January 2024
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.
Group News
January 2024
Congratulations to 4th-year graduate student Souvik on his recent Org Lett paper!!
Souvik Adak, Sarah E. Braley, and M. Kevin Brown
December 2023
Congratulations to our Post-Doc Maoyun for his recent paper in JACS!!
Mao-Yun Lyu,† Gabriel N. Morais,‡ Shuming Chen*,‡ and M. Kevin Brown*,†
November 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
August 2023
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
November 2022
Congrats to graduate students Rachel and Shashwati for being selected to present their work at the Pfizer Chemistry Connect symposium!
September 2022
Congrats to Souvik for being selected for Abbvie’s 2022 Process Chemistry Workshop!
May 2022
Larissa joins the group as a visiting graduate student for the summer–welcome!
April 2022
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!
April 2022
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!