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2010 Reaxys PhD Prize Winners

Congratulations to the 3 Winners

The 3 Winners of the 2010 Reaxys PhD Prize were selected by the regional coordinators, all members of the Reaxys Advisory Board:

  1. Dr. P. Kocis, former Global Head Exploratory Chemistry, AstraZeneca, USA
  2. Prof. Hort Kunz, University of Mainz, Germany
  3. Prof. H. N. C. Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Submissions consisted of a representative peer-reviewed paper, a PhD Supervisor's letter of recommendation and a CV. Submissions were reviewed by a board of leading international chemists and judged for originality, innovation, importance to the field, applicability, rigor of approach and publication quality.

This year's 3 Winners are:

  1. Thomas Maimone
  1. Hiroyuki Miyamura
  1. Robert Phipps

Thomas Maimone
Thomas Maimone Article : Total Synthesis of Vinigro
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : The Scripps Research Institute
Supervisor : Prof. Phil S. Baran
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Hiroyuki Miyamura
Hiroyuki Miyamura Article : Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Conditions Catalyzed by Reusable Gold Nanoclusters Stabilized by the Benzene Rings of Polystyrene Derivatives
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : University of Tokyo
Supervisor : Prof. Shu Kobayashi
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Robert Phipps
Robert Phipps Article : RA Meta-Selective Copper-Catalyzed CH Bond Arylation
Journal : Science
University : University of Cambridge
Supervisor : Prof.Matthew Gaunt
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This year's Finalists are:

Victoria Blair Justin Chalker Justin Christy
Nicholas Deprez Guangbin Dong Alessandro D'Urso
Brett Fors Xiao Fu Takeru Furuya
Stefan Graber Yuan Han Takanori Iwasaki
Liqun Jin Michael Katz Florian Kessler
Bala Krishna Juluri Ravi Kumar Rohit Kumar Sharma
Connor Martin Teresa Martinez del Campo Megan Matthews
Paul Mcgonigal David Michaelis Evan Miller
Thomas Moss Devon Mundal Julia Neumann
Tobias Seiser Ponminor Senthil Kumar Lauren Sirois
Christof Sparr Jason Spruell Yuto Sumida
Kosuke Suzuki Giulia Tagliabue Jason Thomas
Hirofumi Ueda Akira Ueda Oleg Vechorkin
Dieter Weber Peter Wich Akira Yada


