Exceptionally proud of my friend @tehshik.bsky.social on winning the ACS David Evans Award
If you’re at #ACSSpring2026 stop by for this symposium - it’s jam packed with tons of great chemistry
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And winner is @supersciencegrl.co.uk with hydromagnesite!

#chemsky #chemchat

There are already great translations into Hungarian, Indonesian, Romanian, Tamil, Ukrainian ...

We could use more help with Chinese, German, Hindi, Japanese & Portuguese #chemsky

Growing crystals tiny and large Edison unknowingly created graphene, and students meticulously produce a copper sulfate colossus

Crystal craze: Fortuitous experiments led to graphene in a lightbulb and a brick-sized copper sulfate crystal in a classroom.

#chemsky 🧪

Photo of "Virtual Crystals" stand with computers running a simple game called make a crystal

A successful day of #compchem outreach done!

Me and @stochasticchemist.bsky.social ran our new "Virtual Crystals" activity to teach some of the ideas behind crystal structure prediction

Sadly no photo from the end, but I did remember one at the start

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We are happy to have contributed to the detailed studies led by the Resel group at @tugraz.bsky.social on a transient, previously unknown chiral phase of 1,1'-biphenyl. doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #basicscience #chemsky

#ACSSpring2026 Congratulations to the WCC/Pfizer Emergent Leader Award winners
Stop by the symposium March 23 from 2:00-5:50 PM ET
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A shampoo bottle with a chemical structure on it.

Me: I am so sick of all these marketing gimmicks that use molecules to sell products. It’s so annoying.

Also me: ooooh, let’s buy this shampoo. It must be good.

#chemchat #chemsky

Several cuvette-shaped blocks of clear, brightly colored material.

These blocks contain precisely measured fluorescent dyes dispersed in polymethyl methacrylate, according to Starna Cells. Analytical chemists use them to calibrate the lamps and detectors in fluorescence-based spectroscopy instruments. cen.acs.org/analytical-c...

#CENChemPics #chemsky 🧪

Sequencing method gets genetic and epigenetic information from the same molecule Researchers can now differentiate between similar epigenetic modifications that have opposite effects

Reading DNA sequence and epigenetic modification state in 1 molecule

Researchers can now differentiate between similar epigenetic modifications that have opposite effects.

#chemsky 🧪

'Major Discovery': After Years of Research, Scientists Found a New Chemical Reaction A peculiar observation during laboratory experiments has led researchers to the breakthrough of a lifetime.

Trisulfide metathesis reaction - a new chemical reaction reported

#ChemSky

www.sciencealert.com/major-discov...

Slightly squiffy 3D build from paper loops.
This bipartite network is a model of the unusual niobium monoxide (NbO) structure (NB purple, O yellow!). The structure can be considered as a 1/4 depleted NaCl structure, where the cubic symmetry is preserved. 🧪 #SciArt #ChemSky

PhD candidate Caleb Aboagye standing next to advisor Charlie Fehl in front of Schaap Hall

Go! Go! Glycotime! Caleb Aboagye, of the Fehl Lab, gave his 4th year talk today at #wsuchemistry on: “Developing inhibitors for O-GlcNAc: synthesis of inhibitors and assay development of OGT/TET1 interaction inhibitors.” Great research, Caleb! #wsuchemistry #NextStopPhD #ChemSky

Congrats to #CENChemPics February winners Lauren Jesmain, @patricklutz.bsky.social, and Jennifer Schmeisser. Read more about this sprinkle explosion: cen.acs.org/education/Ch...

Have cool images you want to share? Submit a photo at cen.acs.org/collections/...

#chemsky 🧪

University of California backs plan for $23 billion research bond If California voters approve the bond in November, it could help ease federal funding turmoil

The University of California system is sponsoring a state senate bill that proposes a $23 billion bond to fund research across California.

#chemsky 🧪

Selfie of a white woman with green hair in front of a UV-Vis spectrometer

Spectrometer selfie to mark my first day back in the lab since December!!

Also—I can’t believe I waited so long to get prescription safety glasses.

I LOVE THEM.

