Our Chemistry
Our research group aims to discover, develop and understand new transition metal-catalyzed reactions and their development into practical, catalytic synthetic methods.
Alumni Profiles
Hundreds of Hartwig Group alumni have found successful careers in
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News & Events
March 2024: Dr. Martí Garçon Padilla will begin his new position as a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at University of Cambridge, UK.
July 2023: Dr. Yehao Qiu will begin his new position as a Research Investigator, Chemistry, at Incyte Corportation, Wilmington, DE.
January 2023: Prof. John Hartwig was the winner of the 2nd Akira Suzuki Award from Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
August 2022: Prof. Yumeng Xi will begin his new position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at National University of Singapore.
May 2022: Prof. John Hartwig was the winner of the Sven Berggren Prize for 2023.
May 2022: Dr. Eric Kalkman will begin his new position as a Senior Scientist at Dow Chemical Company in Collegeville, PA.
March 2022: Prof. John Hartwig was the winner of the Emanuel Merck Lectureship Award 2022.
Recent Publications
Sterling, A. J.; Ciccia, N. R.; Guo, Y.; Hartwig, J. F.; Head-Gordon, M. Mechanistic Insights into the Origins of Selectivity in a Cu-Catalyzed C–H Amidation Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, ASAP. | |
Pierson, C. N.; Hartwig, J. F. Mapping the Mechanism of Oxidative Addition in Cross-coupling Reactions Catalysed by Phosphine-ligated Ni(0). Nat. Chem. 2024, None, ASAP. | |
Bloomer, B. J.; Joyner, I. A.; Garcia-Borràs, M.; Hu, D. B.; Garçon, M.; Quest, A.; Ugarte Montero, C.; Yu, I. F.; Clark, D. S.; Hartwig, J. F. Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Cyclopropanation of Allenes by Directed Evolution of an Iridium-Containing Cytochrome. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, ASAP. | |
Ciccia, N. R.; Shi, J. X.; Pal, S.; Hua, M.; Malollari, K. G.; Lizandara-Pueyo, C.; Risto, E.; Ernst, M.; Helms, B. A.; Messersmith, P. B.; Hartwig, J. F. Diverse functional polyethylenes by catalytic amination. Science 2023, 381, 1433-1440. | |
Yu, I. F.; Wilson, J. W.; Hartwig, J. F. Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Silylation and Borylation of C-H Bonds for the Synthesis and Functionalization of Complex Molecules. Chem. Rev. 2023, 123, 11619–11663. |