School of Chemistry@St Andrews

Congratulations to Prof Venkataraman Thangadurai who receives the Spring 2025 ECS org Battery Division Research Award, celebrating excellence in battery research and recognising his contributions to the field.👏

Insight into the atomic-level structure of γ-alumina using a multinuclear NMR crystallographic approach The combination of multinuclear NMR spectroscopy with 17O isotopic enrichment and DFT calculations provided detailed insight into both the bulk and surface structure of γ-Al2O3. Comparison of experime...

Huge congratulations to Prof. Sharon Ashbrook and team! Their latest paper in Chemical Science
has been selected as a HOT article 🔥

"Exploiting In Situ NMR Spectroscopy to Understand Non-Traditional Methods for Zeolite Synthesis" pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Please fill out this form | School of Chemistry | University of St Andrews 📢 The School of Chemistry, with the support of the University EDI Project Fund and the RSC Inclusion and Diversity grant, are hosting a panel event titled “Elements of Inclusion” on Friday 23rd May at...

The School of Chemistry, with the support of the University EDI Project Fund & the RSC Inclusion and Diversity grant, are hosting a panel event titled “Elements of Inclusion” on Friday 23rd May at 10 am. Check here for info: www.linkedin.com/posts/st-and...

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Pint of Science is back in St Andrews! Over the next 3 days, join a fantastic lineup of researchers at Sandy's bar (inside the Union) as they share their research in a relaxed environment. For full details, visit pintofscience.co.uk/events/st-an...

Check out our latest in @chemrxiv.bsky.social (dx.doi.org/10.26434/che...) on chiral #tadf emitters for #cptadf solution-processed #oleds. The emitter design coupling two #mrtadf cores onto a #pcp scaffold is particularly cool. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social ⚗️🧪

🥳Exciting news🥳
Our recent article in @chemicalscience.rsc.org (doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...), has been selected as one of the #2024 most popular catalysis articles (bit.ly/44hR8NZ). Happy to see our work featured in this special collection.
@st-andrewschem.bsky.social #ChemSciMostPopular🧪

Mahni got some bright orange bubbles for #fluorescencefriday🍊🟠🧡😁
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Just out in #ChemRxiv (chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...) is our latest study highlighting the benefits of mesityl substitution of #mrtadf emitters to both increase kRISC and suppress ACQ, leading to improved #oled performance. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social 🧪⚗️

The group welcomes Prof. Scott Bohle from McGill University, who is spending the next couple of months on sabbatical. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social

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🎊😍It’s truly gratifying to see so many of our group's papers recognized by #wiley as being in the top 10% most read across these journals ➡️(docs.google.com/document/d/1... )😍🎊 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social

The group welcomes Sonia🎊 from the Pawlicki group at Jagiellonian University, who will be spending the Scottish summer studying some cool #luminescent organic compounds. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social 🧪⚗️

We are hiring!!
I'm looking for an Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Inorganic/Physical/Materials Chemistry at @st-andrewschem.bsky.social

Apply here:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Closing date 16th June

Congratulations to @oliver-s-lee.bsky.social 🎊 for his paper accepted in Adv. Sci. #advportfolio (dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs...) showcasing unique #mrtadf/#rtp biluminescence from azaindolocarbazoles.😍⚗️🧪 @st-andrewschem.bsky.social

ECECR - EaStCHEM Conference for Early-Career Researchers 2025 Visit the post for more.

We are very delighted to invite you to the East Chem Early Career Conference 2025. The event will be held at the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews on the 17th of June, 2025. We welcome submissions from all over the UK.
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Check out the research article from the lab of Prof. Sharon Ashbrook @standrewschem.bsky.social that has been selected as the Chemical Science Pick of the week: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Faraday Institution funded postdoc on organic negative electrodes for sodium-ion batteries together with Russell Morris available as part of @nexgenna.bsky.social. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social. Details at www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Exploiting in situ NMR spectroscopy to understand non-traditional methods for zeolite synthesis Zeolite-formation mechanisms have long been the subject of intensive study, with most work concentrating on hydrothermal mechanisms. However, non-traditional zeolite syntheses that do not rely on hydr...

