2023
1.2023 Congratulations to Pengcheng and everyone else involved for developing heterobidentate imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-ylidene L-shaped N,C ligands for oxidant free Au(I)/(III) catalysis! Outstanding work! (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
1.2023 Congratulations to Shiyi for developing the first divergent Liebeskind-Srogl cross-coupling! Pd(II)-NHC-chloro-dimer is the best catalyst again! Well-done! (ACS Ctl.)
1.2023 Congratulations to Shiyi and everyone involved for finally completing our review on silver-NHCs! Powerful platform for group 11 metals & functionalization of alkynes! Well-done! (Our own guest edited special issue in Molecules)
2022
12.2022 Congratulations to Jin and the team for developing the first copper(I)–thiazol-2-ylidenes for catalysis! Our own half-umbrella shaped NHCs with unique steric impact! Well-done! (ACS Ctl.)
12.2022 Congratulations to Shiyi for an outstanding end of the year and publishing papers on C-O & C-S cross-coupling using Pd(II)-NHC-chloro-dimer! The most reactive Pd(II)-NHC catalyst to date! Well-done to everyone involved in these projects! (Org. Lett., J. Org. Chem.)
11.2022 Congratulations to Jin, Qun and the team for developing the selective C-F functionalization of polyfluoroarenes! Mild, nucleophilic Ru(0)-catalysis! Well-done! (ACS. Ctl.)
11.2022 Congratulations to Elwira and everyone else involved for developing sterically-bulky N-heterocyclic carbenes for Ni-catalyzed C-O cross-coupling! Well-done! (Ctl. Sci. Technol.)
11.2022 Congratulations to Wenchao, Tongliang and everyone else for developing CAAC-IPr* ligands! Another class of highly reactive & selective NHC ligands developed in our lab! Well-done! (Chem. Comm.)
9.2022 Congratulations to Tongliang and everyone else involved for developing biaryl L-shaped imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-ylidene ligands & Pd(II) complexes for cross-coupling! Powerful mimics of Buchwald biarylphosphines developed in our lab! Excellent work! (Ctl. Sci. Technol.)
8.2022 Congratulations to Pengcheng and everyone else involved for completing our review on different classes of amides that undergo C-N activation! Great work on preparing the review & cover! (Featured Article J. Org. Chem.)
8.2022 Congratulations to Peng and the team for developing Sonogashira cross-coupling of ammonium salts! Our [Pd(NHC)(3-CF3-An)Cl2] (An = Aniline) precatalysts are the best in this challenging cross-coupling! Well-done! (Org. Lett.) Check these catalysts out from MilliporeSigma!
8.2022 Congratulations to Rahman and everyone involved for developing new ligands for Ni & Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling! Sterically-flexible Np# & sustainable Xanthines! Well-done! (3 x Organometallics!) Check these catalysts out from MilliporeSigma!
7.2022 Congratulations to Qun for developing the most twisted thioamides & selenoamides to date! Our journey in twisted amides continues! Outstanding work! (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
6.2022 Congratulations to Jin and the team for developing BIAN-NHC-Pd chloro-dimer catalysts for cross-coupling! Enhanced Pd-chloro-dimer reactivity reactivity due to butterfly effect! Outstanding work! (Chem. Comm.) Check this class of catalysts out from MilliporeSigma!
5.2022 Congratulations to Jin and the team for developing unique sterically-differentiated & π-accepting thiazol-2-ylidenes NHC ligands! Many prospective applications! Outstanding work! (Comm. Chem.)
4.2022 Congratulations to Tieqiao and the team for developing amide transamidation by iodide re-routing! New approach to functionalizing amide bonds! Well-done! (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
3.2022 Congratulations to Jin for developing mechanochemical Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of acyl chlorides! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
2.2022 Congratulations to Alex & the team at Pfizer for developing decarbonylative arylation of heterocycles! Excellent scope & applications of our decarbonylative biaryl synthesis! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
2.2022 Congratulations to Sourav for publishing our review on cobalt-NHC catalysis! His expertise in cobalt pays off! Intriguing class of metal-NHCs for catalysis! Well-done! (ACS Ctl.)
