News

The summer is over and the co-op students are heading back to class.  Thanks for all your hard work and best of luck.

The first paper from the Murphy lab is accepted:

Phyllis and Jason combined efforts to demonstrate for the first time that monocarbonyl iodonium ylides are effective as metallocarbene precursors. The key was to trick a phosphorus ylide into undergoing carbene transfer (which they typically don't do), and then trap the resulting iodonium ylide with a metal catalyst. Congratulations Phyllis and Jason!

Paper #1 submitted on our work with monocarbonyl iodonium ylides.

Best of luck, wherever you go. 

In the spirit of the Murphy lab, here are some words to live by:

" If it's flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft."

--Snoop Dogg

Luke and Richard have arrived for their summer co-op positions.

Thanks for the hard work!  Tschüs!!!

The oxonium ylide review and phomoidride synthesis papers have been published. 

Exchange student Judith has joined the lab for her Chem 392 research project. Welcome Judith!

Shahab Movahedi has joined the group as my first Ph.D. student. Welcome Shahab!

Jason Tao was awarded the QEII Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology for the 2012 academic year.  Congratulations Jason!