September 2022 - New Members
The new academic year has begun and we are now joined by two new PhD students: Ffion Platt and Shubham Agrawal; as well as three MChem project students: Martha Prindl, Conal Aitken and George White. Welcome!
September 2022 - New Papers
A very productive summer has yielded three new publications: “Isothiourea-Catalyzed [2+2] Cycloaddition of C(1)-Ammonium Enolates and N-Alkyl Isatins”, '“A Desilylative Approach to Alkyl Substituted C(1)-Ammonium Enolates: Application In Enantioselective [2+2] Cycloadditions” and “Arylboronic Acid-Catalyzed Racemization of Secondary and Tertiary Alcohols”. Well done and congratulations to all involved!
May 2022 - New Member
Camille Robichon joins us for two months as a visiting summer student.
May 2022 - New Papers
Congratulations to all involved in our latest publications: “Isothiourea-Catalyzed Formal Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Benzophenone Imines to β-Fluorinated α,β-Unsaturated Esters”, “Isothiourea-catalyzed enantioselective Michael addition of malonates to α,β-unsaturated aryl esters” and “Isothiourea-Catalysed Enantioselective Radical Conjugate Addition under Batch and Flow Conditions”!
March 2022 - New Members
Pankaj Mahji and Ding Yuan join the group as postdoctoral scholars - welcome!
January 2022 - New Members
With a new year comes new faces - Olaf Tjabben joins us as a visiting Masters student from Münster for three months, while Zhanyu Zhou begins his PhD studies with the group
October 2021 - New Members
October sees the arrival of a few new faces to the Smith group: Justin O’Yang, Maryn Brown and Haoxiang Zhu all join us to undertake their PhD studies.
September 2021 - New Members
We welcome Órla and Aífe Conboy, who have joined the group as Masters students for the academic year ahead.
August 2021 - New Papers
A busy few months in the group has saw the publication of three new papers since April, congratulations to all those involved. In vitro and in cellulo anti-diabetic activity of Au(I)-and Au(III)-isothiourea complexes; Kinetic and Structure-Activity Studies of the Triazolium Ion-catalyzed Stetter Reaction and Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of 1,4- dihydropyridines via the addition of C(1)-ammonium enolates to pyridinium salts
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