latest white group news
October 2008 The group reports an allylic C-H alkylation reaction using Pd(II)/bis-sulfoxide catalysis. Congratulations Andrew![link]
September 2008 Dustin's work on asymmetric allylic oxidation was recently higlighted in SynFacts. Check it out.
August 2008 Mark, Sean and Ken give talks at the Philadelphia ACS meeting. Check it out pic1, pic2, pic3
August 2008 Jared is chosen as an ACS Organic Graduate Fellow for 2008-2009. Congratulations Jared!
July 2008 Iron catalysis is highlighted in C&E News [2008, 86(30), 53]: "Iron's Rising Star" by Steve Ritter[link]
July 2008 Mark is chosen as a 2008-2009 BMS graduate fellow. Congratulations Mark!
June 2008 MCW receives the Abbott Young Investigator Award.
May 2008 MCW participates in the Sanofi Aventis “Visions in Chemistry” Symposium. [link]
May 2008 MCW wins the 2008 AstraZenica Excellence in Chemistry Award.
May 2008 Check out pictures from the 2008 Bristol-Myers Squibb “Freedom to Discover Symposium! [link]
May 2008 MCW wins the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
April 2008 MCW participates in the Lilly “Chemistry at the Frontier Symposium” in Madrid, Spain.[link]
April 2008 MCW wins the 2008 Boehringer Ingelheim New Investigator Award.
March 2008 Mark wins the prestigious Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award for Graduate Research[link]
March 2008 MCW wins the 2008 Amgen Young Investigator Award.
March 2008 The groups work on intermolecular allylic C—H amination is highlighted as a “Science & Technology Concentrate” in C&E News. Congratulations Sean![link]
February 2008 The group reports the first general intermolecular allylic amination reaction in The Journal of the American Chemical Society. This heterobimetallic Pd(II)/Cr(III) system catalyzes the conversion of terminal olefins to linear E-allylic amines in stereochemically and functionally dense molecular settings. [link]
February 2008 Christina is invited to participate in the 19th Annual Frontiers in Chemistry Symposium at Scripps. [link]
January 2008 Christina receives the Bristol Myers Squibb Unrestricted "Freedom to Discover" Grant.[link]
January 2008 Christina receives the Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis.
December 2007 The group’s work on aliphatic C—H oxidation was selected as a one of the top ten breakthroughs in science for 2007 by Science. Congratulations Mark! [link]
December 2007 The group’s work on aliphatic C—H oxidation and allylic C—H amination were both selected as a Chemical & Engineering News Highlight for 2007. Congratulations Mark and Ken! [link]
December 2007 The group’s work on aliphatic C—H oxidation was selected as a Chemistry World “Cutting Edge Chemistry” for 2007. Congratulations Mark! [link]
November 2007 The group’s work on aliphatic C—H oxidation is highlighted in five separate journals: Nature, Chemical & Engineering News, Chemistry & Industry, Chemistry World, and Technology Review. [link]
November 2007 The group reports the first predictably selective aliphatic C—H oxidation catalyst for complex molecules in Science. The iron(III) catalyst uses hydrogen peroxide to directly convert unactivated C—H bonds to tertiary alcohols, ketones, and lactones. Congratulations Mark!
November 2007 Sigma-Aldrich launches the White Catalyst. [link]
November 2007 Chris, Marinus, and Tzlil (“T”) are the newest White Group Members!
October 2007 Christina receives the Lilly Grantee Award. [link]
September 2007 Ken is the first White Group Ph.D. and is off to Bristol-Myers Squibb! Congratulations Ken!
July 2007 The group’s allylic C—H amination paper was the Most-Accessed Article in The Journal of the American Chemical Society (April-June 2007).
July 2007 Jared receives the Sigma-Aldrich Graduate Student Innovation Award. Congratulation Jared! [link]
June 2007 The group’s work on allylic C—H amination is highlighted as a “News of the Week” article in Chemistry & Engineering. Congratulations Ken! [link]
June 2007 The group reports the first diastereoselective allylic C—H amination reaction in The Journal of the American Chemical Society .The synthetic streamlining ability of this method is demonstrated through oxygen-free routes to nitrogen containing complex molecules.
April 2007 Christina is invited to participate in the FAST 2007 Catalysis Conference in Cambridge, UK.
March 2007 Jared, Ken, and Dustin give short talks at the Chicago ACS meeting.
March 2007 Christina is invited to speak at the National Fresnius Award Symposium in honor of Professor Phil Baran.
February 2007 Christina is named an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.