Haven’t posted in a while here but - Thrilled to announce: a research paper with former Fulbright visiting scholar Dr. Kseniia Yutilova has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry! doi.org/10.1021/acs.....

🧵 1/?: Switching a Research Desktop to Linux (Intro & Prehistory) 1/ This is the first in a series of threads/mini-tutorials I'll be posting on switching a real academic research & development desktop to Linux. Not a “open source rocks” 🧵— this is about doing actual science. #ChemSky #AcademicSky

Question I never thought of before: Do anti-static ionizers work in argon? I know an alpha particle (if you're using a Po-based ionizer) is going to be way way more energetic than Ar ionization energy, but unsure about all the secondary reactions, etc....

UNCW's Dept of Chem and Biochem is looking for four (4!) new members this cycle including: Asst Professor Analytical Chem Asst Professor Physical Chem Lecturer - Bio- and general Chem Lecturer - General Chem Our dept is a great place to work and Wilmington's a blast! #ChemSky #ChemJobs Links ⬇️

Could we just get all graduate programs in a field to use a common app already?

(S)-cargot (R)-cargot

When all the carbons are indistinguishable because they interconvert through 👻ℚ𝕦𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕞 𝕋𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘👻 Meet my new friend, the Armilenyl cation: doi.org/10.1021/acs....

any suggestions for a equivalent reagent for Na/Hg?

#chemchat #chemsky I need your recommendation for a very high boiling point solvent that can be used at 300C. Ph2O is not high enough (it goes to around 250C). Cannot be protic, cannot have amines. It doesn't need to be a liquid at room temp. Ideas? Cc @adrianlorenzana.ca

Our latest is out now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! Thermochromism, C-H/O activation & redox chem at a planar Bi triamide. Congrats to PhD Will Howlett on leading this @bsky.app initiated collab with @chrisslootweg.bsky.social + @jasonmasuda.bsky.social @dalchemistry.bsky.social. bit.ly/480io3T

🔥Excited to share our latest: "Nickel Complexes of a Hybrid Cyclopentadienyl-Phosphine Ligand” Now out in @pubs.acs.org Work done by former PDF, Pavan Mandapati w/ PhD student, Gabe Jobin! 💪 tinyurl.com/mwtmehfh @westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social

How many contact hours you get in GenChem? We have 2.5 of lecture and this semester we finally created 1 hour recitations run by TAs. 3 hour labs. And here I am wondering if the reason other places seem to be able to cover more: 1) Lab is complementary rather than repetitive 2) More contact hours

Our group’s latest work is out today in @nature.com ! Our goal is to enable any chemist to be able to easily access an aryne intermediate! So Chris, Sal, and Felicia teamed up to design what we think is the ideal aryne precursor. Danny and @jnboyn.bsky.social helped us understand the activation!

If you (or an undergraduate in your life) is thinking about graduate school in Chemistry, I want to share that Stony Brook Chemistry will be holding two virtual info sessions in about 2 weeks on our PhD program! Register: forms.gle/exxMufpr2dLv...

We (SBU Chemistry) are looking for an Organic Chemistry Lecturer! Happy to answer any questions as best I can! apply.interfolio.com/174569 #facultychemjobs

Chemdraw shenanigans #chemsky

Who's up for some Chemistry Cow Puns #chemsky? I'll start - reply with your best pun or image. I am not shy of replying to myself so get 'em in while you can. Ludderanes anyone?

Axel Becke, one of the big names in DFT development over the past 40 years, has passed away #CompChem #ChemSky (source Russell Boyd)

Want to learn chemical kinetics? Watch my online course (master level): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMOBJket5g1zsNs-a8hlJ7ImVcWE180KR&si=FhqmABYzb2MDS-p3

Excited to have proofs in hand of our crystallography children‘s book! Illustrated by an amazing undergrad Justine Wong! More info coming soon… #chemsky

If you're suddenly interested in ℚ𝕦𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕞 𝕋𝕦𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘, hear me out: Do you know the famous dead/alive cat?🙀 With @aromaticist.bsky.social group we found a case where the tunneling in rings makes them Aromatic and Antiaromatic at the same time!⌬ doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

Thank you @drjameschums.bsky.social! Turns out it's this option. I had seen that but assumed it was about standard valence as default, so thought I wanted it on. I did not! Lifesaver for people who draw complexes and reuse in various representations #chemsky

Hi #chemsky, we are having lots of trouble acquiring methyl vinyl ketone. Several suppliers, @sigmaaldrich.bsky.social, @thermofishersci.bsky.social, claim that they have it, but they actually do not, and they claim they do not know when it will arrive from their supplier.