1.2022 Congratulations to Guangchen, Jin and everyone else involved for developing transamidation of thioamides! Attractive bioisosteres of amide bonds! Well-done! (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
2021
12.2021 Congratulations to Jin and everyone involved for developing the first mechanochemical N-C activation of amides! Well-done! (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
11.2021 Congratulations to Feng-Shou and everyone involved for developing Bulky-Yet-Flexible Pd-BIAN-NHCs for challenging Buchwald-Hartwig aminations of heterocycles! Well-done! (Chem. Eur. J.)
11.2021 Congratulations to Chengwei for publishing a string of papers on decarbonylative cross-couplings! Well-done! (Org. Chem. Front., ChemCatChem, Org. Lett., 2 x J. Org. Chem.)
10.2021 Congratulations to Peng and everyone involved for developing the first green solvent selection for Buchwald-Hartwig amination (transamidation) of amides! Well-done! (ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.)
10.2021 Congratulations to Qinqin and Shicheng for developing Pd-aniline-NHC complexes for catalysis! Well-done! (J. Org. Chem.)
10.2021 Congratulations to Carolina for publishing a review on C-H functionalization of piperazines! Well-done! (Organics)
9.2021 Our review on Twisted Amides has been published! Congratulations to everyone involved! Well-done! (Chem. Rev.)
8.2021 Congratulations to Qun and everyone involved for developing IPr-hash family of NHC ligands for transition-metal-catalysis! Well-done! (Chem. Sci.)
8.2021 Congratulations to Elwira for publishing a Hot Article in Green Chemistry on NBP as non-toxic replacement to NMP in iron-catalyzed cross-couplings! Well-done! (Green Chem.)
8.2021 Congratulations to Rahman, Daniel and everyone involved for developing N-acyl-valerolactams as new reagents for N-C bond activation! Well-done! (J. Org. Chem.)
7.2021 Our catalysts and ligands are now commercially available from Millipore Sigma. Congratulations to everyone involved!
6.2021 Congratulations to Chengwei and Rahman for developing decarbonylative Sonogashira cross-coupling of carboxylic acids and Corey-Chaykovsky sulfoxonium ylide formation from amides! Well-done! (2 x Org. Lett.)
5.2021 Congratulations to Jie An and everyone else involved for developing reductive deuteration of acyl fluorides! Well-done! (Chem. Comm.) https://ajresearchgroup.com/publications/
4.2021 Congratulations to Haseeb, Kelvin, David and Karli for publishing reviews on heterocyclic chemistry of indoles and azetidines. Well-done! (Org. Biomol. Chem., Adv. Synth. Catal.)
3.2021 Congratulations to Shiyi and everyone else involved for developing Pd-chloro-dimers as the most reactive catalysts for acyl C-O Suzuki cross-coupling of phenolic esters. Well-done! (Ctl. Sci. Technol.)
2.2021 Congratulations to Chengwei and everyone else involved for developing Cu/Pd-catalyzed bimetallic decarbonylative heteroarylation of carboxylic acids. Well-done! (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.)
2.2021 Congratulations to Jiang and everyone else involved for developing Cu-catalyzed selective ynone C-C cleavages! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
2.2021 Congratulations to Chengwei for developing practical palladium-catalyzed decarbonylative thioetherification of thioesters! Great start! (Org. Chem. Front.)
2.2021 Congratulations to Jie An group for developing reductive deuteration of oximes! Well-done! (J. Org. Chem.) https://ajresearchgroup.com/publications/
1.2021 Congratulations to Jonathan and Rahman for developing Ni-NHC-catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig transamidation of amides! Well-done! (Molecules, open-access)
1.2021 Congratulations to Peng for developing “Green Solvent Selection” for amide Suzuki coupling! Great start! (ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.)
2020
12.2020 Congratulations to Jin and everyone else involved in the structural study of cis-thioamides! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
11.2020 Congratulations to Jiang and everyone else involved for developing tandem carbene N-H insertions and C-C bond cleavages! Well-done! (Chem. Sci.)
