Borane Catalysed Annulative Sulfenylation of Internal Alkynes: Towards the Synthesis and Study of Fused Heterocycles ( @rebeccamelen.bsky.social ): pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... ( @chemicalscience.rsc.org ).
Rebecca Melen
@rebeccamelen.bsky.social
Main group chemist. Cardiff University.
Synthesis and Structure of Group 13 POCOP Complexes ( @InorgChemACS ): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... ( @rebeccamelen.bsky.social , @PaharSanjukta ).
Borane Catalysed Annulative Sulfenylation of Internal Alkynes: Towards the Synthesis and Study of Highly Unsaturated Heterocycles ( @rebeccamelen.bsky.social ): chemrxiv.org/doi/10.26434... ( @chemrxiv.org ).
Congratulations to the team on our latest paper published in @jacs.acspublications.org @cardiffuni.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Thiol-Free Sulfenylation Redefined: A Single-Atom Transfer Pathway to Symmetrical Di(hetero)arylthioethers via B(C6F5)3 Catalysis
Diarylated thioethers are privileged scaffolds found across pharmaceuticals, functional materials, and molecular electronics. Conventional approaches to these motifs, typically via C–H functionalizati...
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Come join our team! 🧪🥼Two PhD positions available in sustainable catalysis using frustrated Lewis pairs as part of ERC funded grant. Fully funded for EU and UK students. @erc.europa.eu @cardiffuni.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD in Chemistry: Sustainable Main Group Catalysis Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Sustainable Main Group Catalysis Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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We’re looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join our vibrant research group. We have an opening for a PhD position to work on radical Frustrated Lewis pairs. Check out the link below for more information and contacts. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD in Chemistry: Single or Double? A Radical Approach to Catalysis - Competitive EPSRC funded post at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Single or Double? A Radical Approach to Catalysis - Competitive EPSRC funded post at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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I’m deeply honoured to have been awarded an ERC consolidator to grant for the project RadicalCAT! Watch out for some exciting chemistry from our group on main group electrochemistry and radical catalysis. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @erc.europa.eu
European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 8mo agoThe results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 buff.ly/uu62uFV #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
Check out our latest collaborative work with the Baik and Wirth groups in @chemicalscience.rsc.org pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Oxidative Rearrangement of Alkynes to chiral α-Arylalkanoic Esters
Chiral α-arylalkanoic esters, valued as anti-inflammatory agents, are synthesised through an enantioselective oxidative rearrangement of alkynes under green, metal-free conditions. This study achieves...
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Congratulations to Nusaybah Alotaibi on finishing her PhD subject to minor corrections 🥳👏. Thanks to Louis Luk and Alex Pulis for acting as examiners.
20 years of FLPs! Check out this article published together with the pioneer of FLPs himself (Prof. Douglas Stephan) covering some of the highlights of FLP chemistry over the last two decades. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
A reflection on frustrated Lewis pairs 20 years on: the gift that keeps on giving
This commentary reflects on the remarkably broad impact the concept of “frustrated Lewis pairs” (FLPs) has had over the past 20 years. Since its initial articulation, this concept has found applicatio...
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Save the date: 📅 Sept 25, 2025 🕒 3–4 pm CEST Online #BeilsteinTalk “Single or double? A radical approach to frustrated Lewis pairs” with Rebecca L. Melen @rebeccamelen.bsky.social from Cardiff University, United Kingdom. Register for FREE! 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/25df8v5p #BeilsteinTalks
Delighted to have been selected as a sub-panel member (assessment phase) for sub-panel 8 (Chemistry) for REF2029 #REF2029
@ref2029.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe names of panel members for the criteria-setting phase of REF 2029 have now been announced on our panels pages. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...
I’m really honoured to be the 2025 winner of the RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize. Thanks to my current research group, past students and postdocs, and collaborators and mentors who have made this possible @rsc.org #RSCprizes
🚨PhD position in synthetic inorganic chemistry in our group.🚨 The position is joint with semiconductor company TOK and will involve trip(s) to Japan! Please see the details below ⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
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PhD Positions in main group and transition metal coordination chemistry available in my group. Please get in touch if you have any questions on the project. UK students only. www.findaphd.com/phds/cardiff...
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It’s great to be back in India 🇮🇳 for the #icmgsc2025 conference. Lots of exciting main group chemistry and lots more to come #chemsky
Come work with us in the field of Group 15 chemistry ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #chemsky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD in Chemistry: Safe Removal and Recovery of the Heavier Group 15 Compounds (Bi, Sb, As): EPSRC IDLA PhD at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
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CANUK 2025: 2nd Canada – UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry 11-14 June, 2025. Registration and Abstract submission is now open for CANUK 2025 to be held in the beautiful Québec City, QC, Canada. Just before the CSC meeting in Ottawa. fontaine.chm.ulaval.ca/symposium-20... #chemsky
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Welcome to the 2nd Canada - UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry! Welcome to the 2nd Canada - UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry! We are delighted to be hosting this conference at Quebe...
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Today we had @rebeccamelen.bsky.social at @iciqchem.bsky.social giving a wonderful seminar on #frustrated boron catalysts for #pharma inspired synthesis, great pitch 👍!
Congratulations team 🥳 I’m looking forward to getting involved in this.
Dominik Munz@munzgroup.bsky.social · 2y ago@dfgpublic.bsky.social approved our RTG "Engineering Covalent Bonds in Molecules & Materials: Ec=m2" @Saarland @Leibniz_INM Excellent Team Effort, special shout-out @DScheschkewitz dfg.de/de/service/p... @TGulder @GKickelbick @MGallei @CKay @GMorigi @VPresser @GJung @DAndrada @ASchaefer @SStopkowicz