Julian West
@pushingarrows
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Assistant Prof. of Chemistry @RiceUniversity • o-chem/catalysis at work • music/running/writing at home • Opinions mine • He/Him • @[email protected]
Houston, TX
Joined March 2011
Grateful to be able to share a little about our group in Synform @thiemechemistry. Check it out if you'd like to learn about our approach to growth within and outside the lab! https://t.co/1PCOLDfUeD
thieme.de
This Young Career Focus presents Julian G. West (Rice University, USA).
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Principal Investigator Julian G. West (@pushingarrows) and researchers at @RiceUniversity report a photocatalytic anti-Markovnikov hydroazidation of alkenes enabled by cooperative ligand-to-metal charge transfer and hydrogen atom transfer.
nature.com
Nature Communications - Hydroazidation of alkenes provides a direct entry to alkyl azides which are prevalent structural motifs in medicine development and chemical biology probes. Here the authors...
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Congrats to Shijin, Drew, and Martin on publication of this C-H arylation with remarkable terminal selectivity! 3,5-lutidine turns out to be key! Check it out @ChemEurJ
https://t.co/kH5VAL116u
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Selectivity is an essential part of organic synthesis and key to synthetic efficiency. However, selectivity is challenging to achieve in hydrocarbon molecules. Herein we report a mild and direct...
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Excited to share this new paper in @NatureComms co-led by @KangjieBian and Shijin Yu on photocatalytic azidofunctionalizations using iron terpy complexes. Iron LMCT in the visible range! https://t.co/sDQqBsBorA
nature.com
Nature Communications - Hydroazidation of alkenes provides a direct entry to alkyl azides which are prevalent structural motifs in medicine development and chemical biology probes. Here the authors...
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Our Iron-photocatalysis approach to small-ring transfer is now live in its final form @angew_chem! Great collaboration with Julian West @pushingarrows. Congratulations to everyone involved 🚀 @DCBPunibern @SwissChemistry #chemistry Check it out here 👉 https://t.co/4sjzYrIDQf
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Ultimately, a single, carefully considered thought was all it took to solve this problem! I am happy to see the 3rd chapter of my PhD thesis in @angew_chem. Thanks to everyone at the West Group (@pushingarrows) and @KatayevL for the wonderful collaboration. @DCBPunibern @snsf_ch.
Our Iron-photocatalysis approach to small-ring transfer is now live in its final form @angew_chem! Great collaboration with Julian West @pushingarrows. Congratulations to everyone involved 🚀 @DCBPunibern @SwissChemistry #chemistry Check it out here 👉 https://t.co/4sjzYrIDQf
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The final version of our paper is available, and open access! If you are interested in radical decarboxylative approaches or small rings, please have a look. @snsf_ch @KatayevL @pushingarrows @DCBPunibern
Our Iron-photocatalysis approach to small-ring transfer is now live in its final form @angew_chem! Great collaboration with Julian West @pushingarrows. Congratulations to everyone involved 🚀 @DCBPunibern @SwissChemistry #chemistry Check it out here 👉 https://t.co/4sjzYrIDQf
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Great to see this out! I still remember our first meeting in January 2024. I enjoyed working on this with Po-Kai and Shijin they were very supportive. Thanks to you, @KatayevL, @AJF_Chem for working on such a difficult problem together. It was a great team effort!
Really excited to share this collaboration with the @KatayevL group showing how Fe/S catalysis can make privileged bioisosteres quickly, easily, and cheaply! Check it out in @angew_chem
https://t.co/kb4WhAhcrc
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Really excited to share this collaboration with the @KatayevL group showing how Fe/S catalysis can make privileged bioisosteres quickly, easily, and cheaply! Check it out in @angew_chem
https://t.co/kb4WhAhcrc
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Herein, we present a catalytic approach for the direct decarboxylation of challenging CF3-cyclopropyl and cyclobutyl carboxylic acids using cooperative iron-thiol catalysis. This strategy enables...
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Congrats Austin Moser, Paige Sutter, Alex Chavez, and Sebastian Cruz on publishing this cool study on alkene hydroalkylation using TBADT/thiol catalysis! A brand new project area started and led by Austin! #realtimechem
https://t.co/JbHKlLthSA
pubs.acs.org
Here we report the use of a tetrabutylammonium decatungstate (TBADT)/thiol photocatalytic system for selective addition of acetone and other simple ketone, nitrile, and chlorocarbon functionalities...
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Delighted to contribute some thoughts to this wonderful article in @ChemistryWorld on putting fluorine in drug molecules along with @tnoel82, @GouverneurGroup, David O'Hagan, and Rob Young! Check it out! https://t.co/BWvNPuxaF5
chemistryworld.com
Adding fluorine to drug molecules can be tricky, but is often worthwhile. Rachel Brazil talks to the chemists trying to tame the ninth element
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Excited for this collaborative paper on nanoscale photoreactors to finally be out in @ChemicalScience! Check it out! https://t.co/QjurqErESV
pubs.rsc.org
Surfactants are amphiphilic molecules that can form micellar structures with a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic corona in water. In this work, we combine the remarkable properties of photoactive...
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Principal Investigator Julian West (@pushingarrows) and researchers at @RiceUniversity report a photocatalytic anti-Markovnikov hydro- and deuterochlorination of unsaturated hydrocarbons enabling access to diverse alkyl and alkenyl chlorides regio- and stereoselectively.
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Thrilled to welcome our newest postdoc, Shih-Chieh Kao, who joins us after his PhD in the West group at Rice. Looking forward to all the exciting chemistry you will do over the next few years. @pushingarrows @OxfordChemistry
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Reminder: Virtual Symposium is tomorrow anuary 15, 2025 @ 12 noon ET feat. Yang Yang @yang2biocat (UC Santa Barbara) & Julian West @pushingarrows (Rice University) Watch for free: YouTube: https://t.co/J4z4SqAVu2 Zoom: https://t.co/dMUWFfroSe Thank you to @BeyondCCHF
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#CottrellScholar 2023 & #Scialog SM3 Fellow @pushingarrows has a new paper in Nature Synthesis on a more sustainable photocatalytic process that eliminates the need for harsh chemicals or high temperatures typically required in chlorination.
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Iron and sulfur catalysts activated by blue light to add chlorine atoms to organic molecules @pushingarrows
Anti-Markovnikov hydro- and deuterochlorination of unsaturated hydrocarbons using iron photocatalysis https://t.co/NSauIvU9KJ
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What a fantastic surprise to see our new photocatalytic hydrochlorination featured by @TheAlexKnapp in The Prototype @Forbes We hope the reaction will help revolutionize discovery and manufacturing of important molecules for modern life.
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Now online: News & Views on the Article by @KangjieBian, @pushingarrows & co-workers https://t.co/2JFS1g5IXI ($) Photocatalytic pathways for hydrochlorination by Francisco Juliá-Hernández @FjhGroup
https://t.co/PWmXky0IVf ($)
nature.com
Nature Synthesis - Iron photocatalysis, in conjunction with a cooperative radical mechanism, enables the anti-Markovnikov hydrochlorination of unsaturated feedstocks, using light as an energy source.
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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 ($)
nature.com
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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