Alicia Casitas
@aliciacasitas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (W1) at @Uni_MR. Organometallic chemistry and sustainable catalysis. | mum | Views are my own
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✨Bürgenstock Special Section 2023✨
#Electrochemical insights⚡ Alicia Casitas @aliciacasitas.bsky.social & co-workers report reduction potentials for 50 iodine(III) reagents, including cyclic alkynyl, vinyl, aryl, CN, CF₃, and iodonium salts, measured by CV
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#Electrochemical insights⚡ Alicia Casitas @aliciacasitas.bsky.social & co-workers report reduction potentials for 50 iodine(III) reagents, including cyclic alkynyl, vinyl, aryl, CN, CF₃, and iodonium salts, measured by CV
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August 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
✨Bürgenstock Special Section 2023✨
#Electrochemical insights⚡ Alicia Casitas @aliciacasitas.bsky.social & co-workers report reduction potentials for 50 iodine(III) reagents, including cyclic alkynyl, vinyl, aryl, CN, CF₃, and iodonium salts, measured by CV
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#Electrochemical insights⚡ Alicia Casitas @aliciacasitas.bsky.social & co-workers report reduction potentials for 50 iodine(III) reagents, including cyclic alkynyl, vinyl, aryl, CN, CF₃, and iodonium salts, measured by CV
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
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Rethinking Iron Photoredox Catalysis
For Fe(III) complexes, excited-state redox potentials don’t follow the usual rules - standard estimation methods fall short
Joël Wellauer with Paul Francis & colleagues at Deakin University in @jacs.acspublications.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
For Fe(III) complexes, excited-state redox potentials don’t follow the usual rules - standard estimation methods fall short
Joël Wellauer with Paul Francis & colleagues at Deakin University in @jacs.acspublications.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Rethinking the Excited-State Redox Properties of Iron(III) Complexes for LMCT Photoredox Catalysis
The reduction potentials of electronically excited states are crucial input values for photoredox reaction design. Since they are not directly measurable, they are typically estimated from the corresp...
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August 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Rethinking Iron Photoredox Catalysis
For Fe(III) complexes, excited-state redox potentials don’t follow the usual rules - standard estimation methods fall short
Joël Wellauer with Paul Francis & colleagues at Deakin University in @jacs.acspublications.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
For Fe(III) complexes, excited-state redox potentials don’t follow the usual rules - standard estimation methods fall short
Joël Wellauer with Paul Francis & colleagues at Deakin University in @jacs.acspublications.org
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
JOB ALERT! 🚨 Are you interested in organic synthesis and catalysis? We have an open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. 👩🔬👨🔬 Deadline: 10th August 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: lnkd.in/e_f3Xerq
#chemsky
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July 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
JOB ALERT! 🚨 Are you interested in organic synthesis and catalysis? We have an open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. 👩🔬👨🔬 Deadline: 10th August 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: lnkd.in/e_f3Xerq
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Our paper on the synthesis of >50 iodine reagents, and the systematic analysis of their electrochemical properties, is just out in Synthesis @synthesis1969.bsky.social 🤩
⚠️Full disclosure: this is my very first paper without transition metals! 😜 read it here: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...
⚠️Full disclosure: this is my very first paper without transition metals! 😜 read it here: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...
July 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our paper on the synthesis of >50 iodine reagents, and the systematic analysis of their electrochemical properties, is just out in Synthesis @synthesis1969.bsky.social 🤩
⚠️Full disclosure: this is my very first paper without transition metals! 😜 read it here: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...
⚠️Full disclosure: this is my very first paper without transition metals! 😜 read it here: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...
Back in Marburg after attending @eucomc2025.bsky.social in #Bern🇨🇭. Thank you Eva @evaheviagroup.bsky.social and Martin @albrecht-lab.bsky.social for organizing such a wonderful conference!🤩 It was great to meet again colleagues within the organometallic chemistry community (and meet new ones!) 😃
Learning new tricks in organic synthesis using #earthabundant #transitionmetals including #Fe complexes in #highOxidationStates with inspiring @aliciacasitas.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social #plenary speaker #eucomc2025 #Fe #Co
July 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Back in Marburg after attending @eucomc2025.bsky.social in #Bern🇨🇭. Thank you Eva @evaheviagroup.bsky.social and Martin @albrecht-lab.bsky.social for organizing such a wonderful conference!🤩 It was great to meet again colleagues within the organometallic chemistry community (and meet new ones!) 😃
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🚨The poster abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the 28th International symposium: Synthesis in organic chemistry!
Don't miss your chance to present your latest research and network with your community. #chemsky #orgchem
⏳Submit by 12 May: invt.io/1txbdqnudtw
Don't miss your chance to present your latest research and network with your community. #chemsky #orgchem
⏳Submit by 12 May: invt.io/1txbdqnudtw
May 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🚨The poster abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the 28th International symposium: Synthesis in organic chemistry!
