MINH HUYEN Y DANG
11/1/2025 – Welcome our new Postdoc – Alex to the group! We’re so excited to have you here!
9/18/2025 – Congratulations to Pete, Liza, Poulami, Remy, Karina, Tetsuya, Megan for their development of a Z-selective C-H functionalization approach via a stereo-reverse E2 mechanism!
The stereoselective functionalization of C–H bonds represents a central challenge in modern organic synthesis. Despite decades of innovation in C–H activation chemistry, methods for Z-selective functionalization of alkenes have eluded synthetic practitioners. Terminal alkenes present the …
8/26/2025 – Congratulations to Céline, Adrian, Karina, Sara, Dylan, Tom, and our collaborators at Janssen for their development of an N-regioselective alkylation method for azoles using alkenyl thianthreinum salts!
Azoles are important synthetic targets due to their diverse applications in areas ranging from human health to food security. Accordingly, access to N-functionalized azoles is an essential goal in modern synthetic chemistry. Surprisingly, however, the relied-upon …
8/1/2025 – Welcome Anthony to our group for his Postdoc fellowship! We’re so excited to have you!
4/21/2025 – Congratulations to Minji for successfully defensing her thesis and becoming Dr. Kim!
2/14/2025 – Congratulations to Sara for successfully defending her thesis and becoming Dr. Alektiar!
12/12/2024 – Congratulations to Y, Jimin, Alyah, Sara, and Myriam on their development of a new alkene carboxy-alkylation with formate-derived CO2•–!
Herein, we introduce a new platform for alkene carboxy-alkylation. This reaction is designed around CO2•– addition to alkenes followed by radical polar crossover, which enables alkylation through carbanion attack on carbonyl electrophiles. We discovered that CO2•– adds …