Eric Helms

Associate Professor of Chemistry
ISC 326H
585-245-5927
helms@geneseo.edu
he/him/his

Eric Helms has been a member of the 黑料传送门 faculty since 2001. He was awarded the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2014.

 

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Fall 2025 Office Hours

Mon 2:00p-5:00p
Wed 2:00p-5:00p
Fri 2:00p-3:30p
or just drop me an email and we will work to set up a time to meet outside of those hours.

Classes

  • CHEM 213: Organic Chemistry II

    Continuation of CHEM 211 with emphasis on the biochemically important alcohol, amine, carbonyl and aromatic functional groups. Structure elucidation by spectroscopic methods is also explored.

  • CHEM 313: Lab Techniques in Organic Chem

    A laboratory course devoted to the synthesis, separation, and identification of organic compounds, utilizing modern instrumental methods.

  • CHEM 452: Chemistry Senior Seminar

    A seminar course designed to give students advanced scientific writing experience while preparing and formally presenting a scientific paper and demonstrating basic chemical knowledge.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas

  • B.S., Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois

Publications

  • Nicolas Elia, Eric D. Helms; "A green method for the direct precipitation of 3-methylpyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-2(1H)-one and 2-methylpyrido[3,4-b]pyrazin-3(4H)-one from ethyl lactate solutions"; Tetrahedron Green Chem, Volume 6, 2025, 100083.

  • Coffey, J. M., Vadas, A., Puleo, Y., Lewis, K., Pirone, G., Rudolf, H.L., Helms, E.D., Wood, T. D., and Flynn- Charlebois, A.; 鈥淪ynthesis and Characterization of a Deuterium-Labeled Stercobilin: A Potential Biomarker for Autism鈥, Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals, 2018; 14 May, 1鈥7.

  • Hilimire, Thomas; Chamberlain, Jeffrey; Anokhina, Viktoriya; Bennett, Ryan; Swart, Oliver; Myers, Jason; Ashton, John; Stewart, Ryan; Gates, Kathleen; Featherston, Aaron; Helms, Eric; Smith, Harold; Dewhurst, Stephen; Miller, Benjamin; 鈥淗IV-1 Frameshift RNA-Targeted Triazoles Inhibit Propagation of Replication-Competent and Multi Drug-Resistant HIV in Human Cells鈥, Publication Date (Web): April 27, 2017 (Articles) DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b00052.

  • Best, Katherine T., Li, Diana, Helms, Eric D.; 鈥淢olecular Modeling of an Electrophilic Addition Reaction with 鈥楿nexpected鈥 Regiochemisty鈥 The Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, 94(7), 936 鈥 940. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00488. Publication Date (Web) April 27, 2017.

  • Hilimire TA, Bennett RP, Stewart RA, Garcia-Miranda P, Blume A, Becker J, Sherer N, Helms ED, Butcher SE, Smith HC, Miller BL.; 鈥淣-Methylation as a Strategy for Enhancing the Affinity and Selectivity of RNA-binding Peptides: Application to the HIV-1 Frameshift-Stimulating RNA鈥; ACS Chemical Biology, 2016, 11(1), 88 鈥 94.

  • Swoger, Bonnie J.M..; Helms, E.; 鈥淎n Organic Chemistry Exercise in Information Literacy Using SciFinder鈥; Journal of Chemical Education, 2015, 92 (4), 668鈥671.

  • Arpaia, N.; Widener, M.; Helms, E.; "Assigning the NMR Spectrum of Glycidol: An Advanced Organic Chemistry Exercise"; Journal of Chemical Education, 2007, 84(8), 1328 - 1330.

  • Odenbaugh, Amy L. , Helms, Eric D., Iverson, Brent L.; "An Investigation of Antibody Acyl Hydrolysis Catalysis Using a Large Set of Related Haptens"; Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2000, 8, 413-426.

  • Shreder, K., Thomas, R., Wallace, M., Helms, E., Iverson, B.; "Evolution of Catalytic Activity throughout a Polyclonal Immune Response Elicited by a Transition-State-Analog Hapten."; Isr. J. Chem., 1996, 36, 215-220.

Interests

Research Interests

Developing green synthetic pathways, utilizing bio-derived and bio-degradable solvents, with an eye toward producing useful molecules without petroleum-derived solvents.

 

Personal Interests 

  • Bioorganic Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Functional Foods