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Celebrating our 15th year in 2025! 🌐 Website: rsc.li/chemscience
Celebrating our 15th year in 2025! 🌐 Website: rsc.li/chemscience
🎄On the 11th day of Christmas, Hai-Yan Hu, Yan-Fang Zhu, and Yao Zhao et al. gave to us, a paper on sodium!
“Periodic Law-Guided Design of Highly Stable O3-Type Layered Oxide Cathodes for Practical Sodium-Ion Batteries”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
“Periodic Law-Guided Design of Highly Stable O3-Type Layered Oxide Cathodes for Practical Sodium-Ion Batteries”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
January 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🎄On the 11th day of Christmas, Hai-Yan Hu, Yan-Fang Zhu, and Yao Zhao et al. gave to us, a paper on sodium!
“Periodic Law-Guided Design of Highly Stable O3-Type Layered Oxide Cathodes for Practical Sodium-Ion Batteries”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
“Periodic Law-Guided Design of Highly Stable O3-Type Layered Oxide Cathodes for Practical Sodium-Ion Batteries”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
🎄On the 10th day of Christmas, Erwin Reisner et al. gave to us, a paper on gases and light!
“Adapting gas fermenting bacteria for light-driven domino valorization of CO2”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Adapting gas fermenting bacteria for light-driven domino valorization of CO2”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🎄On the 10th day of Christmas, Erwin Reisner et al. gave to us, a paper on gases and light!
“Adapting gas fermenting bacteria for light-driven domino valorization of CO2”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Adapting gas fermenting bacteria for light-driven domino valorization of CO2”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Our ChemSci Pick of the Week for this week is "Directing robust built-in electric fields via imine linkage orientation in COFs for efficient dehydrogenative organic transformation coupled with H2O2 photosynthesis" by Enwei Zhu, Yongfa Zhu and Chen Chen
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Our ChemSci Pick of the Week for this week is "Directing robust built-in electric fields via imine linkage orientation in COFs for efficient dehydrogenative organic transformation coupled with H2O2 photosynthesis" by Enwei Zhu, Yongfa Zhu and Chen Chen
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
🎄On the 9th day of Christmas, Yoichi Kobayashi et al. gave to us, a paper on fluorine!
“Photocatalytic defluorination of perfluoroalkyl substances by surface-engineered ZnO nanocrystals”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Photocatalytic defluorination of perfluoroalkyl substances by surface-engineered ZnO nanocrystals”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
🎄On the 9th day of Christmas, Yoichi Kobayashi et al. gave to us, a paper on fluorine!
“Photocatalytic defluorination of perfluoroalkyl substances by surface-engineered ZnO nanocrystals”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Photocatalytic defluorination of perfluoroalkyl substances by surface-engineered ZnO nanocrystals”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
HNY from Chemical Science! We wish you all a successful and peaceful 2026!
Thank you to all of our readers, authors, and reviewers for making 2025 a huge success! We were delighted by the excellent papers in our 15th anniversary collections and we're excited for 2026!
#ChemSky #HNY #2026
Thank you to all of our readers, authors, and reviewers for making 2025 a huge success! We were delighted by the excellent papers in our 15th anniversary collections and we're excited for 2026!
#ChemSky #HNY #2026
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Unimolecular stimuli-responsive nanomaterials
Stable, biocompatible, & optically self-reporting nanomaterials printed in microstructures using a Nanoscribe two-photon system.
Kudos to the @sydney.edu.au & @uniheidelberg.bsky.social teams!
More: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Stable, biocompatible, & optically self-reporting nanomaterials printed in microstructures using a Nanoscribe two-photon system.
Kudos to the @sydney.edu.au & @uniheidelberg.bsky.social teams!
More: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
A printable, unimolecular, core–shell polymer bottlebrush-based signal transducer using solvatochromatic reporting - Chemical Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D5SC07029E
Chenyou Zhang a, Samantha O. Catt b, Tom Hawtrey cde, Ping Zeng a, Haoxiang Zeng a, Simran D. Kerai a, Yen Theng Cheng a, Moritz P. Hopp b, Qinqin Yang a, Elizabeth J. New cde, Eva Blasco *b and…
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December 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Unimolecular stimuli-responsive nanomaterials
Stable, biocompatible, & optically self-reporting nanomaterials printed in microstructures using a Nanoscribe two-photon system.
