The Thomas Group 🦖
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We are a synthetic methods group at Texas A&M University. We use rapid injection NMR (RI-NMR) to study mechanisms and reactivity. Student ran account.
College Station, TX
Joined September 2021
Check out our newest paper in Nature Communications where we developed a LED Rapid Injection NMR!
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Nature Communications - NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying chemical reactions, but short-lived intermediates are hard to capture. The authors present a system combining LED and...
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Have you ever run a rxn using a gas reagent? Did you wish you could monitor it in real time? Now you can😎! Check out our new GRI-NMR system to monitor rxns using a continuous flow of a gas reagent at 1atm. @AThomasLab @jeanettephos @ChemMethods
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New Paper Alert! Congratulations to @ls_aguirre, @jeanettephos, and Raquel! Design of a Gas Rapid Injection Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System for Structure Elucidations and Kinetic Analyses - Aguirre - Chemistry–Methods - Wiley Online Library
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A gas rapid injection nuclear magnetic resonance (GRI-NMR) device was designed and constructed for the precise delivery of gases at atmospheric pressures for real-time data acquisition. The GRI-NMR...
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The Thomas group has graduated PhD #3! Congratulations to Dr. Lupita Aguirre @ls_aguirre on a successful PhD defense! She will be heading west to the University of California-Los Angeles. Where she will join Prof. Osvaldo Gutierrez's lab as a Post Doc!
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The Thomas group has graduated PhD #2! Congratulations to Dr. Danniel Arriaga on an amazing defense. He will be taking his talents to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he will be working with Prof. Julian Cooper as a Post-Doc!
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Development of a Highly Selective Synthesis of 4-Substituted Tetrahydroquinolines: Substrate Scope and Mechanistic Study (Andy A. Thomas @AThomasLab and co-workers) #openaccess 🔓
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A general and selective deprotonation capture sequence of tetrahydroquinolines with alkyl halides and aromatic halides at the 4-position using organolithiums and phosphoramide ligands is described....
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Future JACS authors from Texas A&M (D. Chattapadhyay, P. Castro Castro, L. Aguirre, S. Malavika, J. Pina, J. Nicholson) @TAMUChemistry @TAMU
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The Thomas group has graduated PhD #1! Congratulations to Dr. Jeanette Piña @jeanettephos on an amazing defense yesterday. She will be heading to Savannah River National Lab!
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New Paper Alert! Congrats to @jeanettephos, @ls_aguirre, Levi, Hi, and @CrockettChem! Development of a Highly Selective Synthesis of 4–Substituted Tetrahydroquinolines: Substrate Scope and Mechanistic Study - A European Journal - Wiley Online Library
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A general and selective deprotonation capture sequence of tetrahydroquinolines with alkyl halides and aromatic halides at the 4-position using organolithiums and phosphoramide ligands is described....
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New Year New Paper! Congrats to @HanHsiang_Hsu, Seokmin, Cheng-Chun, and @MdRajaSk1994! Functionalization of Pyridines at the C4 Position via Metalation and Capture - Thomas - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library
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n-Butylsodium can be used to selectively deprotonate pyridine at the C4 position, in sharp contrast to organolithium reagents which lead to nucleophilic addition at the C2 position. A wide range of...
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Interested in organolithium chemistry? Andy Thomas (@AThomasLab), @CrockettChem, @ls_aguirre, Shu-Kai Chen and Raja SK have compiled a #ScienceOfSynthesis review on practical advances in the application of Li in organic synthesis (Ed: Renzo Luisi @Luisi_Lab) @TAMUChemistry 🧐
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We are excited to share that our book chapter titled "Advances in Lithium Metal Sources: Synthesis and Applications." has been published in Science of Synthesis Knowledge Updates! Congratulations to @CrockettChem, @ls_aguirre, Shu-Kai and Raja! DOI: 10.1055/sos-SD-108-00398
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Our newest paper is available on ChemRxiv! Congrats to @jeanettephos, @ls_aguirre, Levi, Hai, and @CrockettChem! Development of a Highly Selective Synthesis of 4-Substituted Tetrahydroquinolines: Substrate Scope and Mechanistic Study | ChemRxiv -
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Preparation of Highly Reactive Lithium Metal Dendrites and the Synthesis of (Trimethylsilyl)methyllithium Raquel M. Gonzalez, Han-Hsiang Hsu, and Andy A. Thomas @AThomasLab
https://t.co/dHID8ElnuR
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Had an amazing time at the Welch conference! Congratulations to Prof. Eric Jacobsen on receiving the 2024 Robert A. Welch Award in chemistry! @WelchFoundation Shoutout Grandpa Buchwald @BuchwildGroup
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Enjoying a well-deserved break from the lab at the Renaissance Fair!
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Are you in need of (TMS)CH2Li and have some Li metal around the lab? 🤔 Look no further! Check out this Organic Syntheses Procedure on (TMS)CH2Li using Li-dendrites ❄️ Congrats to Raquel & Han-Hsiang!
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