Jason Masuda

Our latest work reveals a new PN framework (Phosphaza-norbornanes) with a broad scope of substitution. Congrats to PhD student Joseph Nazak on his 1st paper with us! Also feat @michaelland.bsky.social + @jasonmasuda.bsky.social
cc @dalchemistry.bsky.social + Chem@uvic.ca pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

In the first reaction scheme a cartoon chicken is being treated with chlorine. On the left side of the equation the chicken is saying “uck, uck, uck”. On the right aside it is saying “cluck cluck cluck”. In the second reaction scheme, the chicken is saying “uck uck uck”. It is treated with fluorine and there is a question mark on the right hand side of the equation asking what the chicken would be saying.

Chicken chemistry 101 a halogenation reactions. #chemsky

I think so. (Unless there is some weird reason other machines are made that make mirror images of the springs and another mirrored machine that puts those springs on the wood pieces.)

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Congrats Marcus. 🎉🎉🎉

The Hudnall lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! Applicants excited about joining our recently relocated research group and interested in the synthesis of exotic main-group molecules, materials and heterodiatomics can email Dr. Hudnall directly. Please share!

Happy to hear it is all finalized. You will be missed on this side of the country!

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

🚨PhD position in synthetic inorganic chemistry in our group.🚨 The position is joint with semiconductor company TOK and will involve trip(s) to Japan!
Please see the details below ⬇️

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

Hexaphenyl-1,2-Diphosphonium Dication [Ph3P–PPh3]2+: Superacid, Superoxidant, or Super Reagent? The oxidation of triphenylphosphine by perfluorinated phenaziniumF aluminate in difluorobenzene affords hexaaryl-1,2-diphosphonium dialuminate 1. Dication 12+ is valence isoelectronic with elusive hex...

Oxidizing PPh3 generates a powerful reagent - Read more about this cool molecule @jacs.acspublications.org (previously @chemrxiv.bsky.social) Congrats to @fabiandankert.bsky.social, Simon, Sergi, Chandan & Sneha 🎊🍾
[Ph3P–PPh3]2+: Superacid, Superoxidant, Super Reagent? pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Big life update: I'm starting as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Lethbridge! 🔬📚🧪

Feeling excited to be stepping into this new role and connecting with the commuity at ULeth. Huge thanks to everyone who's helped me get here—couldn’t have done it without you.

If you are working on your travel plans for #CSC2025, consider staying a few days longer to attend #CCCW2025! New additions to our program this year will include an overview of crystal structure prediction and the use of CrystalExplorer! xtallography.ca/index.php/xt...

Aza‐Diphosphazenanes: Inorganic Cyclohexane‐like Connectors with Stereochemically Tunable Exit Vectors for Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry New aza-diphosphinanes have been prepared and a model has been developed to explain their cis/trans isomerization. Two-fold oxidation leads to new aza-diphosphazenanes as robust inorganic connectors ...

Pleased to see NSERC PDF Michael's (@michaelland.bsky.social) work typeset and pick up some heat during the process. It is out Open Access in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social and, by reviewer recommendation, as a 🔥Hot Article🔥!
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@dalchemistry.bsky.social

For anyone thinking that the surgery-with-a-shovel approach being used to cut progressive research in the US wouldn't be implemented in Canada...

It’s out with page numbers! A big shoutout to co-author and grad student Deana Symes for doing a lot of the heavy lifting on this Frontier article.
Be on the lookout for some sweet group 15 chemistry this summer from Deana. Radicals, sandwiches, and more!

A black-and-white photo shows a woman in a patterned dress with a lace collar and pearl necklace, sitting in a chair. The background features shelves with bottles and a wire basket, suggesting an early 20th-century setting, possibly a pharmacy or study.

On this day in 1879, Maud Menten was born in Port Lambton, Ontario.
In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field.
Let's learn more about her life!

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Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphide chemistry: a half-century of advances across the periodic table Whilst bis(trimethylsilyl)amide has been used extensively as a ligand across the periodic table, the chemistry of its heavier group 15 congeners is relatively underdeveloped. However, bis(trimethylsil...

@jackbwin.bsky.social 's review on metal bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphide chemistry has just been published in @chemsocrev.rsc.org! 🥳 Hope people find this a useful resource:
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🚨Two projects out from our lab today (links fixed!)

First up @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

Macro/molecular chemistry of cis/trans P2N4 rings.

Congrats @michaelland.bsky.social w/ @jasonmasuda.bsky.social for Xray

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cc @dalchemistry.bsky.social

Isolation of the parent triplet titanocene via NHC stabilisation We present the synthesis and characterization of the parent isolable monomeric triplet titanocene complex, stabilized by the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) IMe4. Investigated by SQUID magnetometry and q...

Our story on stabilizing the parent triplet titanocene with an NHC is out! Congratulations to the entire team – it's great to be back with some Group 4 chemistry!☺️ @daltontrans.rsc.org @townrowresearch.bsky.social #chemsky pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Thanks for the plug @sschitnis.bsky.social!

Dalton Frontiers co-author Deana Symes will have some new phosphorus radical work submitted soon. (If only I had an EPR!)

Registration for the 16th Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop is open! Taking place immediately after #CSC2025 in Ottawa. For more information, including general topics and suggestions for accommodations, check out our website: xtallography.ca/index.php/xt...

Based on the real story (only right part!!!), idea of @natatka.bsky.social
#crystallography

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 – 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 Québec City, QC, Canada. Just before the CSC meeting in Ottawa.
fontaine.chm.ulaval.ca/symposium-20...

#chemsky

I am working on a Phosphorus Chemistry starter pack. Happy for any suggestions! #ChemSky

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Join the Canadian National Committee for Crystallography on Nov. 24 for our next speaker in the Codding Lecture Series in Support of Early-Career Crystallographers: Tanner George! For more information: xtallography.ca/index.php/co...

Green coloured crystals

X-ray diffraction image

Even better when it crystallizes in the NMR tube while running the sample. Now it is on the diffractometer. All within an hour of mixing A+B!
I really missed being in the lab.

Two nmr tubes held in a gloved hand against a white background. The one on the left side contains a deep green coloured solution and the one on the right side contains a colourless solution.

My new side project with an UG student has lots of nice colours in the series. Orange/red, deep blue, and now this dark green. Now to scale up for the next step to make neutral radicals. If all goes well, EPR and 15N labelling are in my future.