Kudos to the @sydney.edu.au & @uniheidelberg.bsky.social teams!
More: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Stable, biocompatible, & optically self-reporting nanomaterials printed in microstructures using a Nanoscribe two-photon system.
Kudos to the @sydney.edu.au & @uniheidelberg.bsky.social teams!
More: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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📣Very nice Christmas present! Just published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org the result of a collaboration with J.J. Weigand in Dresden. we report the synthesis and mechanistic study of Cationic Phospha-Wittig reaction! 👇👏@dquimicauib.bsky.social @uib.cat
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December 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📣Very nice Christmas present! Just published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org the result of a collaboration with J.J. Weigand in Dresden. we report the synthesis and mechanistic study of Cationic Phospha-Wittig reaction! 👇👏@dquimicauib.bsky.social @uib.cat
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Happy to share that our research on rare 1D organometallic lanthanide chain compounds got highlighted on the Outside Back Cover 😎🥳😊! Thanks Chemical Science! Happy Holidays from the Demir Group 💚🤍!
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December 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happy to share that our research on rare 1D organometallic lanthanide chain compounds got highlighted on the Outside Back Cover 😎🥳😊! Thanks Chemical Science! Happy Holidays from the Demir Group 💚🤍!
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Structural & electronic modulations of copper enzyme lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase upon chitin binding (via @chemicalscience.rsc.org)
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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Structural and electronic modulations of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) upon chitin binding: insights from X-ray spectroscopy
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) play a critical role in the depolymerization of recalcitrant polysaccharides, such as chitin, making them of interest in biotechnological applications. Thes...
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December 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Structural & electronic modulations of copper enzyme lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase upon chitin binding (via @chemicalscience.rsc.org)
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Dr Sami Lakhdar (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) is highlighted in our Reviewer Spotlight! Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/sc/202...
January 2, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Dr Sami Lakhdar (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) is highlighted in our Reviewer Spotlight! Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/sc/202...
🎄On the 8th day of Christmas, Kazunari Domen et al. gave to us, a paper on oxygen!
“Z-scheme overall water splitting on photocatalyst sheet mediated by carbon nanotubes using oxysulfide photocatalyst responsive to long wavelengths”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Z-scheme overall water splitting on photocatalyst sheet mediated by carbon nanotubes using oxysulfide photocatalyst responsive to long wavelengths”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🎄On the 8th day of Christmas, Kazunari Domen et al. gave to us, a paper on oxygen!
“Z-scheme overall water splitting on photocatalyst sheet mediated by carbon nanotubes using oxysulfide photocatalyst responsive to long wavelengths”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Z-scheme overall water splitting on photocatalyst sheet mediated by carbon nanotubes using oxysulfide photocatalyst responsive to long wavelengths”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
🎄On the 7th day of Christmas, Anindita Das et al. gave to us, a paper on N!
“Crystallization-driven 2D assemblies from a phenothiazine-conjugated poly(l-lactide): redox-responsive tunable emission, white-light harvesting and surface-enabled NP decoration”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Crystallization-driven 2D assemblies from a phenothiazine-conjugated poly(l-lactide): redox-responsive tunable emission, white-light harvesting and surface-enabled NP decoration”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄On the 7th day of Christmas, Anindita Das et al. gave to us, a paper on N!
“Crystallization-driven 2D assemblies from a phenothiazine-conjugated poly(l-lactide): redox-responsive tunable emission, white-light harvesting and surface-enabled NP decoration”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Crystallization-driven 2D assemblies from a phenothiazine-conjugated poly(l-lactide): redox-responsive tunable emission, white-light harvesting and surface-enabled NP decoration”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
🎄On the 6th day of Christmas, Vivek Polshettiwar et al. gave to us, a paper on carbon!
“Synthesis of Synergistic Catalysts: Integrating Defects, SMSI, and Plasmonic Effects for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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“Synthesis of Synergistic Catalysts: Integrating Defects, SMSI, and Plasmonic Effects for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄On the 6th day of Christmas, Vivek Polshettiwar et al. gave to us, a paper on carbon!
