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New Publication in Tetrahedron

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 …

Congrats, Ash

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

Congrats, Amy

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

Feature Article in Synthesis

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

New Publication in ACS Comb. Sci.

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”, …

New Publication in J. Org. Chem.

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. …

Science Cafe

Prof. Ted Molinski discusses medicinal natural products at NSF Science Café 2011 in the UC Davis Arboretum.

California Bay Trees Exhibit

Congratulations to Woodland High School students on their winning exhibit on the medicinal properties of California Bay trees! (Pictured below: Logan Moreland, Natalie Alvarez, Anna Ferrendelli, Lauren Mazsk; Back row: …

New Publication in J. Org. Chem

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 …

New Publication in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

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” …

Congrats, Nohemy and Phil

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

New Publication in ACS Med. Chem. Lett.

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!

New Publication in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.

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 …

New Publication in J. Org. Chem.

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!

New Publication in J. Org. Chem.

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 …

New Lab Space

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

New Publication in Org. Lett.

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!

New Publication in Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol.

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!

Congrats, Ash

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

New Publication in Org. Lett.

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!

Congrats, Greg

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

New Publication

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!

New Publication

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