News
October, 2023
Graduate student Prem Gurung was awarded The Best Poster Presentation Award in 18th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at Purdue University. Congrats!
May, 2023
A recent article from our group on “Synthesis of 2-Amino-2-deoxy-β-d-mannosides via Stereoselective Anomeric O-Alkylation of 2N,3O-Oxazolidinone-Protected d-Mannosamine: Synthesis of the Trisaccharide Repeating Unit of Streptococcus pneumoniae 19F Polysaccharide” was published in Org. Lett. Congratulations Bishwa, Fenglang, Padam and Prakash!
April, 2023
A recent article from our group on “Potassium carbonate-mediated β-selective anomeric O-alkylation with primary electrophiles: Application to the synthesis of glycosphingolipids” was published in Tetrahedron. Lett. Congratulations Ishani and Fenglang!
November, 2022
Graduate students Rama Banjara and Madhav Poudel joined our group. Welcome!
August, 2022
A recent article from our group on “Cationic Gold(I)-Catalyzed Glycosylation with Glycosyl N-1,1-Dimethylpropargyl Carbamate Donors” was published in Org. Biomol. Chem. Congratulations Prem, Prakash and Ishani!
July, 2022
Graduate student Prakash Thapa successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations!
May, 2022
A recent article from our group on “Cationic Gold(I)-Catalyzed Glycosylation with Glycosyl S-3-Butynyl Thiocarbonate Donors” was published in J. Carbohydr. Chem. Congratulations Prakash, Prem and Ishani!
May, 2022
A recent article from our group on “Stereoselective Synthesis of β-d-Manno-heptopyranoside via Cs2CO3-Mediated Anomeric O-Alkylation: Synthesis of Tetrasaccharide Repeat Unit of Bacillus thermoaerophilus Surface-Layer Glycoprotein” was published in J. Org. Chem. Congratulations Shuai, Ishani, Bishwa and Prakash!
April, 2022
Graduate student Prem Gurung won the AY 2021-22 outstanding TA award from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Congrats!
April, 2022
Graduate student Ishani Hettiarachchi successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Congratulations!
December, 2021
A recent article from our group on “Stereoselective β-Mannosylation via Anomeric O-Alkylation with L-sugar-derived electrophiles” was published in Eur. J. Org. Chem. Congratulations Ishani and Shuai!
April, 2021
A recent review article from our group on “Recent Advances in Direct Synthesis of 2-Deoxy Glycosides and Thioglycosides” was published in Tetrahedron. Congratulations Shuai!
November, 2020
A recent article from our group on “Stereoselective Synthesis of 2-Azido-2-deoxy-β-D-mannosides via Cs2CO3-Mediated Anomeric O-Alkylation with Primary Triflates: Synthesis of a Tetrasaccharide Fragment of Micrococcus Luteus Teichuronic Acid” was published in J. Org. Chem. Congratulations Bishwa, Fenglang and Shuai!
April, 2020
A recent article from our group on “β-Mannosylation via O-Alkylation of Anomeric Cesium Alkoxides: Mechanistic Studies and Synthesis of the Hexasaccharide Core of Complex Fucosylated N-Linked Glycans” was published in Eur. J. Org. Chem. Congratulations Shuai, Bishwa and Hai!
March, 2020
Graduate student Fenglang Wu joined our group. Previously, Fenglang was an undergraduate researcher in our group. Welcome!
November, 2019
Graduate student Prem Gurung joined our group. Welcome!
September, 2019
Graduate student Prakash Thapa was awarded "Poster Presentation - Honorable Mention" in 15th Annual Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at University of Notre Dame. Congrats!
March, 2019
A recent article from our group on “Facile synthesis of sugar lactols via bromine-mediated oxidation of thioglycosides” was published in J. Carbohydr. Chem. Congratulations Shuai, Bishwa and Padam!
February, 2019
A recent article from our group on “Synthesis and antitumor activities of aquayamycin and analogues of derhodinosylurdamycin A.” was published in Org. Biomol. Chem. Congratulations Padam!
September, 2018
Graduate student Padam Acharya was awarded The Best Poster Presentation Award in 14th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at Michigan State University. Congrats!
May, 2018
Undergraduate student Alex Joyce joined our group. Welcome!
January, 2018
Undergraduate student Fenglang Wu joined our group. Welcome!
December, 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow Shuai Meng and Graduate students Prakash Thapa and Ishani Hettiarachchi joined our group. Welcome!
