Dear Colleagues,

Gordon W. Gribble obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of Oregon in 1967. He was a National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellow in 1965–1967 and a National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in 1967–1968 at The University of California, Los Angeles. In 1968, he joined the faculty of Dartmouth College, earned the title of Full Professor of Chemistry in 1980, and served as Chair from 1988 to 1991. He established his research group, which over the years has included as many as 46 graduate students, 33 postdoctoral researchers, and 152 undergraduates. Professor Gribble has been a Visiting Professor at numerous universities: the California Institute of Technology, the University of Waterloo, the General Electric Company, the University of Hawaii, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. 

Among his many accolades are a National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award, 1971–1976, a National Science Foundation Science Faculty Professional Development Award, 1977–1978, Dartmouth Senior Faculty Fellowships in 1984, 1991, and 1999, the American Cyanamid Academic Award in 1988, and the Arts and Sciences Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award in 2006. In 2005, Professor Gribble was honored by being selected to hold the inaugural endowed “The Dartmouth Professor of Chemistry” Chair.

He is an active member of the American Chemical Society and the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry. Professor Gribble has an extensive publication and presentation record on topics that span both organic and environmental chemistry. His approximately 400 papers and review articles focus on the areas of chemical toxicology, naturally occurring organohalogens, the synthesis of biologically active natural products, new synthetic methodology, heterocyclic organic chemistry, novel DNA bis-Intercalators, and synthetic triterpenoids. One of these synthetic triterpenoids, “CDDO” (bardoxolone methyl), demonstrated significant anti-inflammatory activity and has been studied in Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of chronic kidney disease in diabetes patients. Professor Gribble has published four books, has co-edited the annual series “Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry” since 1995 and has co-authored two editions of “Palladium in Heterocyclic Chemistry”, with Jack Li. 

This Special Issue of Molecules, in honor of Gordon W. Gribble, welcomes both manuscripts describing original work as well as review articles. The guest editors specifically invite submissions that focus on indole chemistry, including new methodologies toward the synthesis of indoles, synthetic approaches to novel indole-containing natural products, and studies on the reactivity and applications of novel indoles. Articles that are related to Professor Gribble’s other research interests may be considered as well.

Prof. Dr. Tara Kishbaugh
Dr. Alison Rinderspacher
Guest Editors

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indole chemistry;

areas of chemical toxicology;

naturally occurring organohalogens;

the synthesis of biologically active natural products;

new synthetic methodology, heterocyclic organic chemistry;

novel DNA bis-Intercalators;

synthetic triterpenoids