Victoria Blair
Victoria Blair Article : Structural and Magnetic Insights into the Trinuclear Ferrocenophane and Unexpected Hydrido Inverse Crown Products of Alkali-Metal-Mediated Manganation(II) of Ferrocene
Journal : Chemistry - A European Journal
University : University of Strathclyde
Supervisor : Prof. Robert E. Mulvey
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Justin Chalker
Justin Chalker Article : A Convenient Catalyst for Aqueous and Protein Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of Oxford
Supervisor : Prof. Benjamin G. Davis
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Justin Christy
Justin Christy Article : The Synthesis of Highly Substituted Cyclooctatetraene Scaffolds by Metal-Catalyzed [2+2+2+2] Cycloadditions: Studies on Regioselectivity, Dynamic Properties, and Metal Chelation**
Journal, Year : Angewandte Chemie
University : Stanford University
Supervisor : Prof. Paul Wender
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Nicholas Deprez
Nicholas Deprez Article : Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Pd-Catalyzed C-H Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts: Evidence for a Bimetallic High Oxidation State Pd Intermediate
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of Michigan
Supervisor : Prof. Melanie Sanford
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Guangbin Dong
Guangbin Dong Article : Total synthesis of bryostatin 16 using atom-economical and chemoselective approaches
Journal : Nature
University : California Institute of Technology
Supervisor : Prof. Barry M. Trost
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Alessandro D'Urso
Alessandro D'Urso Article : Interactions of a Tetraanionic Porphyrin with DNA: from a Z-DNA Sensor to a Versatile Supramolecular Device
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of Catania
Supervisor : Prof. Roberto Purrello
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Brett Fors
Brett Fors Article : Pd-Catalyzed Conversion of Aryl Chlorides, Triflates, and Nonaflates to Nitroaromatics
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Supervisor : Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald
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Xiao Fu
Xiao Fu Article : Chiral Guanidinium Salt Catalyzed Enantioselective Phospha-Mannich Reactions
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : National University of Singapore
Supervisor : Prof. Choon Hong Tan
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Takeru Furuya
Takeru Furuya Article : Carbon-Fluorine Reductive Elimination from a High-Valent Palladium Fluoride
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Harvard University
Supervisor : Prof. Tobias Ritter
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Stefan Graber
Stefan Graber Article : Long-Living Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells ? Control through Supramolecular Interactions
Journal : Advanced Materials
University : University of Basel
Supervisor : Prof. Edwin C. Constable
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Yuan Han
Yuan Han Article : Preparation and characterization of the first pyrazole-based remote N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of palladium(II)
Journal : Chemical Communications
University : National University of Singapore
Supervisor : Prof. Han Vinh Huynh
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Takanori Iwasaki
Takanori Iwasaki Article : Enzyme-Like Chemoselective Acylation of Alcohols in the Presence of Amines Catalyzed by a Tetranuclear Zinc Cluster
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Osaka University
Supervisor : Prof. Kazushi Mashima
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Liqun Jin
Liqun Jin Article : What is the Rate of the Csp2-Csp2 Reductive Elimination Step? Revealing an Unusually Fast Ni-Catalyzed Negishi-Type Oxidative Coupling Reaction
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Wuhan University
Supervisor : Prof. Aiwen Lei
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Michael Katz
Michael Katz Article : Highly Birefringent Cyanoaurate Coordination Polymers: The Effect of Polarizable C-X Bonds (X ) Cl, Br)
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Simon Fraser University
Supervisor : Prof. Daniel B. Leznoff
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Florian Kessler
Florian Kessler
 Article : Synthesis of the First Stable Palladium Allenylidene Complexes
Journal : Organometallics
University : Uni Konstanz
Supervisor : Prof. Helmut Fischer
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Bala Krishna Juluri
Bala Krishna Juluri Article : A Mechanical Actuator Driven Electrochemically by Artificial Molecular Muscles
Journal : ACS Nano
University : Pennsylvania State University
Supervisor : Prof. Tony Jun Huang
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Ravi Kumar
Ravi Kumar Article : Efficient fixation of atmospheric CO2 as carbonate in a capsule of a neutral receptor and its release under mild conditions
Journal : Chemical Communications
University : Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Supervisor : Prof. Pradyut Ghosh
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Rohit Kumar Sharma
Rohit Kumar Sharma Article : Discovery of Trp-His and His-Arg Analogues as New Structural Classes of Short Antimicrobial Peptides
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research
Supervisor : Prof. Rahul Jain
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Connor Martin
Connor Martin Article : Total Synthesis of (()- and (-)-Actinophyllic Acid
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of California, Irvine
Supervisor : Prof. Larry E. Overman
Teresa Martinez del Campo
Teresa Martinez del Campo Article : Metal-Catalyzed Regiodivergent Cyclization of g-Allenols: Tetrahydrofurans versus Oxepanes
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Supervisor : Prof. Pedro Almendros Requena
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Megan Matthews
Megan Matthews Article : Substrate positioning controls the partition between halogenation and hydroxylation in the aliphatic halogenase, SyrB2
Journal : PNAS
University : Pennsylvania State University