November, 2017
Bishwa Raj Bhetuwal’s paper on “Stereoselective β-Mannosylation via Anomeric O-Alkylation: Concise Synthesis of β-D-Xyl-(l→2)-β-D-Man-(1→4)-α-D-Glc-OMe, a Trisaccharide Oligomer of the Hyriopsis schlegelii Glycosphingolipid.” has been published in J. Carbohydr. Chem. Congratulations Bishwa!
June, 2017
Padam Acharya and Kedar Baryal’s paper on “Synthesis of S-linked trisaccharide glycal of derhodinosylurdamycin A: Discovery of alkyl thiocyanate as an efficient electrophile for stereoselective sulfenylation of 2-deoxy glycosyl lithium” has been published in Carbohydr. Res. Congratulations Padam and Kedar!
June, 2017
High school student Zhané Crockett (from Jesup Wakeman Scott High School) joined our group. Welcome!
May, 2017
Undergraduate student Harrison Koyilla joined our group. Welcome!
December, 2016
Graduate student Hai Nguyen successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations!
October, 2016
Graduate student Hai Nguyen was awarded The Best Poster Presentation Award and Travel Award in 12th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at Central Michigan University. Congrats!
Graduate student Padam Acharya was awarded The Best Poster Presentation Award in 12th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at Central Michigan University. Congrats!
May, 2016
Undergraduate student Sandip Janda joined our group. Welcome!
February, 2016
Hai Nguyen's paper on “Stereoselective Construction of β-Mannopyranosides via Anomeric O-Alkylation: Synthesis of the Trisaccharide Core of N-linked Glycans” has been accepted for publication in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Hai!
January, 2016
Undergraduate student Mariam Abouahmed joined our group. Welcome!
November, 2015
Graduate student Bishwa Raj Bhetuwal joined our group. Welcome!
September, 2015
Undergraduate student Monique Domas joined our group. Welcome!
August, 2015
Kedar Baryal's paper on “Stereoselective Synthesis of S-linked Hexasaccharide of Landomycin A via Umpolung S-Glycosylation.” has been accepted for publication in Org. Lett. Congratulations Kedar!
August, 2015
Undergraduate student Rodney Park joined our group. Welcome!
August, 2015
Graduate student Danyang Zhu successfully defended her PhD dissertation. Congratulations!
July, 2015
Graduate students Kedar Baryal and Surya Adhikari successfully defended their PhD dissertation. Congratulations!
July, 2015
Hem Khatri's paper on “Fluoroalcohol-mediated reductive iodonio-Claisen rearrangement: Synthesis of complex ortho-substituted-allyl iodoarenes.” has been accepted for publication in Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. Congratulations Hem!
June, 2015
High school student Sabrine Ayoub (from Sylvania Southview High School) joined our group. Welcome!
June, 2015
Hem Khatri's paper on “Total Synthesis of Antitumor Antibiotic Derhodinosylurdamycin A.” has been accepted for publication in Chem. Eur. J. Congratulations Hem!
May, 2015
Graduate student Hem Khatri successfully defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations!
November, 2014
Graduate student Padam Acharya joined our group. Welcome!
July, 2014
High school student Mikayla Becker was awarded 2014-2015 ACS Project SEED College Scholarship. Congratulations Mikayla!
June, 2014
High school students Crissy Reno (from Sylvania Southview High School) and Katelyn Dunaway (from Cardinal Stritch High School) joined our group. Welcome!
June, 2014
Danyang Zhu’s paper on “Stereoselective Synthesis of α-Digitoxosides and α-Boivinosides via Chelation-Controlled Anomeric O-Alkylation” has been accepted for publication in J. Carbohydr. Chem. Congratulations Danyang!
May, 2014
Undergraduate student Daniel Gaskill joined our group. Welcome!
April, 2014
Graduate student Kedar Baryal was awarded The Best Poster Presentation Award in 5th Annual Midwest Graduate Research Symposium at The University of Toledo. Congratulations Kedar!
February, 2014
Danyang Zhu’s paper on “Direct Synthesis of 2-Deoxy-β-Glycosides via Anomeric O-Alkylation with Secondary Electrophiles” has been accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations Danyang!
February, 2014
Kedar Baryal’s paper on “Umpolung Reactivity in Stereoselective Synthesis of S-Linked 2-Deoxy Glycosides” is highlighted in Synlett (SYNPACTS) 2014, 25, 308-312. Congratulations Kedar!