11.2020 Congratulations to Chengwei and everyone else involved for developing a practical Rh-catalyzed & base-free decarbonylative borylation of amides! Well-done! (J. Org. Chem.)
11.2020 Congratulations to Ola for developing cobalt-NHC catalyzed Kumada cross-coupling of aryl tosylates! Well-done! (ChemCatChem)
10.2020 Congratulations to Peng and everyone else involved for developing a practical large-scale protocol for amide cross-coupling! Well-done! (Synthesis)
10.2020 Congratulations to Jie An and everyone else involved for developing reductive deuteration of aromatic esters! Well-done! (Synthesis) https://ajresearchgroup.com/publications/
9.2020 Congratulations to Feng-Shou and everyone else involved for developing BIAN-NHC complexes! Well-done! (Chem. Eur. J. )
9.2020 Guangchen’s review on the Power of Amidic Resonance is published! Well-done! (Trends Chem.)
9.2020 Congratulations to Jin and everyone else involved for developing Ru-catalyzed C-H arylation of thioamides! Well-done! (Org. Lett. )
8.2020 Congratulations to Tongliang and everyone involved for developing the direct Suzuki-Miayura cross-coupling of aroyl chlorides to give biaryls! Well-done! (Org. Lett. )
8.2020 Tongliang’s review on palladium-catalyzed C-O cross-coupling is published! Well-done! (Catl. Sci. Technol.)
7.2020 Our collaborative study on palladium-NHC chloro dimers is published! Congratulations to Tongliang and everyone involved! Well-done! (iScience) Make sure to test these highly reactive catalysts in cross-coupling reactions!
7.2020 Congratulations to Pengcheng for developing the divergent Ir-catalyzed C-H activation/amide acyl or aryl cross-coupling. Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
7.2020 Our collaborative study on the electrophilicity scale of twisted amides is published! Congratulations to Rahman and everyone involved! Well-done! (Chem. Eur. J.)
6.2020 Jonathan and Rahman’s study on N-acyl-carbazoles as very reactive acyl-transfer reagents in N-C(O) cross-coupling is published! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
6.2020 Congratulations to Jin and everyone involved in developing the intriguing Ru(II)-catalyzed C-H alkylation of napthylamines. Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
5.2020 Congratulations to Guangchen for showing that our twisted N,N-Boc2-amides are more reactive in ketone synthesis than N-methyl-N-methoxy amides a.k.a. Weinreb amides! Well-done! (Org. Biomol. Chem.)
5.2020 Congratulations to Guangchen for publishing a review on non-classical amide bond formation by transamidation/amidation of amides/esters! Well-done! (Synthesis)
5.2020 Congratulations to Chengwei Liu on winning the 2020 IPMI Student Award! What an outstanding accomplishment! Chengwei has also been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad. Well-done!!!
4.2020 Congratulations to Chang-An for showing that N-acyl-hydantoins undergo Suzuki cross-coupling with either Pd-NHC or Pd-phosphine catalysts! Well-done! (Org. Process Res. Dev.)
4.2020 Congratulations to Siyue for developing single-component Pd(II)-phosphine precatalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling of amides! Well-done! (Adv. Synth. Catal.)
4.2020 Heartiest Congratulations to Guangrong Meng on receiving Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award at Rutgers-Newark in 2020! Well-done!!!
3.2020 Congratulations to Jonathan for showing that bench-stable, well-defined Ni(II)-NHC precatalysts are very effective in amide bond cross-coupling! Well-done! (Catalysts)
3.2020 Congratulations to Rahman for developing new fully twisted N-acyl-glutarimides for amide bond N-C cross-coupling! Well-done! (J. Org. Chem.)
2.2020 Congratulations to Rahman for developing mild thioesterification and selenoesterification of amides! Well-done! (Synthesis)
1.2020 Congratulations on well-deserved success to Daniel Pyle, an undergraduate student in our lab, who has been accepted to prestigious Ph.D. programs at Yale University, University of California-Berkeley, Columbia University, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University. Well-done!!! You can read more about Daniel’s research in the Special Issue on Amide Bond Activation.
