Alexander Greer

Professor
Chemistry

Location: 341 Ingersoll Hall Extension
Phone: 718.951.5000 x2830
Fax: 718.951.4607
Email:   Alexander Greer's Web site

Alexander Greer's group is interested in fundamental aspects of organic chemistry. Factors that control reactions of oxygen and sulfur species are of interest. The group is involved in research of atomic oxygen, singlet molecular oxygen and other reactive and cytotoxic agents. Some molecules used in their studies (polysulfanes) exhibit cytotoxic properties that must have taken eons to evolve, formed by marine invertebrates to deter predators. The synthetic chemistry aims to create polysulfanes with increased anti-tumor activity over those found in nature. Using chemicals synthesized with functionality to initiate cell responses or the modulation of specific cell sensitivity is of interest. Computations are used to try to deepen our understanding of experiments. The group often probes organic mechanisms with ab initio and density functional theory.

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