January, 2014
Undergraduate students Hee Bum Lee and Isaac Morales joined our group. Welcome!
January, 2014
Hai Nguyen’s paper on the “Reductive Iodonio-Claisen Rearrangement of Iodothiophene Diacetates with Allylsilanes: Formal Synthesis of Plavix®” is highlighted in Synfacts, 2013, 9, 1265. Congratulations Hai!
December, 2013
Kedar Baryal's paper on “Catalytic Stereoselective Synthesis of β-Digitoxosides: Direct Synthesis of Digitoxin and C1’-epi-Digitoxin.” has been accepted for publication in J. Org. Chem. Congratulations Kedar!
October, 2013
Kedar Baryal's paper on “Stereoselective Synthesis of S-Linked 2-Deoxy Sugars.” has been accepted for publication in Synlett (SYNPACTS). Congratulations Kedar!
October, 2013
Graduate student Kedar Baryal was awarded The Best Poster Presentation Award in 9th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at The University of Toledo. Congrats!
Graduate student Danyang Zhu was awarded The Best Oral Presentation Award in 9th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at The University of Toledo. Congrats!
August, 2013
Surya Adhikari's paper on the “Studies of S-But-3-ynyl and gem-Dimethyl S-But-3-ynyl Thioglycoside Donors in Gold-Catalyzed Glycosylations” has been accepted for publication in J. Carbohydr. Chem. Congratulations Surya!
July, 2013
Hai Nguyen's paper on the “Reductive Iodonio-Claisen Rearrangement of Iodothiophene Diacetates with Allylsilanes: Formal Synthesis of Plavix®.” has been accepted for publication in Tetrahedron Lett. Congratulations Hai!
June, 2013
High school student Mikayla Becker (from Maumee High School) joined our group. Welcome!
May, 2013
Kedar Baryal's paper on “Umpolung Reactivity in Stereoselective Synthesis of S-Linked 2-Deoxy Glycosides” has been accepted for publication in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations Kedar!
May, 2013
Undergraduate student Myoung Soo Choi joined our group. Welcome!
April, 2013
Graduate student Hem Khatri was awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Research Paper of the Year Award. Congrats!
April, 2013
High School student Kristin Stobinski (from Notre Dame Academy) joined our group. Welcome!
January, 2013
Undergraduate student Belal Abdullah joined our group. Welcome!
December, 2012
High School student Ragavi Lanka (from Sylvania Southview High School) joined our group. Welcome!
Novermber, 2012
Surya Adhikari's paper on “gold-catalyzed synthesis of 2-deoxy glycosides” has been accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations Surya!
October, 2012
Graduate student Kedar Baryal was awarded The Best Oral Presentation Award in 8th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at Wayne State University. Congrats!
September, 2012
Undergraduate student Mallory Walker joined our group. Welcome!
July, 2012
Hem Khatri's paper on “synthesis of complex ortho-allyliodoarenes employing reductive iodonio-Claisen rearrangement” has been accepted for publication in Chem. Eur. J. Congratulations Hem!
June, 2012
High school teacher Joseph Duffey joined our group. Welcome!
June, 2012
High school student De'Jonette Morehead joined our group. Welcome!
April, 2012
Graduate student Hem Khatri was awarded Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. Congrats!
April, 2012
Graduate students Kedar Baryal, Hem Khatri and Danyang Zhu passed their Non-Dissertation Proposal Defense. Congrats!
March, 2012
Graduate student Hai Nguyen joined our group. Welcome!
February, 2012
Our group webpage is up!
January, 2012
Graduate student Surya Adhikari and undergraduate student Christopher Lopez joined our group. Welcome!
September, 2011
Graduate student Danyang Zhu was awarded The Best Poster Presentation Award in 7th Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium at Michigan State University. Congrats!
August, 2011
Undergraduate student Hanin Dughayli joined our group. Welcome!
June, 2011
High school student James Dunaway joined our group. Welcome!
April, 2011
Graduate student Hem Khatri was awarded Outstanding First Year Graduate Student Award in Chemistry. Congrats!
November, 2010
Graduate students Kedar Baryal and Hem Khatri joined our group. Welcome!
October, 2010
Graduate student Danyang Zhu and undergraduate students Narendrakumar Patel, Avani Pathak, and Pratik Patel joined our group. Welcome!
August, 2010
The new Zhu group started in Department of Chemistry @ The University of Toledo.