1.2020 Qun’s and Meng’s review on N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in C-H activation reactions is published! Well-done! (Chem. Rev.)
1.2020 Congratulations to Jin and everyone else involved for developing new C-H annulation with sulfoxonium ylides! Well-done! (J. Org. Chem.)
1.2020 Our collaborative study on pfp esters as new O-ketyl radical precursors is published. Congratulations to all involved! (Org. Lett.) Read more about reductive deuterations at Prof. Jie An’s website!
1.2020 Congratulations to Elwira for developing highly selective iron-catalyzed Kumada cross-coupling in the presence of phenolic esters! Well-done! (Molecules, the manuscript is available open-access!)
2019
12.2019 Our collaborative study on the scope and mechanism of Acyl-Buchwald-Hartwig of amides is published! Congratulations to Guangchen, Tongliang and all involved! (Ctl. Sci. Technol.)
12.2019 Our twisted-amide-ring-opening-olefin-metathesis is published! Congratulations to Qun and all involved! (ACS Catal.)
11.2019 Guangchen’s review on transition-metal-free activation of amides by N-C cleavage is published! Well-done! (Chem. Rec.)
11.2019 Congratulations to Guangchen for developing direct ketone synthesis from amides in the absence of transition-metals! Well-done! (Chem. Eur. J.)
10.2019 Congratulations to Chengwei and everyone else involved in the first Hirao cross-coupling of carboxylic acids! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
10.2019 Congratulations to Jin and everyone else involved in cross-dehydrogenative synthesis of benzothiophenes! Well-done! (Adv. Synth. Catal.)
10.2019 Congratulations to Peng, whose paper on 2-MeTHF as a sustainable solvent in amide and ester Suzuki cross-coupling is published! Well-done! (Adv. Synth. Catal.)
9.2019 Congratulations to Chengwei, whose paper on the synthesis of sterically-hindered ketones from amides is published! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
9.2019 Congratulations to Tongliang and everyone else involved in Pd-catalyzed decarbonylative Suzuki cross-coupling of amides! Well-done! (Chem. Sci.)
9.2019 Congratulations to Rahman, whose paper on metal-, oxidant- and reductant-free transamidation of secondary amides is published! Well-done! (J. Org. Chem.)
8.2019 Book on Amide Bond Activation is published! Thank you to everyone who contributed their excellent work to this monograph! (MDPI) The book is available open-access.
8.2019 Congratulations to Xiaogang and Jin, whose paper on annulation with dioxazolones is published! Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
8.2019 Decarbonylative Suzuki cross-coupling of carboxylic acids is published! Congratulations to all involved! (iScience) The paper is available open-access.
7.2019 Congratulations to Elwira, whose paper on new ligands for iron-Kumada cross-coupling is published in a Special Issue on Sustainability in ChemCatChem!
7.2019 Transition-metal-free transamidation of unactivated amides in collaboration with Professor Xin Hong’s group is published! Congratulations to Guangchen and Chong-Lei! (J. Am. Chem. Soc.)
7.2019 Qun’s papers on ruthenium catalysis are published! Well-done! (Chem. Commun. & ACS Catal.)
6.2019 Our step-down reduction of carboxylic acids to hydrocarbons together with Professor Xin Hong’s group is published! Congratulations to everyone! (Chem. Sci.)
5.2019 Tongliang’s paper on Pd(NHC)(acac)-catalysts in amide and ester cross-coupling is published. Well-done! (Org. Lett.)
5.2019 Our collaborative paper on GO-catalyzed alkylations is published. Congratulations to everyone! (Chem. Commun.)
5.2019 Qun’s highlight on decarbonylative cross-couplings is published! Well-done! (ChemSusChem)
5.2019 Ana’s and James’s review on isothiazoles is published! Well-done in Heterocyclic Chemistry 501! (Adv. Synth. Catal.)
