Excited to share our latest JACS paper! Our work demonstrates that cluster dehydroxylation generates unsaturated Zr sites that enhance As(V) adsorption, while increasing missing-linker defects alone provides little benefit. Read more: pubs.acs.org/jacsat/artic... #MOFs #MaterialsChemistry #JACS

Node Distortions as a Means of Defect Engineering in Zr-Based MOFs

Abstract. Defect engineering in Zr-based metal–organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs) has focused primarily on missing-linker defects. However, recent studies sugges

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Our new paper in ACS Centr. Sci. is really special for us: We challenge our emerging mechanistic principles for catalysis with external electric fields under organic synthesis conditions with the holy grail in the field, and they pass, with distinction. pubs.acs.org/acscii/artic...

Orientational self-sorting in small metal-organic cages. Work by @jcedemontmollin.bsky.social and co-workers, published #openaccess in Inorganic Chemistry: pubs.acs.org/inocaj/artic...

The #ISMSC2026 is in full swing and yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting a short talk and a poster on our recent work expanding the supramolecular chemistry of cyclic trinuclear gold complexes. Grateful to the organizers for this opportunity and stay tuned for our upcoming publication! 👀💎🧽🧪

Functionalized N-heterocyclic diazoolefins. Work by Bastiaan Kooij with support from Sebastian Lange (synthesis), Rosario Scopelliti (XRD) & Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani (XRD). Out in @daltontrans.rsc.org : doi.org/10.1039/d6dt...

Feel free to check out my poster ND-952-F on the organometallic chemistry of N-heterocyclic diazoolefins in Poster Area 3M, right next to the left staircase. I will also give a presentation this afternoon at 16:50 in Room 200! #ICCC2026

Need a primer on 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 and how to detect this? We got you covered! Check out our latest review led by Huygen in 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗔 (by SCS) as part of the special issue on chiral light-matter interactions:) open-access here: www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic...

They did it! @rsc.org has successfully “optimized” their journal websites to a new and improved 1998 state - extra clicks, slow server response, and TOC figures hidden so deeply in the weeds that it’s impossible to scan the latest papers. It feels like no scientists were involved in the process…

Very happy to introduce BCB-Bx as an electrophilic bicyclobutane synthon! Have a look at the preprint at @chemrxiv.org chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Damien Chen’s work on a supramolecular receptor for squaraine dyes has been highlighted in CHIMIA (@chimiajournal.bsky.social ) : www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic...

Excited to share Sophia’s and Luca’s work assessing the #synthesis #structure and #reactivity of a homologous series of #AlkaliMetal #silyl complexes! Just out in #Organometallics @pubs.acs.org @unibe.ch pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Chemical reasoning in LLMs unlocks strategy-aware synthesis planning and reaction mechanism elucidation

Bran et al. show that large language models can serve as chemical reasoning engines when combined with traditional search algorithms. Their framework, Synthegy, enables chemists to specify synthesis s...

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The work of @helsoleav.bsky.social @duncanbrownsey.bsky.social and Hugo Senelle, on the alcohol-directed carboamination of enynes is now published in Angewandte Chemie ! doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Alcohol‐Directed Carboamination of Conjugated Enynes

The first general three-component intermolecular Pd-catalyzed carboamination of conjugated enynes enables the coupling of anilines and aryl triflates to produce functionalized allenic amines, utilizi...

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Our last work on housanes is now published in JACS! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Diastereoselective Synthesis of Housanes via the Carbocupration of Cyclopropenes

Strained bicyclic frameworks have emerged as valuable isosteric replacements and synthetic platforms based on strain-driven reactivity. The bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane, “housane”, a highly strained, nonsymm...

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N-Heterocyclic allenes can be made using a Ti vinylidene complex. Work by Bastiaan Kooij with support from Damien Chen (computations), Rosario Scopelliti (XRD) & Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani (XRD). Out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Hey #SupraChem community, have you registered for the #ISCSummerSchool2026 yet?!?! No?? 😱 No worries, there are still two weeks to do it! The deadline is fixed to April 12th!! So, check it out on the website for all the info 👇👇https://convegni.unica.it/iscsummerschool2026/!!

🚨New postdoc opening🚀 The Laboratory for Functional Inorganic Materials (LFIM) at EPFL is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to lead the development and engineering of next-generation sorbents for Direct Air Capture. For more info: www.epfl.ch/labs/lfim/op... #Postdoc #DAC #CarbonCapture #EPFL

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Postdoc positions   1. Advanced Materials for Direct Air Capture (DAC) We are looking for a specialist in the design and synthesis of porous materials (MOFs, COFs, or functionalized polymers) optimize...

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The work of Josh, Tobias and Matthew on the synthesis of CF3-cycloproprenes using hypervalent iodine reagents and Cu(III) complexes is now published in Org. Lett. doi.org/10.1021/acs....

Accessing CF3-Cyclopropenes ─ A Platform for the Synthesis of Trifluoromethylated Building Blocks

Cyclopropenes are the smallest unsaturated carbocycles. They possess exceptionally high ring strain, resulting in unique reactivity, enabling C═C bond functionalization and ring-opening transformation...

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Five years in the making, now finally published: Targeted synthesis of an inorganic sandwich complex. Congratulations to all co-authors and thanks to our collaborators: Eduardo García Padilla, Kai Schwedtmann, Demi Snabilie, Prof. Dr. Jan J. Weigand and Bas de Bruin! tinyurl.com/2v3xnwby

Inorganic Cobalt Sandwich Complex [(η5-P5)Co(η3-P3)]−

Sandwich compounds are foundational to organometallic chemistry, yet carbon-free analogs remain exceptionally rare. We report the all-phosphorus heteroleptic cobalt sandwich anion [(η5-P5)Co(η3-P3)]− ...

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🎉 Our latest paper on polyyne synthesis by alkyne metathesis is now out in Angewandte Chemie 📰: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... A fantastic collaboration with the groups of Marc Mauduit, Matthias Tamm and Rik Tykwinski! 🤝 @iscr-rennes.bsky.social @tykwinskigroup.bsky.social

Synthesis of Conjugated Linear and Cyclic Polyynes by Selective Alkyne Metathesis

The formation of polyynes with an odd number of conjugated triple bonds is challenging, particularly for complex architectures since most established methods rely on irreversible C–C bond-forming rea...

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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

The last work of Clément TANGUY and Emma Robert on the formal total synthesis of Strictamine is now published in @helvchimacta.bsky.social ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Interesting interview with Stuart Schreiber www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Pd2L4-type receptor for squaraine dyes enabling ultrafast dark resonance energy transfer. Work by Damien Chen with help from Sybille Collignon, Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani, and the @feldmannlab.bsky.social. Now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We are delighted to announce the launch of NCCR Separations — a new National Center of Competence in Research dedicated to breakthrough separation technologies for a sustainable future! Read more: actu.epfl.ch/news/a-new-n... #NCCRSeparations #EPFL #GreenChemistry #EnergyTransition #ClimateTech

A new national research programme recognizes EPFL's expertise

The Swiss Confederation launches six new National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs). The NCCR “Separations”, which aims to accelerate research in separation sciences - the quest for chemical a...

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The 26th Swiss NMR Symposium will take place at EPFL on Thursday 5th February 2026 www.epfl.ch/labs/lrm/swi... #NMRchat 🧲

XXVI Swiss NMR Symposium

The 26th Swiss NMR Symposium will take place at EPFL on Thursday 5th February 2026. This biennial one-day meeting brings together workers in the field of magnetic resonance from across Switzerland and...

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Start your independent as an ELISIR fellow right after your PhD, in one of the most terrific places in Europe !

Have a look at the last work of @duncanbrownsey.bsky.social and Alexandre Schoepfer combining small rings and Pd catalysis for the stereoselective synthesis of spirocyclic cyclopropane-oxazolines just published @chemicalscience.rsc.org ! pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

A publication by the talented Atena Solea @atenasolea.bsky.social about ‘golden nano onions’ was selected as the ‘Paper of the Year 2025’

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🎉 Paper of the Year 2025 from the RSC CNN 🏆 Nano-onions based on an amphiphilic Au₃(pyrazolate)₃ complex 👏 Congratulations to Atena B. Solea, Davide Dermutas, Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani, Luigi Leanza, Massimo Delle Piane, Giovanni M. Pavan, and Kay Severin. #chemsky #nanosky 👏 👏 👏 to the authors

N-Heterocyclic vinylidenes: a new ligand class with great potential! For a short write-up of first results, see: www.chimia.ch/chimia/artic... #chemsky #EPFL #openaccess