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RECENT NEWS

NEW PAPER: THIS CATALYST WAS MADE FOR WALKING

June 23, 2021

Congrats to Vinod and the rest of the team on an excellent paper for this really cool reaction where beta-alkyl cinnamylamines can undergo 3,3'-diarylation through a controlled chain walking event. The mechanism is explored to clearly show insertion, selective beta-hydride elimination, 2nd insertion, 2nd selective beta-hydride elimination, giving a Z-selective product.

NEW PAPER: PHOTOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF ACETALS

April 12, 2021

Congrats to Allison and Jared on their application of MOF-808, under photolysis conditions, to generate acetals of aromatic aldehydes, published in Tetrahedron.

NEW PAPER: 3,3-DIARYLALLYLAMINES ENABLED BY CO2 AS A TRANSIENT PROTECTING GROUP

December 1, 2020

Congrats to Vinod and Justin, as well as the rest of the team, for their tireless work on the arylation of cinnamylamines (and diarylation of allylamines) under Pd nanoparticle catalysis. The reaction is simple to execute, and the key is that CO2 slows decomposition, allowing reproducible reaction yields.