4.2019 Our collaborative paper on 15N and 17O NMR of amides is published. Congratulations to everyone! (Chem. Commun.)
4.2019 Congratulations to Ola, whose paper on aryl-alkyl Kumada cross-coupling of tosylates is published! (Adv. Synth. Catal.)
3.2019 Congratulations to Cheng, whose paper on decarbonylative borylation of amides is published! (ACS Omega)
2.2019 Congratulations to Cheng for inventing triflamides as the most reactive amides for cross-coupling so far! (Org. Lett.)
2.2019 Congratulations to Elwira, whose paper on low loading in iron-catalyzed cross-coupling is published! (Catl. Sci. Technol.)
2.2019 Congratulations to Rahman and Jonathan, whose paper on Suzuki cross-coupling of N-acyl-phthalimids is published in a Special Issue on Suzuki Cross-Coupling! (Catalysts). The paper is available open access.
1.2019 Special Issue on Amide Bond Activation is published! All papers are available open access.
1.2019 Our review on twisted amides is published in Amide Bond Special Issue in Molecules! The paper is available open access.
1.2019 Congratulations to Jonathan, whose review on acyl Suzuki cross-coupling is published! (Catalysts) The paper is available open access.
2018
12.2018 Meng’s paper on determining sigma-donation of NHCs is published! (Tetrahedron Lett.) Congratulations to all involved!
12.2018 Congratulations to Elwira, whose string of papers on iron-catalysis is published! (J. Org. Chem., ChemCatChem, Adv. Synth. Catal.)
12.2018 Congratulations to Chengwei, Cheng and Yongmei, whose paper on the most twisted acyclic amides is published! (Org. Lett.)
12.2018 Congratulations to Jin, whose paper on aminocarbonylative amide synthesis is published in J. Org. Chem.!
12.2018 Our papers on twisted hydantoins and Tröger’s based twisted amides are published. Congratulations to all involved! (2 x J. Org. Chem.)
11.2018 Congratulations to Jonathan, whose paper on Suzuki cross-coupling of pfp esters is published in Amide Bond Special Issue in Molecules! The paper is available open access.
11.2018 Chengwei’s paper on direct borylation of carboxylic acids is published in Angew. Chem.! Congratulations to all involved!
11.2018 Congratulations to Meng, whose paper on B-alkyl Suzuki of amides is published in Org. Lett.!
11.2018 Congratulations to Ola, whose paper on structures on amides is published in Acta Cryst. C!
10.2018 Congratulations to Chengwei, whose review on decarbonylative cross-coupling of amides is published! (Org. Biomol. Chem.)
10.2018 Congratulations to Guangchen, whose paper on metal-free transamidation is published in Nature Commun.! Well-done! The paper is available open access.
09.2018 Congratulations to Cheng, whose review on Pd-NHC precatalysts is published in Acc. Chem. Res.! Congratulations to all involved!
08.2018 Guangchen’s paper on metal-free esterification of amides is published. Congratulations to all involved! (Org. Lett.)
08.2018 Chengwei’s paper on mono-twisted amides is published. Congratulations to all involved! (ACS Catal.)
07.2018 Final project from a graduate class CHEM 575 class gets published! Congratulations to Xu, whose review on C-O activation is accepted to Org. Chem. Front.!
05.2018 Congratulations to Meng, whose review is selected as a Cover Profile in the 20th Anniversary Issue of Eur. J. Org. Chem. Well-done!
05.2018 Guangchen’s paper on mechanism of Pd-NHC-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling of amides is published. Congratulations to all involved! (ChemCatChem)
04.2018 Congratulations to Elwira and Ola, whose string of papers on iron catalysis is published. Well-done! (J. Org. Chem., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ChemSusChem)
03.2018 Congratulations to Yongmei and Marcel, whose paper on room-temperature transamidation is published. Well-done! (Org. Biomol. Chem.)
03.2018 Congratulations to Guangchen, whose paper on Pd-PEPPSI-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling of esters is published. Well-done! (Adv. Synth. Catal.)
