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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
academia, industry, and the government.
Click on the images to view their bios.
Janis Louie
Professor and University Administrator
Grace Mann
Senior Director, Global Clinical Oncology
Clare Muhuro
Professor and Advisor for International Development
Erik Romero
New Professor at UCSD
Dan Weix
Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jackie Murphy
Research Scientist at Dow-DuPont
Christo Sevov
2021 DOE Early Career Award Winner
Hanna Key
Assistant Professor at Davidson College
Rebecca Green
Senior Principal Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
Sean N. Natoli
P&G Research Group Leader
Recent Publications
Tan, J.F.; Kang, Y.C.; Hartwig, J.F. Catalytic undirected methylation ofunactivated C(sp3)−H bonds suitable forcomplex molecules. Nature Comm. 2024, 15, 1-9. | |
Chen, R.; Kayrouz, C.S.; McAmis, E.; Clark, D.S.; Hartwig, J.F. Carbonic Anhydrase Variants Catalyze the Reduction of Dialkyl Ketones with High Enantioselectivity. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202407111. | |
Pierson, C.N.; Hartwig, J.F. Mapping the mechanisms of oxidative addition in cross-coupling reactions catalysed by phosphine-ligated Ni(0). Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 930-937. | |
Kang, Y.C.; Wetterer, R.T.; Karimov, R.R.; Kojima, M.; Surke, M.; Martin-Torres, I.; Nicolai, J.; Elkin, M.; Hartwig, J.F. Substitution, Elimination, and Integration of Methyl Groups in Terpenes Initiated by C–H Bond Functionalization. ACS Cent. Sci. 2024, None, ASAP. | |
Choi, K.; Brunn, J.N.; Borate, K.; Kaduskar, R.; Pueyo, C.L.; Shinde, H.; Goetz, R.; Hartwig, J.F. Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Halides with AqueousAmmonia and Hydroxide Base Enabled by Ligand Development. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 19414-19424. |