Ph.D. | physical organic chemistry | currently a postdoc in computational chemistry at LANL | alumni of Gutierrez group and University of Maryland

Santa Fe, NM
Congrats to all! Come see our latest work on constructing E/Z-selective chiral a-vinyl phosphonates! I especially like that we investigated the mechanism of how photocatalyst activates vinyl bromide as well as inducing the E/Z selectivity with its triplet state energy.
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Application of Computational Tools to Understanding Organic and Organometallic Reactions Happening in two weeks! Please register if you want to hear about my stories of crossing different time zones to become a chemist and our exploration in the field gateway.on24.com/wcc/eh/2459…
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Online now: Computational methods in unraveling the mechanism of metallaphotoredox catalysis dlvr.it/Sg1R5j
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THRILLED to share the latest in print! I was lucky to meet a great mentor and many nice friends who support me through this PhD journey. Definitely learnt a lot in the last five years, from being a good researcher to exploring what I really want in life. cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451…
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Also thank you to @Chem_CP for the invitation, it’s truly a great pleasure to share with the readers about our exploration in the field of metallaphotoredox catalysis and my personal stories in pursuing a PhD degree in United States.
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Computational methods in unraveling the mechanism of metallaphotoredox catalysis cell.com/chem/fulltext/S2451…
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Beyond excited to share our latest collaboration work⁩ on the “direct deaminative functionalization” just came out in ⁦@J_A_C_S⁩ ! Following our last work, we studied in detail the HAT step and the polarity matching effect with computation. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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It began in my last year of PhD in @gutierrez_lab (still remembered thinking it as a “quick” add-on project), yet it’s thrilled to see how our amazing collaborators @balu_dherange @LevinChem @ckellzchem @JanssenUS expanded it into such a great one! Collaborations rock!
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Direct Deaminative Functionalization by @balu_dherange, @MingbinYuan, Christopher B. Kelly, Christopher A. Reiher, Cristina Grosanu, Kathleen J. Berger, Osvaldo Gutierrez @gutierrez_lab, and Mark D. Levin @LevinChem @group_levin @UChiChemistry in @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Congrats to all! Come see our latest work on constructing E/Z-selective chiral a-vinyl phosphonates! I especially like that we investigated the mechanism of how photocatalyst activates vinyl bromide as well as inducing the E/Z selectivity with its triplet state energy.
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And of course, consistent with our last collaboration, we explored the enantioselectivity of the C-C bond formation with Ni catalyst 😎 Spoiler alert, the directing group plays an unexpected role of controlling the C-centered radical approaching the metal center!
Mingbin Yuan retweeted
BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”
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Thanks for the amazing party and the beautiful cake!! Definitely one of the best decisions I have made to join the group in 2017! (Before: What your advisor wanted the manuscript to be; after: how you think about writing the first draft)
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Thank you for the really kind words! I’m glad that I decided to join the group in 2017 and have expanded my potential since then! Looking forward to the more exciting future!
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#PhDone! It was an enjoyable 5-year experience with @gutierrez_lab, I have learned so much from you. I have also met a lot of amazing professors and friends in @ChemBiochemUMD. Being an international student is not easy, but it’s happy to see how much I grow and be more confident
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Finally finished my 10-week 5k training plan ... 7 Celsius in the afternoon is a little cold but glad the rain stopped after the morning. Gotta celebrate with fried chicken and milk tea!
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Ecstatic to share the heart of my PhD! Chiral Lithium IsoThiourea (LIT) boronates catalyze the Matteson homologation, transforming DCM into versatile enantioenriched 1-carbon building blocks. A wild ~3.5yr ride from lunch convo to pub. science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126…
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