@miloasmith

Currently postdoc @Shenvi_Lab | PhD @Gaunt_Group | previously @jamesabull and @dixon_group.

Joined September 2019
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Excited to share that our one-carbon alkene homologation reaction developed @marcus_grocott by has been published in @nature🎉 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-0… (1/3) 🧵
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The @Gaunt_Group are looking for two enthusiastic and talented researchers to join our dynamic team in Cambridge, as postdocs. If you are interested in developing cutting edge synthetic chemistry across a wide range of areas relating to catalysis, apply at jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49113/
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Thanks @JOC_OL! @dubois_maryne, @JR_Chemistry, @ASterlingChem, @fjduarteg, @miloasmith, @J2_Mousseau, Andrew, Hannah, Phil and Charlie. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Come and join our team. We have an exciting Synthetic Chemistry PhD opportunity in the @Gaunt_Group (starting Oct 2025) in collaboration with AstraZeneca. It will focus development of new catalytic activation modes for the synthesis of novel scaffolds. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48481/
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Congrats to Dylan and Stephen for their method to glycosylate cotylenol and access 14-3-3 protein-client molecular glues! tinyurl.com/2y45ck4n Donor linker design was aided by Stephen’s “autoDFT” and solved a common problem in terpenoid synthesis: contrasteric glycosylation.
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Very happy to share our last work: "Deoxygenative Z-selective olefination of aliphatic alcohols", now in @ChemRxiv 🎉! Congrats Sai (@sainarayanan89 ), Irene (@irenessordo), Carla (@CarlaAiraRodrgz) and Emanuele (@ManuAzzi), amazing work! Check it out 👇 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Deoxygenative Z-selective olefination of aliphatic alcohols | ChemRxiv

Alcohols are one of the most abundant functional groups in commercially available materials and biologically active compounds. Herein, we report a mild photocatalytic method for the unprecedent...

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Now out in @ChemicalScience!! Thanks again to @RJDKang, @Roopender_Kumar, Biswarup and @MatthewGaunt8 - check it out here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

Modular synthesis of α-branched secondary alkylamines via visible-light-mediated carbonyl alkylat...

The development of methods for the assembly of secondary α-alkyl amines remains a central challenge to chemical synthesis because of their critical importa

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Milo Smith@miloasmith11 Jan 2024
Happy to share a preprint of my work on secondary amine synthesis with @Gaunt_Group! Very grateful to Ryan, Roopender (@TheKumarLab1) and Biswarup for their contributions, and @MatthewGaunt8 for his support and guidance. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Modular Synthesis of alpha-Branched Secondary Alkylamines via Visible-light-mediated Carbonyl...

The development of methods for the assembly of alpha-branched secondary alkylamines remains a central challenge to chemical synthesis because of their critical importance in modulating the physical...

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Our Carbonyl Azinylative amination (CAzA) for the synthesis of α-heteroaryl amines is now out in @angew_chem! Congrats Alex (@alex_rafaniello), Roopender (@TheKumarLab1) and Rachel!🎉 Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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The group’s latest teaching paper is out. This time we show how we’ve used TLC-MS throughout our practical course.@craigdc1983 doi.org/10.1002/rcm.9851

University teaching of mass spectrometry as a key practical technique within the context of a fully...

Rationale Mass spectrometry (MS) is introduced to high school students in the UK in many pre-university course syllabi. As such, we have identified the use of MS as a key technique that should be...

