Reported in @science.org, lithium pentasilacyclopentadienyl complexes. These silicon analogues of the cyclopentadienyl ligand have a non-planar 5-membered ring and further characterisation shows evidence of aromaticity. 🔗 CSD Entry EXOMUD: dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc... #FeaturedStructureFriday

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

The physics laureates didn’t have an application in mind when they first demonstrated macroscopic quantum tunneling on a chip decades ago, but today cellphones rely on the technology. cen.acs.org/people/nobel... #chemsky 🧪

Nobels remind us of the importance of funding basic science

Prize winners in science and economics underscore the delicate art of research funding

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Join us online next week for the 5th Spanish Workshop on Phosphorus Chemistry 🧪 An exciting lineup of speakers from international and Spanish research groups! 📅 Two days of organometallic, main group, and materials chemistry 🆓 Free registration 🔗 Program: www.phoschem-spain.com/Program.html

🚨 The program for the 5th Spanish Workshop on Phosphorus Chemistry is now online! 🇪🇸 Check it out on the official website and start planning your schedule! 👉 www.phoschem-spain.com/Program.html #SWPC2025 #PhosphorusChemistry

It is our great pleasure to announce the 5th Spanish Workshop on Phosphorus Chemistry 👇It will be online on the next May 26th and 27th, register for free! @viktoriagessner.bsky.social @caporali.bsky.social @dr-berionni.bsky.social @pilicalleja88.bsky.social

Inexplicably, US administration has launched an unprecedented assault on science, on research institutions & on vital international organizations & initiatives. An assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere; the global community must unite 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

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Join us for Symposium S12: Molecular Architectures and Material Innovations at RSEQ Biennial Meeting in Bilbao! 🔬 Explore structural insights into reactivity & chemical properties with top speakers. 🗓️ Don’t miss it! #BQB2025 @ge3c-rseqf.bsky.social @geen-rseq.bsky.social

SYMPOSIUM 12 - XL Bienal RSEQ “Molecular Architectures and Material Innovations: Advanced insights into structure-properties dynamics and reactivity” 📅 June 30th, 2025

Had a great time at #EWPC21 in Innsbruck this last week! It was wonderful catching up with old friends and making new ones. Huge congrats to PhD student Judith on her first talk! Thanks to the organizers for a fantastic conference. #chemsky @www.unizar.es @csic.es

JOB ALERT! 🚨We have an open PhD position to work in the field of first-row transition metal catalysis. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬Application deadline 19th January 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: acortar.link/Y34YYd #chemsky

The Accounts of Chemical Research on our work on transition metal hydricity is finally out! Thanks to GS (soon to be Dr.) Andrew Cypcar who put in a tremendous amount of work to get it finished! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Controlling Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction at Transition Metal Hydrides

ConspectusFuel-forming reactions such as the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and CO2 reduction (CO2R) are vital to transitioning to a carbon-neutral economy. The equivalent oxidation reactions are a...

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Did some tidying up of the links for chemistry related starter packs, arranged loosely by subject area, and added who maintains the list so you know who to speak with if you'd like to be added! tinyurl.com/ChemSkyStart... #ChemSky #Chemistry #Chemists #StarterPacks 🧪

Bluesky Chem Starter Packs

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Chemists live longer because they are careful and happy at work! #Chemsky www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/do-c...

Do chemists die young?

Death notices for chemists suggest perhaps not, despite the hazards found in many labs

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Making my first official post over here to introduce myself. I'm currently an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins Lab in Prof. Rebekka Klausen's Lab. I previously obtained my Ph.D. under the mentorship of Prof. Robert Gilliard at U of Virginia.

Great to see our students at the 11th Conference of Young Researchers in Chemistry and Physics of Aragón! 🎓🧪 Proud of both Judith @juudithcano.bsky.social and Daniel, who did a fantastic job presenting their posters. @rseq.bsky.social @unizar.bsky.social @rseq_aragon #ChemSky #RealTimeChem

Hey everyone! I believe most of the new followers came along for some science stuff so... here we go: my latest article for @chemistryworld.bsky.social unveils a pretty cool, colour-changing fabric that helps you regulate temperature, without any external energy support 😮 #ChemSky #RealTimeChem 🧪

Very pleased to see that the Schlenk Line Survival Guide recently passed 500,000 views!🥳 Happy to also share that the Organometallics tutorial has been translated to French🇫🇷 and Spanish🇪🇸, and are available to download as PDFs from the resources webpage: schlenklinesurvivalguide.com/downloads/

Having a reaction safety discussion today at work and sharing some key info about NaH/DMF - this paper is very informative #ChemSky #ChemLabSafety #NoNaHwithDMF

Potential Safety Hazards Associated with Using N,N-Dimethylformamide in Chemical Reactions

N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) is frequently used as a solvent because of its unique physical properties that allow it to solubilize both organic and inorganic substances. It has also found broad applications as a catalyst for a variety of chemical transformations and as a donor for many functional groups in synthetic organic chemistry. However, DMF is incompatible with a wide variety of substances and has resulted in many incidents over the years. Analysis of literature information indicates that those incompatible substances can be categorized as acids, bases, halogenated reagents, oxidants, and reductants. This comprehensive review of the potential hazards of using DMF in chemical reactions will serve as an educational resource to promote awareness of such safety hazards in the broader chemistry community and encourage scientists to develop appropriate control strategies to mitigate the potential safety risks associated with the use of DMF in chemical reactions.

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No 🔋⚡ELECTROCHEMSKY⚡🔋 starter pack? That's fine, we'll make our own. go.bsky.app/7BokNKP

Wow exhaustive review on proton relays in molecular catalysis for hydrogen turnover as inspired by hydrogenase... Fantastic resource from Costentin & Artero et al.‼️ #chemsky doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Occurs to me that folks here might not be aware of the slightly terrifying series of @dereklowe.bsky.social's "Things I Won't Work With" chemistry blog posts. Both www.science.org/content/blog... and www.science.org/content/blog... are highlights, but the whole series is full of "oh heeeelll no"

Things I Won't Work With: Dioxygen Difluoride

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It seems like the answer to whether there was an Organometallic starter pack was no so here's one - send me a message or comment and I can add you! #chemsky go.bsky.app/RhG7mRD

Here are 7 reasons why researchers should care about science communication skills👇🏻 medium.com/@ScienceMatt... #SciComm #PhD #research #science

7 Reasons Why Science Communication Skills Are Crucial for Researchers

Hey there, researcher!

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Women in chemistry starter pack here: go.bsky.app/LjumNEg #ChemSky please repost :D #ChemSky #realtimechem #FluorescenceFriday