Faculty & Adjuncts

Originally from Verden, Oklahoma, Dr. Angus Lamar attended the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha to obtain his chemistry degree. Dr. Lamar then earned his Ph.D. at The University of Oklahoma working in the organic/organometallic research group of Prof. Kenneth M. Nicholas. During this time, Dr. Lamar’s primary focus was on the nitrogenation of hydrocarbons via transition-metal and non-metal catalysis. Upon completion of his Ph.D., Dr. Lamar joined the research group of Prof. Lanny S. Liebeskind at Emory University as a postdoctoral fellow investigating a novel approach to amide/peptide bond formation along with a project to employ enantiomeric organometallic scaffolds towards the synthesis of medicinally/biologically relevant molecules. Dr. Lamar then joined Hanover College as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry where he taught Organic and General Chemistry, a number of special topics courses, and conducted research with undergraduate students. Dr. Lamar and his family moved back to Oklahoma to join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The University of Tulsa in Fall, 2015. Current research projects under investigation include: 1) Nitrogen-centered radical amination of chemical feedstocks via non-metal activation 2) Development of new metal-scorpionate dimers to promote deoxygenation of chemical feedstocks 3) Polymeric encapsulation of non-precious metals or reagents for use in organic methodologies 4) The design of molecularly imprinted polymers to be applied towards the adsorption of organic molecules from either drinking water or air.

Organic Reaction Discovery and Design
Metal and Non-metal Catalysis
Polymer Encapsulation
Organometallic Synthesis
Biomass Deoxygenation to Produce Biofuels
Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Molecules

Organic Chemistry
General Chemistry
Art Conservation Science
Advanced Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Journal Articles

• Rogers, D., R. Brown, Z. Brandeburg, E. Ko, M. Hopkins, G. LeBlanc, and A. Lamar. Organic Dye-Catalyzed, Visible-Light Photoredox Bromination of Arenes and Heteroarenes Using N-Bromosuccinimide. Vol. 3, ACS Omega, 2018, pp. 12868-77.
• Hopkins, M., Z. Brandeburg, A. Hanson, and A. Lamar. Visible-Light, Iodine-Promoted Formation of N-Sulfonyl Imines and N-Alkylsulfonamides from Aldehydes and Hypervalent Iodine Reagents. Vol. 23, Molecules, 2018.
• Hopkins, M., K. Scott, B. DeMier, H. Morgan, J. Macgruder, and A. Lamar. Formation of N-Sulfonyl Imines from Iminoiodinanes by Iodine-Promoted, N-Centered Radical Sulfonamidation of Aldehydes. Vol. 15, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, pp. 9209-16.
• Brueckner, A., E. Hancock, E. Anders, M. Tierney, H. Morgan, K. Scott, and A. Lamar. Visible-Light-Mediated, Nitrogen-Centered Radical Amination of Tertiary Alkyl Halides under Metal-Free Conditions to Form [alpha]-Tertiary Amines. Vol. 14, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, pp. 4387-92.

• Lamar, Angus A.; Liebeskind, Lanny S. Carboxyl Activation via Silylthioesterification: One-Pot, Two-Step Amidation of Carboxylic Acids Catalyzed by Non-Metal Ammonium Salts. Tetrahedron Letters 2015, 56, 44, 6034.

• Lamar, Angus A.; Nicholas, Kenneth M. Iodine-Catalyzed Aminosulfonation of Hydrocarbons by Imidoiodinanes. A Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigation. Journal of Organic Chemistry 2010, 75, 7644.

• Lamar, Angus A.; Nicholas, Kenneth M. Direct Synthesis of 3-Arylindoles via Annulation of Arylhydroxylamines with Alkynes. Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 3829.

• Kalita, Biswajit; Lamar, Angus A.; Nicholas, Kenneth M. Hydrous zinc halide-catalyzed aminosulfonation of hydrocarbons. Chemical Communications 2008, 4291.

Book Chapters

• Garnier-Amblard, Ethel, C.; Lamar, Angus A.; Liebeskind, Lanny S. Cross-Coupling with Organosulfur Electrophiles: the Liebeskind-Srogl Coupling Reaction, Organic Reactions, John Wiley and Sons, to be published in 2016.

• Special Topics in Chemistry
• Undergraduate Research
• Research and Dissertation
• Organic Chemistry II Laboratory

• Indiana Academy of Science
• Phi Lambda Upsilon
• American Chemical Society

• Baccalaureate Scholar
• Hypatia Honor Society
• USAO Faculty Association Outstanding Graduate Award
• Outstanding graduate research in organometallic chenmistry/Jerry J. Zuckerman Award
• Outstanding graduate research in organometallic chemistry/Jerry J. Zuckerman Award
• Young Alumni Award