Dicky Wong

Phosphanides are able to capture nitrous oxide (N2O, #laughinggas). Work by Alex Genoux (@alexgenouxchem.bsky.social ), Dicky Wong (@thwongax.bsky.social ), and Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani. Now out (#openaccess ) in @chemcomm.rsc.org : pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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I'm very excited to share that my first first-author paper is now online!!! Thanks Kay for the support and guidance!

Have a look at BCP-EBXs, combining ethynylbenziodoxolones and bicyclo[1.1.1] pentanes (BCPs) to open new chemical space around BCP bioisosteres!
This work of Najung, Jonas and Elija has just been accepted in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social !

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Xue-Zhi Wang and Damien Chen have developed a synthetic receptor for the complexation of perfluoroalkyl carboxylates. Now out in Angewandte Chemie: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Bis-triazenylarenes enable vicinal Sandmeyer-type reactions. Work by @christeenamathew.bsky.social. Now out in Angewandte Chemie: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Methane Beryllation Catalyzed by a Base Metal Complex The homogeneous catalytic functionalization of methane is extremely challenging due to the relative nonpolarity and high C–H bond strength of this hydrocarbon. Here, using catalytic quantities (10 mol...

Catalytic methane functionalization and all it takes is... beryllium! We also compare the mechanisms of methane beryllation and borylation to reveal why Be finds it so easy @pubs.acs.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Hydrogels with stimuli-responsive cages as crosslinks. Work by former postdoc Chaolei Hu, with contributions from Damien Chen and Sylvain Sudan. Just published in @chemsci.rsc.org : pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Series of Uranium Bis‐Siloxide Complexes Despite their synthetic interest and potential attractive properties, the preparation of heteroleptic U(III) complexes containing monodentate ligands remains challenging. Here we report the synthesis...

Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Series of Uranium Bis-Siloxide Complexes (Marinella Mazzanti and co-workers) @epfl doi.org/10.1002/hlca...

We start our first post on Bluesky with a firework! Very proud of a brilliant team to publish our work on C(sp3)-atom transfer @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It has been a very exciting journey. Thanks @erc.europa.eu