Know an amazing Organometallic chemist? Consider nominating them for the #Organometallics Distinguished Author Award! @pubs.acs.org Nominations are accepted until December 31, 2025 at organicdivision.org/ompaper/

Read the newest Pioneers & Influencers article on Prof. Bob Morris in Organometallics! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Demyan 🇺🇦 Prokopchuk ⌬@dpro.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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 😉)

🎉 Today we reveal the 2025 RSC Prize winners! 🎉 Celebrating excellence across research, diversity, tech roles, apprentices and partnerships. Join us in congratulating the remarkable individuals and teams advancing chemistry for society. buff.ly/K2un4O1 #Chemistry #ChemSky

🔬 Join Professors Twan Lammers & Mike Waring LIVE for groundbreaking talks. Register now ➡️ buff.ly/GZHPJsS #ChemSky #DrugDelivery #DrugDiscovery #CancerResearch #RSCDesktopSeminar

Join us on Friday June 27 for our next Desktop Seminar on Drug Development Targeting Cancer, featuring live talks and Q&A from Twan Lammers (RWTH Aachen) @twanlammers.bsky.social and Mike Waring (Newcastle University) @mikewaring.bsky.social Learn more and register: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Come see us in Ottawa this week!

Sally Howells-Wyllie@sallyhowellswyllie.bsky.social · last yr.

What better way to kick off my Bluesky account than at the #CSC2025 meeting in Ottawa! Come to the @rsc.org booth (626) to talk to us about all things publishing!

Interested in the latest research on mechanochemistry, but not sure where to start? We've got you covered! Discover what our Editorial Board members have published with us: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/05/2... All articles published in RSC Mechanochemistry are open access, so you can read them for free!

Next in the Desktop Seminar series: Wearable Sensors! On Monday 2 June, watch live presentations and Q&A from Nanshu Lu (UTexas at Austin) and John Rogers (Northwestern University) about new advances in e-tattoos and skin-interfaced materials Register and learn more: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us next Tuesday May 27 for a Desktop Seminar on the Chemistry of Inorganic Clusters! Featuring talks and live Q&A from Stephen Ragsdale (University of Michigan) and Patrick Holland (Yale University), this is one you don't want to miss! Register and find more details rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are excited to announce this year’s Chemical Science symposium, on the topic of imaging, biosensing and diagnostics! Alongside celebrating 15 years of the journal, the winner of our first Lectureship will be presenting their research! Find out more: rsc.li/chemscisymp2025 #ChemSky 🧪

Today is the day! Tune in as four incredible researchers from the US and Canada discuss their work on AI and Machine Learning in Chemistry, with each presentation followed by live Q&A. Register: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #chemsky

Michael Hurst@chemhurst.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us April 14 for the RSC Americas Emerging Investigators webinar on AI/ML in Chemistry! Featuring talks from Jolene Reid (UBC), César de la Fuente (UPenn) @delafuentelab.bsky.social, Adji Bousso Dieng (Princeton) @adjiboussodieng.bsky.social, and Connor Coley (MIT) rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us April 14 for the RSC Americas Emerging Investigators webinar on AI/ML in Chemistry! Featuring talks from Jolene Reid (UBC), César de la Fuente (UPenn) @delafuentelab.bsky.social, Adji Bousso Dieng (Princeton) @adjiboussodieng.bsky.social, and Connor Coley (MIT) rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us April 14 for the RSC Americas Emerging Investigators webinar on AI/ML in Chemistry! Featuring talks from Jolene Reid (UBC), César de la Fuente (UPenn) @delafuentelab.bsky.social, Adji Bousso Dieng (Princeton) @adjiboussodieng.bsky.social, and Connor Coley (MIT) rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is an entirely free award and any professor at a university in the US/Canada can register! Students receive a physical book or RSC membership and are invited to a live workshop on science publishing from our journals' executive editors - learn more at rsc.li/4bk5Ows #chemsky

Michael Hurst@chemhurst.bsky.social · 2y ago

Nominations are open for the 2025 RSC Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence! This annual award recognizes 2 chemical science students from your university with prizes including a free RSC Book or RSC Affiliate membership. Read more, register + participate at rsc.li/4bk5Ows @roysocchem.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who joined the APS 2025 Living Soft Matter session supported by @softmatter.rsc.org! Below are the speakers and chair: @chemhurst.bsky.social, Kyle Bishop, Alfred Crosby, Anđela Šarić, Qian Chen and @oasaleh.bsky.social We look forward to seeing you at future events!

We're delighted to announce that Duncan Graham has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of ChemSocRev! Check out the video below where Duncan talks about taking on the role of Editor-in-Chief and his ambitions for the journal. Learn more on our webpage! 👉 www.rsc.org/news-events/...

