Congrats to Tatiana, whose collaboration with the Xia and Martínez groups at Stanford has just bee published JACS! Read more here about just how difficult it is to unravel these exciting mechanophores, and the structural features that influence their activity.
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Force-modulated reductive elimination
The rate of reductive elimination of biaryl products from Pt complexes can be modulated through force applied to bisphosphine ligands, as demonstrated by Yichen and our collaborators at the University of Liverpool. Yichen et al.’s paper on the subject has just been accepted at Chem. Sci.! Read it here. Congrats to Yichen and all involved!
Fellowship winners announced
Way to go Liqi & Shu, who have been selected as recipients of the Paul M. Gross Fellowship and Charles Bradsher Fellowship, respectively, for the Spring of 2022! So happy to see your hard work and accomplishments recognized!
More of the best news possible!
What better way to follow up on a successful Ph.D. defense than to welcome another member to your family? Congratulations to Brandon and Sarah, who welcomed baby Elijah to the world on Thursday, roughly 24 h after Brandon’s defense! All are home and doing well, and we’re thrilled to have two new “group babies” to celebrate in a single month!
Dr. Brandon Bowser!
Another day, another Ph.D.! Congrats to Brandon on his successful defense and impending move to Lord next month! We’re sorry to see him leave the group but so happy that he and his family will be staying in the area!