The isolation of five molecules featuring unsupported {N4}•− radical anion units has been reported in Nature Chemistry (🔎 ccdc-info.com/3MSq1CZ).
CSD Entry EXODOO (cation not shown) is stable for weeks under anaerobic conditions.
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The latest Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) update adds 21,282 new crystal structures (22,897 entries) to support crystallography research across pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, materials science, and related fields.
👀More at ccdc-info.com/4u1VkMe
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Nucleic acids are of increasing interest as drug targets. This white paper compares scoring functions in GOLD when docking small molecule drugs to DNA and RNA targets.
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🙌We’re excited to be part of CMAC Open Days 2026!
We’ll be connecting with leaders from academia & industry, meeting research partners, and exploring how Industry 5.0 technologies are shaping the future of medicines manufacturing.
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Using high‑throughput virtual screening with the CSD Python interface and RDKit, followed by quick experimental tests, researchers identified and synthesized a new ADN cocrystal with oxalyl dihydrazide (OHD).
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🙌We're delighted to see a packed room of young students learning about crystallography and how to use ConQuest in their research!
We delivered two hands‑on workshops at Montevideo School in Uruguay this week.
See what’s coming up next on our website 👉 ccdc-info.com/475hoM7
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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...
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Don't let "hidden" data go to waste.💎
Not every crystal structure ends up in a formal paper—but every structure has value.
CSD Communications gives you a direct route to share small molecule structures in the CSD without the need for a full scientific publication.
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This review celebrates the legacy of Professor Angelo Gavezzotti💫
His pioneering work reshaped #StructuralChemistry, inspiring crystallographers and molecular modellers worldwide.
The Durham Molecular Crystals & Crystallisation group (& friends) pay tribute🔗 ccdc-info.com/4tZBUrw
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Claire does inspiring work in chemistry, citizen science, and science education. ✨
She even led a team who created a board game about scientific careers and the life of a scientist.
This blog marked the 2026 International Day for Women and Girls in Science: ccdc-info.com/4avp1O6
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📣We’re excited to join the BCA Spring Meeting at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social, bringing together a vibrant community of crystallographers to share the latest research, tools, and techniques in the field.
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Reported in @science.org, lithium pentasilacyclopentadienyl complexes.
These silicon analogues of the cyclopentadienyl ligand have a non-planar 5-membered ring and further characterisation shows evidence of aromaticity.
🔗 CSD Entry EXOMUD: dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...
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Marta Morana won the 2024 George M. Sheldrick Prize from the European Crystallographic Association, for “her highly successful and creative research in diverse fields of crystallography, ranging from structural biology to mineralogy and functional materials.”
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We are delighted to announce a new AI technology partnership with @sapiosciences.bsky.social.
The collaboration brings our GOLD Protein–Ligand Docking capabilities to Sapio ELaiN — the World’s First 3rd‑Generation AI Laboratory Notebook.
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#DrugDiscovery #SapioCon2026
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From pancakes on your plate to pancake bonds in crystals 🥞
In this new paper using the Cambridge Structural Database, chemists have created six new salts where TCNQ radicals stack in 2D “pancake-bonded” arrays.
🔗 ccdc-info.com/3MrNZEG
#ShroveTuesday
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We have over 220 videos on our YouTube channel, on all aspects of #Crystallography, and all are free!
✔️Symmetry operations and elements
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📣 The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) has hit 1.4 million structures! 📣
How can the 1.4M crystal structures in the CSD help your research?👉 ccdc-info.com/4bGQGwF
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Helen Maynard‑Casely has a passion for making science accessible.🙌
👉Led the Crystallography365 project, sharing a crystal structure every day in 2014
👉2019 Australian Institute of Physics ‘Women in Physics’ Lecturer
👉Published a children’s book ‘I Heart Pluto’
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Meet Siti Syaida Sirat, a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia, who loves finding creative ways to communicate science beyond the laboratory.
Our latest blog highlights her work and her vision for inspiring and engaging others in science.
🔗 ccdc-info.com/4ktYWCv
#WomenInScience
Over 70 years since the discovery of ferrocene, the first neutral bis(cyclopentadienyl)metal complex of copper has been synthesised by scientists at @uofcalifornia.bsky.social as reported in @jacs.acspublications.org.
🔗 CSD Entry UWULOR: dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...
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Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot promotes scientific research as a public benefit for all, connecting labs with classrooms, national education systems, policy discussions, and regional development through sustained outreach, training, and media engagement.
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Researchers studied the crystallisation of terephthalic dihydrazide (TeDi) and discovered that it unexpectedly forms two distinct crystal structures simultaneously when cooled in solution.
👀Read in full: ccdc-info.com/4qtsTE4
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩🔬🧪
✨We spoke with five inspiring women from our community who are making science more accessible through their projects and outreach.
Read here: ccdc-info.com/4quSjkH
#WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM #WomenInChemistry #ChemSky
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Don’t miss this week's webinar, which explores a data‑driven approach to boosting productivity and model development, using the CCDC web platform to enable collaboration while protecting proprietary data.
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#Pharma #MedicinesManufacturing #CompChemSky
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As a @sapiosciences.bsky.social Technology Partner, we are excited to attend #SapioCon2026 and connect with global #DrugDiscovery scientists.
Our talk on the protein-ligand docking tool GOLD will be in the ‘Interactive Workshop Sapio Science ELaiN Eco System’ on Feb 19th.
🔗 ccdc-info.com/45TqjQl
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For over 60 years, we have been the backbone of materials and life sciences research.
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A series of tetracopper disulfide clusters that mimic the mixed-valent sites found in enzymes like N₂O reductase is reported by Tilley et al. @jacs.acspublications.org.
CSD Entry UXAVAU reveals a symmetrical arrangement of two bimetallic units.
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