Don't miss your chance to present your latest research and network with your community. #chemsky #orgchem
⏳Submit by 12 May: invt.io/1txbdqnudtw
Don't miss your chance to present your latest research and network with your community. #chemsky #orgchem
⏳Submit by 12 May: invt.io/1txbdqnudtw
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One of the largest open questions in anaerobic metabolism solved. The best work of my lab yet, performed by the incredible hard working, talented and motivated coworkers: @fidelormz.bsky.social , @sophia-pa.bsky.social and @rnfr2d2.bsky.social. I am a proud PI today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structure of the ATP-driven methyl-coenzyme M reductase activation complex - Nature
The structure and function of the MCR activation complex from Methanococcus maripaludis were revealed, demonstrating its ATP-dependent ability to activate MCR and form methane while uncovering a uniqu...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
One of the largest open questions in anaerobic metabolism solved. The best work of my lab yet, performed by the incredible hard working, talented and motivated coworkers: @fidelormz.bsky.social , @sophia-pa.bsky.social and @rnfr2d2.bsky.social. I am a proud PI today!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Join us for this Thieme #Cheminar, where leading researchers will showcase their cutting-edge work in #Synthesis and #Catalysis. Chaired by @synthesis1969.bsky.social editorial board member, Prof. Daniele Leonori.
📅 April 16, 2025 | ⏰ 11:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: cassyni.com/events/YTX49...
📅 April 16, 2025 | ⏰ 11:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: cassyni.com/events/YTX49...
April 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Join us for this Thieme #Cheminar, where leading researchers will showcase their cutting-edge work in #Synthesis and #Catalysis. Chaired by @synthesis1969.bsky.social editorial board member, Prof. Daniele Leonori.
📅 April 16, 2025 | ⏰ 11:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: cassyni.com/events/YTX49...
📅 April 16, 2025 | ⏰ 11:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: cassyni.com/events/YTX49...
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I used this paper to generate the 3d-printable orbitals, very easy to follow!
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Do-It-Yourself 5-Color 3D Printing of Molecular Orbitals and Electron Density Surfaces
This report outlines an approach for preparing 5-color 3D printed plastic models of molecular orbitals and electron density surfaces using a hobby-grade 3D printer. Instructions are provided for prepa...
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March 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I used this paper to generate the 3d-printable orbitals, very easy to follow!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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BASF launched Germany’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany to produce zero-carbon hydrogen
Germany’s Largest Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer Begins Operation at BASF - ChemistryViews
BASF launched Germany’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany to produce zero-carbon hydrogen
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March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
BASF launched Germany’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany to produce zero-carbon hydrogen
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If you wonder about how to harness innate excited-state reactivity in TM photocatalysis to design new synthetic methods, you can find some guidelines and a rationalization attending to orbitals in this Perspective, just published in
ACSCatalysis @acs.org:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
(1/3)
ACSCatalysis @acs.org:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
(1/3)
Catalysis in the Excited State: Bringing Innate Transition Metal Photochemistry into Play
Transition metal catalysis is an indispensable tool for organic synthesis that has been harnessed, modulated, and perfected for many decades by careful selection of metal centers and ligands, giving r...
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March 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If you wonder about how to harness innate excited-state reactivity in TM photocatalysis to design new synthetic methods, you can find some guidelines and a rationalization attending to orbitals in this Perspective, just published in
ACSCatalysis @acs.org:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
(1/3)
ACSCatalysis @acs.org:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
(1/3)
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Planar Chirality
@makingmolecules.com
@makingmolecules.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Planar Chirality
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@makingmolecules.com
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📢 Registration now open for the International School of Organometallic Chemistry 'Marcial Moreno Mañas'! Don't miss your chance to attend to this great meeting. Registration will be open until April 30th! We hope to see you here between June 11-13th! 👇 sites.google.com/uji.es/isocm...
February 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📢 Registration now open for the International School of Organometallic Chemistry 'Marcial Moreno Mañas'! Don't miss your chance to attend to this great meeting. Registration will be open until April 30th! We hope to see you here between June 11-13th! 👇 sites.google.com/uji.es/isocm...
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There are more beautiful places in the world no doubt, but right now I can’t think of any (except my beautiful Canada).
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
There are more beautiful places in the world no doubt, but right now I can’t think of any (except my beautiful Canada).
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Now available @chemrxiv.bsky.social, and inspired by the work of @pepcornella.bsky.social, Keary Engle and John Montgomery... we exploit the redox non-innocent nature of BIAN ligands to deliver bench-stable low valent nickel precatalysts for use in coupling rxns chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
January 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Now available @chemrxiv.bsky.social, and inspired by the work of @pepcornella.bsky.social, Keary Engle and John Montgomery... we exploit the redox non-innocent nature of BIAN ligands to deliver bench-stable low valent nickel precatalysts for use in coupling rxns chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Wer heute ein Chemiestudium beginnt und promovieren möchte, braucht Ausdauer. Im Jahr 2023 betrug die durchschnittliche Studiendauer in Chemie von Studienbeginn bis zum Doktorhut durchschnittlich 20,7 Semester.