Supervisor : Prof. Carsten Krebs
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Paul Mcgonigal
Paul Mcgonigal Article : Active Metal Template
Synthesis of [2]Catenanes
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of Edinburgh
Supervisor : Prof. David Leigh
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David Michaelis
David Michaelis Article : Activation of N-Sulfonyl Oxaziridines Using Copper(II) Catalysts_ Aminohydroxylations of Styrenes and 1,3-Dienes
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of Wisconsin-Madison
Supervisor : Prof. Tehshik P. Yoon
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Evan Miller
Evan Miller Article : Molecular imaging of hydrogen peroxide produced for cell signaling
Journal : Letters Nature Chemical Biology
University : University of California, San Diego
Supervisor : Prof. Christopher J. Chang
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Thomas Moss
Thomas Moss
 Article : Enantio- and Diastereoselective Catalytic Alkylation Reactions with Aziridines
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of Manchester
Supervisor : Prof. Darren Dixon
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Devon Mundal
Devon Mundal Article : Triflimide-catalysed sigmatropic rearrangement of N-allylhydrazones as an exemple of a traceless bond construction
Journal : Nature Chemistry
University : Northwestern University
Supervisor : Prof. Regan Thomson
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Julia Neumann
Julia Neumann Article : Palladium-Catalyzed Amidation of Unactivated C(sp3)H Bonds: fromAnilines to Indolines**
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Monster
Supervisor : Prof. Frank Glorius
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Tobias Seiser
Tobias Seiser Article : Enantioselective C C Bond Activation of Allenyl Cyclobutanes: Access to Cyclohexenones with Quaternary Stereogenic Centers
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Supervisor : Prof. Nicolai Cramer
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Ponminor Senthil Kumar
Ponminor Senthil Kumar Article : Regioselective Oxidative Cleavage of Benzylidene Acetals: Synthesis of a- and b-Benzoyloxy Carboxylic Acids**
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Supervisor : Prof. Sundarababu Baskaran
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Lauren Sirois
Lauren Sirois Article : A Metal-Catalyzed Intermolecular [5+2] Cycloaddition/Nazarov Cyclization Sequence and Cascade
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Stanford University
Supervisor : Prof. Paul Wender
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Christof Sparr
Christof Sparr Article : The Fluorine-Iminium Ion Gauche Effect: Proof of Principle and Application to Asymmetric Organocatalysis
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Supervisor : Prof. Ryan Gilmour
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Jason Spruell
Jason Spruell Article : A Push-Button Molecular Switch
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Northwestern University
Supervisor : Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart
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Yuto Sumida
Yuto Sumida Article : Nickel-Catalyzed Allylation of Allyl Carbonates with Homoallyl Alcohols via Retro-Allylation Providing 1,5-Hexadienes
Journal : Organic Letters
University : Kyoto University
Supervisor : Prof. Koichiro Oshima
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Kosuke Suzuki
Kosuke Suzuki Article : Template synthesis of precisely monodisperse silica nanoparticles within self-assembled organometallic spheres
Journal : Nature Chemistry
University : University of Tokyo
Supervisor : Prof. Makoto Fujita
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Giulia Tagliabue
Giulia Tagliabue Article : Polymorphic Coordination Networks Responsive to CO2, Moisture, and Thermal Stimuli: Porous Cobalt(II) and Zinc(II) Fluoropyrimidinolates
Journal : Chemistry - A European Journal
University : University of Insubria
Supervisor : Prof. Norberto Masciocchi
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Jason Thomas
Jason Thomas Article : Probing General Base Catalysis in the Hammerhead Ribozyme
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : University of British Columbia
Supervisor : Prof. David M. Perrin
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Hirofumi Ueda
Hirofumi Ueda Article : Total Synthesis of (+)-Haplophytine**
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : Tohoku University
Supervisor : Prof. Hidetoshi Tokuyama
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Akira Ueda
Akira Ueda Article : Three-Dimensional Intramolecular Exchange Interaction in a Curved and Nonalternant p-Conjugated System: Corannulene with Two Phenoxyl Radicals
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : Osaka University
Supervisor : Prof. Yasushi Morita
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Oleg Vechorkin
Oleg Vechorkin Article : Functional Group Tolerant Kumada-Corriu-Tamao Coupling of Nonactivated Alkyl Halides with Aryl and Heteroaryl Nucleophiles: Catalysis by a Nickel Pincer Complex Permits the Coupling of Functionalized Grignard Reagents
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Supervisor : Prof. Xile Hu
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Dieter Weber
Dieter Weber Article : Mechanistic Surprises in the Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroarylation of Allenes
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Supervisor : Prof. Michel R. Gagne
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Peter Wich
Peter Wich Article : Sequence-Dependent Stereoselectivity in the Binding of Tetrapeptides in Water by a Flexible Artificial Receptor
Journal : Angewandte Chemie
University : University of California, Berkeley
Supervisor : Prof. Carsten Schmuck
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Akira Yada
Akira Yada Article : A Dramatic Effect of Lewis-Acid Catalysts on Nickel-Catalyzed Carbocyanation of Alkynes
Journal : Journal of the American Chemical Society
University : Osaka University
Supervisor : Prof. Tamejiro Hiyama
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