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EducationPh.D. University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, 2007RecognitionsNIH Postdoctoral Scholar 2007-2009UPR-Rio Piedras FIPI Grant 2014-2016Teaching InterestsOrganic chemistry and related coursesResearch InterestsDevelopment of Metal-Catalyzed Step and Atom Economical Methods Toward N-, O-, and S-HeterocyclesOur research program focus on the development of robust metal-catalyzed methods for the synthesis of heterocyclic moieties from readily available starting materials. These methods should be user friendly, environmentally benign, and amenable to multi-gram scales. Synthetic efforts toward bioactive important compounds will be pursued to prove the synthetic value of our novel methodologies. Selected Publications Torres, W.; Torres, G.; Prieto, J. “Synthesis of Stereotetrads by Regioselective Cleavage of Diastereomeric MEM-Protected 2-Methyl-3,4-epoxy Alcohols with Diethylpropynyl Aluminum.” Synlett. 2012, 17, 2534.  Trost, B. M.; O’Boyle, B.; Torres, W.; Ameriks, M. K. “Development of a flexible strategy toward (+)-FR900482 and the mitomycins.” Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 7890.  Torres, W.; Rodríguez, R.; Prieto, J. “Stereoselective construction of all anti polypropionate modules: Application to the synthesis of the C5-C10 fragment o streptovaricin U.” J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 2447.  Dávila, W.; Torres, W.; Prieto, J. “Regioselective cleavage of 3,4-epoxy alcohols with substituted alkynylaluminum reagents: Application to the stereoselective synthesis of polypropionates.” Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 8218.  Tirado, R.; Torres, G.; Torres, W.; Prieto, J. “Regioselective cleavage of cis- and trans-2-methyl-3,4-epoxyalcohols with diethylpropynyl aluminum.” Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 797.