The group’s work on the direct cross coupling of propargylic diols was chosen as Synfact of the Month for September! The work describes the efficient, functional group tolerant synthesis of substituted 1,3-butadienes and was recently published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9244-9248.
Congratulations Nick!
Mehmet has been admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations Dr Saglam!
C&EN has featured the group’s work on the diethynylbenzene dianion. This work was done in collaboration with Dr Berwyck Poad at QUT.
Sam Drew has been awarded the 2016 Mander Best Thesis Award by the RACI Organic Chemistry Division Committee.
Congratulations Sam!
Chemistry World has featured the group’s work on the diethynylbenzene dianion. This work was done in collaboration with Dr Berwyck Poad at QUT.
The work was also featured on their Twitter feed: Hang on to yer protons, there’s a new superbase in town.
The Sherburn group’s 100th paper was accepted by Angewandte Chemie International Edition:
Direct Cross-Couplings of Propargylic Diols
N. J. Green, A. C. Willis, and M. S. Sherburn
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604527
Congratulations everyone!
Congratulations to Josh on being admitted to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Congratulations to Sam on becoming a finalist for the Reaxys PhD prize.
We welcome PhD student Climent Pujol to the group.
Former group member Emily Mackay has been awarded a Humboldt Fellowship for postdoctoral research with Prof Armido Studer at the University of Münster. Well done Emily!
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