Joan Serrano

Sometimes it’s a usb stick, sometimes a notebook and pens… admitedly, this is the first time I’ve been handed a swiss army knife upon registration at a conference! I’m attending #eucomc2025 @eucomc2025.bsky.social in #Bern. If you’re also around and want to meet up over a coffee or so, ping me!

Praseodymium in the formal +5 oxidation state - Nature Chemistry The most common oxidation state for lanthanide elements is +3, and, beyond cerium, examples of these elements exhibiting higher oxidation states remain scarce. Now, a molecular complex of praseodymium...

Proud and thankful @natchem.nature.com for inviting me to write the "News & Views" on the beautiful praseodymium(V) complex by @stormslapierre.bsky.social (www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
Find our highlight "A high five for praseodymium" following this link
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin - Nature A dysprosium amide–alkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100 kelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of the pendant alkene.

Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Valence-delocalized trithorium nanocluster superatoms with open-shell exalted diamagnetism - Nature Chemistry Superatoms are metal clusters that collectively behave like an atom, but they usually require metal–metal bonding and thus they are based on main group or transition metals. Now it has been shown that...

Years in the making – 3-centre-1-electron trithorium metal-metal bonding. Out now in @natchem.nature.com !

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

4f-orbital covalency enables a single-crystal-to-single-crystal ring-opening isomerization in a CeIV–cyclopropenyl complex - Nature Chemistry Computational and spectroscopic studies of molecular lanthanide complexes have implicated 4f orbitals in metal–ligand bonding interactions. Now, a comparative study of isostructural d-block, actinide ...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interested in single crystal to single crystal ring opening reaction and participation of 4f orbital here is recent article @natchem.nature.com by Schelter’s group and team!!

Praseodymium in the formal +5 oxidation state Nature Chemistry - The most common oxidation state for lanthanide elements is +3, and, beyond cerium, examples of these elements exhibiting higher oxidation states remain scarce. Now, a molecular...

We are excited to share praseodymium 5+! Finally in print!
A new PR for Pr!

rdcu.be/egHf6

#MOPs WITH A GECKO'S GRIP.💎🦎
I got the chance to write a #News&Views in @natchem.nature.com about a paper I enjoyed by @furukawas.bsky.social.
They made cool MOPs (that's not new) consistently packed in a diamond fashion, the same way geckos climb walls (that's super cool)!👇
rdcu.be/ei8Pj
#MOFs

An intricate combination of triangles and squares, regular but irregular at the same time, reminiscent of a fractal structure, but with evident violations to be called one.

New experiment... not a fractal, but also not a non-fractal? A 'frustrated fractal'? Anyway, pattern nr. 53 #tilingart #SciArt #Braggyourpattern

Three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks - Nature Chemistry In reticular chemistry, the formation of strong chemical bonds between molecular components is typically considered a core prerequisite for synthesizing open-framework materials. Now a series of robus...

Today is a special day! I am very proud to announce that my first first-author paper on WaaFs is finally out in @naturechemistry.bsky.social !!! 🎊🎉

Huge thanks to @furukawas.bsky.social and the group members for their great support in my last six years in Kyoto!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks - Nature Chemistry In reticular chemistry, the formation of strong chemical bonds between molecular components is typically considered a core prerequisite for synthesizing open-framework materials. Now a series of robus...

WaaFs appeared in @naturechemistry.bsky.social!! Assembling large supramolecules via van der Waals interaction leads forming robust, stable three-dimensional open frameworks. The beautiful sole research done by our former master student @shuntokuda.bsky.social!!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In London, ready for AIchemy - Pioneering AI-driven Chemistry. @aichemyhub.bsky.social
#chemisty

@dereklowe.bsky.social discussing the recent work from Takezawa, Fujita et al. in Nature Chemistry

"As someone who has worked in the field, I'm impressed by the things that they've gotten to work"

Crystallization Cages

Progress in getting X-ray crystal structures of compounds without actually growing crystals of them. Note: I’ve tried something similar myself, a few years ago.

Berkelium–carbon bonding in a tetravalent berkelocene Interest in actinide–carbon bonds has persisted since actinide organometallics were first investigated for applications in isotope separation during the Manhattan Project. Transplutonium organometalli...

