The Olofsson Research Group

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Latest news

Leonard will defend his thesis September 25 with Alexandr Shafir as opponent.

Our paper on SNAr-functionalization of diaryliodonium salts is now published in JACS Au, congratulations Leonard, Judith and Erika!

Berit gave a talk at the Sweden -Japan Workshop on Sustainable Chemistry at KTH.

We welcome our new master students; Juline from CPE Lyon and Franka from Marburg Uni.

We're happy to share the Chem Backstory of the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future, with Sayad, Paul Anastas, Aji Mathew and Berit as authors. The Backstory also gives a background to SUCCeSS and the organization of last year's Nobel symposium on Chemistry for Sustainability.

Isac Milton did a summer project in the group, supervised by Sayad and Manisha. Welcome back later in your studies!

Check out our critical review in Green Chemistry, where we evaluate mechanochemical and solution-phase hypervalent iodine reactions from a sustainability and versatility perspective. Many months of hard work went into this review, well done Pernilla & Sayad!

The European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC) now has a central website displaying the long history of the conference series, the international scientific committee etc. Follow the activities at the new ESOC LinkedIn account for updates on the next ESOC in Bologna 2027.

Check out photos from the award ceremony for the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Prize and the Holmquist symposium!

We have created a LinkedIn group for current and former coworkers - please join Olofsson Group Alumni!

Interesting links

Please read, sign and share the Stockholm declaration on chemistry for the future!

Don't miss the Twitter feed Hypervalent Iodine (@Hyperiodine), which provides fast access to all publications on hypervalent iodine chemistry.