| Danheiser Group: Development of new synthetic methods and strategies, and their application in the total synthesis of natural products and biologically important compounds. |
| Davies Group: Development of novel asymmetric transformations and concepts. Total synthesis of natural products of biological significance. Design of unique supramolecular architectures. Medicinal chemistry. Chemical genomics and enantioselective recognition processes. |
| Davis Group: Glycoprocessing enzyme inhibition and mechanism. Exploring enzyme systems. Novel drug delivery systems. Synthesis and use of glycoproteins. Glycoside and oligosaccharide synthesis. |
| Demir Group: Development of new methods for chiral synthesis of biological active compounds. |
| Dervan Group: Research into the bio-organic chemistry of nucleic acids. Including molecular recognition of DNA by small molecules and the design of artificial transcriptional activators. |
| Diederich Group: Supramolecular and dendrimer chemistry. Modern medicinal chemistry. Advanced materials based on carbon-rich acetylenic molecular architecture. Synthetic fullerene chemistry. |
| Dolbier Jr. Group: Study of the reactivity of free radicals and other reactive fluoroorganic compounds. |
| Donohoe Group: Asymmetric synthesis and the application of stereoselectve oxidation and reduction reactions to total synthesis. |
| Dudley Group: Devise, develop, and apply new ideas in organic chemistry to the efficient synthesis of interesting molecules, particularly natural products with medicinal applications. |