Mike recently wrote a JOC Perspectives article that was featured on the front page of the December 8th. issue.  The article focuses on the different facets of dirhodium catalysis, past and present, and what can be expected from our labs in the future. Check it out.

In a  recently published study in Analytical Chemistry resulting from the collaboration between Merck Pharmaceuticals and the Doyle Research Group, previously undetected isomers of dirhodium complexes formed during the synthesis of dirhodium(II) tetrakis[methyl 2-oxopyrrolidin-5(S)-carboxylate] were discovered through the use of ICP-MS.

The American Chemical Society has announced that Michael P. Doyle, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland, will be a recipient of a 2006 Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Award.