The Olofsson Research Group

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Latest news

Miguel presented and defended his master thesis in an excellent way, and got the highest possible grade (A)! Congratulations Miguel, and good luck with finding your next position.

Berit presented SUCCeSS (Stockholm University Center for Circular & Sustainable Systems) at the Nordic Sustainability Expo.

There are still a few seats left for late registration to the International Conference in Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry, ICHIC 7, in Stockholm June 25-28, 2023. The abstract deadline for posters is June 1st.

Erika will defend her thesis August 25 - more details will come in due time.

Our guide on the synthesis of electron deficient diaryliodonium salts, including updated synthetic protocols, is accepted as a VIP article in Adv. Synth. Catal. and will be published in the invited issute on Iodine in Catalysis and Organic Synthesis. Congrats Erika & Shobhan!

Erika's project on the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Diarylamines through an N-, C-Cascade Reaction via Ammonium Salts is now available on ChemRxiv, well done Erika!

Our long-term collaboration with the Staubitz group on the synthesis of ortho-functionalized azobenzenes via diaryliodonium salts is now published in Chem. Commun. - well done Ester & Melanie!

Ester has successfully defended her thesis, with Prof. Marcos Suero as opponent. Congratulations Ester, and best of luck with your continued career in academia!

Our first photocatalytic project; Photoredox-Catalyzed Vinylations to Function­alized Alkenes and C-Glycosides, is published in Angew. Chem. Int Ed., well done Bhaskar & Ester!

Interesting links

Check out the Hypervalent Iodine virtual symposium series organized by Graham Murphy's lab.

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