This research uses synthetic techniques to construct, analyze, and confirm the properties of complex organic molecules. Synthetic strategy is at the heart of our organic synthesis research, where elimination of steps can save time and resources. Traditionally, each molecule is assembled using a standard linear technique that can take days of effort and many chemicals to reach a small yield. This research uses new strategies to assemble molecules in small "building blocks" that then are assembled in a final product. This eliminates more than forty percent of the steps required in the traditional method, and thus saves researchers time and costs in producing the molecule. Cancer drugs are the focus, as the applications of Professor Coleman's methods will reduce the prices and increase the availability of those drugs.

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