RSC Americas is hiring! Applications are accepted until 18 March for the Content Development Editor role based in Washington DC. This is an excellent opportunity to join an internationally renowned science organization on a great team supporting research and researchers in North America #chemsky

Follow all your favorite @rsc.org journals now on Bluesky! Let the posting begin! 🥳🧪 #chemsky go.bsky.app/QAaTTZ3

This is an entirely free award and any professor at a university in the US/Canada can register! Students receive a physical book or RSC membership and are invited to a live workshop on science publishing from our journals' executive editors - learn more at rsc.li/4bk5Ows #chemsky

Michael Hurst@chemhurst.bsky.social · 2y ago

Nominations are open for the 2025 RSC Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence! This annual award recognizes 2 chemical science students from your university with prizes including a free RSC Book or RSC Affiliate membership. Read more, register + participate at rsc.li/4bk5Ows @roysocchem.bsky.social

Do you want to present your research to a global audience? Then you should check out, #RSCPoster, which will happen on March 4th to 5th. Very excited to chair the #ChemBio part #RSCChemBio together with Lyn Jones and Ali Tavassoli. Click this link for all information: www.rsc.org/our-events/r...

Nominations are open for the 2025 RSC Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence! This annual award recognizes 2 chemical science students from your university with prizes including a free RSC Book or RSC Affiliate membership. Read more, register + participate at rsc.li/4bk5Ows @roysocchem.bsky.social

U.S. science funding agencies roll out policies on free access to journal articles NIH and DOE are first to act, with implementation by all set to begin by end of 2025 www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. science funding agencies roll out policies on free access to journal articles

NIH and DOE are first to act, with implementation by all set to begin by end of 2025

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and for today... here is some previous cover art! I had to hide this in case of any infringements, but I was pretty proud of our take on an "NME" magazine cover. A fair bit of effort that I had to leave out 😅 A few easter-eggs for the #blink-182 #sum41 #theclash fans in the #chemsky community! 😃

The @roysocchem.bsky.social have published a special collection honoring Prof George Whiteshide for his 85th birthday and celebrating the profound impact on chemistry that he's had through his research, leadership and mentorship of generations of exceptional scientists! rsc.li/whitesides

Shortly after, we published this less sprawling follow up article with our developed system. I really enjoyed this paper - published Editors Choice in Organometallics after acceptance with no revisions!! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

The Influence of Silane Steric Bulk on the Formation and Dynamic Behavior of Silyl Palladium Hydrides

Silanes play a versatile role in catalytic transformations, acting as hydride sources, transmetalation reagents, and starting materials in the synthesis of highly valued organosilicon compounds and polymers. Their use in catalysis with palladium is widespread, commonly proposed to proceed via oxidative addition of Si–H to Pd(0); however, little is known about this fundamental reaction. Here, we show that the formation of silyl palladium hydride complexes (dcpe)PdH(SiR3), which exist in equilibrium with starting materials [(μ-dcpe)Pd]2 (dcpe = dicyclohexyl(phosphino)ethane) and tertiary silanes HSiR3 in solution, is dependent on the steric profile of the silanes employed. A lower Keq is observed with increasing steric encumbrance at silicon, correlating well with each substituent’s Charton value, and van’t Hoff analyses show the reaction with sterically congested silanes to be less thermodynamically favorable. Variable temperature kinetics studies likewise reveal a preference for unhindered silanes as determined by Charton and Eyring analyses. On the other hand, the intramolecular ligand exchange of H/SiR3 on the formed complexes is unaffected by silane steric bulk. Together, the energetic parameters derived for each of these steps reveal that thermodynamic factors are primarily responsible for favoring (silyl)Pd(H) formation with less sterically bulky silanes. These results present the first systematic study on the role of silane steric effects in oxidative addition of Si–H to Pd(0) and help to inform organosilicon chemistry with late transition metals.

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Using the transition to Bluesky (and its incorporation into AltMetric scores) as an excuse to shamelessly self promote some work I did at Oregon. I put years and years into this project while helping start up the Amanda Cook Lab - read this beast of a paper in Chem Sci pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

The mechanism of oxidative addition of Pd(0) to Si–H bonds: electronic effects, reaction mechanism, and hydrosilylation

The oxidative addition of Pd to Si–H bonds is a crucial step in a variety of catalytic applications, and many aspects of this reaction are poorly understood. One important yet underexplored aspect is ...

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Since PCCP doesn't have a BlueSky account just yet, I'm promoting some #PCCP content on #ChemSky Do you know an emerging physical chemist who deserves recognition? Nominations are now open for the 2025 PCCP Emerging Investigator Lectureship! Nominate here: www.rsc.org/journals-boo...