Daniel Kim was awarded the Early Career Investigator at the Philadelphia Organic Chemists' Club. 

The Kim Research Group has been investigating new light-driven reactions to develop rapid synthesis to a variety of important bioisostere building blocks. Currently, they are especially interested in acyl and acetal radicals and their use in organic synthesis and their potential applications to new materials and pharmaceuticals. Specifically, the Kim lab developed new reagents for the nucleophilic installation of TFMKs (trifluoromethyl ketones). Recently, they have been investigating new opportunities and avenues for acetals as C2 fragments as complementary synthons for accessing vicinal functional groups. 

To read more about Prof. Kim's Early Career Investigator Lecture, click here.