LATEST NEWS

We are happy to share that Dr. Subrata Patra successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Harnessing Radical Relay Strategies for the Difunctionalization of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Using FGTRs"

We are happy to share that Professor Dmitry Katayev received the 2025 Werner Prize for his important milestones advancing light and electricity driven carbon-hydrogen (CH) functionalization methodologies for a variety of substances, spanning from common feedstocks to complex molecules and materials. 

We are happy to share our newest article about Visible-Light-Mediated Vicinal Dihalogenation of Unsaturated C–C Bonds Using Dual-Functional Group Transfer Reagents

We are happy to share that the article about Mechanochemistry Drives Alkene Difunctionalization via Radical Ligand Transfer and Electron Catalysis was highlighted in IMPACTIVE

We are happy to share our newest article about Facile Access to Terminal Nitroalkanes via Anti-Markovnikov Hydronitration and Hydronitroalkylation of Alkenes Using Photoredox Catalysis

We are happy to share our newest article about Divergent Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Ketones via Photoredox Activation of Halotrifluoroacetones

We are happy to share our newest article about Merging Iron-Mediated Radical Ligand Transfer (RLT) Catalysis and Mechanochemistry for Facile Dihalogenation of Alkenes

The SCS Fall Meeting is the major regularly organized event of the Swiss Chemical Society and one of the largest annual research conferences in Switzerland.

We are happy to share our newest article about Overcoming Challenges in O-Nitration: Selective Alcohol Nitration Deploying N,6-Dinitrosaccharin and Lewis Acid Catalysis

We are happy to share our newest article about Divergent Functionalization of Alkenes Enabled by Photoredox Activation of CDFA and α-Halo Carboxylic Acids

We warmly welcome our new PhD students

We are happy to share our newest article about Mechanochemistry Drives Alkene Difunctionalization via Radical Ligand Transfer and Electron Catalysis

We warmly welcome our new Master's and bachelor's students

We are happy to share our newest article about Simplifying Nitration Chemistry with Bench-stable Organic Nitrating Reagents

We are happy to share our newest article about the Review and Theoretical Analysis of Fluorinated Radicals in Direct CAr–H Functionalization of (Hetero)arenes

We are happy to share our newest research article about Nitrative Difunctionalization of Alkenes via Cobalt-Mediated Radical Ligand Transfer and Radical-Polar Crossover Photoredox Catalysis.

Our best wishes go out to Quentin Ordan, our new doctoral student.

ICOS, initiated in 1976 as a biennial event by IUPAC for the exhibition of frontiers in organic synthesis, has brought together thoughts and wisdom for the advances of organic chemistry all over the world.

The SCS Fall Meeting 2023, one of the largest annual research conferences held in Switzerland and offers a unique opportunity for all members of the community to share the results of their research initiatives and to connect with each other.

We are happy to share our newest research article about Catalytic ipso-Nitration of Organosilanes Enabled by Electrophilic N-Nitrosaccharin Reagent

We are happy to share our newest research article about Electron-Driven Nitration of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons.

Our best wishes go out to Vasiliki Valsamidou, our new doctoral student.

Greetings to Dr. Egor Zhilin, our new Post-doctoral fellow! We wish him success!

The SICS is a one-day symposium with lectures, short talks and offers a unique platform for industrial scientists, working in research and process research, to present their latest results. The event will be completed with a poster session in which PhD students can also participate.

We are happy to share our newest research article about Nitryl Radical-Triggered Semipinacol-Type Rearrangement, Lactonization, and Cycloetherification of Olefins.

It is our pleasure to welcome Anthony Fernandes, who is a recipient of a SNSF postdoctoral fellowship

You can find more information about Katayev Lab's move to the University of Bern here

Prof. Dmitry Katayev is moving to Unibe more details can be found here

The SCS Fall Meeting is the major regularly organized event of the Swiss Chemical Society and one of the largest annual research conferences in Switzerland. For decades, the SCS Fall Meeting has been a great platform for young chemists trained in Switzerland to present their research - often for the first time...

The SCS Fall Meeting is the major regularly organized event of the Swiss Chemical Society and one of the largest annual research conferences in Switzerland. For decades, the SCS Fall Meeting has been a great platform for young chemists trained in Switzerland to present their research - often for the first time...