Interested in the origins of stereoretentive enantioconvergence? Francois Richard and I have just written a 'Behind the Paper' post where we explain all - starting from Andy Lawrence's 2012 (!) total synthesis of rac-incarvilleatone.
tinyurl.com/3nxzjk76

#OrganicChemistry

Great to see our Stereoretentive Enantioconvergent Reactions out in Nature Chemistry.

A truly collaborative effort within Andy's lab Andy Lawrence - congrats everyone!
David Jones Steven Bennett Vera Demertz Jacob Bestwick Helen Jones Andy Tiberia Josh Homer

Hi all, I’ve recently started a weekly newsletter focused on highlighting key papers in organic synthesis that have been published in the previous week.

If you’re interested in reading more you can find the website linked below 👇

organicsynthesis.beehiiv.com

My former colleague (and current friend) Steven Bennett has started a weekly newsletter summarising the week's developments in synthetic organic chemistry!

It's going to be an amazing resource so please give it a read at the link below.

organicsynthesis.beehiiv.com/p/organic-synt…

Our air stable chiral Pd(0) pre-catalysts are highlighted in Organic Process Research & Development's 'Some Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers': pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.10… 🙏

For the orginal work in Nature Communications, check out this link 👉nature.com/articles/s4146…

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📢 We are hiring! EPSRC-funded postdoctoral research associate available for up to 3 years, working on cyclobutadiene. Deadline 24th February, interviews shortly afterwards. Informal enquiries welcome, more info and application portal at: bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.a…

Congratulations David! 🎊 Very proud to see you starting at UCC Ireland. Can't wait to see some of your intriguing organophosphorus chemistry out!

Just finished an amazing 3 year postdoc with Andy Lawrence at the University of Edinburgh! Can't wait to get started with my independent academic career at School of Chemistry as a lecturer in organic chemistry researching new methods in organophosphorus chemistry.
#newPI

Don't miss this new review by Arseniyadis & co!

'Pd-Catalysed asymmetric allylic alkylation of heterocycles: a user's guide'

Part of our collection covering metals in asymmetric catalysis chem

Read the full article here 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Heterobenzylic amines made easy – a distinct variant of our multicomponent CAA methodology mediated by indium - preprint now available on ChemRxiv! 🎉 Congrats Alex (@alex_rafaniello) and Roopender (@TheKumarLab1)! Check it out 👇 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Hey Peeps, check out Francois (Francois Richard), Paul, Al and Tommy's (@Tommy82752392) review on the Pd-AAA of nucleophilic prochiral heterocycles just published in Chem Soc Rev. Huge thanks to Servier for their continuous support.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
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We have two exciting openings for PDRAs in the Gaunt group focussed on the development of new synthetic reactivity for the modification of RNA and/or proteins. For more details, see jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44334/
Great opportunity for new synthesis focussed on a different challenge

Very happy to see this collaborative work between Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab and Arseniyadis out! Huge congrats to Tommy Keenan and Jingjun Huang for their amazing work!
nature.com/articles/s4146…

And while I'm briefly back on Twitter:
New paper from Arseniyadis and us just dropped!
Combining forces to bring DAB-Pd-MAH into the world of asymmetric allylation , we report a slew of air stable, single component Pd(0) precatalysts for AAA chemistry!
nature.com/articles/s4146…

We are recruiting 😊 One PhD studentship available to start in autumn 2024. If you are interested in organometallic chemistry of main group and 3d metals we might be a great fit for you! Please spread the word 🙏 ⁦RealTimeChem⁩ #newPI #URF #Bath findaphd.com/phds/project/m…

📢 JOB ALERT: Exciting opportunity for a PDRA (Postdoc) at Chemistry Edinburgh to lead #TotalSynthesis projects! Join our dynamic team.

📅 Deadline: November 22
🔗 Apply now: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

RTs appreciated! #ChemJobs #PostdocJobs

Check out this postdoc opportunity if you're interested in total synthesis! Andy's group is a great place to do good science and developing yourself as a scientist.

CYCLOPAMINE! A total synthesis with LEO Pharma collaborators. Appearing today in ChemRxiv : chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

This week we bid farewell to our amazing postdoc Dr Vera Demertzidou (Vera Demertz). Vera is a remarkable chemist who joined us from the group of Alex Zografos and will soon start her second postdoc with Doron Pappo. Good luck Vera, everyone Chemistry Edinburgh willl miss you!

“You never know where the next big insight will come from, and usually it comes from an unexpected place so I try to create a diverse environment where the unexpected ideas can come up and thrive.”

Hear Carolyn Bertozzi speak about diversity in science: nobelprize.org/prizes/chemist…