In @science.org this week, a team at Lawrence Berkeley lab did some practice runs with cerium and then raced to sandwich berkelium between two carbon rings before the radioactive decay wreaked too much havoc--read all about the Bk-C bonds here!

chemsky🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Redox-active inverse crowns for small molecule activation - Nature Chemistry Following the building principles of crown ethers for cation encapsulation, inverse crowns are rings of metals that bind anions. Now a redox-active inverse crown ether featuring Na+ cations and Mg0 ha...

Redox-active inverse crowns for small molecule activation, from Sjoerd Harder @harder-research.bsky.social and co-workers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#chemsky

We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @roysocchem.bsky.social Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:

Artistic impression of a benzene ring coordinated to a samarium complex

Our January issue is live! 📣 In there you will find the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with...
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An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization - Nature Chemistry The chemistry of precious-metal-based open-shell mononuclear complexes remains underdeveloped. Now it has been shown that iridium metalloradicals enable Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox cycles and catalyse olefin ...

To inaugurate our account: Really excited to share our last work on Ir(II) vs Ir(I) as catalysts (Ir(II) wins, but share the same mechanism!): Now at
@NatureChemistry
"An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization" nature.com/articles/s41...

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🚨New job opening 🚨

Hey #Chemsky, we have an opening for an editor on the cross-journal team to handle papers in organic chemistry & related fields

📍 Shanghai, Beijing, Heidelberg or Berlin
🗓️ Closing date: Feb 4th
❔ DMs open if you have questions

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

JOB ALERT! 🚨Still 10 days to apply to the open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: acortar.link/Y34YYd #chemsky 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Remote control of chirality in hybrid perovskite materials - Nature Chemistry Chirality in hybrid perovskite semiconductors can advance their application in modern electronics, but their production — traditionally involving the incorporation of chiral organic cations into the p...

Beautiful work showcasing remote chirality transfer in low-dimensional #perovskites with broad implications!🧪Congratulations !🙌🏼 It has been a pleasure to highlight such inspiring research #NatureChemistry with #GhewaAlsabeh & #MengqiongZ- exciting perspectives🧬🔸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Hi #chemsky - what have we missed?

JOB ALERT! 🚨We have an open PhD position to work in the field of first-row transition metal catalysis. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬Application deadline 19th January 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here:
acortar.link/Y34YYd #chemsky

Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness Images can be made more accessible by choosing hues, shapes and textures carefully.

Don't use red and green data lines/surfaces in the same panel please #chemsky. It can be difficult for some colorblind readers to differentiate them. I've accepted (in principle) 2 papers today, and both sets of authors were asked to remove red/green colour contrasts www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Now available in a much tidier Google Sheets too.

tinyurl.com/ChemSkyStart...

Isolation and characterization of a triplet nitrene - Nature Chemistry Triplet nitrenes are highly reactive species and thus their isolation and characterization are challenging. Now, a bulky hydrindacene ligand has been used to stabilize a triplet arylnitrene synthesize...

Still no active Nature Chem Bluesky account - so here's some recent content. A cool triplet nitrene structure (already been some discussion on here because there was a recent related Science paper, which is cited - note we have a N+Vs coming up that discusses both) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Correct. However as outlined on our website "Posting of preprints is not considered prior publication and will not jeopardize consideration. Manuscripts posted on preprint servers will not be taken into account when determining the advance provided by a study under consideration." here: t.ly/dEw3f

As mentioned in other comments, the Tan paper was submitted to us before the Beckmann's Science paper was published. Their work is cited, mentioned in the text and shown in Fig 1. And keep your eyes peeled for an upcoming News&Views article that will cover both Articles!

I am back from parental leave, which means that it's my first day at @NatureChemistry! 🤩 I look forward to this new role very much, and I am grateful for the good time I've had working at @NatureComms and everything I've learned there 😄
(Apologies for crossposting from the other site!) #chemsky

Thank you, @marcelswart.bsky.social ! Happy to be part of #Chemsky. Thank you @pbulsink.bsky.social and @peonor.bsky.social for the invite code😄

Also... Welcome to chemsky, @aliciacasitas.bsky.social ! 🤩