Check out our newest paper on a system that achieves reversible sp3 C-Si oxidative addition of organosilanes via isolable (methyl)iridium silyl complexes. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102… Excellent job by Scott Chapp, future UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry postdoc!

Very proud of Vanderbilt Chemistry alumni Lawrencium

I’m glad I was able to participate in commencement and see the two people at Vanderbilt who most positively impacted my graduate career ⁦Nathan Schley⁩ and ⁦Benjamin Mueller⁩

Our first publication on selective C-O bond cleavage in carbohydrates is online Chemical Communications today. Wonderful job on a challenging system by Dr. Caleb Jones, recent Vanderbilt Chemistry PhD and current WCNDD postdoc. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Nifty new paper out in Organometallics: Nathan Schley's group reports an alkyl ether cleavage via light-promoted hydrosilylative cleavage with Ir-H! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

I’m very excited that Vanderbilt Chemistry is searching for faculty in organic chemistry this year. If you or someone you know are interested in joining us in Nashville, please take a look at our posting. apply.interfolio.com/96984 Vanderbilt University #facultychemjobs

Here's your annual reminder that freezer relays are cheap and blow up all the time. Keep spares in your lab! This one went out today in spectacular fashion.

I’m not sure whether I should admit this but one of the things I’m most looking forward to about the upcoming Organometallic Chemistry Gordon Research Conferences is the soft serve machine in Miley dining hall. 🍦

Is this the oldest bottle of Apiezon L grease you've ever seen? The cap is crimped on and not a screw cap. The address on the back is the current site of the Philly convention center. Apiezon Vacuum Products

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Here's part two of our investigations into bicyclo[1.1.1]pentylphosphine chemistry. Our goal this time was an entry into Bcp₂PX chemistry that didn't require PH₃. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

We are searching for a new colleague in Bioinorganic Chemistry this year. If you're a bioinorganic chemist or an inorganic chemist with a biological perspective, please consider applying.

Very grateful to the customer service rep at WIDEX in NY who helped locate and redirect a mis-delivered package we shipped to a collaborator in a completely different state. Saved us probably two weeks of work to redo the synthesis of a bespoke phosphine ligand.