Busy week in the Schomaker group- congrats to Jojo, Kate, and Will, another great collaboration with Isra Fernández. Nice job!
NEWS
Nazarov Cyclizations
Nice job, Josh- totally his idea, plus, he inspired Devin to pursue his own Ph.D. studies. Great working with Isra Fernández , who gives us extra insight with his computational studies! Biomimetic 2-Imino-Nazarov Cyclizations
Stereodivergent Allene Cycloisomerizations
Congratulations to Ryan, Caitlin, Elenor, and Logan to publish a “Stereodivergent Metal-Catalyzed Allene Cycloisomerizations” paper in the Synlett.
Welcome Ethan!
The Schomaker lab is pleased to welcome its newest graduate student, Ethan Licht!
Radical Additions to Allenes
Congratulations to Lu and Robert for publishing a review paper in Chemical Review describing a “Mechanistic Aspects and Synthetic Applications of Radical Additions to Allenes”.
Sequential Reduction of Nitroalkanes: A Controllable Nef Reaction
Congrats to Minsoo and Weiyang, working with Kaid Harper at AbbVie! They were able to publish the “Sequential Reduction of Nitroalkanes Mediated by CS2 and Amidine/Guanidine Bases: A Controllable Nef Reaction” paper in the Journal …
Synthesis of the Aminocyclopentitol Core of Jogyamycin
Nels has published a full paper in the Journal of Organic Chemistry about the stereocontrolled synthesis of the aminocyclopentitol core of Jogyamycin via an Ichikawa rearrangement reaction
Congratulations Dr. Liu
Dr. Lu Liu, Congratulations on your graduation and best wishes for your next adventure!
Beta- and Gamma-amino alcohol by silver complexes
Minsoo, Minxue, Logan, Mahzad and Jessica have published a full paper in Nature Catalyst describing a tunable catalyst-controlled approach for the synthesis of Beta- and Gamma-amino alcohol by silver complexes
Welcome Dr. Corey
The Schomaker Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Corey Jones as a new postdoc. He previously was a graduate student at Michigan State University. Welcome!