
Steven Bennett
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Steven Bennett
@SHBennett_
Medicinal chemist @BioAscent | PDRA: Lawrence group @EdinburghUni | PhD: Aggarwal group @BristolUni | MChem: @UniStrathclyde | Creator of @NewInSynthesis









Our new approach to enantioconvergent reactions is available @NatureChemistry. We hope the community finds it interesting and we’re excited to see how others might be able to exploit this concept! nature.com/articles/s4155… #Stereochemistry #AsymmetricSynthesis #Enantioconvergent








Our latest work, out now in @J_A_C_S, investigates the de novo synthesis of dihydrobenzofurans and indolines, and the application of this work in the asymmetric synthesis of the antiplatelet drug beraprost. Congratulations to the team! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

An unusual elimination reaction, via a carbene intermediate, enabled a novel aromatization process for the synthesis of indolenes and dihydrobenzofurans and paved the way for a short synthesis of beraprost. Congrats to the team. @BristolChem @SynthAtBris @J_A_C_S



Today we bid farewell to two amazing postdocs. @SHBennett_ joined us from @AggarwalLab and is now heading for a job @BioAscent @FrichardChem joined us from @arseniyadis and is now heading for a second PDRA @Gaunt_Group Good luck guys and thank you!

Really fortunate to contribute to this amazing procedure from @VarinderAggar11 and Steven Bennett. Thanks to @DirkTrauner for letting me work on it.




