University of Ottawa
Advisor: Stephen Newman
Adam grew up in a town you’ve never heard of, next to Toronto, Ontario. That’s right – he’s Canadian. He says he’s sorry about that. He achieved his bachelor’s degree from Ontario Tech University (i.e. a school you’ve never heard of), where he learned the tricks and trades of synthetic chemistry from Prof Yuri Bolshan. En route, he conducted a research internship at Cardiff University working under the supervision of Prof Rebecca Melen. He spent the following year travelling before returning to school to conduct a PhD at the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Prof Stephen Newman. Currently, he utilizes high-throughput chemical techniques to prod the ever-expanding world of nickel-catalyzed carbon-oxygen bond activation. Ask him, and he won’t be shy about telling you how “amped” he is to be working in the Lin group, learning the nuances of electrocatalytic alcohol functionalization. Free time sees Adam painting, writing and spending time with his family (shout out to his two nephews). Legend says you’re awarded 10 points if you catch him outside of the lab without a Monster energy drink in his hands.
Publications:
6. Cook, A.; St. Onge, P.; Newman, S. G. Suzuki-Miyaura Arylation of Tertiary Alcohols through Silyl Ether Intermediates. Nat. Synth. 2023, 2, 663-669.
5. Cook, A.; Bezaire, M.; Newman, S. G. Nickel-Catalyzed Desulfonylative Olefination of β-Hydroxysulfones. Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 1399-1404.
4. St. Onge, P.; Khan, S. I.; Cook, A.; Newman, S. G. Reductive Cleavage of C(sp2)-CF3 Bonds in Trifluoromethylpyridines. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 1030-1034.
3. Cook, A.; MacLean, H.; St. Onge, P.; Newman, S. G. Nickel-Catalyzed Deoxygenation of Diverse C-O Bond Bearing Species. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 13337-13347.
2. Cook, A.; Clément, R.; Newman, S. G. Reaction Screening in Multiwell Plates: High-Throughput Optimization of a Buchwald-Hartwig Amination. Nat. Protoc. 2021, 16, 1152-1169.
1. Cook, A.; Prakash, S.; Zheng, Y. -L.; Newman, S. G. Exhaustive Reduction of Esters Enabled by Nickel Catalysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 8109-8115.
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