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Our JOC on converting arylboronic acids into arynes is published!
Congratulations to Karthik, Fredric and Carina! Our study on how to use arylboronic acids as de facto aryne precursors is published in J. Org. Chem. Moreover, it's been selected for the ACS Editor's Choice page!
Our review on Weinreb amide directing groups is published!
Congratulations to Jagadeesh, whose second paper in our group is accepted in Molecules. We are grateful to Professor Szostak for inviting us to contribute to the Special Issue on amides.
Klaudia joins the group!
We welcome Klaudia Kollárová to the group, who joins us through the Erasmus scheme from UCT Prague in the Czech Republic. Welcome Klaudia!
Shengjun Ni joins us as a postdoc
We welcome Shengjun Ni to the group for a Carl Trygger postdoc. Shengjun will work on greener, more sustainable C-H functionalisation methodology.
Sebastian Novosedlik joins the group
Sebastian joins us on a two-month internship from the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich. Welcome! He will be working on using a mechanochemical approach to make organometallic complexes.
Our perspective on indole C4-H activation is published
Congratulations to Jagadeesh as well as our collaborators in Göttingen, Lutz Ackermann and Gandeepan Parthasarathy!
Ann-Cathrin joins the group!
We welcome Ann-Cathrin to the group. She joins us from the Free University of Berlin for a 2 month Erasmus project. Ann-Cathrin will work on a project involving gold and boronate chemistry.
Lukasz gives an invited talk at the Helsinki University
Lukasz gives an invited talk at the CHEMS seminar series, Helsinki University. Thanks to Timo Repo and all the other organisers for the wonderful opportunity!
Susanne and Yannick arrive in the group
Susanne and Yannick arrive from Germany via the Erasmus scheme. They join our group to work in various kinds of methodology development. Welcome!
Carina defends her PhD!
Enormous congratulations to Carina, who defends her PhD and earns her doctorate! Huge thanks to Prof. Brenton DeBoef for travelling from Rhode Island to be the opponent, and thank you to the other committee members who contributed to a great discussion.