“Synthesis of Synergistic Catalysts: Integrating Defects, SMSI, and Plasmonic Effects for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Featured in: rsc.li/chemsci-commu...
“Synthesis of Synergistic Catalysts: Integrating Defects, SMSI, and Plasmonic Effects for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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🎄On the 5th day of Christmas, R. Graham Cooks et al. gave to us, a paper on boron!
“Accelerated Click Reactions using Boronic Acids for Heterocyclic Synthesis in Microdroplets”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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“Accelerated Click Reactions using Boronic Acids for Heterocyclic Synthesis in Microdroplets”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄On the 5th day of Christmas, R. Graham Cooks et al. gave to us, a paper on boron!
“Accelerated Click Reactions using Boronic Acids for Heterocyclic Synthesis in Microdroplets”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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“Accelerated Click Reactions using Boronic Acids for Heterocyclic Synthesis in Microdroplets”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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🎄On the 4th day of Christmas, Andrès Reyes et al. gave to us, a paper on beryllium!
“Watch out electrons!: Positron Binding Redefines Chemical Bonding in Be2”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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“Watch out electrons!: Positron Binding Redefines Chemical Bonding in Be2”
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December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄On the 4th day of Christmas, Andrès Reyes et al. gave to us, a paper on beryllium!
“Watch out electrons!: Positron Binding Redefines Chemical Bonding in Be2”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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“Watch out electrons!: Positron Binding Redefines Chemical Bonding in Be2”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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🎄 On the 3rd day of Christmas, Jin Han and Ya You et al. gave to us, a paper on lithium!
“Stabilizing electrode-electrolyte interface for high-voltage Li||LiCoO2 cells by dual electrolyte additives”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Featured in: rsc.li/sc-15li25
“Stabilizing electrode-electrolyte interface for high-voltage Li||LiCoO2 cells by dual electrolyte additives”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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December 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄 On the 3rd day of Christmas, Jin Han and Ya You et al. gave to us, a paper on lithium!
“Stabilizing electrode-electrolyte interface for high-voltage Li||LiCoO2 cells by dual electrolyte additives”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
Featured in: rsc.li/sc-15li25
“Stabilizing electrode-electrolyte interface for high-voltage Li||LiCoO2 cells by dual electrolyte additives”
Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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🎄 On the 2nd day of Christmas, Yanhua Li and Na Li et al. gave to us, a paper on gases!
“Gas-mediated cancer therapy: advances in delivery strategies and therapeutic mechanisms”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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“Gas-mediated cancer therapy: advances in delivery strategies and therapeutic mechanisms”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎄 On the 2nd day of Christmas, Yanhua Li and Na Li et al. gave to us, a paper on gases!
“Gas-mediated cancer therapy: advances in delivery strategies and therapeutic mechanisms”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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“Gas-mediated cancer therapy: advances in delivery strategies and therapeutic mechanisms”
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Merry Xmas from @chemicalscience.rsc.org🎄On the 1st day of Christmas, Yangfan Lu and Hongwen Huang et al. gave to us, a paper on hydrogen!
“Understanding the strain effect in alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction over well-defined Ru surfaces: insights into catalyst design” doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Understanding the strain effect in alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction over well-defined Ru surfaces: insights into catalyst design” doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Merry Xmas from @chemicalscience.rsc.org🎄On the 1st day of Christmas, Yangfan Lu and Hongwen Huang et al. gave to us, a paper on hydrogen!
“Understanding the strain effect in alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction over well-defined Ru surfaces: insights into catalyst design” doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
“Understanding the strain effect in alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction over well-defined Ru surfaces: insights into catalyst design” doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
🎁 It’s Day 24 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “A Tetraazanaphthalene Radical-Bridged Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnet with a Large Coercive Field” by Selvan Demir et al.!
Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5SC05358G
Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5SC05358G
December 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎁 It’s Day 24 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “A Tetraazanaphthalene Radical-Bridged Dysprosium Single-Molecule Magnet with a Large Coercive Field” by Selvan Demir et al.!
Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5SC05358G
Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5SC05358G
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I was in the lab when this started and it began my love of paracyclophanes! Now I just need an excuse to work with them…
🎁 It’s Day 20 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Sulfenate Anion Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Aziridination” by Javier Adrio and Patrick Walsh et al.!
Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5S...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I was in the lab when this started and it began my love of paracyclophanes! Now I just need an excuse to work with them…
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Congrats to Ethan, Tristan and the team on getting the latest @chemicalscience.rsc.org Pick of the Week pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
The role of transmembrane proton transport rates in mild mitochondrial uncoupling by arylamide substituted fatty acids
Mitochondrial uncoupling by small molecule protonophores is a promising therapeutic strategy for leading diseases including obesity, diabetes and cancer, however the clinical potential of these agents...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Congrats to Ethan, Tristan and the team on getting the latest @chemicalscience.rsc.org Pick of the Week pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is from Tristan Rawling, @profphilgale.bsky.social, et al.
"The role of transmembrane proton transport rates in mild mitochondrial uncoupling by arylamide substituted fatty acids"
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"The role of transmembrane proton transport rates in mild mitochondrial uncoupling by arylamide substituted fatty acids"
Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is from Tristan Rawling, @profphilgale.bsky.social, et al.
"The role of transmembrane proton transport rates in mild mitochondrial uncoupling by arylamide substituted fatty acids"
Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#ChemSky
"The role of transmembrane proton transport rates in mild mitochondrial uncoupling by arylamide substituted fatty acids"
Read it here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
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Our reviewer spotlight highlights those in the Chemical Science community that contribute their expertise towards peer review. Our latest Reviewer Spotlight features Professor Liliana Quintanar (Cinvestav).
Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/sc/202...
Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/sc/202...
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our reviewer spotlight highlights those in the Chemical Science community that contribute their expertise towards peer review. Our latest Reviewer Spotlight features Professor Liliana Quintanar (Cinvestav).
Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/sc/202...
Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/sc/202...
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Really happy to share our recent publication on LPMO metalloenzymes, with new mechanistic insights into these fascinating copper enzymes. And the paper was selected for the back cover.
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Grateful for the collaboration and excited for what’s next!
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Grateful for the collaboration and excited for what’s next!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Structural and electronic modulations of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) upon chitin binding: insights from X-ray spectroscopy
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) play a critical role in the depolymerization of recalcitrant polysaccharides, such as chitin, making them of interest in biotechnological applications. Thes...
pubs.rsc.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Really happy to share our recent publication on LPMO metalloenzymes, with new mechanistic insights into these fascinating copper enzymes. And the paper was selected for the back cover.
@chemicalscience.rsc.org
Grateful for the collaboration and excited for what’s next!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
@chemicalscience.rsc.org
Grateful for the collaboration and excited for what’s next!
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My favorite 2025 #PfizerChemistry publications #12daysOfPapers 10/n:
Alkylation of R-SO2F with carbon nucleophiles out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
- a collaboration with the awesome @ballnchemist.bsky.social
and his amazing undergrads at @pomonacollege.bsky.social
#ChemSky #Chemchat
Alkylation of R-SO2F with carbon nucleophiles out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
- a collaboration with the awesome @ballnchemist.bsky.social
and his amazing undergrads at @pomonacollege.bsky.social
#ChemSky #Chemchat
Sulfur fluoride exchange with carbon pronucleophiles
Aryl alkyl sulfones are an important class of compounds in drug discovery; thus, new methods toward their synthesis are desirable. A general sulfur fluoride exchange (SuFEx) method to couple aryl sulf...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My favorite 2025 #PfizerChemistry publications #12daysOfPapers 10/n:
Alkylation of R-SO2F with carbon nucleophiles out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
- a collaboration with the awesome @ballnchemist.bsky.social
and his amazing undergrads at @pomonacollege.bsky.social
#ChemSky #Chemchat
Alkylation of R-SO2F with carbon nucleophiles out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
- a collaboration with the awesome @ballnchemist.bsky.social
and his amazing undergrads at @pomonacollege.bsky.social
#ChemSky #Chemchat