Congrats to our grad students Samantha Clouthier, Justine Drappeau, Don McTaggart, Caroline Mohler, Evan Stair, Olivia Steiner, Charles Teeples and Sydney Towell, recipients of the #NSFGRFP!❤️The fellowships recognize outstanding grad students. Read more: chem.unc.edu/?p=24763

The lab had a blast this past weekend explaining the chemistry of slime to future scientists at the UNC Science Expo! Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Huge congratulations to our newest Ph.D. candidate Richard Kim on passing his second-year candidacy exam 🎉🥳

Congratulations to our second-year Justine Drappeau on passing her candidacy exam 🥳

Out today in ACS Macro Journals: Victoria 👩🏾‍🔬, Mia Borden, and Jill W. Alty, in collaboration with Alexanian Lab and Air Force Research Lab - AFRL, showcase the C-H Func. of poly(caprolactone) and its effects on degradation. Congratulations to everyone!! doi.org/10.1021/acs.ma…

Check out the latest in polymer C–H functionalization: polyesters! Featuring an easy-to-make xanthylamide reagent, regioselectivity assignment, & mechanical analysis. Congrats to Victoria 👩🏾‍🔬, Mia Borden, Frank Leibfarth, Alexanian Lab & all the authors pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

5th year Ashley is putting our new EcoChyll to good use! Thanks @ecodyst

The group had a great time at Drive Shack last Friday. It was quite the par-tee.

Congrats to our superstar post-doc team Bowen and Frederik on their recent publication in JACS! They've developed a new strategy for the construction of indoles and novel polycyclic heterocycles from simple building blocks, make sure to check it out! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Synthesis of N-Alkylindoles from N,N-Dialkylanilines via [4 + 1] Annulative Double C–H Functionalization | Journal of the American Chemical Society Alexanian Lab UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry UNC-Chapel HillResearch @UNC #Indoles #Annulation #CHFunctionalization Drug Discovery and Synthesis Highlights pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Belated congratulations to Dr. Austin Miller on his thesis defense!

Hot off the press! Check out Mason's and Alex's recent publication on the Cobalt-catalyzed synthesis of amides from alkenes and amines in Science Magazine This is a paper that you will not want to miss! 🥳 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. candidate Michael Rodriguez on passing his qualifying exam today! 🍾

Belated congratulations to our most recent Ph.D. candidate John Brymer on passing his qualifying exam! Way to go John 🎉

Congrats to Ashley and Justine on their recent publication in Angewandte Chemie way to go SPT team! 🎉 Make sure to give it a read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Congratulations to our second-year Raina on being awarded a poster presenter award at the inaugural UNC Women in Chemistry Symposium last month! Way to go Raina 🎉

Homologation of Carboxylic Acids Using a Radical-Polar Conjunctive Reagent | Journal of the American Chemical Society @Alexanianlab UNC-Chapel Hill Drug Discovery and Synthesis Highlights #Homologation #CarboxylicAcid #Radical #Polar #Conjunctive pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congrats to our newest Ph.D. candidate! Way to go Jack 🍾

Congratulations to Jack and Richard on their recent publication in JACS J. Am. Chem. Soc.! They report a novel homologation method that is applied to several drug and natural product derivatives containing carboxylic acids. Make sure to check it out! UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

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