Cina Foroutan-Nejad

Listen to this if you bear. Phone call from #Iran. I will transcript (pardon typos).

"You cannot even imagine. Not even in your imaginations, what is happening in Iran. Thousands and thousands of people have been killed. 1/

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Uppgifter om hundratals dödade demonstranter i Teheran Protesterna i Iran är så omfattande att säkerhetsstyrkorna inte räcker till för att hålla tillbaka demonstranterna.

I was not being hyperbolic. Reports of hundreds of protestors killed in Tehran alone. I expect real numbers to be much higher, as news isn't getting out due to the communications blackout. Silence is complicity. Don't look away. #Iran

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My message is still unread. Since the phone lines are also cut off, we don't know what is happening with our families.

Tehran graffiti: "your silence means defending oppression".

People are literally putting their lives on the line fighting against one of the most brutal regimes in the world, for the most basic freedoms you take for granted. Be their voices, don't look away.

#Iran

How I feel about my WhatsApp. "Hello? Is there anyone there?"

Over 90 million people are under total communications blackout so the regime can murder them with impunity under cover of darkness. This is not a technical glitch it's a tactic. Be their voice. Don't let the world look away. #Iran

Excited to share that we’ll have 2 postdoc positions opening soon!
Applicants should prepare and submit their own research proposals. Each position is for 3 years, including a 3 to 6-month international internship.
#postdoc

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Don't miss work from @cforoutannejad.bsky.social‬, Kyle M. Lancaster, Abolghasem ‘Gus’ Bakhoda & co on alkaline earth metal-assisted dinitrogen activation at nickel

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📍Towson University and Polish Academy of Sciences
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🚀 Remember the idea of the ionic C-C bond? It's now evolved into something even simpler and more elegant: the carbon-carbon ylide concept!

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#Chemistry #ChemicalBonding #Ylide

Indoloindolizines: The Complete Story of a Polycyclic Aromatic Scaffold from Theoretical Design to Organic Field-Effect Transistor Applications The development of stable and tunable polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) is crucial for the advancement of organic optoelectronics. Conventional PACs, such as acenes, often suffer from poor stability due to photooxidation and oligomerization, which are linked to their frontier molecular orbital energy levels. To address these limitations, we designed and synthesized a new class of π-expanded indoloindolizines by merging indole and indolizine moieties into a single polycyclic framework. We developed a scalable synthetic protocol to produce a wide range of π-expanded derivatives. The structural, electronic, and optical properties of these compounds were extensively characterized. We achieved precise modulation of the electronic structure by controlling the aromaticity of specific rings. Benzannulation at targeted positions allowed fine-tuning of the HOMO–LUMO gap, leading to distinct shifts in the optoelectronic properties. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction confirmed their molecular structures, while theoretical calculations provided insights into the observed experimental trends. These indoloindolizines exhibit vivid colors and fluorescence across the visible spectrum and enhanced stability against photooxidation. Reactivity studies demonstrated high regioselectivity in electrophilic substitutions, highlighting the indole-like behavior of these compounds and opening avenues for further functionalization. To showcase the practical utility of our design rules, we fabricated organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) using the newly developed indoloindolizines, which revealed remarkable performance with ambipolar charge transport properties. Overall, our work establishes indoloindolizines as a promising platform for the development of stable, tunable organic materials for optoelectronic applications. Through rational molecular design, we have provided a new pathway for molecular innovation in organic electronics.

The fruit of our first collaboration with Przemyslaw Gaweł in 2025 is a stable OFET. From design to device fabrication in a single paper published in @acsjacs.bsky.social. #Aromaticity is utilized for tuning the band gap in a new PAC, Indoloindolizine.
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One‐Pot Transition‐Metal‐Free Synthesis of π‐Extended Bipolar Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons The development of straightforward synthetic methods for photoactive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that avoid Pd-catalyzed or radical-based processes remains a challenge. Such methods are e...

The first publication of 2025 at the @angewandtechemie.bsky.social.
A transition-metal-free synthesis of π-extended bipolar polyaromatic hydrocarbons and all via an unexpected ionic mechanism! In collaboration with the Group of Marcin Lindner at IOCPAS.
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It's been with the editor of journal for quite a long time! I hope they decide to send it for review. The topic is strange. People will either love it or hate it!

After a bit of playing around, I made this via scholargoggler.com
A wordcloud of what I've done so far. I hope in 2025 totally new words appear in this cloud! And, hopefully, no more aromaticity 😂

Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds with a Covalent σ and an Ionic p-Bond in Anti-Bredt Olefins In the universe of chemical bonds, a spectrum stretches from the almost purely ionic to the perfectly covalent. Yet, amid this intricate zoo of possibilities, one elusive creature remains unseen: a mi...

What will happen if we twist an anti-Bredt olefin too much? Well, you might get a stable "Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds with a Covalent σ and an Ionic p-Bond!"
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