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Dong Group at UChicago

@gbdlab.bsky.social
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Student-run twitter account for the Dong Lab at the University of Chicago Web Page: voices.uchicago.edu/donggroup

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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our recent work is now out in @jacs.acspublications.org , great collaboration with Peng! Congratulations to Yin and the team! Now we can use carboxylic acid as a traceless anchor to achieve the selective aromatization of cyclohexanes through iridium catalysis! doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Now online on @chemrxiv.org , we further improved our NAHA-enabled carbonyl-swap chemistry with a new nitrogen-transfer reagent, and applied it to the synthesis of saturated ¹⁵N-heterocycles! A great collaboration with Merck! Another nice work from Zining! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Excited to share our work on @chemrxiv.org ! In collaboration with @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social, we developed a general, site-defined, metal-free approach to highly substituted 1,2-azaborines via borylative benzannulation of unsaturated imines. Congrats to the team! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Last weekend, our group had a summer barbecue at Guangbin’s place to welcome our new members! Thanks to Guangbin for hosting, Liyan and Kangmin for organizing, and Qi, Shengkun, Xiaohan, and everyone else who helped with the cooking. We all had a great time!
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Last week, Sohee successfully defended her PhD—congratulations! From the total synthesis of harziane diterpenoids in Snyder group to exploring NAHA chemistry with us over the past two years, what an impressive scientific journey. Wishing her all the best in her next chapter!
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Check out our recent work on @chemrxiv.org : using our NAHA reagent, now we are able to remove the carbonyl group from cyclic ketones--through both reductive and annulative pathways! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Last week, several undergraduate students from our group completed their honors thesis defenses. Congratulations to Celeste, Justin, Melody, and Kayla on this milestone! We are so proud of your hard work and wish you all the best in your next chapter!
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Last week, Cole successfully defended his PhD! He will be starting his postdoc at Northwestern University. Congratulations, Dr. Wagner! Wishing you all the best in the future!
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Check out our recent work on aliphatic C-to-N atom swap enabled by NAHA chemistry! This strategy enables access to diverse saturated N-heterocycles from cyclic ketones or cyclic alkanes. See: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
This weekend, we had a wonderful Christmas & New Year party with our group! Many thanks to Guangbin for hosting and bringing everyone together. Wishing the Dong group a joyful holiday season and a great year ahead!
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Last weekend, we had a wonderful farewell party for Congjun and Miao at Guangbin's house. Congjun will join UC Boulder as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, and Miao will be starting at Merck as a Senior Scientist. Wishing them both the best of luck!
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🚨Just out in Nature! We have offered a general method for 1,2-difunctionlization of arenes via a differential 1,2-diborylation! rdcu.be/esXq8 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to Jingfeng!
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
How do you turn a carbonyl into sulfur? In this work, Zining from our lab developed a carbonyl-to-sulfur swap enabled by a rationally designed N′-alkyl-hydrazonamide (NAHA) reagent that promotes double C-C bond activation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Dong Group at UChicago @gbdlab.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Excited to share that “Palladium and Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis: Fundamentals and Applications”—edited by Guangbin—is now available via Wiley! www.wiley.com/en-sg/Pallad...
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