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lol @ PhD's in my pocket - still can't electron push 🤷‍♂️

🚨 Looking for a new research opportunity?🚨 | Louise Walport 🚨 Looking for a new research opportunity?🚨 We are looking to recruit two talented postdocs to join our group based at the Molecular Science Research Hub at Imperial College London: - Both to join ou...

Are you excited about using cyclic #peptides in #DrugDiscovery?

Here is a great opportunity to perform a #postdoc with a great mentor in the group of @ljwalport.bsky.social at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social!

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Halogen Bonding in Solution: Under Pressure The first study of the high-pressure behavior of organic halogen bond donors in solution is presented: HP-NMR titrations were performed in various solvents, primarily with a neutral tridentate halogen...

A paper with a Queen song title? Check! (Even though that was an easy one).
We've investigated the high pressure behavior of halogen bonding and found some unexpected solvent @solvationsci.bsky.social dependence:
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New #LCSOSynthesisProblem! | LCSO Lab New #LCSOSynthesisProblem! This week, Carlo challenged us to the total synthesis of Asnovolin E and related spiromeroterpenoids by Prof. John Porco and co-workers. 💡 Want to challenge yourself or you...

Next edition of #LCSOSynthesisProblem
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Congrats to Elliott, @hls111.bsky.social, Olivera, Patrick, Alexander and Daniel! Ligand Design Enables the Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Carbochlorocarbonylation of Alkynes and Cyclopentenone Formation @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Summer update of the research website @lcsolab.bsky.social with improved introduction, addition of the latest progress and a new page dedicated to collaborative works!

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In our new paper in JACS Au, with the Sagara group from the Institute of Science Tokyo, we introduce flippers than respond to stretching rather than compression and applicability to the materials rather than the life sciences (GOA).

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#LCSOJournalClub 197.1 (highlighted in picture): a preprint at ChemRxiv of Mahiuddin Baidya and co-workers from IIT Madras on the NHC-catalyzed three-component coupling of aldehydes, styrenes and… | L... #LCSOJournalClub 197.1 (highlighted in picture): a preprint at ChemRxiv of Mahiuddin Baidya and co-workers from IIT Madras on the NHC-catalyzed three-component coupling of aldehydes, styrenes and lamb...

Edition 197 of #LCSOJournalClub
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Mechanistic Study of the Light-Initiated Generation of Free Diazoalkanes: Towards Photo-Orthogonal Synthesis
Please see the prospects for photo-orthogonal synthesis by increasing the conc. in the photostationary state and the lifetime of nonstabilized diazo compounds for stepwise reactions #ChemSky

Gold-Catalyzed Umpolung Sonogashira-Type Coupling of Boronic Acids with EBx reagents published by Jinhua Yang and co-workers in @orgbiomolchem.rsc.org

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Rethinking the Excited-State Redox Properties of Iron(III) Complexes for LMCT Photoredox Catalysis The reduction potentials of electronically excited states are crucial input values for photoredox reaction design. Since they are not directly measurable, they are typically estimated from the corresp...

Rethinking Iron Photoredox Catalysis

For Fe(III) complexes, excited-state redox potentials don’t follow the usual rules - standard estimation methods fall short

Joël Wellauer with Paul Francis & colleagues at Deakin University in @jacs.acspublications.org

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Please meet Andreu Tortajada Navarro @antorna.bsky.social @unifrChemistry, member of @helvchimacta.bsky.social #earlycareer international advisory board. This is our 12th #authorprofile, enjoy reading about Andreu. doi.org/10.1002/hlca...

💥 We have 3 positions open in my lab in Basel, Switzerland🇨🇭:
#nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules

We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech.

Please share broadly, thank you!🤝

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Structural Control of Metal-Centered Excited States in Cobalt(III) Complexes via Bite Angle and π–π Interactions CoIII complexes have recently become an important focus in photophysics and photoredox catalysis due to metal-centered excited states with strong oxidizing properties. Optimizing chelate ligand bite a...

Bite angle optimization weakens ligand fields in cobalt(III) complexes, yet lifetimes can increase due to rigidification

pi-donor (instead of pi-acceptor) ligand properties are key

now in @jacs.acspublications.org

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Late-Stage C–H Diversifications with Ambiphilic α-Bromoboronates: Versatile Access to Transformable meta-Boroalkyl Scaffolds The ruthenium-catalyzed meta-C–H alkylation is an increasingly powerful strategy in the arena of remote C–H activation. Currently, the synthesis utility of this strategy is compromised owing to its re...

