Group Photo:  Summer 2011

(from left to right)

John, Aaron Aponick, Flavio, Nick, Frida, Justin, Carl, Jean, Sydney, Thomas, Berenger

           ■   September 2009:  Our paper on gold-catalyzed dehydrative cyclizations of readily available,

                heteroatom-substituted propargylic alcohols is published in Organic Letters.

           ■   August 2009:  Flavio Cardoso, Barry Butler, John Wynn, and  join the group!

           ■   December 2008:  Our synthesis of Monounsaturated Spiroketals is published in Organic Letters.

           ■   September 2008:  Our PSP is published in Synthesis.    

■ August 2008: Lucas joins the group! We say goodbye and many thanks to our REU students ■ June 2008: Three new REU students join the group. Welcome Marissa, Flavio, and Emerson! ■ Our paper to be highlighted in Synfacts: Synfacts 2008, 4, 387 http://reu.chem.ufl.edu/http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1042787shapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1

             ■   Mark Arcario was recently named a University Scholar.  This prestigious program is

                 designed to introduce UF undergraduates to academic research.  Mark will spend the

                 summer in our labs.   Congratulations to Mark!


             ■   Michael Jong joins the group!


             ■   Jeremy Malinge joins the group!


             ■   January 2008 - Our first paper is published in Organic Letters

           ■   January 2008 - Group receives PRF grant


           ■   December 2007 - Website goes online


           ■   November 2007 - Construction for new Web Page begins. 


           ■   Carl and John join the group!

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     ■   Our paper to be highlighted in Synfacts:  Synfacts 2010, 1, 93 

           ■   August 2010:  Our paper on gold-catalyzed synthesis of  substituted chromenes

                is published in Chemical Communications

           ■   February 2011:  Our paper on gold-catalyzed chirality transfer in the      

                cyclization of monoallylic diols is published in Organic Letters.


■   August 2010:  Welcome Justin Goodwin to our group!

■   January 2011:  Welcome Thomas Ghebreghiorgis to our group!

           ■   June 2011:  Congratulations to Kinga, her Org. Biomol. Chem. paper has    

                                   appeared


           ■   June 2011:  Our Beilstein J. Org. Chem. paper has appeared.


           ■   August 2011:  Our Paper is one of the Top Ten Most Accessed in June 2011


                      

           ■   September 2011:  Our Review Article has appeared in Eur. J. Org. Chem.


■   September 2011:  Welcome Romain Miotto, Paulo Paioti, and Barry Butler to our group!

■ December 2011:  Congratulations to Berenger Biannic for receiving his Doctoral Degree!   You              

                              will be missed.