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Looking for your first step towards an independent career? We offer a 3-year-independent fellowship to support postdoc researchers from backgrounds under-represented in chemistry (e.g., women, minority ethnic, LGBTQI+, disabled, low-income backgrounds) shorturl.at/RBBpV
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We currently have a few posts available to join our team! If you know anyone interested in teaching practical chemistry please get in touch/show them the link! @OxfordChemistry my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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This week we continue our Advanced Organic Chemistry course as @GeorgiaRitzema gives us an introduction to radicals - check it out!! Link to the talk: youtu.be/MX8HsNE_GRo Thanks to @aplooby28 for hosting and Thomas Verheyen for a great problem set! synthesis-workshop.com/#prob…
Synthesis Workshop@MatthewHorwitz121 Oct 2023
IT'S FINALLY HERE! Starting October 28th, the Synthesis Workshop Advanced Organic Chemistry course will begin releases through our regular YouTube channel for FREE, thanks to the massive efforts of presenters from many researchers from academia and industry! Support by sharing!
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Heterobenzylic amines made easy – a distinct variant of our multicomponent CAA methodology mediated by indium - preprint now available on @ChemRxiv! 🎉 Congrats Alex (@alex_rafaniello) and Roopender (@TheKumarLab1)! Check it out 👇 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Modular synthesis of heterobenzylic amines via Carbonyl Azinylative Amination | ChemRxiv

The synthesis of α-alkyl, α’-2-azinyl amines by addition of 2-heteroaryl-based nucleophiles to alkyl substituted iminium ion is typically a challenging synthetic transformation due to mismatched...

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the latest chapter in our quest for a general alkylamine synthesis platform. Carbonyl alkylation amination to make secondary amines and some interesting applications. Congratulations to the team, led by @miloasmith and supporter by Ryan Kang. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Modular Synthesis of alpha-Branched Secondary Alkylamines via Visible-light-mediated Carbonyl...

The development of methods for the assembly of alpha-branched secondary alkylamines remains a central challenge to chemical synthesis because of their critical importance in modulating the physical...

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Happy to share a preprint of my work on secondary amine synthesis with @Gaunt_Group! Very grateful to Ryan, Roopender (@TheKumarLab1) and Biswarup for their contributions, and @MatthewGaunt8 for his support and guidance. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…

Modular Synthesis of alpha-Branched Secondary Alkylamines via Visible-light-mediated Carbonyl...

The development of methods for the assembly of alpha-branched secondary alkylamines remains a central challenge to chemical synthesis because of their critical importance in modulating the physical...

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📣 Two new postdoc opportunities in the group 📣 looking at new synthetic methods for the modification of biomacromolecules such as RNA. 🧪🧬 Follow the link for more details and feel free to get in touch with us, or Matt directly, with any questions. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44334/ – at Cambridge, England
Matthew Gaunt@MatthewGaunt811 Dec 2023
We have two exciting openings for PDRAs in the Gaunt group focussed on the development of new synthetic reactivity for the modification of RNA and/or proteins. For more details, see jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44334/ Great opportunity for new synthesis focussed on a different challenge
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We are advertising for a postdoc to join our 4-membered rings project: jobs.ac.uk/job/DDX319/resear… Come join us @impchemistry! #oxetanes #bioisosteres #latestagefunctionalization
Bull Group Chemistry@jamesabull4 Oct 2023
#chempostdoc We will soon be advertising a 3-year postdoctoral position for a synthetic chemist working on the synthesis of oxetanes. Details coming soon.... For some background: nature.com/articles/s41557-0… (rdcu.be/cFP7y) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem…
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📢 Interested in pursuing PhD research in synthetic organic chemistry or computational organic chemistry? Several home fee PhD positions, starting 10/23, are available at the @SynTech_CDT in @ChemCambridge. Contact us at [email protected] with CV and cover letter ASAP.
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Today we launched @GENChemCam, a network promoting gender equality in chemistry. So grateful and excited to be part of this amazing community. Please give us a follow! #IWD2023 – at Cambridge, England
Cambridge Chemistry Gender Equality Network@GENChemCam8 Mar 2023
We’re celebrating #InternationalWomensDay2023 by highlighting some of GENs founding members, starting with @beck23y and @GeorgiaRitzema
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Benzylic oxetane and azetidine radicals generated by photocatalysis undergo an irreversible Giese-type reaction where typical unstrained benzylic radicals add reversibly. In #JOrgChem from @dubois_maryne @JR_Chemistry @ASterlingChem @fjduarte @jamesabull pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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