John McGuff

A huge congratulations to the newly minted Dr McGuff on passing his viva yesterday to conclude a hugely successful PhD! @john_mcguff Big thanks to @RhPdCu and @SPThomasGroup for doing the honors!

A new element makes its way into the Watson Group repertoire! Check out our first foray into the world of germanium in the context of CuAAC chemistry, in collaboration with @BurleyResearch! The pre-print is available here on @ChemRxiv: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Our latest publication from the group is out in @J_A_C_S . Great collaboration with @allanjbwatson @LloydJonesLab and @GSK exploring t why ynamines are great click substrates. Work is supported by @LeverhulmeTrust @GSK @EPSRC @BBSRC pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congratulations to our Boron Boii @KaneACB for passing his viva today and becoming Dr. Bastick! A traditional plunge into the sea marks the end of a great 3.5 years - not a bad effort for a Natural Scientist 😉 Many thanks to @VarinderAggar11 and @ADS10_StAndrews for examining!

Congrats to @john_mcguff for publishing this neat work in Synlett, assessing the scope and limitations of unactivated internal alkynes for Rh-catalysed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions! @StAndrewsChem @thiemechemistry thieme-connect.com/products/ejour…

Today we have an exciting mid-week bonus talk from Kane Bastick @KaneACB (Watson group, Uni of St Andrews) who shares his work on palladium-catalyzed homologation strategies! Link: youtu.be/-LV3bUHLaNI @ACSCatalysis 2023, 13, 7013. Synlett 2023, 34, 2029. @thiemechemistry

Congrats to @hollymcerlain (@UofGChem) and @MattJAndrews on the discovery of a copper pre-catalyst that allows a step-change in the radioiodination of arenes published in @JOC_OL. Another great collaboration with Sally Pimlott and the @watson_group. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…