Paul J. Franklin Senior Lecturer, Organic Chemistry Ph.D., Columbia University (1991) Currently on leave Dr. Paul Franklin Department of Chemistry Georgia State University P.O. Box 4098 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4098 Phone:  404-413-5532 Fax:  404-413-5505 Office:  608 Kell Hall Email:  chepjf@langate.gsu.edu

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Research Interests: Epoxidation of alkenes, asymmetric epoxidations, studies on the reactivity of strained peroxides, Natural product isolation including biological activity, purification, and structure determination.  Heterocyclic chemistry. Organic synthesis in general.

Representative Publications

"Synthesis of trans-3-chloro-4,4,5-trimethyl-3,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrazole".  Szwec, J; Vasquez, PC; Franklin, PJ; Kennedy, GD; Baumstark, AL. Heteroatom Chem., 2004 10, 133-134.

"Kinetics of the epoxidation of geraniol and model systems by dimethyldioxirane".  Baumstark, AL; Franklin, PJ; Vasquez, PC; Crow, BS, Molecules, 2004, 9, 117-124.

"Epoxidation of 1,4-dienyl 3-keto steroidal compounds by dimethyldioxirane:  Kinetics".  Navarro-Eisenstein, AM; Vasquez, PC; Franklin, PJ; Baumstark, AL, Heteroatom Chem., 2003 9, 575-578.

"Epoxidation of bicyclic and steroidal alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds by dimethyldioxirane: Kinetics." \ Navarro-Eisenstein, AM; Vasquez, PC; Franklin, PJ; Baumstark, AL, Heteroatom Chem., 2003 449-452.

"Oxidation of secondary aliphatic alcohols by dimethyldioxirane: Kinetics and selectivity."  Cunningham, MA; Vasquez, PC; Franklin, PJ; Baumstark, AL, Heteroatom Chem., 1998 4, 201-204.