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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Sep 6

Join us today to learn about controlled anionic polymerizations with Paige Jacky, focusing on her recently published work in Nature Chemistry!!

Link: youtu.be/6XD7dBUByyQ

Nat Chem. 2025, 17, 1076-1082.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Aug 23

This talk also comes with a great hands on tutorial activity designed by the speaker - check it out at synthesis-workshop.com/courses!

Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Aug 23

Join. us today as we kick off a brand new course, "Cheminformatics and Computational Chemistry", with an excellent introductory talk on cheminformatics by Dr. Fu Kit Sheong!! If you're interested in contributing to this course, reach out!

Link: youtu.be/Hx8kVIsRlO4

A Crash Course on Cheminformatics with Dr. Fu Kit (Frederick) Sheong

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today after years of work and a tight collaboration between >40 chemists in academia and industry, we are thrilled to share the story of how our Advanced Organic Chemistry course and other courses were created in the Journal of Chemical Education!

Link: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Reimagining Advanced Chemistry Education: A Community-based Approach to Course Design for Modern Learners

Chemistry education at the graduate level and beyond faces the formidable challenge of a boundless and constantly expanding frontier of knowledge on many fronts. While modern learners have an increasi...

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · Aug 11

The @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social channel covers a whole host of publications and cutting edge research in the area of organic chemistry.

Highly recommended if you are in this area and would like to keep up to date with the field:
www.youtube.com/@SynthesisWo...

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Synthesis Workshop is a channel dedicated to presenting advances in synthetic organic chemistry in an open-access format with concise explanations and clear visuals. Created by Matthew Horwitz, Ph.D.

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Aug 9

Join us today to hear from Ann-Sophie Paschke and Stefanie Schiele from the @morandilab.bsky.social about their work on C-to-N atom swapping reactions!! Thanks to Karim for hosting and editing!

Link: youtu.be/D513hX1gOTg

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doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Jul 19

Join us this week on Synthesis Workshop as Immanuel Plangger shares his work on the development of a non-enzymatic methylcyclization reaction!! Thanks to Fabrizio Politano for hosting and editing!

Link: youtu.be/fnFfw9T5DTM

Key paper:
Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 904–910.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Non-enzymatic Methylcyclization of Alkenes with Immanuel Plangger

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Jul 18

Very excited to announce that our recent review has been featured on the cover of Synthesis!!

If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, here is a link to the review: doi.org/10.1055/a-26...

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Jul 12

Join us this week as Jonathan Gruhin @alexanian-lab.bsky.social shares his work on the homologation of carboxylic acids! Thanks to Alicia Wagner for hosting and editing!!

Link: youtu.be/hbrrRyy0zfU

Key paper:
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 48, 32919–32924
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

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Synthesis Journal @synthesis1969.bsky.social · Jul 2

Dive into chiral #DrugDevelopment 💊 This review by Álvarez-Calero & Horwitz @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social highlights efficient, scalable #API synthesis for new drug substances. Discover how asymmetric synthesis drives #pharma innovation via diverse case studies 🧬

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Jun 21

Join us today as Michael Zott and Daniel Zuschlag share their work with Prof. Dirk Trauner on the synthesis of isosteroidal alkaloids!!

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Key reference: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 3010-3016. doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

Concise Synthesis of Isosteroidal Alkaloids with Michael Zott and Daniel Zuschlag

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Jun 4

Today Ömer Taşpınar joins us to share his work from the Clayden group on asymmetric intramolecular arylation reactions in a virtual research poster!!

Check out the full paper, published under a month ago in Angewandte Chemie here: doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Apr 26

This is just one example of the problems you'll find in our latest problem set on covalent and noncovalent organocatalysis!! Check out the full set at synthesis-workshop.com in the Problem Sets or Courses section (see the Asymmetric Organocatalysis course).

Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Apr 26

Check out the latest installment in our Asymmetric Organocatalysis course!!

Link: youtu.be/pwtS9YWxldI

Once you're done, head over to synthesis-workshop.com and check out the corresponding problem and solution set! You can find it either in the Problem Sets or Courses section.

Introduction to Asymmetric Organocatalysis: Non-covalent Organocatalysis

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Mar 28

Join us this week as Rahul Giri shares his work on dual-functional group transfer reagents for the dihalogenation of hydrocarbons!! Thanks to Andy for hosting!

Link: youtu.be/eL7dFssUHcA

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Mar 22

Join us this week to hear from Dr. Feba Pulikkottil about her recently published work on eFluorination!!

Link: youtu.be/U6V6rYhMu1A

Key paper: Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 29, 6103–6108 doi.org/10.1021/acs....

eFluorination for the Rapid Synthesis of Carbamoyl Fluorides from Oxamic Acids

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Mar 15

Join us today on Synthesis Workshop as Prahallad Meher shares his work on site-selective alkylation and acylation reactions on glycines and peptides!! Thanks to Matteo Balletti for hosting!

Link: youtu.be/D7GsRePvxSs

Key paper:
ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 18896-18906.
doi.org/10.1021/acsc...

Site-selective Arylation and Alkylation of Glycines and Peptides with Prahallad Meher

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Mar 8

Join us today as Nicolò Tampellini shares his recently published work on asymmetric cyclization reactions!!

Link: youtu.be/9e4Hxt5FjH4

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 4624-4630.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Mar 5

Also check out our new problem and solution set on synthetic electrochemistry, created by Dr. Peter Bellotti! Available for download for free on our project homepage in the Courses or Problem Set section (www.synthesis-workshop.com)!

Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Mar 5

Tune in for an ⚡⚡⚡ELECTRIFYING⚡⚡⚡ talk!

Today we release our introductory mini-course on synthetic electrochemistry, led by Dr. Max Palkowitz and hosted by Alicia Wagner!!

Link: youtu.be/pBW4xHF2bBw

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Feb 21

Welcome to the team!!!

Sourav Mondal @souravmondal.bsky.social · Feb 19

Excited to join the Synthesis Workshop's editorial board! Huge thanks to @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social for the opportunity—looking forward to sharing and exploring more in organic synthesis. Let’s enjoy the chemistry! #OrganicSynthesis #SynthesisWorkshop

Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Feb 14

Join us this week to hear from Enric Adillon about his work on a carborane-derived proton-coupled electron-transfer reagent!! Thanks to Matteo Balletti for hosting!

Link: youtu.be/PDAUl-I8e3g

Key reference:
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 30204-30211.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Feb 8

Did you like our Advanced Organic Chemistry course Good news! You can now download all the PDFs on our project homepage: synthesis-workshop.com#downloads

Haven't seen the course yet? Check it out!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Feb 7

A sneak peak of the incredible finale of this talk!

Synthesis Workshop @synthesisworkshop.bsky.social · Feb 7

Tune in to see an incredible recent total synthesis, explained by Hiroshige Ogawa!! Thanks to Kathleen for hosting!

Link: youtu.be/qVz9znlbeFg

@angewandtechemie.bsky.social Int. Ed. 2024, e202414295.
doi.org/10.1002/anie...

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