2011 Reaxys PhD Prize Winners
Congratulations to the 3 Winners
The 3 Winners of the 2011 Reaxys PhD Prize were selected by the regional coordinators, all members of the Reaxys Advisory Board:
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Prof. A. G. M. Barrett, Imperial College London,
UK
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Prof. B. M. Trost, Stanford University,
USA
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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 over 70 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:
| Vikram Bhat |
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Article : |
Total Synthesis of
N-Methylwelwitindolinone D Isonitrile
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society,
2011 |
| University : |
University of Chicago |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Viresh Rawal |
| Steven Malcolmson |
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Article : |
Highly Efficient Molybdenum-Based Catalysts for Enantioselective Alkene
Metathesis
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| Journal, Year : |
Nature, 2008 |
| University : |
Boston College |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Amir Hoveyda |
| Dixit Parmar |
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Article : |
Reductive cyclisation cascades of lactones using SmI2-H2O
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2011 |
| University : |
University of Manchester |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. David Procter |
This year's Finalists are:
| Jenefer Alam |
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Article : |
Functionalization of Peptides
and Proteins by Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
2010 |
| University : |
Nanyang Technological
University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Teck-Peng Loh |
| Robert Andrews |
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Article : |
Intermolecular Addition of Glycosyl Halides to Alkenes Mediated by Visible Light |
| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
University of North Carolina |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Michel Gagné |
| Abdulkader Baroudi |
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Article : |
Radical O-->C Transposition: A Metal-Free Process for Conversion
of Phenols into Benzoates and Benzamides |
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of Organic Chemistry,
2011 |
| University : |
Florida State University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Igor Alabugin |
| Alan Burns |
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Article : |
Total Synthesis and
Structural Reassignment of (+)-Dictyosphaeric Acid A: A Tandem Intramolecular
Michael Addition/Alkene Migration Approach
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| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
University of York |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Richard Taylor |
| Matthew Cain |
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Article : |
Synthesis and Structure of
Intermediates in Copper-Catalyzed Alkylation of Diphenylphosphine
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| Journal, Year : |
Inorganic Chemistry, 2010 |
| University : |
Dartmouth College |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. David Glueck |
| Justin Chalker |
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Article : |
Olefin Cross-Metathesis on Proteins: Investigation of Allylic Chalcogen Effects
and Guiding Principles in Metathesis Partner Selection |
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 |
| University : |
University of Oxford |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Benjamin Davis |
| Changle Chen |
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Article : |
Cationic Polymerization and
Insertion Chemistry in the Reactions of Vinyl Ethers with (alpha-Diimine)
PdMe+Species |
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010 |
| University : |
University of Chicago |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Richard Jordan |
| Karl Collins |
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Article : |
Selective Reductions of
Cyclic 1,3-Diesters by Using SmI2 and H2O
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| Journal, Year : |
Chemistry - A European
Journal, 2010 |
| University : |
University of Manchester |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. David J Procter |
| Lei Fang |
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Article : |
Syntheses and Dynamics of
Donor-Acceptor [2]Catenanes in Water
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2011 |
| University : |
Northwestern University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Fraser Stoddart |
| Anastasia Hager |
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Article : |
Synthetic Studies toward
A-74528
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| Journal, Year : |
Organic Letters, 2011 |
| University : |
Ludwig-Maximilian University
Munich |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Dirk Trauner |
| Xiaoyu Han |
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Article : |
Enantioselective [3+2]
Cycloaddition of Allenes to Acrylates Catalyzed by Dipeptide-Derived Phosphines:
Facile Creation of Functionalized Cyclopentenes Containing Quaternary
Stereogenic Centers |
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2011 |
| University : |
National University of
Singapore |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Yixin Lu |
| Shenshen Hu |
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Article : |
Asymmetric Supramolecular