Very happy to have contributed to this study from Roly Armstrong's group on N–N atropisomeric amides in @chemcomm.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... @chemistryncl.bsky.social #chemsky

How about a greener alternative medium for molecular solar thermal energy storage!?🌊🌊☀️ Have a look at our latest work "Surfactant-enabled strategy for molecular solar thermal energy storage systems in water" (✨📚First paper as first author!✨) pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #chemsky #molswitch

It has been an honour and privilege to co-write this piece in honour of Bob! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… (Want to know how many papers Bob has in his self-curated digital reference library that he started in 1989? The answer will surprise you! Read the article to find out 😉)

How common is it to make a six-membered ring with all different elements?

Ahh, recommendation ranking time again. What is missing here?

The Stony Brook Chemistry Department is searching for a Chemical Biologist at the Associate or Full professor Level. Come join us on Long Island and do some great science! apply.interfolio.com/174211

Our manuscript detailing the impact of carbene ligands on the synthesis, properties, and reactivity of 8 diazoboranes is now published in JACS (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...)! Take a look at the unusual boraketenes and diazaborles! #maingroup #boron @jacs.acspublications.org

Thanks so much to @bribarbu.bsky.social and @cenmag.bsky.social for highlighting our recent work! 😊 @tkschramm.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

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 + [email protected] pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Today, @ucdchemistry.bsky.social let Alexander Jussupow, Liana Zoumpouli, and I introduce ourselves to the school and the @ucddublin.bsky.social community. Here's me trying to bring my whole self to my work. #AcademicSky #NewPI ⚗️

We have just published a short overview article explaining the concepts copper catalysys with bifunctional ligands published recently. @synlettjournal.bsky.social. It's a short read, check it out here: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo... #CHEMnitz #copper #NHCs

And here we are, the first book live on Amazon. A "Nobel in Chemistry coloring book" :D All 116 Nobels (3 books) have been hand-drawn and are ready to be colored. Part 2 is on its way, and Part 3 will be released after this year's Nobel Prize. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRF39YS4 #chemsky #nobel

Any professors from graduate programs in sciences want to be a part of a Zoom session for University of Richmond undergraduate students interested in applying? I'd love to add a few more to my roster especially in the chemical or biochemical sciences. It would be next Tuesday at noon Eastern.

Great article on a great scientist, Stefan Kilyanek! cen.acs.org/synthesis/c-...

Come be my colleague! Whitman College is searching for a tenure-track biochemist to join the chemistry department and help with the biochem/biophysics/molbio program. My chemistry colleagues are the absolute best—please consider applying! Apps due in 1 week. apply.interfolio.com/171535

Do I know anyone who has applied for/been awarded a K18?

Swimming in ancient seas this afternoon with my paleo class here in Central New York and the students found some jaw-droppingly cool fossils, including a sea star! #Devonian #Wundergrads

There's a small thread on my timeline about calculators (I don't want to rope the folks on that thread into this) and I think it illustrates something about LLMs quite clearly. (1/n)

New meme for @levinchem.bsky.social

Don’t forget!!! #DFTPoll 2025 closes soon www.marcelswart.eu/dft-poll/ind...

Do you really need to stir your reactions? How do you know?

Our "Monster Phosphine" keeps giving us surprises. "Unambiguous Spectroscopic Characterization of a Gold Difluorocarbene" | JACS Au pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @miquelnavarro.bsky.social

Anyone from the University of Montreal here? Please DM. Please RT.

Organometallics people: does anyone have a good, quantitative, apples to apples reference for a late metal hydride vs alkyl BDE reference? I know Marks has one for early metals but it’s been hard for me to find one for late metals.

Departing from my recent lockout commentary, here's a chemistry question about gloveboxes. I read somewhere that if acetonitrile gets into the purifier (which it should not given proper usage), it can generate hydrogen cyanide during the regeneration. Any truth to that?

Manjur’s paper on crystallizing and characterizing a boravinylidene is now online in JACS. Congrats to Manjur and our collaborators Kirk French and Kevin Shuford! Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...