Our first peer-reviewed work at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) is now online @angew_chem Congratulations to Lu Wang and Minxu.

"Serendipity is one of the greatest features of the physical science, or at the least the chemical sciences, where it's not based upon any knowledge that you already have." - chemist David MacMillan on the importance of serendipity in the world of science. At the 2026 Nobel Prize Dialogue in South Korea, MacMillan and other panellists spoke about AI's impact in the future of science. Watch the full event: nobelprize.org/events/nobel-…

Now online: Deaminative nucleophilic substitution of alkyl amines www.​nature.​com/articles/s44160-026-01210-5 🧪

Delighted to share our recent work on 'Deaminative nucleophilic substitution of alkyl amines' published @NatureSynthesis . nature.com/articles/s44160-0…

Functional Group Transpositional Trimolecular Cross-Coupling via Interrupted Homolytic Substitution pubs.acs.org/jacsat/article-…

Delighted to share our recent work on 'Migratory Hydroamination of Alkenes via Iron-Hydride Catalysis' published in @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/jacsat/article-…

"Highlight: Direct Deaminative Functionalization With N-nitroamines" by Zhen Li @WHU_1893 @Wiley_Chemistry #nitroamine #synthesis #nature Check the research highlight👉doi.org/10.1002/agt2.70238 Check the highlighted article👉 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

We are honored to see this highlight of our work in @Nature @ritter_lab Practical alternative to explosive reaction will improve lab safety nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Our work on stereodivergent deacylative Mizoroki-Heck reaction is online @angew_chem

David MacMillan at the @NobelPrize Dialogue in India last week: “You want to talk about hope? We’re one catalytic reaction away from solving climate change. That’s absolutely true.”

Our paper on direct deaminative functionalization with N-nitroamines @Nature was highlighted by C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag

Researchers have come up with a new strategy to help chemists get more figurative bang from aromatic amine building blocks with less chance of literal explosions. cen.acs.org/synthesis/proces…

Delighted to share our recent work on Direct deaminative functionalization with N-nitroamines just published @Nature rdcu.be/eMXAo

Delighted to share our recent work on lysine-targeted bioconjugation via biomimetic polarity reversal has just published in Chem. cell.com/chem/abstract/S2451…

Reposting with additional info: I will be back in Scotland during the first week of April, giving some talks in Glasgow and St. Andrews.  The general public talk is non-technical and should be accessible to anyone who likes a little bit of science and some (hopefully) funny stories. The technical talk is about the invention of chemistry to access molecules that can be tested as medicines.  If you are interested in either please come along….. and please stay to say hello at the end. Tues April 1, 5:30pm: St Andrews University, General Public Talk. Pathways in discovery and in life; From Bellshill to the US to the Nobel Prize (see attached flyer). Open to all Wed April 2, 2pm: St Andrews University, Technical Talk. The Development of Asymmetric Organocatalysis and Metallaphotoredox. (Booth Lecture Theatre, Medical and Biological Sciences Building). Open to all Thurs April 3, 5:30pm: Glasgow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. General Public Talk. Pathways in discovery and in life; From Bellshill to the US to the Nobel Prize. Open to all Just to manage expectations, the "brilliantly entertaining" might be a reach!

Delighted to see our recent work 'Biomimetic 1,2-amino migration via photoredox catalysis' is finally out @NatureChemistry Congratulations to our team, and thanks for their dedicated pursuit of this project for nearly four years. nature.com/articles/s41557-0…

Delighted to see our work 'Defluorinative Multicomponent Cascade Reaction for the modular synthesis of aromatic difluoromethyl motifs' is finally out @JACS_Au doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c008… which was first released in @ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Our recent work on Regiodivergent Functionalization of Protected and Unprotected Carbohydrates is online @angew_chem which was first released in @ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…… Congratulations to Shen and Haobo.

We are delighted to have the chance to tell the full story of our recent research on the deacylative functionalization of unstrained ketones @thiemechemistry

Check out our last publication focused on sustainable chemistry! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102… Big shout out to our Co-op student Joe! @ACSPublications @ACSSustainable

Our preprint on Defluorinative Multicomponent Cascade Reaction for the modular synthesis of aromatic difluoromethyl motifs is out @ChemRxiv chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…