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!

Proud to have played a part in this! A great study!!

Darren Willcox@dr-dwillcox.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In our latest pre-print we show it’s possible to access a range of diphosphinoborane ligands with different substitutions on either the boron fragment or phosphine fragment. Congrats to Ryan, @mattdv-t.bsky.social and David. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....

Sharing for David: There’s a PhD studentship open in the Liptrot Group (@bathchem.bsky.social) - a great chance to get involved in some really exciting chemistry. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Cuprides – a Revolutionary Oxidation State of Copper at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Cuprides – a Revolutionary Oxidation State of Copper at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Nice to see @daltontrans.rsc.org have deemed this paper from my PhD work a "HOT article"! 🥵🥵 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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.

Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist, would be nominated for the Nobel 8 times, but you probably know him for his most famous invention, which never made him a penny, developed to hold ultra-cold liquified gases. You probably own a "Dewar vessel," but you know it as a Thermos™. Let's talk about it.

a person is holding a container over their head in a kitchen ..

Alt: a person is holding an insulated container of liquid nitrogen. They pour the liquified gas over an open human hand in a lab setting. The Leidenfrost effect prevents any serious injury, as the liquid boils off before transferring much heat.

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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...

Amidines: a deeper look at the archetypal pro-ligand

Amidinates ([R1NC(R2)NR3]−) are versatile and ubiquitous ligands in inorganic and main group chemistry, due to their anionic, bidentate nature and easy tunability. Herein we present the synthesis of 2...

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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.

FAO Main Group chemists here on bluesky - a while ago I made a list of all of you, it makes for an excellent Main Group-focused timeline. If you want to add it just click on the list and pin it! Also, if I'm missing anyone just let me know! #chemsky #realtimechem #chemchat #maingroup

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

Minor life ambition achieved today!

CCDC Cambridge@ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 5mo ago

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

I am excited to announce a fully-funded PhD Scholarship in Molecular Bismuth Chemistry (and beyond) is now available in our research group at Flinders University. Advertisement: lnkd.in/g4T8JJ_U Group Website: isolobal.com #PhDPosition #OrganometallicChemistry #ChemistryResearch #PhDOpportunity

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...

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...

A neutral cyclic aluminium (I) trimer - Nature Communications

Low oxidation state aluminium complexes have gained wide recognition as discrete and versatile 2-electron reductants, but neutral trimeric structures remain elusive. Here the authors report the synthe...

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Just incredible work, huge congratulations to Liu and Zhang, spectacular! Aluminium redox catalysis enables cyclotrimerization of alkynes | Nature share.google/zhTlJiO9CJLv...

Aluminium redox catalysis enables cyclotrimerization of alkynes - Nature

Aluminium redox catalysis is achieved with a low-valent aluminium species, carbazolylaluminylene, enabling cyclotrimerization of alkynes and producing diverse benzene derivatives.

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First paper of the year and a wonderful collaboration with the @millsgroupchem.bsky.social. Congrats to Jake and the team for the mammoth effort. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Unusual Reactivity of a Heterobimetallic Al─Zn Complex With a Carbodiimide

We show that subtly changing steric bulk about the Al─Zn bonds of heterobimetallic complexes can switch on reactivity with heteroallenes at the aluminium-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl moiety as well as...

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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.

Really cool chemistry! Amidine ligands with the magic touch it seems 👀 #chemsky

Harder Research Group@harder-research.bsky.social · 7mo ago

FINALLY a complex of type LMg-CaL! This formally Mg(0)-Ca(II) complex shows a very long Mg-Ca bond with Mg(-)/Ca(+) polarization and is quite reactive! Our first 2026 paper is "In dear memory of Herbert Roesky" shorturl.at/tvi0C

I am advertising a fully funded chemistry PhD scholarship in my group at @aucklanduni.bsky.social to study titanium catalysts attached to sold supports. For more details see: tinyurl.com/FalconerPhD1 Please repost and share! #chemsky #inorganicchemistry #PhD #PhDscholarship #catalysis #greenchem

#phd #catalysis #scholarship #chemistry #universityofauckland | Rosalyn Falconer

PhD Opportunity – Fully Funded Scholarship in Titanium Catalysis A fully funded PhD scholarship is available to join the Falconer Group at the University of Auckland. This project will focus on titan...

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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

We're Hiring! If you are interested in a PDRA post with the Mehta group, please apply! @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

The group will soon be advertising a 3-year PDRA position @imperialchemistry.bsky.social. The successful candidate will research the synthesis and reactivity of complexes with alkaline earth-metal bonds. Start date: 03/26. Please get in touch for infomal inquries.

A paper accepted late at the end of last year is this work with the Stasch group. We determined the structures of five calcium complexes, both homo- and heteroleptic, including a donor-solvent-free molecular calcium hydride complex. @standrewschem.bsky.social

Matt de Vere@mattdv-t.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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...

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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And the molecule of the year for 2025 is...🥁... ...hexanitrogen! (I had a feeling this one would win 🤭) Thanks for voting, everyone! #chemsky cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...

We have the same problem! They keep tearing around the O-rings (and last barely 3 months max), never had this before now. Please, save us from this #chemsky

Harder Research Group@harder-research.bsky.social · 8mo ago

QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY: Since COVID it is very difficult to get GOOD (STRONG) glovebox gloves. And they are very expensive! Any tips where to get normally priced good gloves? You can also direct-mail me: sjoerd.harder@fau.de Thanks for your advice!

One of the prettiest single crystals I think I've ever grown 🤩

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!