Mary Beth and BJ’s study of asymmetric cinnamate ester photocycloadditions appears in JACS. Part of a great collaboration with the Baik group at KAIST!
News
Photocatalytic Pyrrolidine Synthesis
We are pleased to contribute Adrian and Evan’s article on a Photocatalytic Strategy for Pyrrolidine Synthesis to the Asian JOC Special Issue on Heterocyclic Chemistry.
Counteranion Effects in Photoredox Catalysis
Elliot, Steven, and Wes have published a full paper in JACS analyzing the origins of a surprising counteranion effect in photocatalytic radical anion Diels–Alder cycloadditions. A paper six years in the making!
Cope Scholar Award
Tehshik is honored to be a recipient of a 2019 Cope Scholar Award — along with colleague Bob McMahon!
Photocatalytic Oxyamination
Nic, Maddie, and Vlad have published an Org Lett paper describing an approach to alkene oxyamination that uses unmodified nucleophilic carbamates as N-atom donors.
Welcome Grace and Matt
Grace Lutovsky and Matt Genzink are new graduate students in the group! Welcome!
Radical Anion [3+2] Cycloadditions
Adrian and Evan’s paper in Synthesis on a General Protocol for Radical Anion [3+2] Cycloadditions is awarded the 2018 Synthesis Best Paper Award.