Easy access to polyhalogenated biaryls: regioselective (di)halogenation of hypervalent bromines and chlorines by Joanna Wencel-Delord and colleagues at U Strasbourg ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Visible-light-driven alkene dicarboxylation with formate and CO2 under mild conditions by Gang Li and colleagues from Shanghai Jiao Tong University ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

The Center for the Transformation of Chemistry received €1.25 billion in funding to grow to 1.000 employees. We are now opening the next position for an #assistant professor equivalent in #data driven #chemistry

Worth experimenting with dough rising for that famous New York no-knead bread recipe. This one is by rising the dough in the fridge for 4 days. It is a completely different taste from the regular 12-18 hour option. Way better, more subtle…

A nice method to make BN heterocycles by Ana Cuenca and colleagues from Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Aza-Achmatowicz rearrangement coupled with intermolecular aza-Friedel–Crafts enables total syntheses of uleine and aspidosperma alkaloids by R. Tong and colleagues ⁦HKUST⁩ Chemical Science pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

New Snow Fellow: Prof Lara Malins is pioneering advances in chemical biology and peptide synthesis, with her work holding the potential to unlock new pathways in drug discovery and development.

Read more about Lara:
snowmedical.org.au/our-snow-fello…

Malins Lab ANU Media ANU Research School of Chemistry

Very encouraging approach by Corin and co. We need this.

Can one apply Le Chatelier principle to a transition state?

Me: sounds kind of weird

Also me: in this class let me tell you about transition state theory. It assumes that there is an equilibrium between reactants and transition state

Iron III -catalyzed asymmetric inverse-electron-demand hetero-Diels–Alder reaction of dioxopyrrolidines with simple olefins by Feng, Liu and colleagues from Sichuan University ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Great method to make Cl3(-)!

9 years ago I determined the complete structure of the borolithochromes, which are enigmatic boron-containing pigments from a Jurassic fossil. Unbelievable to see that our reported structures of these ancient molecules get confirmed now by total synthesis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Acetoacetic ester, known since the 19th century, is central to chemistry. Now we have scanned it with boron. Spearheaded by Alina, ⁦Diego Diaz⁩. Special thanks to Travis Dudding and his team for theoretical backing of claims. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Little-known fact: a sulfiliminium has a pKa ~ 8.
A poll: is a sulfilimine bio-isosteric for a sulfoxide (i.e. Ki's will be within 10x, i.e. <1.4 kcal)?
To test: compare a classic toxin (amanitin) & a drug (Fulvestrant) with their sulfilimine congeners.
We're about to find out..

Disulfides Catalyzed by Iron | Journal of the American Chemical Society Elias Picazo USC USCChemistry #CRossElectrophile #Coupling #Halides #Disulfide pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Ambiphilicity of ring-expanded N-heterocyclic carbenes by Guy Bertrand and colleagues at ⁦UCSD Chem Biochem⁩ ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

When we publish isolated yields in chemistry, there is an assumption that they have been obtained by a human, right? If not, maybe this should be spelled out.

A nice overview of an exciting new direction pioneered by Martina Delbianco and colleagues at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces