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George Adjabeng
View pagePosition:
Drug Innovation Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline
Location:
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Industry:
Pharmaceuticals
Work:
GlaxoSmithKline since 2004
Drug Innovation Scientist
Roche Pharmaceuticals 2003 - 2004
Medicinal Chemist
Drug Innovation Scientist
Roche Pharmaceuticals 2003 - 2004
Medicinal Chemist
Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School 2008 - 2010
MBA, Global Management focusMBA, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂâ Global business management focus through the OneMBA program ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàa unique global MBA partnership of premier schools from The Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, China & USA Brock University 2000 - 2003
MS, Organic ChemistrySELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 1. Phosphaadamantanes as Ligands for Palladium Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Chemistry: Library Synthesis, Characterization, and Screening in the Suzuki Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Tosylates Containing alpha-Hydrogens with Boronic Acids and Alkylboranes. Brenstrum, Tim; Gerristma, David A.; Adjabeng, George M.; Frampton, Christopher S.; Britten, James; Robertson, Alan J.; McNulty, James; Capretta, Alfredo. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2004), 69(22), 7635-7639. 2. Palladium complexes of 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phenyl-6-phosphaadamantane: Synthesis, crystal structure and use in the Suzuki and Sonogashira reactions and the ÃÂïÃÂÃÂÃÂá -arylation of ketones. Adjabeng, George; Brenstrum, Tim; Frampton, Christopher S.; Robertson, Al J.; Hillhouse, John; McNulty, James; Capretta, Alfredo. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2004), 69(15), 5082-5086. University of Cape Coast 1996 - 2000
BS, Chemistry2000 Mendel Award
MBA, Global Management focusMBA, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂâ Global business management focus through the OneMBA program ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàa unique global MBA partnership of premier schools from The Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, China & USA Brock University 2000 - 2003
MS, Organic ChemistrySELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 1. Phosphaadamantanes as Ligands for Palladium Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Chemistry: Library Synthesis, Characterization, and Screening in the Suzuki Coupling of Alkyl Halides and Tosylates Containing alpha-Hydrogens with Boronic Acids and Alkylboranes. Brenstrum, Tim; Gerristma, David A.; Adjabeng, George M.; Frampton, Christopher S.; Britten, James; Robertson, Alan J.; McNulty, James; Capretta, Alfredo. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2004), 69(22), 7635-7639. 2. Palladium complexes of 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-2,4,8-trioxa-6-phenyl-6-phosphaadamantane: Synthesis, crystal structure and use in the Suzuki and Sonogashira reactions and the ÃÂïÃÂÃÂÃÂá -arylation of ketones. Adjabeng, George; Brenstrum, Tim; Frampton, Christopher S.; Robertson, Al J.; Hillhouse, John; McNulty, James; Capretta, Alfredo. Journal of Organic Chemistry (2004), 69(15), 5082-5086. University of Cape Coast 1996 - 2000
BS, Chemistry2000 Mendel Award
Skills:
Small moleculde drug discovery: design
synthesis
SAR analysis
data mining
patent protection/busting strategy
synthesis
SAR analysis
data mining
patent protection/busting strategy
Honor & Awards:
GlaxoSmithKline Exceptional Science Award, 2008