Welcome to the Stoltz Group!

The Stoltz Group is focused on advancing organic chemistry through the development of new strategies and tactics for the synthesis of important molecules. We employ the beautifully complex structures of unusual natural products to guide our research and to inspire creative approaches to overcoming challenges in molecular construction. Our research spans all areas of synthetic chemistry and includes total synthesis, methods development, enantioselective catalysis, experimental and computational mechanistic investigations, the development of new methods for structure determination, heterocyclic chemistry, transition metal catalysis, medicinal chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, and sensor development.


 Learn more about our team, research focus, and recent publications

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Check out our team of scientists

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Recent contributions to the scientific literature

Natural product synthesis and Methodologies


Check out a short video describing our research in C–H silation catalysis

 
Element 19 (which is the number for potassium on the periodic table) shines a light on the remarkable Caltech discovery of a renewable potassium-based catalyst. The catalyst can be used for the manufacture of essential chemical products and is both sustainable and affordable. Featuring PhD student and Dow-Resnick Fellow, Anton Toutov, Professors Robert H. Grubbs and Brian M. Stoltz, postdoctoral scholar Wen-Bo "Boger" Liu, and undergrad Kerry Betz, the film aims to broadly explain the implications of the team's groundbreaking work in sustainable chemistry in an accessible way. Learn More: http://resnick.caltech.edu/documentary.php
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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