Great to see the group loving their first ICCC!

Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · last mo.

Had a brilliant time representing the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social at @iccchemistry.bsky.social this week in Odense - some really brilliant chemistry going on! Lovely to see old friends and new there, some great chats! Big shout out too to @imosquire.bsky.social, a deserved poster prize winner!

🚨 I’m looking for a PhD student to join my group at @leicesterchem.bsky.social as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). Project on Ti complexes for CO2 valorisation & sustainable materials. #organometallics #catalysis Full training provided. Deadline 22 June. Start Sept 2026. le.ac.uk/study/resear...

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Had a great time in Edinburgh at the RSC Main Group AGM this week! Some fantastic talks and posters, great company, and it was nice to get a chance to present the work we've done on our aluminium(I) trimer as well! (Shout out to my official photographer @michi-tritto.bsky.social)

Thank you for the write up @chemistryworld.com - an honour to have our work included in such great company!

Chemistry World@chemistryworld.com · 5mo ago

These are exciting times for aluminium chemistry.

When it rains it pours for @mattdv-t.bsky.social! Our new paper in @daltontrans.rsc.org will hopefully be a one stop shop (reference) for anyone wishing to embark on amidine chemistry!

Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Check out the new @bakewellgroup.bsky.social paper, published in @daltontrans.rsc.org! A real labour of love for me, when I turned up Clare asked me to "make a few more ligands", advice I took and ran with. See inside for all you could ever wish to know about making bulky amidine ligands...

Registration deadline for the RSC main group meeting and AGM 16th March! There’s a great line up of speakers and poster abstract submission still open - come and join us in Edinburgh!

Kyle Pearce@kylegpearce.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Registration is now open for the 2026 RSC (@rsc.org) Main Group Interest Group Conference: www.rsc.org/events/detai... The meeting will be taking place on the 8-9th April 2026 at the University of Edinburgh, showcasing a breadth of inorganic/main group chemistry- We would love to see you there.

The first isolation of neutral aluminium(i) trimers called cyclotrialumanes is reported by Bakewell et al. in @natcomms.nature.com. CSD Entry OXATOA reveals a perfectly planar Al₃ ring, supported by a bulky amidinate framework. 🔗 dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc... #FeaturedStructureFriday #CompChemSky

For some background (or a potted summary) check out my "behind the paper" blog post, available here: communities.springernature.com/posts/a-neut...

A neutral cyclic aluminium (I) trimer

Monomeric, dimeric and tetrameric aluminium(I) neutral complexes have all been previously reported, but a trimeric species has never previously been observed. We present the first trimeric neutral alu...

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Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Absolutely thrilled to see our ( @bakewellgroup.bsky.social ) paper "A neutral cyclic aluminium (I) trimer" has been published in @natcomms.nature.com in its full typeset version! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Matt, Imogen and Mickey’s paper detailing the synthesis and reactivity of the first neutral Al(I) trimer is out now in @natcomms.nature.com! Check it out here along with @mattdv-t.bsky.social’s ‘behind the paper’ article!

Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Absolutely thrilled to see our ( @bakewellgroup.bsky.social ) paper "A neutral cyclic aluminium (I) trimer" has been published in @natcomms.nature.com in its full typeset version! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Registration is now open for the 2026 RSC (@rsc.org) Main Group Interest Group Conference: www.rsc.org/events/detai... The meeting will be taking place on the 8-9th April 2026 at the University of Edinburgh, showcasing a breadth of inorganic/main group chemistry- We would love to see you there.

The Main Group Committee is looking for nominations for the RSC Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize (@rsc.org). Both Self and External Nominations welcome. Extra details provided on the flyer below:

Exciting new structures from the lab 👀

Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Got to help the new PhD student with their first crystals yesterday, although I did have to point out they probably won't see diffraction quite like this every time they grow crystals! #chemsky

Really pleased to see this work from my PhD in the Stasch group is (finally!) out in one of my favourite journals, @daltontrans.rsc.org! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Hey #chemsky - NMR people! At King's we're hiring an NMR technical manager! Come join a lovely department and get to work with some fantastic chemists! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/134186-...

Technical Manager (NMR) | King's College London

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A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group! www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis. www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me... We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g... If you are interested, apply!

Had an amazing week @usic-2025.bsky.social! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍🔬 Very proud of the whole King's contingent but particularly @michi-tritto.bsky.social for a great talk on some of our new work from the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social. Thanks to all the organisers, it was a truly fab conference (+ceilidh!)

On the way back from #EUCOMC2025 - a wonderfully organised meeting in an absolutely beautiful city with some really fantastic science on show. Pretty good all round! Great to show off some exciting work with the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social too!

A great time at #EUCOMC2025 in Bern. Shout out to @mattdv-t.bsky.social and @michi-tritto.bsky.social for their poster presentations. So nice to share our science with friends old and new. Big thanks to @evaheviagroup.bsky.social and Martin. Here’s the King’s contingent enjoying the view.

Very honoured that the groups work has been recognised with the 2025 Sir Edward Frankland Prize. I’m very lucky to get to work with such a talented and creative bunch! #RSCPrizes @rsc.org

We're recruiting a PDRA to work with our team at Oxford Chemistry @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social ! If you are interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry and catalysis research, Apply! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

A great few days at Dalton 2025: big shout out to Matt for the first talk of his post doc and congratulations to @imosquire.bsky.social for the poster prize. Now for everyone to recover.

Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · last yr.

Super super enjoyed presenting at #Dalton2025 today representing the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social! ☀️👶◻️

Super super enjoyed presenting at #Dalton2025 today representing the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social! ☀️👶◻️

Trying to stay relevant by growing these ugly blocks. Thanks Matt!

Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · last yr.

Another day working at @nhm-london.bsky.social - think I might have acquired the coolest crystal structure I've ever had (stay tuned...) - and look at these monsters from Clare! @bakewellgroup.bsky.social #chemsky

We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @roysocchem.bsky.social Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:

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Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · 2y ago

Good to see our project student in the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social is getting into the festive spirit with this strangely Christmas pudding resembling reaction set up! #chemsky

RSC Organometallic Chemistry: Volume 45 This new volume showcases some incredible ECRs - spanning the breadth of organometallic chemistry 🧪 A privilege to co-edit this celebrated book series books.rsc.org/books/edited...

Organometallic Chemistry: Volume 45

Compiled by a new editorial team, this volume provides an invaluable resource covering many aspects of organometallic and coordination chemistry. The book

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Preeeetty cool place to be doing some work today! #Chemsky

It seems Imogen's excellent paper is now up in its typeset form. Some really impressive work from her to get some great crystal structures and decoding some pretty complex NMR mixtures, and Michey doing the calcs here. Great work! We need more #MainGroupChem on #Chemsky pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Probing the reactivity of a transient Al(I) species with substituted arenes

With only a handful of compounds known, opportunities to explore the structure and reactivity of dialumenes and related dialumene adducts have been limited. For the first time, a series of dialumene-a...

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