Getting Acquainted with the University and the City, 1960s–Early 1970s

2020 ◽  
pp. 85-112
Author(s):  
Uzma Quraishi
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
South Asians ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
Racial Identities ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
College Towns ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Chapter 2 details the arrival of South Asian students and immigrants in Houston during the 1960s. Along with college towns and major cities across the United States, Houston was an ideal host city for would-be immigrants. South Asians constructed ethnic, national, class, and racial identities through the university and the city. The University of Houston became the cultural hub and a key site for identity formation.

Synthesis of Substituted Benzenes: The Carter Synthesis of Siamenol

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass Taber
Keyword(s):  
Aryl Halides ◽  
Substituted Benzenes ◽  
Diversity Oriented Synthesis ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Direct Functionalization ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Aryl Tosylates ◽  
La Jolla ◽  
The University

Tosylates are among the least expensive, but also among the least reactive toward Pd(0) oxidative addition, of aryl sulfonates. Jie Wu of Fudan University has now devised conditions (J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 9346) for the Pd-catalyzed coupling of aryl tosylates such as 1 with arene trifluoroborates. Kei Manabe of RIKEN has found (Organic Lett. 2007, 9, 5593) that an ortho OH activates an adjacent Cl for Pd-mediated coupling, allowing the conversion of 4 to 6 . Philippe Uriac and Pierre van de Weghe of the Université de Rennes I have developed (Organic Lett. 2007, 9, 3623) conditions for the catalytic acylation of aryl halides with alkenyl acetates such as 8. Multi-component coupling lends itself well to diversity-oriented synthesis. As illustrated by the combination of 10 with 11 and 12 to give 13 reported (Organic Lett. 2007, 9, 5589) by Michael F. Greaney of the University of Edinburgh, benzynes can do double addition with high regiocontrol. For other recent references to unsymmetrical double additions to arynes, see Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 5921; Chem. Commun. 2007, 2405; and J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14042. C-H functionalization of arenes is of increasing importance. John F. Hartwig of the University of Illinois has described (Organic Lett. 2007, 9, 757; 761) improved conditions for Ir-catalyzed meta borylation, and conditions for further coupling of the initial borate 16 to give amines such as 17. Lei Liu and Qing-Xiang Guo of the University of Science and Technology, Hefei have found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 5449) that oxygen can be used as the stoichiometric oxidant in the Pd-catalyzed functionalization of H’s ortho to anilides. Two other research groups (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 6066; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 5554; J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7720) reported advances in this area. In a close competition, Jin-Quan Yu, now at Scripps/La Jolla (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 3510) and Olafs Daugulis of the University of Houston (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 9879) both reported that a carboxyl group can activate an ortho H for direct functionalization.

Heteroaromatic Construction: The Fukuyama Synthesis of Tryprostatin A

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
University Of California ◽  
University Of Arkansas ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Au Catalyst ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Selective Substitution ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
La Jolla ◽  
The University

Alessandro Palmieri of the University of Camerino developed (Synlett 2010, 2468) the condensation of a nitro acrylate 1 with a 1,3-dicarbonyl partner 2 to give the furan 3. Chaozhong Li of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry showed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 3678) that an alkenyl halide 4 could be cyclized to the furan 5. Ayhan S. Demir of Middle East Technical University established (Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 8032) that a Au catalyst could catalyze the addition of an amine 7 to a cyanoester 6 to give the pyrrole 8 . Bruce A. Arndtsen of McGill University effected (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4916) the net three-component coupling of an imine 9, an acid chloride 10, and an alkyne 11 to deliver the pyrrole 12. Bernard Delpech of CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette prepared (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4760) the pyridine 15 by combining the diene 13 with the incipient carbocation 14. Max Malacria, Vincent Gandon, and Corinne Aubert of UPMC Paris optimized (Synlett 2010, 2314) the internal Co-mediated cyclization of a nitrile alkyne 5 to the tetrasubstituted pyridine 17. Yoshiaki Nakao of Kyoto University and Tamejiro Hiyama, now at Chuo University, effected (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13666) selective substitution of a preformed pyridine 18 at the C-4 position by coupling with an alkene 19. We showed (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 5737) that the anion from deprotonation of a pyridine 21 could be added in a conjugate sense to 22 to give 23. Other particularly useful strategies for further substitution of preformed pyridines have been described by Olafs Daugulis of the University of Houston (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4277), by Phil S. Baran of Scripps/La Jolla (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 13194), and by Robert G. Bergmann of the University of California, Berkeley, and Jonathan A. Ellman of Yale University (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7863). K. C. Majumdar of the University of Kalyani developed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 3807) the oxidative Pd-catalyzed cylization of 24 to the indole 25. Nan Zheng of the University of Arkansas showed (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 3736) that Fe could be used to catalyze the rearrangement of the azirine 26 to the indole 27.

Some Properties of Hyperspaces with Applications to Continua Theory

1979 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Grispolakis ◽  
Sam B. Nadler ◽  
E. D. Tymchatyn
Keyword(s):  
Covering Property ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Chainable Continua ◽  
The University

In 1972, Lelek introduced the notion of Class (W) in his seminar at the University of Houston [see below for definitions of concepts mentioned here]. Since then there has been much interest in classifying and characterizing continua in Class (W). For example, Cook has a result [5, Theorem 4] which implies that any hereditarily indecomposible continuum is in Class (W) Read [21, Theorem 4] showed that all chainable continua are in Class (W), and Feuerbacher proved the following result:(1.1) THEOREM [7, Theorem 7]. A non-chainable circle-like continuum is in Class (W) if and only if it is not weakly chainableIn [14, 4.2 and section 6], a covering property (denoted here and in [18] by CP) was defined and studied primarily for the purpose of proving that indecomposability is a Whitney property for the class of chainable continua [14, 4.3].

The Personal Digital Archiving Conference: Looking Back at 2018 and Ahead to 2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
Chelsea Gunn
Keyword(s):  
Digital Archiving ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
The University ◽  
Looking Back

AbstractThis review of the 2018 conference hosted by the University of Houston Libraries, includes an introduction to the Personal Digital Archiving conference an summary of the 2018 event, and a brief discussion of the upcoming 2019 conference to be held at the University of Pittsburgh.

Exemplify what you explicate

1973 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-211
Author(s):  
Evelyn Sowell
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Education Students ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
The University ◽  
Teacher Education Students

That professor! What he says is great—but that idea just won't work in the classroom!” These statements may be common among some teacher education students. Such comments are now heard much less frequently, however, around the University of Houston. The mathematics education faculty is experimenting with a competency- based program, as part of a collegewide endeavor, that requires prospective teachers to actually use in their classrooms what they hear and read about teaching. Initial experiences with this program suggest several advantages both for teachers in training and for teacher educators. This article describes some features and benefits of one type of approach to competency-based mathematics education.

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