Min Sun (Esther) Kang

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Our latest chemical biology paper is out now in JACS! We developed a platform to profile the phagocytic surface proteome in a temporally resolved manner. Congrats to Sean, Jacob and James! @HuthSean @JacobGeri1 @JamesO760

David MacMillan in @elpaisinenglish: “The problem we face isn’t that science is becoming more complex, it’s that scientists are struggling to explain what we do and why it’s important. If we don’t think about how to communicate, we lose everyone.” Read: bit.ly/3R13HFg

Now out from the @MacMillan_Lab in @nchembio: “µMap proximity labeling in living cells reveals stress granule disassembly mechanisms.” Congratulations Roderick, Steve, Sean, and Dave on this fine work. Paper here: bit.ly/3z1Vr2O

David MacMillan @MacMillan_Lab spoke last week to teachers from 30 countries at the Annual @Nobel Teacher Summit in Stockholm, where he underscored the importance of teachers to his science. (Shout out to Miss McKean @NewStevenstonPr.)

We present an amine-differentiating amide synthesis using an sp-carbon-activated ester. The bulky TIPS group prevents unwanted reactions while allowing for easy removal, facilitating post-modifications like click reactions and peptide-drug conjugations. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…

@lab_TPLoh @MinSunKang5 @JoycelynKhoo24 @Green_Syn_Cat Congratulations, Esther and Joycely. 🎉🎉👍We summarized our works on metal-free thiol-click reaction in this perspective review.@NobelPrize

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Inspired by nature, we used water as both solvent and reagent in developing a metal-free deuteration catalyzed by triaryl carbenium ion-pair. This approach offers a sustainable alternative to traditional H/D exchange, addressing metal-related challenges. doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Achieve selective and efficient electrocatalytic benzylic C−H oxidation in air using the [Ph3C]+[B(C6F5)4]− ion-pair. Our method avoids overoxidation and the use of expensive oxidants while being tolerant of diverse functional groups. doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Sometimes I miss my PhD time. I got the courage and resources to try random things, and enjoyed any new knowledge even sometimes I was wrong originally. Life is not about publication or positive results, but new understanding/banter/hotpot/BBQ/Chinese restaurant that's cash only.

A new era for peptide synthesis using unprotected amino acids is coming! A phenomenal work by Zhao Junfeng, pioneering atom economic and pot economic peptide synthesis. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4…

17 years in the making.. We are super excited to finally achieve alcohol-alcohol cross-coupling enabled by the powerful SH2 radical sorting! Great work Jerry, Nick, Jay, James, Colin and Robert. Big shout out to our collaborator Jesus from Janssen Spain. science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations to the @MacMillan_Lab on their paper out today in @Nature: “Alkene dialkylation by triple radical sorting.” Well done Johnny, Will, and Dave! Story here: bit.ly/49vA4n6

Making Waves in Green Chemistry: Our team's relentless pursuit over 30 years to develop water-compatible reactions culminates in our latest account. Join us in thanking our incredible team and celebrating this milestone towards a more sustainable future. doi.org/10.1021/acs.ac…

Congratulations to Ting Zhang and @jzhhua for developing a rare earth metal catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles! doi.org/10.1021/acs.or…

Congratulations to Wubing Zeng and Peizhong Xie for developing an organophotoredox-catalyzed intermolecular formal Grob fragmentation of cyclic alcohols with activated allylic acetates! doi.org/10.1021/acs.or…

Congratulations to Xiaoyu Zhang and Peizhong Xie for developing an organophotoredox/DABCO catalytic system for the fluoroalkylation of activated allylic acetates! doi.org/10.1021/acs.or…

Congratulations to @ShenghanTeng and @jzhhua for developing a thiol-specific silicon-containing conjugating reagent! doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…