Assistant Professor @ University of Colorado Boulder Alumnus of UChicago, RWTH Aachen, and SIOC Synthesis; Catalysis; Methods
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We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher in organic synthesis to start in late 2026 or early 2027, as well as PhD students to begin in fall 2027. Our web: yu-lab-chem.com/
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We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher to start in late 2026 or early 2027, as well as PhD students to begin in fall 2027.
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Andrew Aiginin
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A new role for bismuth: an aryl-group transporter. ✨
Our organobismuth platform enables regiospecific α-arylation of diverse carbonyl compounds and is now out in Nature Chemistry!
Huge thanks to Viresh Rawal, Filippo Carpaneto, Pan-Pan Chen & K. N. Houk!
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To redox or not to redox? That is the question🧐
Work led by @irenessordo and @Sfg_109 on zwitterionic stibinidenes shows how catalyst speciation diverts the mechanism and unlocks diverse C–F bond functionalizations - now in @angew_chem
Check it out! ⬇️
doi.org/10.1002/anie.6579940
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Our work on NAHA-enabled carbonyl removal of cyclic ketones is now published in @J_A_C_S ! Congratulations to Zining!
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Check out our latest work on @J_A_C_S : a ligand-controlled enantioconvergent homologation enables efficient access to chiral tertiary alkyl boronates. Congratulations to @MiaoChen1997, @AnkiZXXu and Coco!
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Editing of unsaturated skeleton is getting increasingly hot.
Our recent work on aliphatic CO-to-N atom swap enabled by NAHA chemistry, now online in @ScienceMagazine ! Congratulations to Zining, Zhehan and @RongYehhh !
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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So its not just phenothiazines... Congratulations Fang! FP
O2‐Mediated Cu‐Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Sulfilimination of Tyrosines and Bioactive Phenols - Xiao - 2026 - Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis - Wiley Online Library advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…
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Our review article is now out in Chemical Communications:
“Nitrogen Editing of Aromatic Rings: From Skeletal Editing to Fragment Editing.”
Congratulations to Hikaru!! Two days in a row!!
doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01696K
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We are pleased to share our Nat Rev Chem review! We summarize how photo-, electro-, and electrophotochemical strategies are reshaping C–N bond formation, distinguishing them from traditional metal catalysis toward more sustainable synthesis. @natrevchem dlvr.it/TS7DlQ
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Please check out our new achievement, now online in @J_A_C_S :
Catalytic C-Demethylation of Phenols and Anilines Enabled by a Removable Mono-Directing Group. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Our Department Is Hiring an NMR Director:
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDe…
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This is fantastic!
Our postdoc @Willi_Amberg built @SynStrategy a learning tool that categorizes 500+ reactions by functional group with 400+ total synthesis examples. If you’re into #OrgChem, check it out (it’s free)!
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#ChemTwitter
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Next level of Matteson.
Final version. Congrats to Adam and Yujun! Thanks to the collaboration with the @YangjianQUAN group! Electrochemical defluorinative Matteson-type homologation @Nature @Boron_Chemistry nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Interesting Catalysis
Aluminum: lightest p-block metal with very low electronegativity. Converting Al(III) to Al(I) in stoichiometric reactions is rare. But now, we've made Al redox catalysis a reality! Check it out @nature
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Electron Donor–Acceptor (EDA) Complexation With Hypervalent Iodines: An Update. chemistry-europe.onlinelibra…
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Nice Summary
Late-stage C–H functionalization offers new opportunities in drug discovery
nature.com/articles/s41570-0…
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