Primary Amine Catalysis in Aqueous Buffer: Connections of Selective Recognition
and Asymmetric Catalysis |
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2010 |
| University : |
Institute of Chemistry,
Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Sanzhong Luo |
| Masayuki Iwasaki |
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Article : |
Pd(OAc)2/P(cC6H11)3-Catalyzed
Allylation of Aryl Halides with Homoallyl Alcohols via Retro-Allylation |
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2007 |
| University : |
Kyoto University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Koichiro Oshima |
| Pankaj Jain |
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Article : |
Chiral Brønsted
Acid-Catalyzed Allylboration of Aldehydes
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2010 |
| University : |
University of South Florida |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Jon Antilla |
| Liqun Jin |
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Article : |
Transmetalation is the
Rate-Limiting Step: Quantitative Kinetic Investigation of Nickel-Catalyzed
Oxidative Coupling of Arylzinc Reagents
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2010 |
| University : |
Wuhan University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Aiwen Lei |
| Ronen Kreizman |
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Article : |
Core–Shell PbI2@WS2 Inorganic
Nanotubes from Capillary Wetting
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| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2009 |
| University : |
Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Reshef Tenne |
| Christian Andreas Kuttruff |
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Article : |
Concise Total Syntheses of
Variecolortides A and B through an Unusual Hetero-Diels–Alder Reaction |
| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2011 |
| University : |
Ludwig-Maximilian University
Munich |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Dirk Trauner |
| Florian Löbermann |
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Article : |
Biomimetic Synthesis of
(!)-Pycnanthuquinone C through the Diels– Alder Reaction of a Vinyl Quinone |
| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
Ludwig-Maximilian University
Munich |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Dirk Trauner |
| Andreas Lorbach |
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Article : |
9,10-Dihydro-9,10-diboraanthracene: Supramolecular Structure and Use as a
Building Block for Luminescent Conjugated Polymers |
| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2009 |
| University : |
Goethe-University Frankfurt |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Matthias Wagner |
| Liang-Qiu Lu |
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Article : |
A New Entry to Cascade Organocatalysis: Reactions of Stable Sulfur Ylides and
Nitroolefins Sequentially Catalyzed by Thiourea and DMAP |
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2008 |
| University : |
Central China Normal
University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Wen-Jing Xiao |
| Ting Ma |
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Article : |
Pentanidium Catalyzed Enantioselective Phase Transfer Conjugate Addition
Reactions
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2011 |
| University : |
National University of
Singapore |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Choon Hong Tan |
| Michael Muratore |
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Article : |
Enantioselective Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed N-Acyliminium Cyclization Cascades
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2009 |
| University : |
University of Oxford |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Darren Dixon |
| Timothy Newhouse |
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Article : |
Scalable Total Syntheses of N-Linked Tryptamine Dimers by Direct Indole-Aniline
Coupling: Psychotrimine and Kapakahines B and F
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2010 |
| University : |
Scripps Research Institute |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Phil Baran |
| Weidong Rao |
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Article : |
Gold- and Silver-Catalyzed Tandem Amination/Ring Expansion of Cyclopropyl
Methanols with Sulfonamides as an Expedient Route to Pyrrolidines
|
| Journal, Year : |
Chemistry - A European
Journal, 2008 |
| University : |
Nanyang Technological
University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Philip Wai Hong Chan |
| Urs Rauwald |
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Article : |
Supramolecular block copolymers with cucurbit[8]uril in water
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| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2008 |
| University : |
University of Cambridge |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Oren A. Scherman |
| Alexander Reznichenko |
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Article : |
Asymmetric Intermolecular Hydroamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Simple
Amines
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| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
Rutgers, the State University
of New Jersey |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Kai Hultzsch |
| Sarah Ryan |
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Article : |
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed (4+2) Cycloaddition/Decarboxylation of Silyl
Dienol Ethers and alpha,beta-Unsaturated Acid Fluorides
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2011 |
