John McGuff

PhD - St Andrews 2024 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Medicinal Chemist

[John McGuff @john_mcguff]

The rumours are true! Yesterday I passed my viva, concluding my time at St Andrews 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you to all the mentors who have guided me and to all the colleagues on this journey with me.

Now on to more chemistry…🧪

[Watson Group @watson_group]

A huge congratulations to the newly minted Dr McGuff on passing his viva yesterday to conclude a hugely successful PhD! @john_mcguff Big thanks to @RhPdCu and @SPThomasGroup for doing the honors!

[Watson Group @watson_group]

Many thanks to the organisers at OSSC 2024! There were many fascinating discussions on chemistry, as well as insightful early career advise!

Group members @MashaMazhuga, @TimHilton98, and Tom presented their posters, with Masha picking up a poster prize! #OSSC2024

[Watson Group @watson_group]

Fantastic day yesterday for the annual @RSCPerkin meeting, this year at @dundeeuni. Plenty of brilliant talks and posters, not least from our own @TimHilton98 and @MashaMazhuga!

@DDU_Dundee @StAndrewsChem

[John McGuff @john_mcguff]

A fascinating dive into the chemistry of germanium. Thank you to colleagues, funding bodies, and collaborators who made this work possible.

@StAndrewsChem @BurleyResearch @StAndrewsXray

[Watson Group @watson_group]

A new element makes its way into the Watson Group repertoire!

Check out our first foray into the world of germanium in the context of CuAAC chemistry, in collaboration with @BurleyResearch!

The pre-print is available here on @ChemRxiv:

https://t.co/q2axaO2SaO

[Watson Group @watson_group]

A new element makes its way into the Watson Group repertoire!

Check out our first foray into the world of germanium in the context of CuAAC chemistry, in collaboration with @BurleyResearch!

The pre-print is available here on @ChemRxiv:

https://t.co/q2axaO2SaO

[Chemistry at Thieme @thiemechemistry]

Get to know John J. Molloy (@Johnjmol) in this #YoungCareerFocus 👨‍🔬. Discover the academic journey of this 2024 Thieme Chemistry Journals Awardee and explore the research that earned him this recognition 🎉:

📖 https://t.co/zasvMfWZg3

[Watson Group @watson_group]

Great work from former group member @MattJAndrews within a fantastic team! Congratulations also to those from @BurleyResearch, @LloydJonesLab, and @GSK for providing fascinating mechanistic insights into ynamine-based CuAAC chemistry!

[Watson Group @watson_group]

Congratulations to @john_mcguff and @_marekvarga, as their work on the synthesis of complex BOBs via Rh-catalysed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition has been highlighted in @OPRD_ACS!

https://t.co/3D3uDweNbb

[Burley Research Group @BurleyResearch]

Our latest publication from the group is out in @J_A_C_S .

Great collaboration with @allanjbwatson @LloydJonesLab and @GSK exploring t why ynamines are great click substrates. Work is supported by @LeverhulmeTrust @GSK @EPSRC @BBSRC
https://t.co/yknmGPE2Ci

[Kane Bastick @KaneACB]

Very pleased to now be Dr Kane 🎉 a dramatic close to an incredible 3.5 years in the Watson lab, and it was great to meet @VarinderAggar11 in the process to talk all things boron 🧪

[Chemistry at Thieme @thiemechemistry]

One of the top cited #SYNLETT articles in 2023 you shouldn´t miss!

by Kane Bastick and Allan Watson @watson_group @StAndrewsChem

free access 👉 https://t.co/tDZHM7vFkK

#boron #catalysis #chemoselectivity #homologation #diversityorientedsynthesis

[Alister Goodfellow @ali_goodfellow]

Happy to share some recent work on a dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation just out in @ChemicalScience with @ADS_StAndrews. Well done everyone involved, especially Aífe (now in Manchester @greaneygroup)!

#compchem @ADS_GroupStA @StAndrewsChem

https://t.co/RmDUtBqccz

[Maria @MashaMazhuga]

Day 2 at Edinburgh Science Festival!
Happy to be here as a part of Boron:Beyond the reagent
@EPSRCboron @StAndrewsChem @EdSciFest @EdinburghChem @UoMPharmaOpt

[John McGuff @john_mcguff]

Another chapter in the [2+2+2] odyssey! We investigate the substrate scope of internal alkynes in our process, metal-ligand recovery as well as catalyst reactivation.

[Watson Group @watson_group]

Congrats to @john_mcguff for publishing
this neat work in Synlett, assessing the scope and limitations of unactivated internal alkynes for Rh-catalysed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions! @StAndrewsChem @thiemechemistry

https://t.co/TapLM3zJVl

[Watson Group @watson_group]

Our second #PhDposition is in synthetic methodology playing with palladium and novel organoboron reagents - see our website to make informal inquiries https://t.co/QiurxK7xjh

[Watson Group @watson_group]

Congrats to @john_mcguff and @_marekvarga, whose stellar work on complex benzoxaborocycles (BOBs) has been highlighted in synfacts! @thiemechemistry

https://t.co/Mt7uIJlyIb

[ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal @ChemEurJ]

Accessing Rare alpha-Heterocyclic Aziridines via Bronsted Acid-catalyzed Michael Addition/Annulation: Scope, Limitations, and Mechanism (Allan J. B. Watson and co-workers) @timhilton98 @allanjbwatson @watson_group @StAndrewsChem https://t.co/sw4G7VfnDQ

[Kane Bastick @KaneACB]

Out now on synthesis workshop! The full story behind the development and applications of our Pd-catalysed boron homologation last year with @watson_group . Many thanks to @MatthewHorwitz1 for inviting me and Hamideh for editing! @EPSRCboron

[Allan Watson @allanjbwatson]

Always great to work with the @AndySuthLab group! Congrats all! @StAndrewsChem @EPSRCboron

[Allan Watson @allanjbwatson]

Tim’s paper has found a home in @ChemEurope. Congratulations @TimHilton98 and @an_andrew_leach!
@watson_group @StAndrewsChem

https://t.co/1nds3Vcsug