The early bird registration deadline for this year's #ChemSciSymposium on materials for energy storage and conversion is fast approaching. Register by 9 September for your early bird discount and join us in London at the end of October! rsc.org/events/detail/…

Diastereoselective hydride transfer enables a synthesis of chiral 1,5-carboxamido-trifluoromethylcarbinols by ⁦MaulideGroup⁩ at the U. Vienna ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Lettuce grilled/smoked with a bit of hay. Good flavor

C-B, or not to C-B - that is the question… Check out our review on the utility of multiborylated alkanes in Nature Reviews Chemistry. Huge congratulations to Kane Bastick and Dr Dean Roberts for their fantastic efforts! @EPSRCboron St Andrews School of Chemistry nature.com/articles/s4157…

Visible light-induced Mallory reaction of tertiary benzanilides via iminium intermediates by Zhao and colleagues at Sun Yat-sen University ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Sincere thanks to ⁦@SollogoubM⁩ for his kind hospitality during my visiting professor stay here in ⁦Sorbonne Université Here is Matthieu and Hugo (PhD student) - about to describe a rather difficult problem related to their recent work

Great seeing ⁦Rebecca Green⁩ of BMS over the weekend. Wonderful talk by Rebecca, great conference organized by ⁦@RousseauxGroup⁩

Temple of Heaven, Beijing. Impressive architecture

Summer palace, Beijing. Now I need to read about the Dragon Lady (Cixi).

Thank you ⁦@charron_lab⁩ for a wonderful visit to ⁦Dalhousie University⁩ chemistry. Great to meet students and to see ⁦Alex Speed⁩ Mark Stradiotto⁩ and other faculty.

My first blog post in 5 years. We all know that association does not mean causation. This is important in chemistry, but what about the reverse? I think this is a huge problem with experimental science: that causation may not mean association. amphoteros.com/2024/11/23/cau…

It was a real pleasure to host my PhD advisor and mentor Prof. Allan Watson today for an amazing lecture on the groups catalysis and MedChem program. Excited to see what amazing science comes next from Allan Watson Watson Group St Andrews School of Chemistry . Biomolecular Systems Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

“This blue fruit loop champagne tastes like college” is the holiday party quote of the day…⁦Kane Bastick Matt and Caleb⁩

Thank you ⁦Laszlo Kurti⁩ for organizing another excellent WIPOS (Winter In-Person Organic Symposium) in Honolulu!

“…attractive interaction between an electrophilic region on a pnictogen atom…” this is part of what appears to be an official IUPAC definition… chemistryworld.com/news/beyond-hy…

Conformational strain is becoming a must-know in drug design. With advancing tools, strain optimization will soon be standard, reducing failures, boosting accuracy, and accelerating timelines. 💬 Are you integrating strain analysis, or is it your next big leap? #DrugDesign

Marty defended today, the lab will miss him dearly. Thank you ⁦The Dawson Group⁩ for serving as the external examiner!

Removing protective groups is a key aspect during oligosaccharide synthesis - here a video on how to remove levaloyl esters youtu.be/PQ76adBmHjE?si… via YouTube Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Biomolecular Systems

We are delighted to announce that Professor Christopher Chang (Princeton) has won the 2025 Chemical Science Lectureship! rsc.li/chemsci-lectur… Chris will deliver his Lectureship at the 2025 #ChemSciSymposium on 18-19 November in London, UK: rsc.li/chemscisymp2025

Thieme Cheminar: Boron in Organic Synthesis (Chemistry at Thieme): cassyni.com/events/RX1qfiY… (Thierry Ollevier, Varinder Aggarwal 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦, AggarwalLab, Andrei Yudin, Stokes Organic Synthesis Lab).