My most recent column in Nature Chem (@natchem.nature.com) is out: First Ladies of Chemistry. Who were the early women PhDs in chemistry? Why was the Ice Woman a hero (why is she still?)? Also -aren't those lab coats in the photo wild? rdcu.be/frKkW

First ladies of chemistry

Nature Chemistry - Michelle Francl puts the early women of chemistry, who were ignored at the time, back into the picture.

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Over 2.5 years @reecelisterroberts.bsky.social has been working on isolating a range of 4-atom nitrogen chain radical anions! Now published in @natchem.nature.com! @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @ukri.org @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We're hiring! We're looking for a Locum Editor to cover our chemical biology/biochem. The role can be located in either our London or Pune offices. Planned start date is June 1st. Closing date for applications is Feb 2nd. #chemjobs #chemsky springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Locum Associate or Senior Editor

Job Title: Locum Associate or Senior Editor (Chemical Biology / Biological Chemistry), Nature Chemistry Company: Nature Portfolio Contract Type: Full-time, Fixed Term (maternity leave cover) Location(...

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Happy birthday benzene! 🎈@natchem.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The human story of benzene

Nature Chemistry - The discovery of benzene two centuries ago marked a turning point in chemistry. From contributing to the development of chemical bonding concepts, to its practical use in the...

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We're hiring!🚨 We're looking for an editor with expertise in photoactive molecules and materials. Closing date: 18th of August 2025. #chemsky More details in the job ad 👇 springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring...

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Chemistry and Nature Communications (photoactive molecules and materials)

Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Chemistry and Nature Communications (photoactive molecules and materials) Organization: Nature Portfolio Location(s): New York, Jersey City, Washington DC or ...

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Sometimes it’s a usb stick, sometimes a notebook and pens… admitedly, this is the first time I’ve been handed a swiss army knife upon registration at a conference! I’m attending #eucomc2025 @eucomc2025.bsky.social in #Bern. If you’re also around and want to meet up over a coffee or so, ping me!

Proud and thankful @natchem.nature.com for inviting me to write the "News & Views" on the beautiful praseodymium(V) complex by @stormslapierre.bsky.social (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). Find our highlight "A high five for praseodymium" following this link www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Praseodymium in the formal +5 oxidation state - Nature Chemistry

The most common oxidation state for lanthanide elements is +3, and, beyond cerium, examples of these elements exhibiting higher oxidation states remain scarce. Now, a molecular complex of praseodymium...

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Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin - Nature

A dysprosium amide–alkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100 kelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of the pendant alkene.

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Years in the making – 3-centre-1-electron trithorium metal-metal bonding. Out now in @natchem.nature.com ! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Valence-delocalized trithorium nanocluster superatoms with open-shell exalted diamagnetism - Nature Chemistry

Superatoms are metal clusters that collectively behave like an atom, but they usually require metal–metal bonding and thus they are based on main group or transition metals. Now it has been shown that...

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www.nature.com/articles/s41... Interested in single crystal to single crystal ring opening reaction and participation of 4f orbital here is recent article @natchem.nature.com by Schelter’s group and team!!

4f-orbital covalency enables a single-crystal-to-single-crystal ring-opening isomerization in a CeIV–cyclopropenyl complex - Nature Chemistry

Computational and spectroscopic studies of molecular lanthanide complexes have implicated 4f orbitals in metal–ligand bonding interactions. Now, a comparative study of isostructural d-block, actinide ...

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We are excited to share praseodymium 5+! Finally in print! A new PR for Pr! rdcu.be/egHf6

Praseodymium in the formal +5 oxidation state

Nature Chemistry - The most common oxidation state for lanthanide elements is +3, and, beyond cerium, examples of these elements exhibiting higher oxidation states remain scarce. Now, a molecular...

