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The Shaw group welcomes our new Post-doc, Ed Balmond!

Congratulations to former Shaw group undergraduate, Manny Muñoz, who has accepted a position at Gilead Sciences!

Congratulations to Nohemy Sorto and Mike Di Maso, whose paper entitled “Diastereoselective Synthesis of γ- and δ-Lactams from Imines and Sulfone-Substituted Anhydrides” was recently accepted to the Journal of Organic …

Molly Fensterwald’s talk for the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center is featured online. Check it out here!

The Shaw group welcomes our two first year graduate students, Lucas Moore and Stephen Laws!

Congratulations to Mike Di Maso and Kellan Lamb for being selected as GAANN Fellows for 2013-2014 academic year! To learn more about this award, click here.

Congratulations to Jared Moore, Nadine Hanhan, and Max Mahoney, whose paper entitled “Enantioselective Synthesis of Isotopically Labeled Homocitric Acid Lactone” was recently accepted to Org. Lett. Check it out in the publications …

Congratulations to Darlene Tan, whose paper entitled “Stereocontrol in Asymmetric γ-Lactam Syntheses from Imines and Cyanosuccinic Anhydrides” was recently accepted to Org. Lett. Check it out in the publications section!

Congratulations to Darlene Tan and Ash Younai, whose paper entitled “Stereoselective Synthesis of γ-Lactams from Imines and Cyanosuccinic Anhydrides” was recently accepted to Org. Lett. Check it out in the publications section!

Nohemy and Mike complete a formal synthesis of isoretronecanol and trachelanthamidine!

The Shaw group welcomes our REU summer student, Haley Gitre!

Congratulations to Kevin Martin and Mike Di Maso, whose paper entitled “Synthesis of a Library of “Lead-like” γ-Lactams by a One Pot, Four-Component Reaction” was recently accepted to ACS Comb. Sci. Check …

Congratulations to Nohemy Sorto, whose paper entitled “Design and Synthesis of Mimics of the T7-loop of FtsZ” was recently accepted to Org. Lett. Check it out in the publications section!

Congratulations to AJ Brockway, whose paper entitled “Mechanism of Alkoxy Groups Substitution by Grignard Reagents on Aromatic Rings and Experimental Verification of Theoretical Predictions of Anomalous Reactions” was recently accepted …

Congratulations to Darlene Q. Tan, who has been awarded the Consortium of Women & Research and the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Travel Awards. She will present her talk …

Chemistry World-RSC features our most recent publication, “The Correct Structure of Aquatolide—Experimental Validation of a Theoretically-Predicted Structural Revision”

Congratulations to Cristian Soldi, whose paper entitled “The Correct Structure of Aquatolide—Experimental Validation of a Theoretically-Predicted Structural Revision” was recently accepted to J. Am. Chem. Soc. Check it out in the …

Congratulations to Jared T. Moore and Cristian Soldi whose paper entitled “Catalytic alkene cyclization reactions for the stereoselective synthesis of complex “terpenoid-like” heterocycles” was recently accepted to Chem. Sci. Check it …

Congratulations to David E. Anderson, Michelle B. Kim, Jared T. Moore, Terrence E. O’Brien, Nohemy A. Sorto, and Charles I. Grove whose paper entitled “Comparison of Small Molecule Inhibitors of …

Congratulations to Michelle B. Kim, Terrence E. O’Brien, Jared T. Moore, and David E. Anderson whose paper entitled “The Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Heterocyclic Derivatives of Totarol” was recently …

Congratulations to Charles I. Grove, Michael J. Di Maso, and Michelle B. Kim whose paper entitled ” Synthesis of 6,6′-Binaphthopyran-2-one Natural Products: Pigmentosin A, Talaroderxines A and B” was recently …