#chemchat #chemsky 🧪⚛️🥼

And here is the same corrole under UV light for #fluorescencefriday #chemsky

How Chinese labs race for the next ‘first-in-class’ breakthrough Scientific research and tech dominance have become top priorities in China's new 5-year plan by Ye Yuan, special to C&EN. A collage of images including people in a lab, Chinese currency, and a person wearing full personal protective gear and holding up a test tube.

China’s researchers are racing to close the country’s gap with the US in chemistry-related advancements and secure the next frontier of innovations in materials, energy, and biomedicine. cen.acs.org/policy/china...

#chemsky 🧪

Quiz: How much do you know about the chemistry of nasal sprays? Test your knowledge of the chemistry of these over-the-counter products.

How much do you know about the chemistry of nasal sprays?
Test your knowledge of the chemistry of these over-the-counter products.

#chemsky 🧪

Argon fluorohydride is real....

😬

#chemistry #chemsky

Chemical reactivity from the perspective of enthalpic coupling - Nature Synthesis This Perspective analyses chemical reactivity through enthalpic coupling between bond making and bond breaking in elementary steps. Using enthalpic maps, mechanisms are compared, revealing shared ener...

Now online:

Perspective article by Chelsey Brien & Andrei K. Yudin

Chemical reactivity from the perspective of enthalpic coupling

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
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A boron-shift approach for positional editing - Nature Synthesis The direct and precise positional editing of functional group within a molecule is an important strategy for molecular diversification. Now, by applying suitable hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) catalysts...

Now online:

News & Views on the Article by Yumeng Xi & co-workers

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)

A boron-shift approach for positional editing by Liangxuan Xu & Chao Liu

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
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Positional editing of diverse functional groups through radical 1,2-boron shifts - Nature Synthesis Catalytic 1,2-boron transposition enables precise positional editing of functional groups. A tunable hydrogen-atom transfer mechanism drives site-selective migration for a range of boronate substrates...

Now online:

Article by Yumeng Xi & co-workers

Positional editing of diverse functional groups through radical 1,2-boron shifts

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
#Chemsky

Heteronuclear dual-atom insertion into oxetanes via frustrated Lewis pair activation - Nature Synthesis A boron-catalysed heteronuclear dual-atom insertion into oxetanes via frustrated Lewis pair activation is reported, providing access to a series of valuable 1,3-oxazinanes. This approach exhibits broa...

Now online:

Article by Ying-Qi Zhang, Shuo-Han Li & Ming Joo Koh

Heteronuclear dual-atom insertion into oxetanes via frustrated Lewis pair activation

www.nature.com/articles/s44... ($)
#Chemsky

Anti-Friedel–Crafts alkylation via electron donor–acceptor photoinitiation - Nature Synthesis A transition-metal-free synthetic strategy for C–H alkylation of electron-poor aromatics is reported, which selectively alkylates the most electrophilic position of electron-deficient aromatics to exh...

Now online and open access:

Article by Max García-Melchor, Erwin Reisner & co-workers @reisnerlab.bsky.social

Anti-Friedel–Crafts alkylation via electron donor–acceptor photoinitiation

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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1 person with a celebration cake

Chashitha from the Allen lab has passed her candidacy exam! Congratulations, Chashitha! #wsuchemistry #itsofficial #ChemSky

A most excellent molecule with which to conclude the week #SynChem #BB #MedChem #DrugDesign #DrugDiscovery #chemsky 🧪
enaminestore.com/catalog/EN30...

Electrochemical imaging of thermochemical catalysis - Nature Catalysis Several thermochemical redox reactions have been shown to operate via the coupling of electrochemical half-reactions. Here, scanning electrochemical cell microscopy is employed to image the variations...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #echemsky #chemsky #mit @mit.edu @mitchemistry.bsky.social @nature.com

Webinar advertisement for Chemistry World, titled "High-throughput retrosynthesis for real-world chemistry." Scheduled for 24 March, 3-4PM UK time. Sponsored by Merck, with a "Register now" prompt.

Curious about modern retrosynthesis software tools?

Don’t miss the @chemistryworld.com webinar High‑throughput retrosynthesis for real‑world chemistry with Priyank Jain and Ewa Gajewska ➡️ https://rsc.li/47dlEcm #ChemSky