James LaMunyon

127 East 400 South

Richmond, UT 84333

e-mail: lamunyon@hotmailcom

Phone: (435)770-2192 (C) (435)258-5576 (H)

SUMMARY:

  · 19 years industrial experience in organic chemistry.

  · Broad synthetic experience encompassing synthesis and purification of

boronic acids, specialty chemicals (including aldehydes, carboxylic acids,

halides and acetylenes), pheromones, and amino acids.

  · Synthesis: multi-step, grams to kilograms.

  · Instrumentation familiarity: NMR, HPLC, and GC for compound

characterization and purity determination.

  · Experienced with micro-encapsulation of pheromones for controlled

release.

  · Oregon State University graduate with an M.S. in Organic Chemistry.

  · Solid individual who enjoys apply chemistry to solving practical

problems.

PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Scientist, Frontier Scientific, Inc., Logan, Utah, April 2001 to

November 2012.

Duties: .

  · Production chemist making boronic acids and derivatives,

specialty chemicals, catalysts, and large-scale custom

synthesis of chemicals for pharmaceutical and electronics

industries. Purification through crystallization, distillation

and column chromatography.

  · Developed new products for catalog and patent.

  · Scale-up of processes for commercial sale.

  · Handling of reactive, air sensitive and toxic compounds.

  · Characterization of products for structure and purity using

NMR, GC, TLC, and HPLC techniques.

  · Handled hazardous waste and OSHA HAZWOPER

certified summer 2012.

  · Lab safety supervisor under company safety manager.

Chemist, Suterra, Inc. (formerly Consep, Inc.), Bend, Oregon, April 1994 to

March 2001.

Duties:

  · Pheromone synthesis.

  · Specialty chemical synthesis (acetylenes and alkenes).

  · Development of new routes.

  · Process development and scale-up.

  · Micro encapsulation of pheromones for controlled release.

  · Handling of air and moisture sensitive compounds and

reagents.

  · Management of synthesis personnel.

  · Characterization of products for purity.

  · Managed hazardous waste for company.

Production Chemist, Synthetech, Inc., Albany, Oregon, January 1993 to March

1994.

Duties:

  · Amino acid synthesis and purification.

  · Synthesis of protected amino acids.

  · Characterization of products.

Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, September 1990

to December 1992.

Duties:

  · Taught undergraduate organic and general chemistry labs.

  · Taught undergraduate class recitations.

EDUCATION:

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, 1998, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Thesis:

Research Advisor: Professor James D. White

B.A. in Chemistry, 1990, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

"Synthetic Approaches to the Tri-Carbonyl Subunit of Rapamycin"

PUBLICATIONS:

"Lithium trihydroxy/triisopropoxy-2-pyridylborate salts (LTBS): synthesis,

isolation, and use in modified Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions",

Chen, K.C., Peterson, R., Math, S.K., LaMunyon, J.B., Testa, C.A., Cefalo, D.R.,

Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 53, No. 36, pp. 4873-4876, (2012)

"Substituted potassium internal vinyltrifluoroborates: preparation and use in

Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions", Math, S.K., Mokri, H.H.,

LaMunyon, J.B., Cefalo, D.R., Testa, C.A., Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 53,

No. 23, pp. 2847-2849, (2012)

USPTO Application #: 20120041193

REFERENCES:

Dr. Radi Awartani

Petra Research

12775 Rachael Boulevard

Alachu, FL 32615

(386)462-0414

Dr. Jason Henderson

1030 Windsor Dr.

Logan, UT 84321

(435)750-7808

Homayoun Mokri

356 East 2520 North

Logan, Utah 84341

(435)753-8969