Say hello to Ben 👋, my new MChem padawan here in the O'Hare group at Uni Oxford 👨‍🔬👨‍🏫. Together we will explore new worlds in the organometallic universe for the next couple of months 😎 (and of course I ve sent him through the organic proligand synthesis parkour first 😄).

Superb idea: Introducing alternatives to dichloromethane in teaching labs! I love my DCM in few synthesis applications, but avoiding it in teaching labs is the way to go 💪. Nicely written and comprehensive view on things. #DCM #Sustainability pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A global concern: Can fluorochemical production be sustainable? Turns out you can avoid CaF2 mining and utilise existing (problematic) F-chemicals as source for other F-compounds via a trivial one-pot protocol at any conventional Schlenk line! More details in our preprint (click below)

Am I the only one who can't tag or post pictures here? Each time I come close to these ideas... this app is imploding 😡. Reinstalling hasn't helped. Meh.

It's a wrap: My time in the Crimmin group at Imperial College has come to an end! 😯 Very eventful two years and I am very thankful for all I ve seen and learned. 🕺🙏 Now time to calm down... at #Dalton2025 and talk for the first time (Wednesday) to others about my F-chem 🤩😁

FLY MANUSCRIPT, FLY!!! I can't describe how I feel right now.

@dereklowe.bsky.social What an amazing love letter to my eternal love 💚. I would sign this immediately! Thank you very much! PS: I will soon share an exciting new aspect about introducing F atoms into molecules. Hope you gonna like it :) Stay tuned!

Hell has a special place for people who use heteronuclear NMR and don't mention their referencing substance in their ESI. #RealTimeChem #Literature #NMR

New year, new me. This time: BlueSky-version of me 🙂. Since Musk decided to destroy Twitter, I am looking forward to interact with the BlueSky community 😊.

Hello world.