Last weekend, we had a wonderful farewell party for Congjun (@CongjunY) and Miao (@MiaoChen1997) at Guangbin’s home. Congjun will join CU Boulder as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, and Miao will be starting at Merck as a Senior Scientist. Wishing them both the best of luck!

Congratulations to Shinyoung @symarcellac.

🚀Our recent contribution to the community:.N‐methylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐2‐ene‐2‐carboxamide - Choi - Major Reference Works - Wiley Online Library

🚀New advance toward asymmetric α‑Alkylation of Aldehydes. ✨Lead by Kezhi @KryptonChen, we report a branched-selective α-alkylation of aldehydes with unactivated olefins — enabled by a pyrazole mediator and a chiral Ir catalyst. Congrats!.

🔥 Scalable achievement in enantioselective homologation. 🔥 Our work on "Enantioconvergent carbenoid insertion into carbon−boron bonds" is now online on Nature Synthesis 🎉Congratulations to Qiqiang!.🙏Thanks to our collaborator Liu group @pengliu_group

Many thanks to our collaborators Dr. Fu, Prof. Liu @pengliu_group , and everyone involved! Great teamwork!.

🚨Just out in Nature!.We have offered a general method for 1,2-difunctionalization of arenes via differential 1,2-diborylation!..Congratulations to Jingfeng!

🚨 A single-atom swap could change the game in drug discovery! 🧪💥.We have just unveiled a CO-to-S atom swap method that turns ketones into sulfur-containing frameworks in complex, bioactive molecules in just two steps. .Congratulations to Zining.

Please check out our latest achievement in C–C activation: Downsizing lactams via Rh-catalyzed C–C activation. Congratulations to Rui @zhangrchem and Kangmin @KangminWen04

Please check out our new publication on C-C bond activation fluorination, which is just online @J_A_C_S ..Congratulations to Zining and Kezhi @KryptonChen

Please check out our recent outlook written by Miao @MiaoChen1997 .Atom-by-Atom Iterative Synthetic Logic: Laying the Foundation for Programmable Automated Construction of Small Organic Molecules | ACS Central Science

Congratulations to Congjun!!!.

We had a wonderful celebration for Miao @MiaoChen97 on successfully defending his PhD and best of luck on his new journey as a scientist at Merck @Merck!.We also warmly welcomed our two new postdocs, Zhongming and Zhiqi.

A big thanks to all the authors and the incredible Pd/NBE community for pushing the boundaries of this powerful platform. Looking forward to many more innovative and impactful transformations in the future!.

Excited to share that “Palladium and Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis: Fundamentals and Applications”—edited by Guangbin—is now available via Wiley!.

The application of NBE chemistry in total synthesis!.

We report a new Pd/NBE-enabled modular difunctionalization of pyrroles, achieving concise total syntheses of five leuconoxine-type alkaloids. Congrats to Xin @XinLiu14010834 and all co-authors!.

RT @UChiChemistry: A great moment of achievement for @GuangbinDong (center) at the Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Awards ceremony in To….

Please check out another review authored by Rui @zhangrchem :.Skeletal Rearrangements of Amides via Breaking Inert Bonds

Please check out our new achievement led by Dr. Jo:.Size‐Programmable Matteson‐Type Annulation: Construction of Spirocycles from Simple Cyclic Ketones - Jo - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library