Alexanian Lab

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Congratulations to Jack and Richard on their recent publication in JACS @J_A_C_S! They report a novel homologation method that is applied to several drug and natural product derivatives containing carboxylic acids. Make sure to check it out! @uncchemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Homologation of Carboxylic Acids Using a Radical-Polar Conjunctive Reagent | Journal of the American Chemical Society @Alexanianlab @UNC @TotalSyntheses #Homologation #CarboxylicAcid #Radical #Polar #Conjunctive pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congrats to our newest Ph.D. candidate! Way to go Jack 🍾

Congratulations to our second-year Raina on being awarded a poster presenter award at the inaugural UNC Women in Chemistry Symposium last month! Way to go Raina 🎉

Congrats to Ashley and Justine on their recent publication in @angew_chem way to go SPT team! 🎉 Make sure to give it a read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Belated congratulations to our most recent Ph.D. candidate John Brymer on passing his qualifying exam! Way to go John 🎉

Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. candidate Michael Rodriguez on passing his qualifying exam today! 🍾

Hot off the press! Check out Mason's and Alex's recent publication on the Cobalt-catalyzed synthesis of amides from alkenes and amines in @ScienceMagazine This is a paper that you will not want to miss! 🥳 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Belated congratulations to Dr. Austin Miller on his thesis defense!

Synthesis of N-Alkylindoles from N,N-Dialkylanilines via [4 + 1] Annulative Double C–H Functionalization | Journal of the American Chemical Society @AlexanianLab @uncchemistry @UNCResearch @UNC #Indoles #Annulation #CHFunctionalization @TotalSyntheses pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congrats to our superstar post-doc team Bowen and Frederik on their recent publication in JACS! They've developed a new strategy for the construction of indoles and novel polycyclic heterocycles from simple building blocks, make sure to check it out! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

The group had a great time at Drive Shack last Friday. It was quite the par-tee.

Check out the latest in polymer C–H functionalization: polyesters! Featuring an easy-to-make xanthylamide reagent, regioselectivity assignment, & mechanical analysis. Congrats to @Victori_aB, @miaaborden1, @Frank_Leibfarth, @AlexanianLab & all the authors pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

5th year Ashley is putting our new EcoChyll to good use! Thanks @ecodyst

Out today in @MacroJrnls_ACS: @Victori_aB, @miaaborden1, and @jillalty, in collaboration with @AlexanianLab and @AFResearchLab, showcase the C-H Func. of poly(caprolactone) and its effects on degradation. Congratulations to everyone!! doi.org/10.1021/acs.ma…

Congratulations to our second-year Justine Drappeau on passing her candidacy exam 🥳

Huge congratulations to our newest Ph.D. candidate Richard Kim on passing his second-year candidacy exam 🎉🥳

The lab had a blast this past weekend explaining the chemistry of slime to future scientists at the UNC Science Expo! @moreheadplanet

Congrats to our grad students Samantha Clouthier, Justine Drappeau, Don McTaggart, Caroline Mohler, Evan Stair, Olivia Steiner, Charles Teeples and Sydney Towell, recipients of the #NSFGRFP!❤️The fellowships recognize outstanding grad students. Read more: chem.unc.edu/?p=24763