Group Meeting (Fall 2024)
Subject to Change - Check back often!
Full Group meeting: Every Friday 3 PM Kolthoff 283
Subgroups meet every other week
(weeks of 09/02, 09/16, 09/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/11)
Early Transition Metals Subgroup: Thursdays 2:30 PM, Smith 221
Arynes Subgroup: Thursdays 1 PM, Smith 221
The Chemistry
At the Roberts Group, we use inorganic and organometallic chemistry to solve fundamental problems in organic chemistry.
Our main focuses include:
Aryne Functionalization
Early Transition Metal Catalysis
C-C, C-N, and C-X Bond Formation
The Group
At the Roberts Group, we don't accept the excuse "it's always been done that way."
We celebrate our diversity, and we fight to make science more inclusive.
Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Brylon N. Denman ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*
ǂ Contributed equally
14) Aryne Aminohalogenation Using Protic Amines Enabled by Halogen Transfer
Joshua T. Gavin, Lars W. Anderson, Courtney C. Roberts*
Erin E. Plasek, Roman G. Belli, Douglas M. Kavaguti, Courtney C. Roberts*
Recent News
[10/17] A recent paper from Team Phen using a combo of kinetics & data science to study the mechanism & origins of selectivity in a Pd-cat. aryne annulation got published on ACS Catalysis! Congrats team! Check it out here
[09/21] Congrats to Sofie for winning the outstanding poster award at the Chicago Regional Inorganic Colloquium!
[09/06] Congrats to Douglas for the honorable mention for outstanding TA award!
[08/28] The HTE-platform-based development of a novel aminohalogenation of arynes via halogen transfer has been disclosed in Organic Letters! Congrats Josh and Lars! Check it out here
[08/17] Our study of the role of the ancillary phosphine in inaccessible aryne formation and reactivity has been disclosed in an article published in Organometallics! Check it out here
[08/12] Congrats to our newest PhD, Dr. Josh Gavin! Josh is headed to Cambrex next month! (Ph.D. #4)