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Transposed Paternò–Büchi reaction
Tahoe, Omar, and Jesse report a new approach to oxetane synthesis that turns the classical mechanism of the Paternò–Büchi reaction on its head. Proud of our contribution to the 15th anniversary Chem Sci collection.
November 26, 2025Oxygen migration into C–C bonds
How do you functionalize a C–C bond? Cade, Caitlin, Matthieu, and Felix have a compelling method for migrating an oxygen atom into an unstrained C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond. In cyclic contexts, this enables the editing of a …
November 10, 2025Direct lactonization of carboxylates
In our second collaborative publication with the Paton group as part of SuPRCat, Katie led a terrific team (Rodrigo, Mihai, Grace, and Sam) to show that base-metal complexes of carboxylic acids can engage in direct …
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