Education
- Ph.D. Chemistry, McGill University
Courses Taught at ACPHS
- General Chemistry I and II (lab)
- General Chemistry I and II (recitation)
- Survey of Organic Chemistry
Research Interests
- Medicinal Chemistry
Professional Affiliations
- American Chemical Society, member
Selected Publications
D.M. Leonard, J.S. Sebolt-Leopold, Ras farnesyltransferase inhibitors. Drugs of the Future, 24 (10), 1099-1106, 1999.
J.S. Sebolt-Leopold, D.M. Leonard, W.R. Leopold, Histidylbenzylglycinamides: a novel class of farnesyl diphosphate-competitive peptidic farnesyltransferase inhibitors. In Farnesyltransferase Inhib. Cancer Ther. Editors: S.M. Sebti, A.D. Hamilton, 103-114, 2001.
J.T. Kohrt, K.J. Filipsi, W.L. Cody, C.F. Bigge, F. La, K. Welch, T. Dahring, J.W. Bryant, D. Leonard, G. Bolton, L. Narasimhan, E. Zhang, J.T. Peterson, S. Haarer, V. Sahasrabudhe, N. Haniczek, S. Desiraju, M. Hena, C. Fiakpui, N. Saraswat, R. Sharma, S. Sun, S.N. Maiti, R. Leadey, J.J. Edmunds, The discovery of glycine and related amino acid-based factor Xa inhibitors. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 14, 4379-4392, 2006.
N.A. Powell, T.J. Hagen, F.L. Ciske, C. Cai, J.E. Duran, D.D. Holworth, D.Leonard, R.M. Kennedy, J.J. Edmunds, Optimization of a Pd-catalyzed intramolecular <alpha>-arylation synthesis of tricyclo-[7.3.1.02,7]-trideca-2,4,6-trien-13-ones, Tetrahedron Lett., 51, 4441-4444, 2010.
Patents
K. Ahn, X.-M. Cheng, A.M. Doherty, E.F. Elslager, B. Kornberg, C. Lee, D. Leonard, S. Nikam, L.M. Werbel, Quinazolines as inhibitors of endothelin converting enzyme. United States Patent Number: 5,658,902, issued August 19, 1997.
G.L. Bolton, A. Campbell, R. Gowan, J.C. Hodges, D. Hupe, D. Leonard, T. Sawyer, J.Sebolt-Leopold and F.J. Tinney, Substituted Tetra- and Pentapeptide Inhibitors of Protein:Farnesyl Transferase, United States Patent Number 5, 763,577, issued: June 9, 1998.
K. Ahn, X.-M. Cheng, A.M. Doherty, E.F. Elslager, B. Kornberg, C. Lee, D. Leonard, S. Nikam, L.M. Werbel, Quinazolines as inhibitors of endothelin converting enzyme. United States Patent Number: 5,773,444, issued June 30, 1998.
A.M. Doherty, J.S. Kaltenbronn, D. Leonard, J. Quin III and J.D. Scholten, Substituted dinaphthylmethyl, and diheteroarylmethylacetyl histidine inhibitors of protein farnesyl transferase. United States Patent Number: 6,008,372, issued December 28, 1999.
J.S. Kaltenbronn, D.M. Leonard, J.T. Repine, Benzopyranone and quinolone inhibitors of ras farnesyl transferase. United States Patent Number: 6,143,766, issued November 7, 2000.