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Synthetic Main-Group Chemistry, Organometallics, Hybrid Materials, Small Molecule Activation

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Chunlin’s Nature Chemistry Paper Covered by MIT News

Chunlin’s groundbreaking work on boron-centered reactivity was published in Nature Chemistry and subsequently highlighted by MIT News for its innovative contributions to main-group chemistry and its potential capabilities for biomedical imaging. You can read about it here and here.

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Chonghe Expands the Family of Diazoboranes

Chonghe’s recent publication details the synthesis of novel diazoborane compounds, broadening the structural and electronic landscape of this reactive class with various carbenes! You can read about it here.

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Heechan Publishes First Boron Tetraradical

Heechan’s pioneering synthesis and characterization of the first isolable boron tetraradical marks an advancement in radical main-group chemistry! You can read about it here

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Kwanwoo and Cailey Receive Chemistry Teaching Awards

Kwanwoo and Cailey were recognized with departmental teaching awards for their excellence and dedication in undergraduate chemistry education at MIT!

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Noah McMillion’s Chemistry Funded by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund

The proposal submitted on “Applying Thermodynamic and Kinetic Metrics to Main Group- Mediated CO2 Utilization Electrocatalyst Discovery” was selected for funding by the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund!

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Heechan Synthesizes Cationic Borahelices

In a continued push into complex boron-based architectures, Heechan reported the first examples of cationic boron helices! You can read it here.