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We are a synthetic research group in the Department of Chemistry at York University focused on the
design of new organic and organometallic reactions for applications in drug discovery and development












- RECENT NEWS -
October 2023
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Dusty's first author paper on the "Fluoride-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Carbamoyl Fluorides and Alkynylsilanes" was published in Organic Letters! Congrats to all.
September 2023
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We bid farewell to Darnella and Angela, and welcome new students Addia, Xavier and Sepehr to the group!
June 2023
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Our paper Synthesis of Carbamoyl Fluorides Using a Difluorophosgene Surrogate Derived from Difluorocarbene and Pyridine N-Oxides was awarded the 2023 JOC Outstanding Publication of the Year! Read the ACS Interview with Christine and the YFile news article.
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Christine co-organized OC in 2023: Showcasing the Diversity of People and Pursuits at the 2023 CSC Meeting in Vancouver with Prof. Marc Adler.
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Congratulations to Alex for winning the 1st Place Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award at the CSC meeting!
May 2023
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Ali's first author paper on the "Boron Trifluoride-Catalyzed Intramolecular Fluorocarbamoylation of Alkynes via Halide Recycling" was published in JACS! Congrats to all.
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We bid farewell to Alex and Yuriko who successfully defended their CHEM 4000 thesis projects and will be pursuing their PhDs at the University of Chicago and University of Michigan.
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New undergraduate students Angela (NSERC USRA recipient) and Darnella (CHEM 4000 student) join the lab. Welcome!
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After a 9-month internship with our group (supported by MITACS), Dima is off to the University of Toronto to pursue his PhD studies.
April 2023
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Our review article on the "Carbofluorination of π-Bonds and Related Reactions Involving Tandem C−C/C−F Bond Formation" was published in EurJOC as a part of the #NextGenOrgChem Special Collection. Congrats Ali and Dusty!
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Our MITACS Accelerate Grant in collaboration with Prof. Chris Caputo was successfully funded.
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Christine is part of an NSERC CREATE grant led by Prof. Sergey Krylov on Technology-Enhanced Pharmaceutical Discovery that was successfully funded.
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Alex is the recipient of the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Award.
November 2022
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Congratulations to Dmytro for winning a MITACS Globalink Research Award to continue his research project in our lab.
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