Just out in Chemical Science is collaborative work from the Ashbrook and Morris groups with researchers at Cardiff University that uses in situ NMR spectroscopy to understand the mechanism of non-traditional zeolite synthesis. Link pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Check out our latest in @chemrxiv.bsky.social
(doi.org/10.26434/che...) on simple structure high-performance iridium #photocatalysts using NHC ligands. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social #chemsky #realtimechemist ⚗️🧪

Happy International Women's Day 2025!
So happy to have contributed an article in
@daltontrans.rsc.org for their Themed Collection:
doi.org/10.1039/D4DT...
#EPR #ESR @st-andrewschem.bsky.social

Check out an article of Prof. Sharon Ashbrook and several others in a themed collection in the Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.: Celebrating International Women’s day 2025: Women in physical chemistry. See here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

ZnH2 as a Precursor to Catalytically Active Ru–ZnH Heterometallic Complexes Reaction of [Ru(IPr)2(CO)H][BArF4] (1; IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene; BArF4 = B{3,5(CF3)2C6H3}4) with an excess of ZnH2 in THF gives the structurally characterized neutral Ru...

Work from the Macgregor @macgregorgroupsta.bsky.social and Whittlesey groups @bathchem.bsky.social exploring Ru-ZnH heterometallics now out in Inorganic Chemistry. Synthesis, mechanism, QTAIM, catalysis and more. See pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Main Group Chemistry: From Synthesis to Applications—In Honor of the Great Contributions of Prof. J. Derek Woollins The journal Molecules is delighted to host this Special Issue in honor of Prof. J. Derek Woollins' outstanding contributions to the field of main group chemistry and synthesis and his retirement.

Special Issue Main Group Chemistry edited by Dr. Petr Kilian: From Synthesis to Applications - In Honor of the Great Contributions of Prof J Derek Woollins is now available for (free) download from Molecules journal website. See here: www.mdpi.com/books/reprin...

Congratulations to Jingxiang for his paper accepted in OrgChemFront #RSCOrg (lnkd.in/dUsmM4p7) on the design of #mrtadf emitter for #spoleds. This is part of a fruitful collaboration with the Kaji group.
@st-andrewschem.bsky.social #chemsky #realtimechemist⚗️🧪

The Stasch group @standrewschem.bsky.social report in
JACS on how to teach a low-coordinate MgO fragment to reversibly activate dihydrogen under very mild conditions: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

This account is for the single crystal X-ray diffraction service at the University of St Andrews @st-andrewschem.bsky.social. It primarily consists of publications including structure data from the service, but also other crystallography-related news. For now it is mirroring StAndrewsXRay on X.

The single-crystal X-ray diffraction service @st-andrewschem.bsky.social runs four @rigakuoxfordxrd.bsky.social diffractometers to provide a structure determination service to the School of Chemistry, the University and our collaborators.

For those of you new to us, who are we...?

The service is run by Dr David Cordes (www.st-andrews.ac.uk/chemistry/pe...) with the assistance of Dr Aidan McKay.

Information about the service can be found at www.st-andrews.ac.uk/chemistry/re...

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Another newly accepted paper in Inorganics from work in the Stasch group developing a NHC with new backbone substitution and exploring its chemistry (doi.org/10.3390/inor...). This contains 15 structures collected by the service over the last three years. @st-andrewschem.bsky.social

Broad substrate scope C-C oxidation in cyclodipeptides catalysed by a flavin-dependent filament - Nature Communications Cyclodipeptide oxidases are filamentous enzymes. Here, the authors dissect the mechanism of a promiscuous flavoenzyme from the biosynthesis of cyclodipeptide natural products, unveiling fast catalysis...

The 2nd paper of 2025 with some #EPR contribution of us showing a radical in the cyclodipeptide oxidase reaction that is dependent on substrate.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Last paper of 2024. A combination of ENDOR and PELDOR pulse EPR methods to investigate preorganisation and conformational flexibility in a fluoride sensing riboswitch.
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