Our group's latest work appears in @J_A_C_S. We use a 5d metal🔽 to regiospecifically ring expand 6⃣-membered ring to 7⃣- membered product. This reaction mimics an enzymatic oxygenase, using only O2/light 🍃as the only inputs.
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pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
@PSUScience @psu_chemistry
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…
pubs.acs.org Mimicking Extradiol Dioxygenase Reactivity on Iridium Abstract. Extradiol dioxygenases catalyze the cleavage of benzenediol (catechol) or vicinal aminophenols via oxygen atom insertion into the 2,3-C–C bond. T 