| University : |
Monash University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. David Lupton |
| Subhas Samanta |
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Article : |
Regioselective Knitting of Aniline via Ortho-C-N Bond Fusion Using OsO4 as a
Template
|
| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2009 |
| University : |
Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Sreebrata Goswami |
| Corinna Schindler |
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Article : |
Enantioselective Synthesis of the Core of Banyaside, Suomilide and Spumigin HKVV
|
| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2008 |
| University : |
ETH Zürich |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Erick Carreira |
| Christopher Serpell |
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Article : |
Core@Shell Bimetallic Nanoparticle Synthesis via Anion Coordination
|
| Journal, Year : |
Nature Chemistry, 2011 |
| University : |
University of Oxford |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Paul Beer |
| Xiao Shen |
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Article : |
Nucleophilic Fluoromethylation of Aldehydes with
Fluorobis(phenylsulfonyl)methane: The Importance of Strong Li-O Coordination and
Fluorine Substitution for C-C Bond Formation
|
| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2011 |
| University : |
Shanghai Institute of Organic
Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Jinbo Hu |
| Zhuangzhi Shi |
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Article : |
Palladium-Catalyzed Ring-Expansion Reaction of Indoles with Alkynes: From
Indoles to Tetrahydroquinoline Derivatives Under Mild Reaction Conditions
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| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
Peking University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Ning Jiao |
| Andrey Solovyev |
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Article : |
Substitution Reactions at Tetracoordinate Boron: Synthesis of N-Heterocyclic
Carbene Boranes with Boron-Heteroatom Bonds
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2010 |
| University : |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Dennis Curran |
| Johannes Sprafke |
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Article : |
Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring
|
| Journal, Year : |
Nature, 2011 |
| University : |
University of Oxford |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Harry Anderson |
| Haichao Xu |
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Article : |
Intramolecular Anodic Olefin Coupling Reactions: Use of the Reaction Rate To
Control Substrate/Product Selectivity
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| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
Washington University in St.
Louis |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Kevin Moeller |
| Charles Yeung |
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Article : |
IPd-catalyzed ortho-arylation of phenylacetamides, benzamides, and anilides with
simple arenes using sodium persulfate
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| Journal, Year : |
Chemical Science, 2010 |
| University : |
University of Toronto |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Vy Dong |
| Elena Zaborova |
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Article : |
Can Hetero-Polysubstituted Cyclodextrins be Considered as Inherently Chiral
Concave Molecules?
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| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
University Pierre & Marie
Curie |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Matthieu Sollogoub |
| Jason Zbieg |
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Article : |
Amplification of Anti-Diastereoselectivity via Curtin-Hammett Effects in
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydrohydroxyalkylation of 1,1-Disubstituted Allenes:
Diastereoselective Formation of All-Carbon Quaternary Centers
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2011 |
| University : |
University of Texas at Austin |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Michael Krische |
| Qi Zhang |
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Article : |
Radical-mediated enzymatic carbon chain fragmentation-recombination
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| Journal, Year : |
Nature chemical biology, 2011 |
| University : |
Shanghai institute of organic
chemistry |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Wen Liu |
| Haiyan Zhao |
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Article : |
A bidentate Lewis acid with a telluronium ion as an anion-binding site
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| Journal, Year : |
Nature Chemistry, 2010 |
| University : |
Texas A&M University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Francois Gabbai |
| Jun Feng Zhao |
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Article : |
Highly Enantioselective Carbonyl-ene Reactions Catalyzed by In(III)-PyBox
Complex
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| Journal, Year : |
Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2008 |
| University : |
Nanyang Technological
University |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Teck Peng Loh |
| Qianghui Zhou |
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Article : |
Asymmetric, Protecting-Group-Free Total Synthesis of (-)-Englerin A
|
| Journal, Year : |
Angewandte Chemie, 2010 |
| University : |
Shanghai Institute of Organic
Chemistry |
| Supervisor : |
Prof. Dawei Ma |