Craig Day

Our chairs @albrecht-lab.bsky.social and @evaheviagroup.bsky.social are excited to welcome you to Bern and the opening #eucomc2025

Now out in Chemical Science doi.org/10.1039/D4SC... #compchem

Join us in Copenhagen for the European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (x.com/ESOC_ISC, June 29-July 3) this summer: www.esoc2025.com

Join us in Copenhagenfor the European Symposium on organic chemistry this summer: www.esoc2025.com

NCCR Catalysis on LinkedIn: 2025 Young Talents Fellowship 🌱🧪 Applications Open: 2025 NCCR Catalysis Young Talents Fellowship! 🔬💻 We’re excited to launch the fourth edition of our #NCCRCatalysis Young Talents…

If you want to join @lcsolab.bsky.social or any other laboratory at NCCR Catalysis for your master thesis, the Young Talents Fellowship is a great occasion!
www.linkedin.com/posts/nccr-c...

Inverse Design of Singlet‐Fission Materials with Uncertainty‐Controlled Genetic Optimization We uncover candidates for singlet fission using a machine learning-driven uncertainty-controlled genetic algorithm (ucGA), which is run either in an exploitative or explorative manner. Leveraging a f...

Inverse Design of Singlet-Fission Materials with Uncertainty-Controlled Genetic Optimization doi.org/10.1002/anie... #compchem

We have a chemistry data undergraduate internship open in Macclesfield, only a couple of days left to apply! Don't contact me, follow the link: astrazeneca.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Emerging-Tal...

Our work on macrocyclic HDAC11 inhibitors is now out in JACS Au! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#openaccess #chemsky

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️

We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.

Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

Polyolefin waste to light olefins with ethylene and base-metal heterogeneous catalysts The selective conversion of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and mixtures of these two polymers to form products with high volume demand is urgently needed because current methods suffer from lo...

Our research group, together with Alex Bell, Ji Su, Corine Scown, will be recruiting postdoc candidates to conduct research on aspects of the polymer deconstruction process that we recently published in Science (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...).

Yep added

SMARTpy: a Python package for the generation of cavity steric molecular descriptors and applications to diverse systems Steric molecular descriptors designed for machine learning (ML) applications are critical for connecting structure–function relationships to mechanistic insight. However, many of these descriptors are...

SMARTpy: a Python package for the generation of cavity steric molecular descriptors and applications to diverse systems doi.org/10.1039/D4DD... #compchem

New preprint from my group: Enhancing Chemical Synthesis Planning: Automated Quantum Mechanics-Based Regioselectivity Prediction for C-H Activation with Directing Groups doi.org/10.26434/che... #compchem

Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Triflates with Alkyl Halides: Mechanism-Informed Design of More General Conditions Aryl triflates make up a class of aryl electrophiles that are available in a single step from the corresponding phenol. Despite the known reactivity of nickel complexes for aryl C–O bond activation of phenol derivatives, nickel-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling using aryl triflates has proven challenging. Herein, we report a method to form C(sp2)–C(sp3) bonds by coupling aryl triflates with alkyl bromides and chlorides using phenanthroline (phen) or pyridine-2,6-bis(N-cyanocarboxamidine) (PyBCamCN)-ligated nickel catalysts. The scope of the reaction is demonstrated with 38 examples (61 ± 14% average yield). Mechanistic studies provide a rationale for the conditions used and a roadmap for further applications of cross-electrophile coupling. First, the rate of alkyl radical generation is controlled by maintaining the majority of alkyl halide as the alkyl chloride, which is unreactive, and utilizing a dynamic halide exchange process to adjust the concentration of reactive alkyl bromide or iodide. Second, the challenge of using electron-rich aryl triflates appears to be due to off-cycle transmetalation to form unproductive aryl zinc reagents. The optimal PyBCamCN ligand together with LiCl avoids this deleterious transmetalation step.

Our work on Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Aryl Triflates with Alkyl Halides is now online at JACS @pubs.acs.org. Congrats to Seoyoung, Matt, Ben, and Daniel! doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14769

Prof. Day has worked in Canada, USA, Spain, and Denmark and expects to hire candidates to create a vibrant, multicultural group with frequent social activities.

Prof. Day has led numerous projects published in leading academic journals such as 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠, 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝐽. 𝐴𝑚. 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝑆𝑜𝑐., 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝑆𝑜𝑐. 𝑅𝑒𝑣., and 𝐴𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑤. 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐼𝑛𝑡. 𝐸𝑑.

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨:
These topics range from the synthesis of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals to the synthesis of new types of plastics. As the first PhD candidates, they will be working alongside Prof. Day regularly and get consistent feedback, assistance, and support.

Get in touch with me for further information at csd@chem.ku.dk!

The research conducted will focus on understanding fundamental organometallic chemistry to inform the rational reaction design of new catalytic methodologies that can be applied to address current challenges in sustainability.

PhD fellowship in synthesizing CO2-derived materials

𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞! 🎉

The Day lab is hiring two PhD candidates to work on developing new transition-metal-catalyzed methods to transform CO2 into polymers or pharmaceuticals!

jobportal.ku.dk/phd?show=163...

Applications are open until February 14th 2025.

Please feel free to share!

Welcome @swisschemistry.bsky.social , we also added you to the growing Chemists in Switzerland starter pack
go.bsky.app/CdvVFKj

Here is a tentative Supramolecular Chemistry starter kit. Please let me know if you wish to be added ! #ChemSky
go.bsky.app/RjRgi6n

Now out in PeerJ Physical Chemistry: Beyond predefined ligand libraries: a genetic algorithm approach for de novo discovery of catalysts for the Suzuki coupling reactions doi.org/10.7717/peer... #compchem

Looks great!

I'll be looking to hire 2 positions in mid 2025 so please reach out!

The support from my family, friends, and my wife couldn't mean more.

You can get in touch with me at csd@chem.ku.dk. If you know any prospective PhD candidates that are interested in working in #organometallics #TM_catalysis #sustainablity #polymer_chemistry.

🎉 Thrilled to formally post that I'll be starting as an assistant professor at the #University_of_Copenhagen in March 2025! I'm incredibly grateful to the #NovoNordiskFoundation, my amazing mentors #TroelsSkrydstrup, #JohnHartwig, #RubenMartin, #JeremiahJohsonson and everyone in 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇪🇸 🇺🇸 . #chemsky

A lot of great people I didn't realize were on here. Check it out #chemsky

Our OrgChem Starter Pack is growing with already 122 entries, but we will start a volume 2 if we go over the 150 limit!
go.bsky.app/NSEFPFJ

Added!

Got it!