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German Chemical Society (GDCh) on LinkedIn: #chemiestudium #karriereinderchemie #promotion #statistik
🔬 Das Chemiestudium ist ein Marathon – kein Sprint! 🏃♂️💨
Wer heute ein Chemiestudium beginnt und promovieren möchte, braucht Ausdauer. Im Jahr 2023 betrug…
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January 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Wer heute ein Chemiestudium beginnt und promovieren möchte, braucht Ausdauer. Im Jahr 2023 betrug die durchschnittliche Studiendauer in Chemie von Studienbeginn bis zum Doktorhut durchschnittlich 20,7 Semester.
www.linkedin.com/posts/gdch-d...
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Today we had the pleasure to host Prof. Ala Bunescu from Bonn University 🤩 Ala shared her research on transition metal (photo)catalyzed reactions for sustainable chemistry. Check their latest paper to learn more about iron photocatalysis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Today we had the pleasure to host Prof. Ala Bunescu from Bonn University 🤩 Ala shared her research on transition metal (photo)catalyzed reactions for sustainable chemistry. Check their latest paper to learn more about iron photocatalysis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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To inaugurate our account: Really excited to share our last work on Ir(II) vs Ir(I) as catalysts (Ir(II) wins, but share the same mechanism!): Now at
@NatureChemistry
"An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization" nature.com/articles/s41...
@NatureChemistry
"An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization" nature.com/articles/s41...
An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization - Nature Chemistry
The chemistry of precious-metal-based open-shell mononuclear complexes remains underdeveloped. Now it has been shown that iridium metalloradicals enable Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox cycles and catalyse olefin ...
nature.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
To inaugurate our account: Really excited to share our last work on Ir(II) vs Ir(I) as catalysts (Ir(II) wins, but share the same mechanism!): Now at
@NatureChemistry
"An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization" nature.com/articles/s41...
@NatureChemistry
"An open-shell Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox couple outperforms an Ir(I)/Ir(III) pair in olefin isomerization" nature.com/articles/s41...
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Associate professor or Tenure-track assistant professor in computational drug development, U Copenhagen 🇩🇰 employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... #compchem
163163 Associate professor or Tenure-track assistant professor in computational drug development
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January 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Associate professor or Tenure-track assistant professor in computational drug development, U Copenhagen 🇩🇰 employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... #compchem
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Reminder: Virtual Symposium is tomorrow anuary 15, 2025 @ 12 noon ET feat. Yang Yang @yang2biocat (UC Santa Barbara) & Julian West @pushingarrows (Rice University)
Watch for free:
YouTube: zurl.co/DHJuv
Zoom: zurl.co/oxRtz
Thank you to @BeyondCCHF
Watch for free:
YouTube: zurl.co/DHJuv
Zoom: zurl.co/oxRtz
Thank you to @BeyondCCHF
January 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reminder: Virtual Symposium is tomorrow anuary 15, 2025 @ 12 noon ET feat. Yang Yang @yang2biocat (UC Santa Barbara) & Julian West @pushingarrows (Rice University)
Watch for free:
YouTube: zurl.co/DHJuv
Zoom: zurl.co/oxRtz
Thank you to @BeyondCCHF
Watch for free:
YouTube: zurl.co/DHJuv
Zoom: zurl.co/oxRtz
Thank you to @BeyondCCHF
In January not only arrived the snow in Marburg, ☃️ but also our DFG grant funding kicked off – it will allow us to continue exploring the synthesis of organoiron(IV) complexes and their reactivity! 🤩🥳 Thank you @dfgpublic.bsky.social #Chemsky #Uni_MR Picture of the Chemistry Department last Friday!
January 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In January not only arrived the snow in Marburg, ☃️ but also our DFG grant funding kicked off – it will allow us to continue exploring the synthesis of organoiron(IV) complexes and their reactivity! 🤩🥳 Thank you @dfgpublic.bsky.social #Chemsky #Uni_MR Picture of the Chemistry Department last Friday!
Very excited to participate in EUCOMC2025 next July! 🤩 See you all in beautiful Bern 👩🔬🧑🔬 @eucomc2025.bsky.social #chemsky
Have a look at our exciting line up of #PlenarySpeakers #EUCOMC2025
More news to come soon with more details about them and also our #KeynoteSpeakers #OrganometallicChem #Bern2024
More news to come soon with more details about them and also our #KeynoteSpeakers #OrganometallicChem #Bern2024
January 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Very excited to participate in EUCOMC2025 next July! 🤩 See you all in beautiful Bern 👩🔬🧑🔬 @eucomc2025.bsky.social #chemsky
JOB ALERT! 🚨Still 10 days to apply to the open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: acortar.link/Y34YYd #chemsky 👩🔬👨🔬
January 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
JOB ALERT! 🚨Still 10 days to apply to the open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: acortar.link/Y34YYd #chemsky 👩🔬👨🔬
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Hi Manuel, Happy New Year! You can use Decimer.ai by Christoph Steinbeck & team. Simply copy the structure from a screen or PDF, paste it into Decimer to get the SMILES, and then paste the SMILES into ChemDraw. #ChemSky
January 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Hi Manuel, Happy New Year! You can use Decimer.ai by Christoph Steinbeck & team. Simply copy the structure from a screen or PDF, paste it into Decimer to get the SMILES, and then paste the SMILES into ChemDraw. #ChemSky