Xiaowei Chen
@3Doperator
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undergrad @pushingarrows @RiceUniversity| Former intern @EngleLab 📀🎹 🏎️🚴🏭
Houston | Shanghai
Joined September 2019
Excited to start the new year with this new method for photocatalytic hydro- and deuterochlorination in @NatureSynthesis! A tour de force led by @KangjieBian! https://t.co/QZ1OefLUNn
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Nature Synthesis - Methods for the anti-Markovnikov-selective hydrochlorination of unsaturated C–C bonds are limited by the need for stoichiometric reagents, highly oxidizing photocatalysts...
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Now online: Article by @KangjieBian, D Nemoto, Y Chen @YenChu_TW, @SCK64778810, @3Doperator, A A. Martí & @pushingarrows Anti-Markovnikov hydro- and deuterochlorination of unsaturated hydrocarbons using iron photocatalysis https://t.co/2JFS1g5IXI ($)
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Nature Synthesis - Methods for the anti-Markovnikov-selective hydrochlorination of unsaturated C–C bonds are limited by the need for stoichiometric reagents, highly oxidizing photocatalysts...
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We are thrilled to welcome five stellar 1st year students to the Lin Lab! Congrats to Bofei, Nayan, Evan, Joe and Xiaowei! Here’s to new friends and great science ahead🤩⚡️
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When it comes to the catalysts that chemists rely on to assemble organic molecules, some metals are just greener than others...right? In my latest C&EN feature, I attempt to explain why that question doesn't (yet) have a simple answer: https://t.co/oxjCgpy5SL
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Making homogeneous catalysis greener is about more than just swapping out precious metals for earth-abundant ones
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The take away from this class: energy (kcal) = 28600 / wavelength (nm)
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Last class of (probably) last class of Prof. Paul Engel at Rice. 🎓 Grateful for the knowledge gained in his spectroscopy and phys ochem class and this photochemistry class!
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Delighted to share a creative approach to general iron photocatalyzed alkene difunctionalization developed by @KangjieBian, David Nemoto, @3Doperator, @SCK64778810, and James Hooson published as a HOT article in @ChemicalScience
https://t.co/MypE0xTNPB
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Ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) is a mechanistic strategy that provides a powerful tool to access diverse open-shell species using earth abundant elements and has seen tremendous growth in...
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"Basically any fluorinated fragment that you can get the carboxylic acid of is now fair game for adding into a molecule” in @pushingarrows and team's new Nature Chemistry paper https://t.co/5I5CkFiKkZ
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Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
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The paper! https://t.co/jkpIkzpgoy As a note, "HAT" was accidentally replaced by "XAT" in many instances during production and this is getting fixed!
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Nature Chemistry - Alkene hydrofluoroalkylation offers a promising route to diverse fluoroalkylated compounds but current methods have limitations, such as needing expensive fluoroalkylating...
I never imagined we would get the chance to be highlighted in @cenmag By the fantastic @bri_barbu!! A great write up of some cool chemistry developed by @KangjieBian, @YenChu_TW, David Nemoto, @SCK64778810, and @3Doperator Out in @NatureChemistry! https://t.co/zRmUkeD2e0
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I never imagined we would get the chance to be highlighted in @cenmag By the fantastic @bri_barbu!! A great write up of some cool chemistry developed by @KangjieBian, @YenChu_TW, David Nemoto, @SCK64778810, and @3Doperator Out in @NatureChemistry! https://t.co/zRmUkeD2e0
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Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN): Keeping you up to date with the chemistry news that matters most. Published by the American Chemical Society.
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There's a poem column on @ChemistryViews 🎃 featuring radioactive elements I cannot distinguish.
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
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Today’s win: Did a very short column and got the product (E)-2-phenylethenesulfonyl fluoride crystallized on rotovap
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Congrats to @theBrianFunk, @MartinPauze, @YenChu_TW, @Austinjacious, and Gemma on publication of their ingenious VB12/thiol epoxide reduction system in @CellRepPhysSci!! So proud to have two awesome projects from our group @RiceChemistry published today! https://t.co/saAWiOFJcZ
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Here, Funk et al. develop a mild synthetic method for hydrogenative epoxide ring opening. The co-catalytic system uses Earth-abundant vitamin B12 and TRIP thiol to efficiently produce Markovnikov...
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Congrats to @SCK64778810, @KangjieBian, @3Doperator, Ying, and @AngelMartiLab on publication of their creative work in @ChemCatalysis!! Direct conversion of carboxylic acids to azides using sustainable iron photocatalysis! @RiceUniversity
https://t.co/aezgpgIt41
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Decarboxylative azidation is a powerful approach to prepare C–N bonds in bioactive molecules. However, previous methods require strong oxidants, precious metals, complex reagents, and/or carboxylic...
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I just learned about ladderene today in Chem 656. A Metal-Free Cyclobutadiene Reagent for Intermolecular [4 + 2] Cycloadditions
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I bought the total synthesis series last year. Finally started reading for CHEM 656 tomorrow.🤓😎😆
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Chemoselective Decarboxylative Protonation Enabled by Cooperative Earth-Abundant Element Catalysis (West) @pushingarrows @YenChu_TW @RiceChemistry @RiceUniversity
https://t.co/fmo2CpdUQJ
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