The lab had a blast gathering together to eat good food, carve pumpkins, and enjoy the beautiful October weather. Props to everyone for amazing designs and technical skill, especially all of the first-time carvers. Happy Halloween!

The latest installment of our research on directed 1,2-diarylation of alkenes under nickel catalysis appears online this week in Tetrahedron Letters. In this study, Yilin and Zi-Qi demonstrate that structurally diverse five-membered azaheterocycles can efficiently direct nickel-catalyzed 1,2-diarylation of proximal alkenes under simple and user-friendly reaction conditions. The method offers a quick route to 1,2,4-tri(hetero)aryl alkanes that are otherwise difficult to access. The manuscript is part of a special virtual issue honoring Prof. Bill Morandi, recipient of the 2023 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award.

For a link to the paper, click here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403923004744