The Chemistry

At the Roberts Group, we use inorganic and organometallic chemistry to solve fundamental problems in organic chemistry.

Our main focuses include:

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.

Recent Publications

Ligand-Controlled Regioinduction in a PHOX-Ni Aryne Complex

Alexander Umanzor, Nicholas A. Garcia, Courtney C. Roberts*

Special Issue - 2023 Rising Stars in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

ACS Org. Inorg. Au Most Read Articles of 2023

Insights into the Regioselectivity of Metal-Catalyzed Aryne Reactions

Erin E. Plasek ǂ, Brylon N. Denman ǂ, Courtney C. Roberts*

ǂ Contributed equally

Redox-Neutral Decarboxylative and Desulfonylative C(sp3) Trifluoromethylation: Method Development and Mechanistic Inquiry 

Chris M. Seong, Courtney C. Roberts*

Special Issue - Next-Generation Cross-Coupling Chemistry

JOC Most Read Articles (July 2023)

Recent News

[04/25] Our first Science paper on access to inaccessible arynes is live! Check it out here

[04/23] Congratulations to Brylon Denman and Chris Seong for being awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships! 

[04/08] Congratulations to Ali Younis for the NSF GRFP honorable mention! 

[03/17] Alex Umanzor has been named a CAS Future Leader! Congrats Alex! Full List of Awardees

[03/02] Congratulations to Sal Kargbo for receiving the Merck Research Award for Underrepresented Chemists of Color! 

[02/26] Congrats to Brylon on getting her internship at AbbVie!

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