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Rebecca Melen

@rebeccamelen.bsky.social

Main group chemist. Cardiff University.

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Borane Catalysed Annulative Sulfenylation of Internal Alkynes: Towards the Synthesis and Study of Highly Unsaturated Heterocycles ( @rebeccamelen.bsky.social ): chemrxiv.org/doi/10.26434... ( @chemrxiv.org ).

15.02.2026 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thiol-Free Sulfenylation Redefined: A Single-Atom Transfer Pathway to Symmetrical Di(hetero)arylthioethers via B(C6F5)3 Catalysis Diarylated thioethers are privileged scaffolds found across pharmaceuticals, functional materials, and molecular electronics. Conventional approaches to these motifs, typically via Cโ€“H functionalizati...

Congratulations to the team on our latest paper published in @jacs.acspublications.org @cardiffuni.bsky.social

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

29.01.2026 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD in Chemistry: Sustainable Main Group Catalysis Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Sustainable Main Group Catalysis Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Come join our team! ๐Ÿงช๐ŸฅผTwo PhD positions available in sustainable catalysis using frustrated Lewis pairs as part of ERC funded grant. Fully funded for EU and UK students. @erc.europa.eu @cardiffuni.bsky.social โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

08.01.2026 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD in Chemistry: Single or Double? A Radical Approach to Catalysis - Competitive EPSRC funded post at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Single or Double? A Radical Approach to Catalysis - Competitive EPSRC funded post at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Weโ€™re looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join our vibrant research group. We have an opening for a PhD position to work on radical Frustrated Lewis pairs. Check out the link below for more information and contacts. โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

13.12.2025 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

11.12.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

11.12.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!

11.12.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks and good luck!

09.12.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks very much!

09.12.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!

09.12.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks!

09.12.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks very much and many congratulations to you too!! Iโ€™m looking forward to visiting in the summer.

09.12.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks very much!

09.12.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks!

09.12.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

09.12.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m deeply honoured to have been awarded an ERC consolidator to grant for the project RadicalCAT! Watch out for some exciting chemistry from our group on main group electrochemistry and radical catalysis. โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ @erc.europa.eu

09.12.2025 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Oxidative Rearrangement of Alkynes to chiral ฮฑ-Arylalkanoic Esters Chiral ฮฑ-arylalkanoic esters, valued as anti-inflammatory agents, are synthesised through an enantioselective oxidative rearrangement of alkynes under green, metal-free conditions. This study achieves...

Check out our latest collaborative work with the Baik and Wirth groups in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

24.11.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Nusaybah Alotaibi on finishing her PhD subject to minor corrections ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ‘. Thanks to Louis Luk and Alex Pulis for acting as examiners.

25.09.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A reflection on frustrated Lewis pairs 20 years on: the gift that keeps on giving This commentary reflects on the remarkably broad impact the concept of โ€œfrustrated Lewis pairsโ€ (FLPs) has had over the past 20 years. Since its initial articulation, this concept has found applicatio...

20 years of FLPs! Check out this article published together with the pioneer of FLPs himself (Prof. Douglas Stephan) covering some of the highlights of FLP chemistry over the last two decades. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

24.09.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save the date: ๐Ÿ“… Sept 25, 2025 ๐Ÿ•’ 3โ€“4 pm CEST
Online #BeilsteinTalk โ€œSingle or double? A radical approach to frustrated Lewis pairsโ€ with Rebecca L. Melen @rebeccamelen.bsky.socialย from Cardiff University, United Kingdom.
Register for FREE! ๐Ÿ”— https://tinyurl.com/25df8v5p
#BeilsteinTalks

12.09.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Delighted to have been selected as a sub-panel member (assessment phase) for sub-panel 8 (Chemistry) for REF2029 #REF2029

04.09.2025 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great talks at the XL BIENAL in Bilbao! Itโ€™s great to be travelling again. #BQB2025

03.07.2025 05:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m really honoured to be the 2025 winner of the RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize. Thanks to my current research group, past students and postdocs, and collaborators and mentors who have made this possible @rsc.org #RSCprizes

25.06.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

๐ŸšจPhD position in synthetic inorganic chemistry in our group.๐Ÿšจ The position is joint with semiconductor company TOK and will involve trip(s) to Japan!
Please see the details below โฌ‡๏ธ

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

09.05.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cardiff University PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships at Cardiff University.

PhD Positions in main group and transition metal coordination chemistry available in my group. Please get in touch if you have any questions on the project. UK students only. www.findaphd.com/phds/cardiff...

28.04.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s great to be back in India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ for the #icmgsc2025 conference. Lots of exciting main group chemistry and lots more to come #chemsky

14.02.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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PhD in Chemistry: Safe Removal and Recovery of the Heavier Group 15 Compounds (Bi, Sb, As): EPSRC IDLA PhD at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Safe Removal and Recovery of the Heavier Group 15 Compounds (Bi, Sb, As): EPSRC IDLA PhD at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Come work with us in the field of Group 15 chemistry โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ #chemsky

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

07.02.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save the date for #RSCPoster2025 #chemsky
It was a great event last year!

04.12.2024 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Symposium 2025 Welcome to the 2nd Canada - UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry! Welcome to the 2nd Canada - UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry! We are delighted to be hosting this conference at Quebe...

CANUK 2025: 2nd Canada โ€“ UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry
11-14 June, 2025.
Registration and Abstract submission is now open for CANUK 2025 to be held in the beautiful Quรฉbec City, QC, Canada. Just before the CSC meeting in Ottawa.
fontaine.chm.ulaval.ca/symposium-20...

#chemsky

26.11.2024 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Today we had @rebeccamelen.bsky.social at @iciqchem.bsky.social giving a wonderful seminar on #frustrated boron catalysts for #pharma inspired synthesis, great pitch ๐Ÿ‘!

22.11.2024 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0