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Congratulations to Ashkaan Younai, whose paper entitled “Influence of Chiral Thiols on the Diastereoselective Synthesis of γ-Lactams from Cyclic Anhydrides” was recently accepted to Tetrahedron. Check it out in the …

Congratulations to Ashkaan Younai, who accepted a post-doc position in the Scheidt lab at Northwestern University

Congratulations to Amy Atherton, who recieved the R. Bryan Miller Undergraduate Award

Congratulations to Charles Grove, whose Feature Article on Viriditoxin, was published in Synthesis. Check it out in the Publications section!

Congratulations to Darlene Tan, Amy Atherton, Austin Smith, Cristian Soldi, and Katherine Hurley, whose paper entitled “Synthesis of a γ-Lactam Library via Formal Cycloaddition of Imines and Substituted Succinic Anhydrides”, …

Shaw group welcomes new first year graduate students: Kellan Candee and Mike Di Maso!

Congratulations to Jimmy Biggs-Houck, whose paper entitled “Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of α-Thioaryl Carbonyl Compounds for the Synthesis of Complex Heterocyclic Molecules” was recently accepted to The Journal of Organic Chemistry. …

Anthony Brockway, Marcos Gonzalez-Lopez, James C. Fettinger, and Jared T. Shaw publish “Direct Displacement of Alkoxy Groups of Vinylogous Esters by Grignard Reagents” in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check …

Young Sam Park, Charles Grove, Marcos Gonzalez-Lopez, Sameer Urgaonkar, James C. Fettinger, and Jared T. Shaw publish “Synthesis of (-)-Viriditoxin: A 6,6’-Binaphthopyran-2-one that Targets the Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ” …

Congratulations to Nohemy Sorto and Phil Painter for their award for outstanding poster presentation at the Miller Symposium!

Katherine Hurley, Nohemy Sorto, and Jared Shaw publish “N-Benzyl-3-sulfonamidopyrrolidines Are a New Class of Bacterial DNA Gyrase Inhibitors” in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. Check it out in the Publications section!

Darlene Tan, Kevin Martin, and Jared Shaw publish “Ammonia synthons for the multicomponent assembly of complex γ-lactams” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Check it out in …

Shaw group welcomes new first year graduate students: Gabriella Nepomuceno and Terrence O’Brien!

Ashkaan Younai and Jared Shaw publish “Diastereoselective Synthesis of (±)-Heliotropamide by a One-Pot, Four-Component Reaction” in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Check it out in the Publications section!

Nohemy Sorto and Jared Shaw publish “Practical Synthesis of PC190723, an Inhibitor of the Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ” in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Link available in the Publications …

The Shaw Lab has moved into our new lab space. Check out the pictures below!

Michelle Kim and Jared Shaw publish “Synthesis of Antimicrobial Natural Products Targeting FtsZ: (+)-Totarol and Related Totarane Diterpenes” in Organic Letters. Link available in the Publications section!

James Biggs-Houck, Ashkaan Younai, and Jared Shaw publish “Recent advances in multicomponent reactions for diversity-oriented synthesis” in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. Link available in the Publications section!

Congratulations to Ashkaan Younai for his award for outstanding poster presentation at the Miller Symposium!

Shaw group launches ChemBioLinks. Check it out here.

Jared was recently interviewed by Specialty Chemicals magazine for an article on multicomponent reactions. See it here.

Congratulations to Michelle Kim and Nohemy Sorto for receiving fellowships from GAANN and BMS!

Yuchen Tang and Jared Shaw publish “One-Step Synthesis of Complex Nitrogen Heterocycles fromImines and Alkyl-Substituted Maleic Anhydrides” in Organic Letters. Check it out in the Publications section!

Jared Shaw has recieved an NSF CAREER Award.

Greg Chin has been awarded the 2009 R. Bryan Miller Symposium Undergraduate Award

Prof. Shaw and Marcos’ review “Cyclic Anhydrides in Formal Cycloadditions and Multicomponent Reactions” is published in Chemical Reviews. Check it out in the Publications section!

Prof. Shaw’s review “Naturally diverse: highlights in versatile synthetic methods enabling target- and diversity-oriented synthesis” is published in Natural Product Reports.