Nicolas Blanchard

Stereospecific molecular rearrangement via nucleophilic substitution at quaternary stereocentres in acyclic systems - Nature Chemistry Achieving stereochemical control in SN1-type nucleophilic substitution reactions is challenging due to the complexity of the successive carbocation intermediates. Now a strategy using neighbouring gro...

Great article from Ilan Marek, Technion Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, congrats! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Probability Guided Chemical Reaction Scopes The suitability of synthetic protocols for a target molecule can be evaluated by analyzing reaction scopes of possible literature procedures. Whereas trial-and-error screening of reaction conditions i...

From @anatmilo.bsky.social: Probability Guided Chemical Reaction Scopes | ChemRxiv - doi.org/10.26434/che...

We start our first post on Bluesky with a firework! Very proud of a brilliant team to publish our work on C(sp3)-atom transfer @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It has been a very exciting journey. Thanks @erc.europa.eu

David Matchavariani from BSM group of LIMA laboratory now on stage for a short lecture at SCF Alsace day 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social on the fascinating chemistry of SF5-alkynes!

On stage at SCF Alsace Day 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social for the next short talk is Dorian Schutz from Dr Miesch group @unistra.fr

Next short talk at SCF Alsace Day 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social: Maxime Steinmetz @unistra.fr

Laurinne Tual from LIT @unistra.fr on stage at SCF Alsace Day 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social. Heterocyclic chemistry rocks!

Short talk by David-Jerome Pham from @unistra.fr at SCF Alsace Day 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social

Plenary lecture by Dr Michael Parmentier from @novartis.bsky.social at the SCF Alsace Day 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social. Michael is also the “2024 Yves Chauvin prize” of the @scf-dco.bsky.social.
Process chemistry in action!

Last short communication of the morning at SCF Alsace day 2025 is given by Paul Covin from IS2M on surface chemistry for plasma polymerisation @alsacescf.bsky.social

Loic Groslambert from @unistra.fr on stage to discuss chalcogen bonds and tellurium salts @alsacescf.bsky.social

Second conference of the SCF Alsace Day 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social by Dr Liva Dzene from IS2M on synthesis of novel materials inspired by clay minerals

Now on stage Elliott Jung from @unistra.fr on spirocyclic isoquinuclidines synthetic strategies

Next speaker of SCF Alsace Day 2025 is Dr Ariana Villarreal Marquez from Lpim laboratory at UHA, on photochemical bricks for 3D-photopolymer elaboration. @alsacescf.bsky.social

First speaker of the day is Dr Morgan Cormier from Lima Laboratory on photocatalysis for organic transformations @alsacescf.bsky.social

Journée SCF Alsace 2025 @alsacescf.bsky.social à l’université de Mulhouse. Les organisateurs locaux @bizetvincent.bsky.social et Arnaud Spangenberg ouvrent la journée ! Merci aux étudiants et étudiantes pour leur aide précieuse!

« Défendons les sciences face aux nouveaux obscurantismes » TRIBUNE. En écho au mouvement américain de protestation contre la politique de Donald Trump, un collectif de personnalités françaises appelle citoyens et scientifiques à rejoindre le mouvement « Stand...

En écho au mouvement américain de protestation contre la politique de Donald Trump, un collectif de personnalités françaises appelle citoyens et scientifiques à rejoindre le mouvement « Stand up for Science », ainsi qu’à une journée de mobilisation nationale le 7 mars. www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

Thanks to E. Lacôte and J. Lalevee for leading this study on carbene boranes!
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Great addition to a great team Sandy!

Light-activated hypervalent iodine agents enable diverse aliphatic C–H functionalization - Nature Chemistry Aliphatic C–H functionalization is a valuable tool in organic synthesis. Now a hypervalent iodine reagent has been shown to release a potent hydrogen atom abstractor for C–H activation under mild phot...

Light-activated hypervalent iodine agents enable diverse aliphatic C–H functionalization, from Song Lin and co-workers:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#chemsky

Sheldrick’s SHELX From code on a Titan to becoming the titan of crystal structure determination

A giant of modern crystallography has passed. George Sheldrick was the author of the SHELX series of programs (among others) for structure solution and refinement of both small-molecule and macromolecular crystal structures.
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/shel...