Student run profile for the Powers Lab at Texas A&M
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May 7
Our latest @ChemicalScience paper reports the first crystal structure of hydrazoic acid bound to a transition metal. Cryogenic photolysis reveals the elusive triplet dirhodium imidogen intermediate enabling stereospecific NH aziridination of olefins. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC02258H
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Excited to share that our article from 2024 is one of the Top Viewed Article in @angew_chem. Congratulations Dave! š
Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ā¦
#TopViewedArticle @wileyinresearch
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May 14
Synthesis of N-Pyridinium Aziridines
Submitting Authors: Samya Samanta, Hao Tan, Saikat Chatterjee, David C. Powers
Checking Authors: Michael M. Gilbert and Nathan D. Ide
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May 7
Our latest @ChemicalScience paper reports the first crystal structure of hydrazoic acid bound to a transition metal. Cryogenic photolysis reveals the elusive triplet dirhodium imidogen intermediate enabling stereospecific NH aziridination of olefins. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC02258H
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Our latest work in @J_A_C_S captures a reactive silver nitrene in crystallo an important but elusive intermediate in CāH functionalization. The triplet nitrene species is confirmed by further spectroscopy, and computation. Link:
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Congrats to all involved!
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May 1
Congratulations to Dr. Phong Thai, Ph.D. #14 from the group! Phong's insight and curiosity to learn about reaction mechanisms and developing models to study them has been a massive benefit to the lab in general and we wish him all the success in his future endeavors.
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22 Dec 2025
In our latest paper now out in @J_A_C_S, we report a combined experimental and computational investigation of NāH activation and CāN coupling promoted by anodically generated iodanyl radicals.
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19 Oct 2025
Congratulations to Arpan, Ph.D. #13 from our lab. Arpan has been a beacon of tenacity, and we are very proud of all his accomplishments. Wishing him the best in all his future endeavours!
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25 Sep 2025
Excited to share our recent pre-print about PCO-group transfer by pincer-supported Ni-PCO complexe to provide P-Analogues of B-Lactams. Check it out here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxivā¦
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4 Sep 2025
Congratulations to Aishanee, Ph.D. #12 from our lab. Aishanee will be joining Holland lab at Yale as a postdoc, we can't wait to see all the amazing chemistry she does there!
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25 Aug 2025
Celebrating our 100th publication around our group's 10-year anniversary with our latest review on 'Synthesis and Application of Bioactive NāFunctionalized Aziridines' in @angew_chem. Check it out!
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20 Aug 2025
Our latest work in @ChemicalScience investigates porous salt thin film growth mechanisms, and effects of thickness on metalation of the films. Congratulations to everyone involved in this paper from our lab, as well as our wonderful collaborators!
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9 Jul 2025
Check out our recent foray on Molecular Design Considerations for Azobenzene Anolytes in ACS Omega. Congratulations to Ananya, Uddalak, Haley and others involved. Excellent contributions from Dr. Gurkan and Dr. Pentzer.
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4 Jun 2025
In our latest paper now live at @ACSCatalysis, we probe the role of a new Co-based MOF in aerobic oxidation catalysis, and highlight the importance of carrying out kinetic experiments to evaluate the origins of catalytic activity.
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30 May 2025
Thrilled to see such a familiar face.
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29 May 2025
Congrats to @TAMUChemistry's Dr. David Powers on being named a 2025 @TAMU EDGES Fellow! His work in chemical synthesis and solar energy storage is driving innovation in the lab and the classroom. #TAMU #Chemistry āļø
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ALT Promotional graphic featuring David Powers, a 2025 Texas A&M Chancellor's Edges Fellow from the College of Arts & Sciences, Chemistry department. He is smiling and wearing a plaid shirt.
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19 May 2025
Let's take a closer look at synthetic tractability using in crystallo photochemistry in our latest paper, now out in ACS Cent. Sci. (@ACSPublications). Nice job Aishanee!
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14 May 2025
šš§Ŗ @TAMUChemistry seniors Ryan OāShea and Saim Waheed have been awarded @NSF Graduate Research Fellowships! The prestigious award will support their research in quantum materials and green chemistry. #AggieResearch
Read more: tx.ag/CHEM2025NSF
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13 May 2025
Congrats to Hao Tan! PhD #11 from the group. Hao has been an amazing mentor to multiple graduate students in the group and has pushed the boundaries of N-aminopyrdinium chemistry. We are very proud of him and wish him the best on his future endeavours.
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12 May 2025
Proteome-Wide Covalent Targeting of Acidic Residues with Tunable N-Aryl Aziridines | Journal of the American Chemical Society @TAMU @thisisUIC pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacā¦
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12 May 2025
Check out the cool story of aziridine group transfer via aziridinyl radical from our group in this Synthesis Workshop episode. Thanks to @MatthewHorwitz1 for the invitation.
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10 May 2025
Tune in this week to hear from Dr. Promita Biswas about aziridine group transfer reactions! Thanks to Dr. Sourav Mondal for hosting and editing!
Link: youtu.be/pfmyIT4Hnik
@J_A_C_S 2024, 146, 30796-30801. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14169
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