We just received the news that our JOC Perspective J Org Chem/Org Lett is among the Top-5 most-downloaded/most-read content of JOC for the calendar year 2023! Here is the link: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…. Wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous Year of 2024!

We are happy to start the Year of 2024 with a total synthesis of heilonine J. Am. Chem. Soc. ! Cheers! Convergent and Efficient Total Synthesis of (+)-Heilonine Enabled by C–H Functionalizations | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Prof. Jin-Quan Yu has been awarded the 2024 Max Tishler Prize, Yamada-Koga Prize, and Henry J. Albert Award. His trailblazing C–H activation research is reshaping chemistry, with vast implications from drug discovery to material science. More at: ow.ly/tl3Q50QuvTE

Happy International Women's Day👩‍🔬!

Sometimes we only make half of the natural product. Check out our collaborative work with the Zhang lab and Trader Lab in targeting SHP2 with an ent-kaurene inspired library! Natural product-inspired molecules for covalent inhibition of SHP2 tyr... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Had a blast at the Science House at NCSU sharing a little bit of my trajectory to from a kid in Kinston NC to assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill, and how #ScienceOlympiad changed my life. Check out the interview on the STEM YARD podcast. ncscienceolympiad.ncsu.edu/episode-6-sidn…

Assistant Professor Yang Yang from @UCSantaBarbara has been awarded an American Chemical Society PISD Grant! The grant will fuel his #biocatalysis research through an academia-industry partnership with @Genentech 🌿 Congrats! brnw.ch/21wI67z #GreenChemistry

Thank you, Dr. Strassfeld for a great seminar N.C. A&T Chemistry Department The Catalysis Innovation Consortium

Sarah Reisman developed this novel dearomative annulation reaction with pyridine to synthesize several matrine-type lupin alkaloids. What is the mechanism of this reaction? Courtesy of postdoctoral fellow Melanie Rodriguez Melanie Rodriguez The Catalysis Innovation Consortium

Reminder: April 17th, ACS Organic Division Virtual Symposium will feature Huw Davies Emory Chemistry and Courtney Roberts Courtney Roberts More info: zurl.co/uUwS Free - no registration needed - Thank you to Beyond CCHF for hosting and Scott Bagley for organizing!

Join us for the next @ACSOrganic Virtual Symposium on April 17 at 12 Noon ET - the 2nd speaker will be Prof. Courtney Roberts UMN Department of Chemistry Courtney Roberts Roberts Group at UMN Free - no registration needed YouTube: orgn.link/watch Zoom: orgn.link/vs-zoom

Join us tomorrow at 11AM The Catalysis Innovation Consortium North Carolina A&T N.C. A&T Chemistry Department

Congratulations to Adrian de Almenara (G2) for receiving the NSF GRFP and to Chloe Cerione (G2) for receiving an honorable mention! We are proud of you both!!!

Finishing with flair, Melissa (Hopkins) Hall defended her thesis and leaves a legacy of exciting research. Congratulations, Melissa!! UW-Madison Chemistry

The Jin-Quan Yu Lab has developed a method to create ‘gamma chiral centers’ on carboxylic acids, published in Science Magazine. This could revolutionize #drugdesign by enhancing the ability to build complex pharmaceutical #molecules. More: ow.ly/GRBS50RNTWh

Save the Date!! July 17 @ 12 noon ET for the next @ACSOrganic Virtual Symposium featuring Keary Engle Engle Lab Scripps Research and Kevin Cole Eli Lilly and Company Watch for free at: YouTube: orgn.link/watch Zoom: orgn.link/vs-zoom Thank you to The Catalysis Innovation Consortium for hosting

Check out our new review on "Strategies for the Development of Asymmetric and Non-Directed Petasis Reactions." Congrats Kevin and Chloe. …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Really proud of this new work! #Enzymes never cease to amaze me. #directedevolution #biocatalysis

The next #NOS2025 plenary speaker is Sidney Hill (SMWH Lab) of UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry. This is his first NOS talk and he is the 5th UNC chemist to speak. His research involves organic synthesis and catalysis, including orphaned cyclopropanes. #returntotheroots

Please check out our continued journey in cyclopropanol chemistry! Divergent synthesis of δ-valerolactones and furanones via palladium or copper-catalyzed α-hydroxycyclopropanol ring opening cyclizations - now published in Chemical Communications pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…