02.2018 Congratulations to Meng, whose review on N-acyl-glutarimides is published in the 20th anniversary issue of Eur. J. Org. Chem., and selected as a Hot Topic: C-C Coupling. Well-done!
02.2018 Congratulations to Chengwei, whose paper on Ni-catalyzed decarbonylative thioetherification is published. Well-done! (Chemical Communications)
02.2018 Our paper on amidic resonance in N-acyl-glutarimides is published. Congratulations to all involved! (Organic Letters)
2017
12.2017 Congratulations to Meng and Cheng, whose paper on reversible twisting of primary amides is published. Well-done! (Journal of the American Chemical Society)
12.2017 Pradeep’s paper on the first direct Hiyama arylation enabled by Ru(II) catalysis in water is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
12.2017 Ola’s paper on iron-catalyzed alkylation of polyaromatics is published, and selected to Outstanding Organics Section! Well-done! (European Journal of Organic Chemistry)
12.2017 Peng’s paper on the first general Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of common primary amides is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
11.2017 Cheng’s review on SmI2 cross-coupling in synthesis of N-heterocycles is published. Well-done! (Molecules) Free full-text available!
10.2017 Our papers are highlighted in Synfacts and on Organic Chemistry Portal. Congratulations to Cheng and Meng! Chengwei’s paper is selected as a Hot paper in Angewandte. Well-done!
10.2017 Yuki’s paper on Suzuki cross-coupling of acyl-succimides (aka “half-twisted amides”) is published. Well-done! (Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)
09.2017 Meng’s paper on cooperative C-H arylation with primary amides as arylating reagents is published. Well-done! (ACS Catalysis)
09.2017 Cheng’s paper on Suzuki-Miyaura acyl-cross-coupling of esters using Pd-PEPPSI is published. Well-done! (Organometallics)
09.2017 Cheng’s paper on Buchwald-Hartwig acyl-cross-coupling of esters and amides using Pd-PEPPSI is published. Well-done! (Chemical Communications)
09.2017 Elwira’s paper is selected as the Front Cover and highlighted as a Cover Profile of ChemSusChem. Congratulations! This is our third Cover this year!
09.2017 Congratulations to Elwira, whose two papers on iron-catalysis are published. Well-done! (ChemSusChem & Green Chemistry)
08.2017 Congratulations to Meng, whose paper on the cross-coupling of MAP amides is accepted for publication. Well-done! (Orgnic Letters)
08.2017 Congratulations to Cheng, whose paper has been highlighted on the front cover of Synthesis, Special topic on Nickel catalysis. Well-done!
08.2017 Chengwei’s paper on the first Amide Hirao Cross-Coupling is published. Well-done! (Angewandte Chemie)
08.2017 Pradeep’s review on ruthenium-catalyzed C-H arylations is published. Well-done! (ACS Catalysis)
08.2017 Peng’s paper on the first room temperature Suzuki cross-coupling of amides and esters is published. Well-done! (Chemical Science)
07.2017 Meng’s paper on the Suzuki cross-coupling of N-acylpyrroles is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
07.2017 Congratulations to Peng, whose paper on PEPPSI-catalyzed Suzuki coupling of amides has been published. Well-done! (Journal of Organic Chemistry)
07.2017 Congratulations to Syed, whose paper on SmI2-mediated reductions has been published. Well-done! (Journal of Organic Chemistry)
06.2017 Congratulations to Pradeep, whose Ru(II)-paper has been highlighted on the front cover of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. Well-done!
06.2017 Cheng’s paper on the first decarbonylative cyanation of amides by C–N and C–C cleavage is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
05.2017 Congratulations to Chengwei (Organic Letters) and Pradeep (Chemical Science), whose papers have been highlighted in Synfacts. Well-done!
05.2017 Feng’s paper on sew-and-cut strategy of twisted amides is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
04.2017 Congratulations to Chengwei and Marcel, whose paper on N-acylazetidines has been highlighted at Organic Chemistry Portal. Well-done!
