Spooktober faculty meeting with @KateWhiteLab, @_Picazo and @TheZavaletaLab

Halloween at Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory 🍫 with some bikers visiting! Setting the spooky 👻 mood with @TheZavaletaLab at @USCBridge 🎃

📢New @J_A_C_S paper alert📚 Discover how to increase molecular complexity with molecular oxygen—no hν; no metals! @Shubha_ggarwal found how to generate and tame captodative azavinyl radicals‼️ Congratulations Shubhangi & Will! Read more:pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac… @USCChemistry

Congratulations Dr. @Shubha_ggarwal on defending today @USCChemistry! Bittersweet day in Fokin Lab today! Good luck in your future endeavors @bmsnews process. So proud of you! #proudPI @USCBridge

Our recent paper has been featured on the cover of June issue of @NatureChemistry!🥳 Check out the issue and how diazoalkenes break the constraints of aromaticity and involve arenes in cycloadditions. nature.com/articles/s41557-0… We are grateful to @Ella_Maru for the design!

Here is our answer from figure 2 of our paper: nature.com/articles/s41557-0…

We still have lessons to learn from molecules we’ve known for a while. 1,5-sulfonyl triazoles can form highly reactive diazoalkenes without a catalyst. The key is perseverance of a researcher to understand why and how it happens (see figure 2) nature.com/articles/s41557-0… 2/4

📝Hot from press @NatureChemistry (🧵) Aromaticity is not a constraint when arenes participate in dipolar cycloaddition. Yes, aromaticity breaks at low temperatures with high efficiency! Congratulations @Shubha_ggarwal, Alex, @DMEremin and Rudra doi.org/10.1038/s41557… 1/4

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Pleasure to host Kostya today @USCChemistry! Very innovative work on C isotope labeling. Keep your eyes on what @BukhGroup is up to👀

To start the week, let's celebrate our talented @Shubha_ggarwal the recipient of the William P. Weber Award! We thank @USCChemistry and the award committee for the recognition of her outstanding graduate research in organic chemistry. Congratulations Shubhangi! @USCDornsife