Julian West

Grateful to be able to share a little about our group in Synform @thiemechemistry. Check it out if you'd like to learn about our approach to growth within and outside the lab! thieme.de/en/thieme-chem…

Check out this new method from #WelchGrantee Julian West's @pushingarrows lab at @ChemistryRice on BCP boronate ester synthesis! This iron LMCT photocatalysis method enables the direct conversion of carboxylic acids to boronate esters using B2Pin2 in DMSO without pre-activation. This could be a remarkably useful reaction in the medicinal chemist's toolkit! Congratulations to 1st author Yongchen Wang and the rest of the co-authors on this awesome paper. nature.com/articles/s4146…

𖣘 @pushingarrows transform extreme strain into function: Direct decarboxylative access to BCP boronates from acids—harnessing [1.1.0]Propellane strain for rapid 3D bioisosteres. A powerful leap for medicinal chemistry ✨ @NatureComms @RiceUniversity doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

@athavale_s @uclachem @ScienceMagazine Congrats @athavale_s and team!! Beautiful chemistry!

Thrilled to share the first paper from our group at UCLA, online today in Science: “Biocatalytic, Asymmetric Radical Hydrogenation of Unactivated Alkenes” @uclachem @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Principal Investigator Julian G. West (@pushingarrows) and researchers at @RiceUniversity report a photocatalytic anti-Markovnikov hydroazidation of alkenes enabled by cooperative ligand-to-metal charge transfer and hydrogen atom transfer. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Congrats to Shijin, Drew, and Martin on publication of this C-H arylation with remarkable terminal selectivity! 3,5-lutidine turns out to be key! Check it out @ChemEurJ …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…

Excited to share this new paper in @NatureComms co-led by @KangjieBian and Shijin Yu on photocatalytic azidofunctionalizations using iron terpy complexes. Iron LMCT in the visible range! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Our Iron-photocatalysis approach to small-ring transfer is now live in its final form @angew_chem! Great collaboration with Julian West @pushingarrows. Congratulations to everyone involved 🚀 @DCBPunibern @SwissChemistry #chemistry Check it out here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Ultimately, a single, carefully considered thought was all it took to solve this problem! I am happy to see the 3rd chapter of my PhD thesis in @angew_chem. Thanks to everyone at the West Group (@pushingarrows) and @KatayevL for the wonderful collaboration. @DCBPunibern @snsf_ch.

The final version of our paper is available, and open access! If you are interested in radical decarboxylative approaches or small rings, please have a look. @snsf_ch @KatayevL @pushingarrows @DCBPunibern

Great to see this out! I still remember our first meeting in January 2024. I enjoyed working on this with Po-Kai and Shijin they were very supportive. Thanks to you, @KatayevL, @AJF_Chem for working on such a difficult problem together. It was a great team effort!

Really excited to share this collaboration with the @KatayevL group showing how Fe/S catalysis can make privileged bioisosteres quickly, easily, and cheaply! Check it out in @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Congrats Austin Moser, Paige Sutter, Alex Chavez, and Sebastian Cruz on publishing this cool study on alkene hydroalkylation using TBADT/thiol catalysis! A brand new project area started and led by Austin! #realtimechem pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Delighted to contribute some thoughts to this wonderful article in @ChemistryWorld on putting fluorine in drug molecules along with @tnoel82, @GouverneurGroup, David O'Hagan, and Rob Young! Check it out! chemistryworld.com/features/putti…

Excited for this collaborative paper on nanoscale photoreactors to finally be out in @ChemicalScience! Check it out! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Principal Investigator Julian West (@pushingarrows) and researchers at @RiceUniversity report a photocatalytic anti-Markovnikov hydro- and deuterochlorination of unsaturated hydrocarbons enabling access to diverse alkyl and alkenyl chlorides regio- and stereoselectively. buff.ly/3WFrXQW

Thrilled to welcome our newest postdoc, Shih-Chieh Kao, who joins us after his PhD in the West group at Rice. Looking forward to all the exciting chemistry you will do over the next few years. @pushingarrows @OxfordChemistry

Reminder: Virtual Symposium is tomorrow anuary 15, 2025 @ 12 noon ET feat. Yang Yang @yang2biocat (UC Santa Barbara) & Julian West @pushingarrows (Rice University) Watch for free: YouTube: zurl.co/DHJuv Zoom: zurl.co/oxRtz Thank you to @BeyondCCHF

#CottrellScholar 2023 & #Scialog SM3 Fellow @pushingarrows has a new paper in Nature Synthesis on a more sustainable photocatalytic process that eliminates the need for harsh chemicals or high temperatures typically required in chlorination. bit.ly/4iXCNuZ

Article here: nature.com/articles/s4416…

What a fantastic surprise to see our new photocatalytic hydrochlorination featured by @TheAlexKnapp in The Prototype @Forbes We hope the reaction will help revolutionize discovery and manufacturing of important molecules for modern life.

Iron and sulfur catalysts activated by blue light to add chlorine atoms to organic molecules @pushingarrows