March 2024
Ke-Zuan presented his results on non-directed C-H arylation via Pd/S,O ligand catalysis in NCCC (Netherlands’ Catalysis & Chemistry Congress).

Vivi participated in the online conference #RSC Poster with her work on S,O-Ligand Promoted meta-C–H Arylation of Aniline Derivatives via Palladium/Norbornene Catalysis.

February 2024
Verena Sukowski succesfully defended her PhD thesis “S,O-Ligand-Promoted Palladium-Catalyzed C-H functionalization of Anisole and Aniline Derivatives”. Congratulations Dr. Vivi!

January 2024
The paper ‘‘Non-directed C–H Arylation of Anisoles via Pd/S,O-Ligand Catalysis’’ has been accepted in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations Ke-Zuan & Vivi!

December 2023
The paper ‘‘meta-C–H Arylation of Anilines via Palladium/S,O-Ligand/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis’’ has been published in Angewandte Chemie. Congratulations Vivi & Manuela!

September 2023
Welcome to our PhD student: Soma Rudi!

September 2023
Welcome to our new postdoc: Helena Ehren!

November 2022
Read our Synform literature coverage about our ''S,O-Ligand-Promoted Pd-Catalyzed C−H Olefination of Anisole Derivatives'' here: https://www.thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistry/synform-meta-c-h-arylation-of-anisole-derivatives-170977.htm

June 2022
Vivi won the ChemComm poster prize at The International Symposium on C-H activation! Congratulations Vivi!
https://www.chemistryviews.org/details/event/11338647/International_Symposium_on_CH_Activation_ISCHA-6/

June 2022
The paper ‘‘S,O-Ligand Promoted meta-C–H Arylation of Anisole Derivatives via Palladium/Norbornene Catalysis’’ has been published in Angewandte chemie. Congratulations Vivi & Manuela!

December 2021
The paper ''Selective para-C–H Alkynylation of Aniline Derivatives via Pd/S,O-Ligand Catalysis'' has been published in Chemistry a European Journal. Congratulations Ke-zuan and Wen-Liang!

August 2021
Welcome to our exchange PhD student: Sukanya (Bell) Tongsuk!!

July 2021
The paper ''S,O-Ligand-Promoted Pd-Catalyzed C−H Olefination of Anisole Derivatives'' has been accepted in EurJOC. Congratulations Vivi, Rianne, Wen-Liang and Manuela!

April 2021
Welcome to our new postdoc: Dr. Paola Riente Paiva

March 2021
Wen-Liang successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations Wen-Liang!

December 2020
Welcome to our new PhD student: Ke-zuan Deng!

November 2020
Former PhD student Kananat Naksomboon has won the Backer-KNCV prize 2019 for the PhD thesis entitled: “Bidentate ligand-promoted Palladium-catalyzed C-H olefination of aromatic compounds”. Congratulations Kananat!

June 2020
The paper ''Switching from meta- to ortho-Selectivity by a Cyclometalated Ruthenium Catalyst'' has been accepted in Chem. Congratulations Vivi!

June 2020
We're happy that lab work is slowly starting back up and we are building new working guidelines to adhere to the Covid-19 rules.

March 2020
Due to Covid-19 Science Park including the laboratories are closed for the foreseeable future. Our staff and students will continue to conduct as much research as they can from home. We hope to get back to the lab soon!

July 2018
The paper "Ligand-Enabled γ-C(sp3)-H Acetoxylation of Triflyl-Protected Amines" has been accepted in EurJOC (Special Issue: C-H activation). Congratulations Wen-Liang!

March 2018
The paper "Pd-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling of o-xylene: evidence of a new rate-limiting step while searching for industrially relevant conditions" has been accepted in ChemCatChem. Congratulations Yolanda!

December 2017
Dr. M.A. (Tati) Fernández is promoted to Associate Professor!

December 2017
The paper "S,O-Ligand-promoted palladium-catalyzed C-H olefination of arenes with allylic substrates" has been accepted in Tetrahedron Lett. Congratulations Kananat!

September 2017
Sindhu Kancherla joins the group as visitor PhD student thanks to the COST action CHAOS. Welcome!

August 2017
The paper "S,O-Ligand-Promoted Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization Reactions of Nondirected Arenes" has been accepted in ACS Cat. Congratulations Kananat!

March 2017
Dr. Alejandro Order joins the group for a collaborative project (Mutti group). Welcome!

October 2016
Wen-Liang Jia joins the group as PhD student. Welcome!

October 2016
Dr. Yolanda Alvarez joins the group as Postdoctoral researcher. Welcome!

September 2016
Melania Gómez joins the group as a PhD exchange student. Welcome!

September 2016
The paper "Synthesis of alfa-substituted diphenylphosphinocarboxylic acids and their palladium complexes" has been accepted in Synlett. Congratulations Kananat!

September 2016
The paper "Ligand-Promoted Palladium-Catalyzed C−H Acetoxylation of Simple Arenes" has been
accepted in Chem.Cat.Chem. Congratulations Carol!

June 2016
HRSMC Fellowship to Dr. Alejandro Orden

Nov 2015
Dr. M.A. (Tati) Fernández is awarded with the Royal Society International Exchanges Grant with Dr. Beatriz Macia

Nov 2015
Dr. M.A. (Tati) Fernández is awarded with the LIFT grant.

September 2015
Kananat Naksomboon joins the group as PhD student. Welcome!

May 2015
Dr. Carolina Valderas joins the group as Postdoctoral researcher. Welcome!