Meek Lab

Now out in @J_A_C_S: Enantio- and Site- Selective Synthesis of a-Substituted Hydrazines, Pyrazolidines, and Tertiary Alcohols by Cu-Catalyzed Allylic C-N and C-O Bond Formation. Congrats to Bridget, Greg, and Emilie on the paper! 🎉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10….

Celebrating the holidays with a cookie exchange with the Wilkerson-Hill Lab! Happy Holidays! 🎄 🍪 @SmwhLab

Congrats to Devin, Courtney, and Justin on their recent publication in @JOC_OL on Ni-Catalyzed Multicomponent Couplings of Imines and Dienes! Check it out below! pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.102…

Stereoselective Synthesis of Alkenyl Fluorides and Alkynes by Defluoro Coupling of Trifluoromethyl Arenes (@angewandte): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… (@MeekLab).

Presenting another Meek Lab publication hot off the press! Congrats to José, Courtney, and Hawa for their hard work on Alkenyl Fluoride and Alkyne Synthesis by Defluoro Coupling now out in ACIE! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Congrats to José, Hawa, and Mario on their recent publication on Defluoro C–C Bond Coupling in Organic Letters! Check it out below! @JOC_OL pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Celebrating the start of another academic year at the Durham Bulls game tonight with our lab! ⚾️

🚨 Our first Science paper 🚨 We report the isolation and reactivity of the first “inaccessible” 5-membered heteroaryne! 120+ year challenge! Congrats @jennahumke @belli_roman @ErinPlasek @Sal_K_3 @annabelly24 @CortnieRoberts @UMNChemistry @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Congratulations to our second year Bridget for passing her candidacy exam today! 🥳👩🏼‍🔬

Welcome back @CortnieRoberts! It was a pleasure to hear about the awesome @robertsgroupumn chemistry and have you back at UNC!

Happy Halloween from the Meek Lab! #jinkies!

Congratulations to Brock and José for their talks and Devin on his poster this week at @sermacs2023!

Celebrating the new school year with a lab outing to the @DurhamBulls game! We came for the game and stayed for the fireworks! ⚾️🎆

Happy to share this study on fluorocyclopropenium ions out now in JACS! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… Way to go Joey!

Congratulations to our second year Luke for passing his candidacy exam today! We look forward to seeing all that you will accomplish! 🎉

Congratulations @WheatleyEmilie on your PhD defense today! We will miss your leadership and positive energy in the lab. You did All Too Well (and thanks for turning us into Swifties)! #newestDr #PhDone 🧪🎉

Synthesis of Quaternary and Tertiary Carbon-Substituted Arenes by Lewis Base Promoted Site-Selective Coupling with Allylic Nucleophiles (Simon J. Meek and co-workers) @MeekLab @uncchemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Congratulations to the new Dr. Keita! We are thankful for your positive impact on our lab and all of your hard work! 🎉 #newestDr #queenpyridine

Check out our most recent publication now out in ACIE! Congrats to Hawa Keita on excellent work! 🎉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Thank you to our undergraduate researcher Jimmy for having the Meek Lab over for some delicious Jollof Rice today to celebrate the end of the semester! It’s been a pleasure to have you in lab this year and we look forward to seeing all that you do this summer at @EliLillyandCo