🚀 Fresh off the press in ACS Catalysis!
Check out our efficient and modular approach with Ru-catalyzed meta-C–H functionalization using readily available α-bromoboronates, achieved under exceedingly mild conditions with high chemo- and site-selectivity. 👏

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Pushing the Thermodynamic and Kinetic Limits of Near-Infrared Emissive CrIII Complexes in Photocatalysis Photoactive CrIII complexes are typically based on polypyridine coordination environments, exhibit red luminescence, and are good photo-oxidants but have modest photoreducing properties. We report new...

Cr(III) complexes with enhanced metal–ligand covalency enable tunable NIR luminescence and red-light photoreduction.

@giacomo-morselli94.bsky.social & team find signs of doublet–doublet annihilation, or excited-state disproportionation.

In @jacs.acspublications.org

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A postdoctoral position, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk for up to 36 months, is available to join my group @edinburghchem.bsky.social. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis.

Deadline: 28th August 2025.

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Excited to share the latest work from David Anderson just accepted @angewandtechemie.bsky.social on the structure and applications of #sodium #neopentyl a donor free #organosodium #reagent soluble in #hydrocarbon solvents @unibe.ch

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#LCSOJournalClub is back after summer break with 2 articles and 3 preprints. | LCSO Lab #LCSOJournalClub is back after summer break with 2 articles and 3 preprints. 196.1 (Highlighted in picture): A chiral at cobalt catalyst developed by Eric Meggers and co-workers from Philipps-Universi...

Edition 196 of #LCSOJournalClub
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The 6 first chapters of the Science of Synthesis Volume on hypervalent halogens in organic synthesis are now published in Chemistry at Thieme | LCSO Lab The 6 first chapters of the Science of Synthesis Volume on hypervalent halogens in organic synthesis are now published in Chemistry at Thieme Synthesis and Applications of Water-Soluble Hypervalent I...

The first 6 chapters of the Science of Synthesis Volume on hypervalent halogen compounds are now published:
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Accelerated Discovery of Energy Transfer-Catalyzed Dearomative Cycloadditions through a Data-Driven Three-Layer Screening Strategy Visible-light-mediated energy transfer (EnT) photocatalysis has emerged as a highly appealing strategy for converting planar (hetero)arenes into complex, medicinally relevant, three-dimensional (3D) a...

🚀Unlocking new frontiers in photocatalysis with AI!
Our latest @jacs.acspublications.org paper presents a 3️⃣-layer screening strategy for accelerated discovery of EnT-catalyzed dearomative cycloadditions! ✨
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#Photocatalysis #AIforScience #OrganicChemistry

We have an opening in our institute at #EPFL for a tenure-track assistant professor position.
Please repost...
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Great to see this work of @lcsolab.bsky.social alumni @mikusp.bsky.social published in @science.org !

Today in @science.org, @mikusp.bsky.social reports a method to replace the C2 of pyridines with N, affording pyridazines.

The change from electronically consonant (pyridine) to dissonant (pyridazine) opens retrosyntheses not typically available to the latter.

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Breaking Kasha’s Rule to Enable Higher Reactivity in Photoredox Catalysis Nearly all photochemical transformations known to date follow Kasha’s rule, implying that reactions occur only from the lowest electronically excited state of a given spin multiplicity due to the fast...

We show how photoredox catalysis can bypass Kasha’s rule, enabling reactions from higher excited states.

This work, led by the exceptional @bjoernpfund.bsky.social, offers new insights into photochemical reactivity.

Published in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org

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Alternative Mechanism of Enzymatic Photocontrol by Azobenzene Azobenzene is a widely recognized tool for achieving artificial spatiotemporal control of enzyme activity through the use of light. Photocontrol reversibility is typically based on photostationary sta...

An unexplored avenue for azobenzene #photoswitching with simultaneous irradiation at 365:420 nm!
Congrats to Ranit, Alba and especially Caroline! @pubs.acs.org #ChemSky
Alternative Mechanism of Enzymatic Photocontrol by Azobenzene | ACS Catalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

#LCSOSynthesisProblem is back! | LCSO Lab #LCSOSynthesisProblem is back! This week, Jerome challenged us to four fascinating mechanism problems taken from the research of the groups of Sarpong, Lebold, Bouffard, Zhao, Zhang, and Dixneuf. 💡 W...

Next edition of #LCSOSynthesisProblem
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Congrats and welcome at EPFL!

Huang Lab at EPFL

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉
I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining EPFL
as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, starting July 1, 2026! The Huang Lab will explore the intersection polymer science and energy systems. huanglabepfl.com

Our paper on the synthesis of >50 iodine reagents, and the systematic analysis of their electrochemical properties, is just out in Synthesis @synthesis1969.bsky.social 🤩

⚠️Full disclosure: this is my very first paper without transition metals! 😜 read it here: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...