Downey and students publish on advancing chemistry for drug development

May 29, 2026

Wade Downey, professor of chemistry, along with Eric Zhou, ’27, and Helen Xia, ’24, published “Friedel–Crafts Addition of 3-Alkylated Indoles to Aldehydes: 2-Hydroxyalkylation Promoted by Trimethylsilyl Trifluoromethanesulfonate” in The Journal of Organic Chemistry.