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#MOPs WITH A GECKO'S GRIP.💎🦎 I got the chance to write a #News&Views in @natchem.nature.com about a paper I enjoyed by @furukawas.bsky.social. They made cool MOPs (that's not new) consistently packed in a diamond fashion, the same way geckos climb walls (that's super cool)!👇 rdcu.be/ei8Pj #MOFs

New experiment... not a fractal, but also not a non-fractal? A 'frustrated fractal'? Anyway, pattern nr. 53 #tilingart #SciArt #Braggyourpattern

Today is a special day! I am very proud to announce that my first first-author paper on WaaFs is finally out in @naturechemistry.bsky.social !!! 🎊🎉 Huge thanks to @furukawas.bsky.social and the group members for their great support in my last six years in Kyoto! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks - Nature Chemistry

In reticular chemistry, the formation of strong chemical bonds between molecular components is typically considered a core prerequisite for synthesizing open-framework materials. Now a series of robus...

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WaaFs appeared in @naturechemistry.bsky.social!! Assembling large supramolecules via van der Waals interaction leads forming robust, stable three-dimensional open frameworks. The beautiful sole research done by our former master student @shuntokuda.bsky.social!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks - Nature Chemistry

In reticular chemistry, the formation of strong chemical bonds between molecular components is typically considered a core prerequisite for synthesizing open-framework materials. Now a series of robus...

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In London, ready for AIchemy - Pioneering AI-driven Chemistry. @aichemyhub.bsky.social #chemisty

@dereklowe.bsky.social discussing the recent work from Takezawa, Fujita et al. in Nature Chemistry "As someone who has worked in the field, I'm impressed by the things that they've gotten to work"

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Progress in getting X-ray crystal structures of compounds without actually growing crystals of them. Note: I’ve tried something similar myself, a few years ago.

Progress in getting X-ray crystal structures of compounds without actually growing crystals of them. Note: I’ve tried something similar myself, a few years ago.

Crystallization Cages

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In @science.org this week, a team at Lawrence Berkeley lab did some practice runs with cerium and then raced to sandwich berkelium between two carbon rings before the radioactive decay wreaked too much havoc--read all about the Bk-C bonds here! chemsky🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Berkelium–carbon bonding in a tetravalent berkelocene

Interest in actinide–carbon bonds has persisted since actinide organometallics were first investigated for applications in isotope separation during the Manhattan Project. Transplutonium organometalli...

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Redox-active inverse crowns for small molecule activation, from Sjoerd Harder @harder-research.bsky.social and co-workers www.nature.com/articles/s41... #chemsky

Redox-active inverse crowns for small molecule activation - Nature Chemistry

Following the building principles of crown ethers for cation encapsulation, inverse crowns are rings of metals that bind anions. Now a redox-active inverse crown ether featuring Na+ cations and Mg0 ha...

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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:

Our January issue is live! 📣 In there you will find the usual mix of Articles and News and Views, along with... www.nature.com/nchem/volume...

To inaugurate our account: Really excited to share our last work on Ir(II) vs Ir(I) as catalysts (Ir(II) wins, but share the same mechanism!): Now at @NatureChemistry "An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization" nature.com/articles/s41...

An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization - Nature Chemistry

The chemistry of precious-metal-based open-shell mononuclear complexes remains underdeveloped. Now it has been shown that iridium metalloradicals enable Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox cycles and catalyse olefin ...

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🚨New job opening 🚨 Hey #Chemsky, we have an opening for an editor on the cross-journal team to handle papers in organic chemistry & related fields 📍 Shanghai, Beijing, Heidelberg or Berlin 🗓️ Closing date: Feb 4th ❔ DMs open if you have questions www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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JOB ALERT! 🚨Still 10 days to apply to the open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: acortar.link/Y34YYd #chemsky 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Beautiful work showcasing remote chirality transfer in low-dimensional #perovskites with broad implications!🧪Congratulations !🙌🏼 It has been a pleasure to highlight such inspiring research #NatureChemistry with #GhewaAlsabeh & #MengqiongZ- exciting perspectives🧬🔸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Remote control of chirality in hybrid perovskite materials - Nature Chemistry

Chirality in hybrid perovskite semiconductors can advance their application in modern electronics, but their production — traditionally involving the incorporation of chiral organic cations into the p...

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Hi #chemsky - what have we missed?

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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

Don't use red and green data lines/surfaces in the same panel please #chemsky. It can be difficult for some colorblind readers to differentiate them. I've accepted (in principle) 2 papers today, and both sets of authors were asked to remove red/green colour contrasts www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness

Images can be made more accessible by choosing hues, shapes and textures carefully.

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