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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.
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Janis Louie
Professor and University Administrator
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Grace Mann
Senior Director, Global Clinical Oncology
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Clare Muhuro
Professor and Advisor for International Development
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Erik Romero
New Professor at UCSD
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Dan Weix
Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Jackie Murphy
Research Scientist at Dow-DuPont
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Christo Sevov
2021 DOE Early Career Award Winner
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Hanna Key
Assistant Professor at Davidson College
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Rebecca Green
Senior Principal Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
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Sean N. Natoli
P&G Research Group Leader
Recent Publications
Nicolai, J.; Fantoni, T.; Butcher, T.W.; Sophie, A.; Ryabukhin, S.V.; Volochnyuk, D.M.; Hartwig, J.F. Copper-Mediated Cyanodifluoromethylation of (Hetero)aryl Iodides and Activated (Hetero)aryl Bromides with TMSCF2CN. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 15464-15472. |
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Cheng, C.; Shi, J.X.; Kang, E.; Nelson, T.F.; Sander, M.; McNeil, K.; Hartwig, J.F. Polymers from Plant Oils Linked by Siloxane Bonds for Programmed Depolymerization. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 12645-12655. |
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Venetos, M.C.; Elkin, M.; Delaney, C.; Hartwig, J.F.; Persson, K.A. Deconvolution and Analysis of the 1H NMR Spectra of Crude Reaction Mixtures. J. Chem. Inf. Model 2024, 64, 3008-3020. |
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Yu, I.F; D’Angelo, K.A.; Hernandez-Mejias, A.D.; Nanrun, C.; Hartwig, J.F. 2-Aminophenanthroline Ligands Enable Mild, Undirected, Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation of Alkyl C-H Bonds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 7124-7129. |
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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. |
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