P. Norris and M. Zeller, Acta. Cryst. E. 2014, E70, o134. (Structure Communication).

Azidonitration of di-O-acetyl-L-fucal; X-ray crystal structures of intermediate azidodeoxysugars and of the bacterial aminosugar N-acetyl-L-fucosamine, A.-B. Alhassan, D. C. McCutcheon, M. Zeller, and P. Norris, J. Carbohydr. Chem., 2012, 31, 371-383.

Synthesis of a D-glucopyranosyl azide: spectroscopic evidence for stereochemical inversion in the SN2 reaction, O. G. Adesoye, I. N. Mills, J. A. Jackson, and P. Norris, J. Chem. Ed., 2012, 89, 943-945.

Reactions of several monosaccharide-derived alcohols with p-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl azide and DBU, I. A. Sacui and P. Norris, Tetrahedron Lett., 2011, 52, 2670- 2672.

Rhodium(II)-catalyzed decomposition of 3-O-(2-diazo-2-phenylacetyl)-1,2;5,6-di-Oisopropylidene-alpha-D-allofuranose; diastereoselective ether formation, I. A. Sacui, M. Zeller, and P. Norris, Carbohydr. Res., 2008, 343, 1819-1823.

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