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Synthesis Workshop
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An open access content creation initiative in chemistry, featuring video podcast episodes, courses, problem sets, virtual research posters, and more. Homepage: synthesis-workshop.com
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Is it possible to form a stereogenic carbon with four heteroatom substituents? Would it be configurationally stable? Tune in today to find out in a brand new episode with Olivier Viudes, hosted by Alicia Wagner!

Link: youtu.be/-pyvGu56Suo

@jacs.acspublications.org 2025, 147, 21121.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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We have a brand new Research Spotlight episode, as well as a Problem Set and Solution set dropping today!! Tune in to learn about diastereoselective umpolung cyclization reactions with Dr. Giulia Iannelli!

Link: youtu.be/uyKZgUbB5Fk
Link to our problem sets: synthesis-workshop.com/problem-sets.
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Tune in today for a brand new Research Spotlight episode with Charlotte O’Donnell, focusing on her recent total synthesis of aspidospermidine!

Link: youtu.be/lzDv8cJRTyQ
October 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Tune in today to hear Dr. Fabian Kallmeier explain how to enhance the nucleophilicity of aluminum anions, which he recently published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org, in a brand new Research Spotlight episode!

Link: youtu.be/6XBF6Iqi3vE

Key paper:
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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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...
September 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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This talk also comes with a great hands on tutorial activity designed by the speaker - check it out at synthesis-workshop.com/courses!
August 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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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

@chemicalscience.rsc.org
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
August 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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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...
July 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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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...
July 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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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...
June 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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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).
April 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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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
March 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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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...
March 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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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)!
March 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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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
March 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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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...
February 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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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...
February 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A sneak peak of the incredible finale of this talk!
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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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...
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Check out our latest Research Spotlight with Liam Franov on electroinduced alkene-aldehyde couplings!

Link: youtu.be/_gDvUnRoWag

Key paper:
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 29450-29461.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
January 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM