Check out our new paper on Electrochemical Trifluoromethylchlorosulfonylation of Alkenes via Copper‐Mediated SO2Cl Radical Transfer @AdvSynthCatal in collaboration with @Sanford_Lab
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In situ environmental TEM analysis reveals the hydrogen insertion initiated at the GB sites, further supported by DFT results. Great teamwork @utahchemistry.bsky.social PNNL and Argonne! Congrats to all the authors! Thanks, Department of Energy, for funding support!

We addressed this issue by continuously regenerating defective Ag under AC electrolysis to prevent catalyst deactivation and control the formation of reactive chemical species, achieving the selective and continuous electrosynthesis of aminopyralid for over 50 days.

The loss of selectivity is caused by both the structural evolution of the Ag catalyst, as characterized by #4D-STEM, and the in situ formation of reactive species (ClO–, NH3, and NO2–).

Dehalogenation is a critical process in the chemical industry but still faces challenges, including catalyst deactivation, low product selectivity, and limited operational stability. An example is the synthesis of aminopyralid (2) via #echem dechlorination of picloram (1).

Celebrate our three @jacs.acspublications.org papers in a row with the awesome group members @utahchemistry.bsky.social ! The third one will be online soon. Stay tuned! #Pumping more great chemistry!

Our superstar graduate student @griffynsgro1.bsky.social
, and postdoc Mike Pence, are bringing automation to the quantitative analysis class @utahchemistry.bsky.social ! Thanks @rescorp.org @NSF for funding support! #modernize analytical chemistry labs!

The selectivicty arises from binning the products by time duration during AC electrolysis. At short times, the 1st step is fast than the 2nd step due to fast kinetics and sufficient supply of reactant. At long times, the 2nd catches up with the 1st due to concentration change.

The key take-home message is when the potential difference at the foot of the wave between 1-->2 and 2--->3 is larger than 80 mV, AC electrolysis can achieve selectivity toward 2.

Welcome @griffynsgro1.bsky.social and @mitch-horn.bsky.social from @waynestatechem.bsky.social to @utahchemistry.bsky.social for summer research!

And having dinner the legendary Profs. Joel Harris and Henry White @utahchemistry.bsky.social !

Great seminar by @hangren.bsky.social from @utaustin.bsky.social ! Thanks for visiting us!

It is my great honor to receive the Pittcon Achievement Award! Thanks to all the current and former students for their hard work @waynestatechem.bsky.social @utahchemistry.bsky.social ! Also, thanks to
@minteerlab.bsky.social , TD, Siegi, and Lane @bakergrp.bsky.social for the continued support!

A great electrochemistry minisynposium today @utahchemistry.bsky.social with Prof. TD Chung from Seoul National U and the White and @minteerlab.bsky.social !

The first paper of 2025: Reductive amidation of polylactic acid with nitro compounds using nickel-based nanocatalysts! @greenchemistry.bsky.social @utah.edu

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New group photo! Welcome two new graduate students, Marisa and Nguyen, to the group!

Through-space dipolar-based solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments AmesNatLab
and computational studies with Zhenfei Liu @waynestatechem
confirmed the surface binding geometry and the surface pathway.