“A paper from the�Wei group�has been published in Chemical Reviews. The article titled “Surface-Plasmon-Driven Hot Electron Photochemistry” reports the recent theoretical and experimental approaches for understanding the underlying photophysical processes in hot electron generation and discusses various electron-transfer models on both plasmonic metal nanostructures and plasmonic metal/semiconductor heterostructures. The review highlights the plasmon-driven hot electron … Read more
Simple installation of α-substituents on unprotected amines
The Seidel group has recently published a method for the direct α-C–H bond functionalization of cyclic secondary amines, ubiquitous core structures of bioactive natural products and pharmaceutical drugs. No protecting groups or transition metals are required, enabling the synthesis of α-substituted amines in a simple one-pot process. Article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2871Article highlight: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41570-017-0104
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Simple installation of ?-substituents on unprotected amines
“The Seidel group has recently published a method for the direct ?-C?H bond functionalization of cyclic secondary amines, ubiquitous core structures of bioactive natural products and pharmaceutical drugs. No protecting groups or transition metals are required, enabling the synthesis of ?-substituted amines in a simple one-pot process.”
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Leigh Prizes Announced
The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Townes R. Leigh Prizes for outstanding achievement by first year graduate students. This award recognizes excellence in coursework, teaching, research, and written qualifying examinations. The recipients from the 2016 Ph.D. class are, pictured from left to right, John Usala, Jacob Lessard, Elham … Read more
Professor Ron Castellano receives SEC Faculty Travel grant
Professor Ron Castellano recently received a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel grant from the Office of the Provost. More than 100 faculty members from all 14 Southeastern Conference universities will take part in the 2017-18 SEC Faculty Travel Program. The program, in its sixth year, provides support for selected individuals to collaborate with colleagues at … Read more
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Professor Adam Veige wins JSPS Fellowship–Will travel to Japan
Congratulations to Adam Veige for winning a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for Research in Japan. JSPS invitation fellowships are designed to enable Japanese researchers to invite their overseas colleagues to Japan to participate in cooperative work and other academic activities. As such, Dr. Veige will travel to Japan and spend … Read more
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Ultrapermeable polymer by design
Ultrapermeable micro-porous polymer designed by close coupling of experimental and computational predictions Colina, McKeown, and co-workers reported in a recent article in Nature Materials that the inefficient packing of two-dimensional (2D) chains of PIM-TMN-Trip generates an ultrapermeable polymer. This microporous polymer increases the efficiency of membranes for gas separations to new boundaries. More about this … Read more
Mass Spectrometry Research and Education Center recives NIH S10 Award
Kari Basso, PhD, Director of the Mass Spectrometry Research and Education Center (MSREC) in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the NIH S10 Shared Instrumentation Grant for the purchase of a Q Exactive? HF hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer. The Q Exactive has a resolving power of 240,000, the highest resolution mass spectrometer ever installed … Read more
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Four Chemistry faculty members chosen to receive 2016-2019 University Term Professorship Awards
Chemistry Professors Leslie Murray, Nick Polfer, Aaron Aponick and Ron Castellano were recently selected to receive University Term Professorship Awards. These three-year professorships were created by UF to recognize faculty who have established a distinguished record of research and scholarship that is expected to lead to continuing distinction in their field. Congratulations to Aaron, Ron, … Read more
Songwriting distinguished professor pens nanotech tune for DOE
Distinguished Professor Charles R. Martin is UF Chemistry Department’s renaissance man – both a nanoscience pioneer and an award-winning songwriter who has released seven albums of original rock and Americana music. Martin recently got to combine these passions for science and art in a songwriting gig from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Martin is … Read more
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