04.2017 Pradeep’s paper on the ruthenium(II)-catalyzed direct Hiyama cross-coupling of N-heterocycles has been accepted as a communication. Well-done! (Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)
04.2017 Meng’s and Peng’s paper on the Pd-NHC-catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig coupling of amides by N-C cleavage is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
03.2017 Our metal-free transamidation paper has been highlighted at In the Pipeline. Well-done!
03.2017 Our amide Suzuki biaryl synthesis paper has been highlighted in The Celebration of Scholarship 2017. Well-done!
03.2017 Our paper on metal-free transamidation of amides at room temperature is published. Congratulations to all involved! (Organic Letters)
03.2017 Chengwei’s paper on the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-mesyl activated amides is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
02.2017 Meng’s and Cheng’s papers on the Suzuki-Miyaura and Negishi cross-couplings of primary amides are highlighted in Synfacts. Well-done!
02.2017 Pradeep’s paper on the first ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C-H arylation with organosilanes is published. Well-done! (Chemical Science)
02.2017 Our paper on the first Pd-NHC-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of amides is published. Congratulations to all involved! (ACS Catalysis)
02.2017 Yongmei’s paper on the first synthesis of anhydrides from amides is published. Well-done! (Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)
2016
11.2016 Cheng’s paper on SmI2-H2O-mediated cyclizations of aminoketyl radicals is highlighted in Synfacts. Well-done!
11.2016 Chengwei’s paper on Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-acylsaccharins is highlighted in Synfacts and Organic Process Research & Development. Well-done!
11.2016 Review on evolution of twisted amides to N-C cross-coupling reactions is published. Well-done! (Chemistry European Journal)
11.2016 Chengwei’s paper on decarbonylative Heck of N-acylsaccharins is published. Well-done! (Journal of Organic Chemistry)
11.2016 Cheng’s paper on Negishi cross-coupling of primary amides is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
11.2016 Review on cross-coupling of amides by N-C activation is published. Well-done! (Synlett)
10.2016 Meng’s paper on Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of primary amides by cooperative catalysis is published. Well-done! (ACS Catalysis)
10.2016 Mechanistic investigation on proton-coupled electron transfer mechanism using SmI2-H2O is published. (Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)
08.2016 Feng’s paper on ruthenium(0)-catalyzed C-H activation of imines under neutral conditions is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
08.2016 Two papers on conformational preferences of acyclic twisted amides are published. Congratulations to all involved! (Journal of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry European Journal)
08.2016 Chengwei’s paper on Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-acylsaccharins is published. Well-done! (Organic Letters)
07.2016 Pradeep’s paper on the ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C-H activation is one of the most accessed articles in ACS Catalysis. Well-done!
07.2016 Feng’s paper on ketone-directed hydroarylation of alkynes using ruthenium(0) is published. Well-done! (Chemical Communications)
07.2016 Cheng’s paper on the first direct reductive cyclizations of N-tethered precursors with SmI2 is published. Well-done! (Chemistry European Journal)
06.2016 Congratulations to Pradeep on the first ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C-H activation of N,N-dialkyl benzamides! (ACS Catalysis)
06.2016 Congratulations to Cheng on the first Negishi biaryl ketone synthesis by N-C activation in amides! (Chemistry European Journal)
06.2016 Congratulations to Cheng, whose paper on aminoketyl radicals is highlighted in Thieme Chemistry News! (Synthesis)
04.2016 Congratulations to Cheng and Meng on the discovery of the first Suzuki-Miyaura biaryl coupling of amides! (Angewandte Chemie)
04.2016 Congratulations to Chengwei and Marcel on the discovery of the first organometallic addition to N-acylazetidines! (Organic Letters)
04.2016 Congratulations to Yongmei and Meng on the discovery of the first Friedel-Crafts reaction of twisted amides! (Chemical Communications)
03.2016 Congratulations to Feng and Roger on the first isolation and structural characterization of methylammonium salts of twisted amides! (Angewandte Chemie)
03.2016 Congratulations to Cheng and Roger, whose paper on aminoketyl radicals is accepted for publication in a special issue of Synthesis! (Cyclization Tactics and Strategies)
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