#RobSelects paper of the week #naturechemistry: Switchable copper-catalyzed N-alpha or N-beta arylation of 3-substituted pyrazoles via ligand choice #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-026-02148-z

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: A density functional approximation incorporating a multilayer perceptron having integrals of local descriptors as features. #theochem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15004450/v2

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Ortho-carbon-hydrogen-alyklation of bromoarenes catalyzed by an imidazole-olefin-ligated palladium complex. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c02010

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Multi-agent framework for planning and evaluating safety in chemistry and materials laboratories. #aichem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15004378/v1

#RobSelects paper of the week #orglett: Isothiourea-catalyzed enantioselective higher-order cycloaddition of photochemically generated ketenes with triflate-substituted tropolones. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01642

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Reaction of iron carbenes with diazenes to form metallacyclobutanes that undergo subsequent cycloreversion. #orgmet https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-10kzk/v2

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Pincer-ligated cobalt-catalyzed four-component carbocarbonylation to form unsymmetric aliphatic ketones. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c06343

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Nickel-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling of ketones with boronic esters via in-situ ketone derivatization. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15003005/v1

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Coupling between two tetrahedral carbon centers from an amine and a carboxylic acid catalyzed by an iron porphyrin forming quaternary carbons. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c05065

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Palladium-copper co-catalyzed carbenylative Buchwald-Hartwig coupling between aryl halides, N-tosylhydrazones, and anilines. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15002705/v1

#RobSelects paper of the week #jctc: Incorporating neural networks into the PBE functional for local density-dependent reparameterization of exchange and correlation terms. #aichem https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.6c00270

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Stereoselective nickel metallaphotoredox-catalyzed carbon-carbon cross-coupling of alcohols with gem-dibromoalkenes. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15002635/v1

#RobSelects paper of the week ScienceMagazine: Diastereoselective silver-catalyzed carbon-hydrogen activation and carbon-nitrogen bond formation with chiral sulfonimidamide reactants. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aee3321

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Addition of hydroxylamines across cyclooctynes to form nitrones. #OrgChem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15002347/v1

#RobSelects paper of the week #naturecatalysis: Atroposelective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of fluoronaphthalenes with phenols catalyzed by a chiral phosphonium salt. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-026-01522-x

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Integrating deep generative models into automated transition state discovery workflows. #aichem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15002135/v1

#RobSelects paper of the week #ScienceMagazine: Carbazole-substituted pyridine bis(oxazoline) complexes as a readily accessible family of potent chiral photocatalysts. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aeb5832

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Methylbutyl boronate salt as methylation reagent in Suzuki-Miyaura cross couplings. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15001572/v1

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Excited-state nucleophilic aromatic substitution of nitroarenes. #OrgChem https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c21841

#RobSelects paper of the week #ScienceMagazine: Approaching a liquid-liquid critical point in supercooled water via infrared ultrafast laser pulses. #physchem https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec0018

#RobSelects paper of the week J_A_C_S: Discovering approximate non-iterative algorithms for matrix-based electronic structure calculations via symbolic regression. #compchem https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c22323

#RobSelects paper of the week J_A_C_S: Discovering approximate non-iterative algorithms for matrix-based electronic structure calculations via symbolic regression. #compchem https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c22323

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Asymmetric Sm-catalyzed carbon-carbon coupling between alkenes and ketones forming tertiary alcohols. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c20884

#RobSelects paper of the week #ScienceMagazine: Intramolecular peptide-catalyst-controlled stereoselective Michael addition between the enamine of an aldehyde and a ketovinylester. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aec8992

#RobSelects paper of the week #ScienceMagazine: Single-molecule vibrational spectroscopy via tunable femtosecond infrared excitation and cryogenic ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy. #physchem https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz6643

#RobSelects paper of the week #chemicalscience: Electrochemical one-pot method for rhodium(II)-catalyzed cyclopropanation via in situ oxidation of tert-butyl hydrazones to diazo compounds. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC08940A

#RobSelects paper of the week #acscentsci: Systematic statistical analysis of 66,000 organic reactions from high-throughput experiments representative of pharmaceutical drug discovery. #OrgChem https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.5c02031

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Excited-state triplet thiazole-2-thione biradicals as radical covalent catalysts for skeletal reorganization of N-sulfonyl vinylaziridines. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c20284

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Iridium-catalyzed reduction of beta-boryl amides triggers stereospecific cyclization to form aminocyclopropanes. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c21144

#RobSelects paper of the week #ACSCatalysis: Nickel-catalyzed dehydroxylative cross-coupling of 1-substituted cyclopropanols and boronic acids via gamma-carbon-carbon activation. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c07422

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Photochemical conversion of aryl azides into pyridines via triplet aryl nitrenes. #OrgChem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2026-jn9zb

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#RobSelects paper of the week #chemicalscience: Real-space analysis and visualization of steric repulsion based on the Pauli kinetic energy excess. #compchem https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC07952G

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Photochemical isomerization of N-substituted pyrazoles to imidazoles. #OrgChem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2026-68vcj

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Comprehensive investigation of regio- and stereoselectivity of iridium-catalyzed carbon-hydrogen borylation of small substituted aliphatic carbocycles. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c18839

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Designing a hemilabile bisphosphine ligand for sterically hindered nickel-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross couplings. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-q7td5

#RobSelects paper of the week #ACSCatalysis: Accelerating automated reaction pathway exploration through the incorporation of ontological constraints and structural reasoning. #compchem https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c06298

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Utilizing simulated descriptors from catalytically relevant structures for enantioselectivity prediction and optimization. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-f5ddv-v2

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Enantioselective cycloaddition of cyclopropanes across alkynes via diamine phosphine oxide-ligated nickel-aluminum bimetallic catalysts. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c18087

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Three-step one-pot protocol for cycloaddition-cycloreversion metathesis of ketenes and nitroso benzene to form ketones and phenyl isocyanate. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-b0fgk

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Pd-Catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig amination with a mild and solube potassium alkyl carboxylate salt and a phosphorinane ligand. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c07790

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Photocatalytic decarboxylative trifluoroethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-9jfwq

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Synthesis of substituted cycloheptatrienes through insertion of a chromium fluorocarbyne into the adduct of a nucleophile and benzene. #inorgchem https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c16875

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Metallaphotoredox iron-catalyzed cyclopropanation of alkenes with both aldehydes and ketones through iron-carbene generation. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-lsdnn

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Frustrated Lewis pair catalyst for coupling formate esters with vinyl and aryl organoboranes. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c17878

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Extracting organometallic reactivity data from openly available electronic supplementary information documents. #cheminf https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-ccgfs

#RobSelects paper of the week #chemicalscience: Computational design of a carbon allotrope exhibiting altermagnetic semiconductor properties. #matchem https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC05194K

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Universal neural network potential for modeling molecular excited states at the accuracy of TD-DFT approaches. #compchem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-j207x-v2

#RobSelects paper of the week #j_a_c_s: Photochemical generation of carbon radicals from organoboron starting materials enabled via catalyst-borate complexes. #catalysis https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c17266

#RobSelects preprint of the week #ChemRxiv: Modeling non-covalent interactions in both neutral and charged systems with the r²SCAN functional plus many-body dispersion evaluated on Hartree-Fock electron densities. #compchem https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-jx112-v2