Student-run twitter account for the Dong Lab at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
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Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for figuring out how living organisms create molecules that are just one of two possible mirror-image variants
go.nature.com/4j34mpk
Our recent work is now out in @J_A_C_S, great collaboration with @pengliu_group ! Congratulations to Yin and the team! Now we can use carboxylic acid as a traceless anchor to achieve the selective aromatization of cyclohexanes through iridium catalysis!
doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c14241
Glad to share our recent work on @ACSCatalysis ! We reported an intramolecular alkene translocation that converts α,β-unsaturated amides to enamides. Congratulations to Yin and Zhizhou!
doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c0…
Our group alumnus Prof. Congjun Yu is recruiting postdocs and PhD students in organic synthesis at CU Boulder!
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 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/
Now online on @ChemRxiv, we further improved our NAHA-enabled carbonyl-swap chemistry with a new nitrogen-transfer reagent, and applied it to the synthesis of saturated ¹⁵N-heterocycles! A great collaboration with @Merck! Another nice work from Zining!
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
Excited to share our recent work on @angew_chem! A redox-neutral Pd/NBE-catalyzed vicinal dialkylation of aryl boronic esters, featuring an unusual radical pathway. Congrats to @RongYehhh , Peimiao, and the team!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Excited to share our work on @ChemRxiv ! In collaboration with @EliLillyandCo , we developed a general, site-defined, metal-free approach to highly substituted 1,2-azaborines via borylative benzannulation of unsaturated imines. Congrats to the team!
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
Last weekend, our group had a summer barbecue at Guangbin’s place to welcome our new members! Thanks to Guangbin for hosting, Liyan and Kangmin for organizing, and Qi, Shengkun, Xiaohan, and everyone else who helped with the cooking. We all had a great time!
Check out our new Account in Accounts of Chemical Research! We summarize our work on Pd/NBE-catalyzed vicinal difunctionalization of heteroarenes via double C–H activation—from catalyst design and mechanism to total synthesis.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
Our work on NAHA-enabled carbonyl removal of cyclic ketones is now published in @J_A_C_S ! Congratulations to Zining!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
Check out our new preprint on @ChemRxiv with @pengliu_group! We developed an Ir-catalyzed, redox-neutral decarboxylative aromatization of carboxylated cyclohexanes. The carboxylic acid serves as a traceless anchor that enables good chemoselectivity.
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
Check out our recent work on @angew_chem ! We developed a transition-metal-free “cut-and-sew” reaction that formally inserts five-membered heteroarynes into benzocyclobutenones, providing rapid access to fused heteropolycycles. Congrats to Cole!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Last week, Sohee successfully defended her PhD—congratulations! From the total synthesis of harziane diterpenoids in Snyder group to exploring NAHA chemistry with us over the past two years, what an impressive scientific journey. Wishing her all the best in her next chapter!
Check out our recent work on @ChemRxiv : using our NAHA reagent, now we are able to remove the carbonyl group from cyclic ketones--through both reductive and annulative pathways!
chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
Last week, several undergraduate students from our group completed their honors thesis defenses. Congratulations to Celeste, Justin, Melody, and Kayla on this milestone! We are so proud of your hard work and wish you all the best in your next chapter!
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!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
Last week, Cole successfully defended his PhD!
He will be starting his postdoc at Northwestern University.
Congratulations, Dr. Wagner! Wishing you all the best in the future!
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…
Check out our recent work on unstrained C–C activation!
We report a site-selective C-demethylation of phenols and anilines enabled by a removable mono-directing group.
Congrats to Yibin, @KaliusLY , Linda, and @CongjunY !
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
