Modern Organometallic C-H Functionalizations with Earth-Abundant Iron Catalysts: An Update (Gianpiero Cera and co-workers) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/as…

A C–H Functionalization Approach to Diverse Nitrogenous Scaffolds Through Conjugate Addition of Catalytic Allyliron Nucleophiles - now published in Chemical Science pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Today is Sarah's last day in the group. Though a sad occasion, the publication of her solo work on allylic C-H functionalization using N-containing Michael acceptors in Chem. Sci. today is cause for celebration! Congrats, Dr. Scrivener! doi.org/10.1039/D4SC00…

We publish our second paper on pyridoxal biocatalysis in Nature: We repurposed PLP-dependent threonine aldolases to catalyze radical C-C coupling reactions that are not known in either organic chemistry or enzymology: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Threonine Aldolase-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Alkylation of Amino Acids by Tian-Ci Wang, Zheng Zhang, Guodong Rao, Jiedong Li, Josephine Shirah, R. David Britt, Qilei Zhu, Yang Yang UCSB Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

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Excited to share our newest strategy to access carbenes from aldehydes - now via radicals! Young & Jake found this highly practical, efficient, & selective way to make triangles - that even works in the presence of air or water! J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Using bismuthanes as catalysts for allylic C(sp3)-H functionalization: unexplored main-group reactivity and Bi-olefin interaction studies. Check our work on JACS: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…. Thank Lichtenberg lab LichtenbergLab for a wonderful collaboration!

Transition Metal Mimetic π-Activation by Cationic Bi(III) Catalysts for Allylic C–H Functionalization of Olefins Using C═O and C═N Electrophiles | JACS Philipps-Universität University of Pittsburgh #PiActivation #TM #Bi #Catalysts #Allylic #CHFunctionalization #Electrophiles pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A nice solution to a longstanding synthetic challenge from the Dong lab (The Dong Lab): pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

#Bismuth Metallomimetic chemistry!!

Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylic C–H Trifluoromethylthiolation and Related Processes | Journal of the American Chemical Society University of Pittsburgh Total Synthesis and Methodology Highlights #Ir #Catalysis #Enantioselective #Propargyl #CH #Trifluoromethylation pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congratulations to Jiao and the rest of the gang for getting this paper across the finish line! It's a fitting way to finish up his work as a postdoc in the group. Have a safe journey back to China and best of luck in the next stage of your career! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Yue's paper (Jin and Austin as co-authors), the group's first foray into oxidative C-H functionalization and metalloradical chemistry, has been published in Angewandte: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

A neat way of making fluorinated dienes by Yue and Aaron: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Super excited to share this toolbox and it's really a great collaboration with all of my colleagues!

#ChemAsianJ #AsymmetricSynthesis of Propargylic and Allenic Silanes, Germanes, and Stannanes (Yi-Ming Wang and co-workers) • onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/as…

Check out the group's recent work on enantioselective acetal synthesis by C-H propargylation of esters and imides by James and company, including their formal synthesis of the telomerase inhibitor UCS1025A in nine steps: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

James's paper on the use of esters and imides as electrophiles for enantioselective propargylic C-H functionalization and application to UCS1025A synthesis has been published on Chemical Science: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…