Check out our recent work in JACS focusing on Catalyst-Controlled Regiodivergent Synthesis of Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via Photochemical Strain-Release Cycloadditions. Congratulations to current graduate student Yu-Che and former member María Check it our here!
Check out our recent work in Angewandte focusing on Approach Toward Stereoselective α-Arylation by Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Arylboration of Electron Deficient Alkenes. Congratulations to current graduate student Suman and former members Maeve, Stanna, and Allison! Check it our here!
Check out our latest work on the synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinolines by an unusual photochemical formal [4+2]-cyclaoddition. Congrats to Wang! Many thanks to Bodi Xiao and Xiaotian Qi (Wuhan University) for computational support.
Check out our latest work in JACS on the synthesis of borylated housanes in collaboration with SpiroChem! Congrats to Yanyao, Jazmine and Evan. Many thanks to Prof. Ryan Van Hoveln for computational support! Check it out here
Congratulations to Former graduate student Shashwati for their recent Angew paper being highlighted in Synfacts! -Synfacts 2024, 20, 1228
Congratulations to current graduate students Souvik and Partha for their recent paper published in Angewandte Chemie check it out here! Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202416215
Congratulations to Current graduate students Jarett and Neetu for their recent JACS paper being highlighted in Synfacts! Highlighted in Synfacts 03092024, 20(09), 0994
Congratulations to Current Post Doc Mao-Yun and 1st-year graduate student Sam for their publication appearing in JACS today! Check it out here! J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024
Congratulations to current/former lab members Jarett Posz, Neetu Sharma, Paige Royalty, and Yanyao Liu on their recent JACS paper! Great work from a great team of scientists! Check it out here: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024.
Congratulations to Dr. Mao-Yun for his recent JACS paper being highlighted in Synfacts! Highlighted in Synfacts 2024; 20(03): 0278
Check out the recent highlight in Synfacts on Yanyao’s recent JACS paper on Photocatalyzed [2+2] Cycloadditions of 1,3,2-Dioxaboroles to Alkenes to Afford Cyclobutanes and 1,4-Dicarbonyls Synfacts 2024; 20(02): 0207.
Congratulations to 4th-year graduate student Souvik on his recent Org Lett paper!! Souvik Adak, Sarah E. Braley, and M. Kevin Brown Org. Lett. 2024.
Congratulations to our Post-Doc Maoyun for his recent paper in JACS!! Mao-Yun Lyu†, Gabriel N. Morais, ‡ Shuming Chen*, ‡ and M. Kevin Brown*, † J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023
Congratulations Yanyao and Yu-Che for their recent JACS and Angew papers!! Check them both out here! Yanyao Liu and M. Kevin Brown J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023 Yu-Che Chang and M. Kevin Brown Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202314700
Check out Renyu and Kevin’s recent article on Lewis Acid Promoted [2+2] Cycloadditions of Allenes and Ketenes: Versatile Methods for Natural Product Synthesis here
Congrats to graduate students Rachel and Shashwati for being selected to present their work at the Pfizer Chemistry Connect symposium!
Congrats to Souvik for being selected for Abbvie’s 2022 Process Chemistry Workshop!
Larissa joins the group as a visiting graduate student for the summer–welcome!
Renyu and Yu-Che’s paper on strain-release [2π + 2σ] cycloadditions for the synthesis of bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes initiated by energy transfer was accepted into JACS, congrats!
Yanyao L. and former postdoc Dongshun’s paper on photosensitized [2+2]-cycloadditions of alkenylboronates and alkenes was accepted into Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., congrats!
Grace was selected to participate in the Corteva Agriscience Chemistry Scholars Symposium and the Janssen Discovery Chemistry Graduate Research Symposium–congrats!!!
Stanna is recognized as a 2022 CAS Future Leader, congrats!
Kevin is now the James F. Jackson Professor of Chemistry, congrats!!!
We had a new postdoc, Wang, join the group recently–welcome!!
Amit and Mao-Yun’s paper on the catalytic arylboration of spirocyclic cyclobutene derivatives was accepted into ACS Catalysis, congrats!
Grace and Phillip’s paper on Ni-catalyzed dearomative arylboration of indoles was accepted into JACS, congrats!
Yanyao and Shashwati successfully passed candidacy, congrats!
We are excited to have summer research undergrads Maeve and Daniel back this fall, and we welcome postdoc Maoyun and visiting student Christian to the group!
Ali successfully defended her thesis, congrats!
Amit’s paper on Allenylidene Induced 1,2‐Metalate Rearrangement of Indole‐Boronates was accepted into Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., congrats!
Amit and Stephen’s paper on Ni-catalyzed alkenylboration/hydrogenation to access sterically congested motifs was accepted into Chem. Sci., congrats!
Stanna wins an ACS WCC/Merck research award, congrats!
First years Souvik, Phillip, Ryan, and David (joint student with the van Kessel group in biology) join the group, welcome!
Dongshun’s paper on the Ni-catalyzed silylacylation of alkenes was accepted into ACS Catalysis, congrats!
Alison and Yanyao’s paper on Amide-Directed Ni-Catalyzed Arylboration of Cyclopentene Derivatives was accepted into Org. Lett., congrats!
Stephen’s Organic Synthesis Procedure for the Nickel-Catalyzed Arylboration of Cyclopentene was accepted. Congrats!
Renyu’s paper on the Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-Hippolide J was accepted into Org. Lett., congrats!
Kevin was promoted to Full Professor! Well deserved!
Allison successfully defended her thesis, congrats!
Erin successfully defended her thesis, congrats! She will be starting at Corteva Agriscience this summer, good luck!
Stephen successfully defended his thesis, congrats! He is off to Caltech to work in the Stoltz Lab, good luck!
Renyu and Brittany’s paper on Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-Cajanusine was accepted into JACS, congrats!
New students Yanyao and Shashwati join the lab, welcome!
Erin’s paper on Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-[5]- Ladderanoic Acid was accepted into Angew. Chem., congrats!