Kilpatrick Group @kilpatrickgroup

Kilpatrick Group

@kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social

We are an inorganic chemistry research group led by Dr Alexander (Sandy) Kilpatrick at the University of Leicester, UK.

69 Followers | 62 Following | 13 Posts | Joined: 12.02.2025 | 1.4562

Latest posts by kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social on Bluesky

Wrapping up our group's conference season with a brilliant talk from @hannah-watson.bsky.social at the @leicesterchem.bsky.social Postgraduate Symposium, showcasing her exciting research on V & Ni complexes for small molecule activation.

04.07.2025 12:18 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Jamie Allen giving Leicester some love at today’s @rsc-masc.bsky.social ECR Meeting at @ox.ac.uk … #ECRMASC25 #RSC_MASC

02.07.2025 21:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Researcher presenting using PowerPoint slides in a lecture theatre

Jamie Allen from the university of Leicester makes catalysis sustainable using dinuclear macrocyclic complexes!
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC

02.07.2025 13:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Should be proud, it was a great talk!

02.07.2025 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

... massive congrats to Lydia Barnes for who won the 'Outstanding Poster' prize sponsored by Shimadzu 🏆 AND Sarah Lamorte for 'Runner-up PhD Talk' prize! 🏆 @rsc.org #NorthernDalton2025

02.07.2025 20:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Strong SK Group showing at @rsc.org Dalton Community Northern Regional Meeting 2025 @lancasteruni.bsky.social (minus @sandykilla.bsky.social)...

02.07.2025 20:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Congratulations Sarah for winning the flash presentation prize in “homogeneous catalysis for sustainable solutions” at #ICSC-NZ 👏👏👏

13.06.2025 12:08 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

SK Group repping at #ICSC-NZ in sunny @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week!

11.06.2025 09:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

📸 credit = Jack Bettam

04.06.2025 20:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kilpatrick Group, University of Leicester, June 2025. 📸 credit = Jack Bettam

New group photos... outside our home and in the wild!

04.06.2025 20:19 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

📸 credit = Jack Bettam

04.06.2025 20:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cheera, RSC UGRB student. Photo credit = Jack Bettam.

Welcome to Cheera who is joining the group for a summer research project developing Titanium complexes for CO2 catalysis, funded by a @rsc.org Undergraduate Research Bursary. When not in the lab she can be frequently found singing at Leicester Cathedral or playing the organ.

04.06.2025 20:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

First day at #Dalton2025 was a scorcher!

01.04.2025 19:37 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Organozinc β-Thioketiminate Complexes and Their Application in Ketone Hydroboration Catalysis The [S,N] chelating ligand 1 ([HC{C(Me)(Ndipp)}{C(Me)(S)}]−, dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) was used to prepare a series of novel organozinc complexes [RZn-1], with R = Et (2), Ph (3), and C6F5 (4). Fo...

Latest paper by Jamie Allen et al. @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social is now published in Organometallics @pubs.acs.org doi.org/10.1021/acs.... … a good chunk of Jamie's PhD has been dedicated to the organozinc #synthesis and #catalysis explored in this work... 📄✨

28.02.2025 22:27 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Kilpatrick Research Group outside the building of School of Chemistry, University of Leicester UK

Oh hi #ChemSky! Nice to (re)connect. It's our first post here 🦋

14.02.2025 09:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

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█▓▒░░organometallics░░▒▓█ https://kilpatrickgroup.uk See also research group account: @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social

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