John, J. P.; Colby, D. A. J. Org. Chem. ASAP October 13, 2011 What’s one way to relax after a somewhat stressful week in lab? Some good ol’ fashion blogging! That and a bit of sleep, food, range time (Yes, I am in fact an avid shooter), and pumpkin picking. As promised, I plan on [...]
New UConn Publication
Congratulation to the Fenteany group! They recently published in Synlett regarding a methodology for the preparation of oxazolidinone and tosyl amines using simple tertiary amines to catalyze the reaction! Check it out: https://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/abstract/synlett/doi/10.1055/s-0030-1259561
When life is good…
So those who must not be named are actually cooperating for once. Professor Tilley and I just sent the revisions to our manuscript back to Organic Letters and they were immediately accepted. As for the timetable for publication, next week we will get the proofs back for our manuscript and I will have to literally [...]
Food’s Worst Enemy: The Graduate Student
I can’t say I can think of anything more scary for any food service employee than a pack of graduate students. Like hyenas descending on a limping antelope, grad students appear and within mere minutes all that is left is some bone that has been picked clean, some half-eaten pizza crusts and a tray of [...]
