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      Our paper entitled “Diastereoselective Base-Catalyzed Formal [4+2] Cycloadditions of N-Sulfonyl Imines and Cyclic Anhydrides” has been published in Organic Letters. Check it out in the publications section!

Congrats to (Dr.) Kellan Lamb! We wish you the best in your new career.

Our paper entitled “Targeting quinolone- and aminocoumarin-resistant bacteria with new gyramide analogs that inhibit DNA gyrase” appears online in MedChemComm. Check it out in the publications section!

The Shaw Group welcomes our two new incoming first year graduate students, Nina Howard and Lucas Souza.

Our paper entitled “Asymmetric Synthesis of Homocitric Acid Lactone” appears online in Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check it out in the publications section!

Our paper entitled “Comparative Evaluation of Substituent Effect on the Photochromic Properties of Spiropyrans and Spirooxazines” appears online in Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check it out in the publications section!

Our paper entitled “Synthesis of Esters by in Situ Formation and Trapping of Diazoalkanes” appears online in Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check it out in the publications section!

Congratulations to Ada Kwong for receiving the Beckman award. Read more about this prestigous award here!

Our paper entitled “Synthesis of (±)-Bisavenanthramide B-6 by an Anionic Anhydride Mannich Reaction” appears online in Organic Letters. Check it out in the publications section!

Our paper entitled “Diastereoselective Synthesis of and Mechanistic Understanding for the Formation of 2-Piperidinones from Imines and Cyano-Substituted Anhydrides” appears online in Chemistry a European Journal. Check it out in …

The shaw group welcomes new first year graduate student, Christine Dimirjian!

Congratulations to Ada Kwong on receiving the UC Davis Provost Undergraduate Fellowship!

Prof. Shaw presents the lab’s work on rhodium catalyzed C–H insertion at Pacifichem!

Our procedure to synthesize “4-Methyl-1-(2-(phenylsulfonyl)ethyl)-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane” appears in Organic Syntheses. Check it out in the publication section!

Former Shaw group post-doc, Max Mahoney, accepts an Assistant Professorship at Folsom Lake College. Congrats, Max!

Our paper entitled “Synthesis of the diaryl ether cores common to chrysophaentins A, E and F ” appears online in Tetrahedron Letters. Check it out in the publications section!

Our paper entitled “Synthesis and Evaluation of Quinazolines as Inhibitors of the Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ ” appears online in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Check it out in the …

Congratulations to Cristian Soldi, Kellan Lamb, Richard Squitieri, Marcos González-López, and Mike Di Maso whose paper entitled “Enantioselective Intramolecular C–H Insertion Reactions of Donor–Donor Metal Carbenoids” was recently accepted to JACS. Check …

Zi Yao joins the Shaw group as a Beckman Scholar. Read more about this prestigous award here!