Jiaxiang Chu
@jiaxiangchu.bsky.social
Organometallic chemistry at University of Chinese Academy of sciences
Our work on Carbocation-Coupled Electron Transfer is now in Inorg Chem. An α-ferrocenylmethylium isn’t just a carbocation—it’s a masked primary alkyl radical that couples with radicals, adds across π-bonds and C–H-activates heterocycles. New radical route to C–X bonds. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Our work on Carbocation-Coupled Electron Transfer is now in Inorg Chem. An α-ferrocenylmethylium isn’t just a carbocation—it’s a masked primary alkyl radical that couples with radicals, adds across π-bonds and C–H-activates heterocycles. New radical route to C–X bonds. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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If you were going to teach a class involving photoredox chemistry, and metallophotoredox chemistry, to grad students, what would your must-have reviews be?
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you were going to teach a class involving photoredox chemistry, and metallophotoredox chemistry, to grad students, what would your must-have reviews be?
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TIRE CHANGE: First Mg(I) complex with a Cp* ligand enables facile ligand exchange. Reaction with RONa gives (BDI)Mg-MgOR and Cp*Na. This paves the way for syntheses of many new asymmetric Mg(I) complexes. @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
TIRE CHANGE: First Mg(I) complex with a Cp* ligand enables facile ligand exchange. Reaction with RONa gives (BDI)Mg-MgOR and Cp*Na. This paves the way for syntheses of many new asymmetric Mg(I) complexes. @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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For the first time, researchers have created an all-carbon molecular ring that is stable in solution at room temperature, with a bit of supramolecular support. cen.acs.org/physical-che...
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![The first all-carbon ring that’s stable at room temperature
Researchers thread cyclo[48]carbon into a supramolecular assembly, rendering it stable enough to characterize](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u4u4yeik2uube2g6ov7wr35p/bafkreibilpzzg33oj5yn2awnrlyj5p43wldubhv4difpmifkahu4ggar7y@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
For the first time, researchers have created an all-carbon molecular ring that is stable in solution at room temperature, with a bit of supramolecular support. cen.acs.org/physical-che...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
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Life as an analytical chemist is funny. #ChemSky
Me: look at that weird peak!
User: oh no i don't want to see that weird peak
Me: look at this impurity peak increasing over time!
User: oh no i don't want to see that peak increasing
Me: wow this molecule fell apart in an interesting way!
User: 😑
Me: look at that weird peak!
User: oh no i don't want to see that weird peak
Me: look at this impurity peak increasing over time!
User: oh no i don't want to see that peak increasing
Me: wow this molecule fell apart in an interesting way!
User: 😑
July 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Life as an analytical chemist is funny. #ChemSky
Me: look at that weird peak!
User: oh no i don't want to see that weird peak
Me: look at this impurity peak increasing over time!
User: oh no i don't want to see that peak increasing
Me: wow this molecule fell apart in an interesting way!
User: 😑
Me: look at that weird peak!
User: oh no i don't want to see that weird peak
Me: look at this impurity peak increasing over time!
User: oh no i don't want to see that peak increasing
Me: wow this molecule fell apart in an interesting way!
User: 😑
Our work on benzene ring opening was featured by C&EN, and we are proud of it!
Two centuries after Faraday’s landmark discovery, researchers in China have discovered that an iconoclastic duo of metal complexes can open benzene’s robust ring at room temperature. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪
Breaking benzene
Scandium and chromium compounds team up to convert iconic molecule into linear product at room temperature
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July 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our work on benzene ring opening was featured by C&EN, and we are proud of it!
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A Ca(I) synthon with bridging N2 is key to the synthesis of homometallic Ca peroxide and oxide complexes. In solution, the Ca oxide complex decomposes even at -80 C. It can only be prepared in the solid state. @ChemCommun @RoySocChem shorturl.at/AUoWM
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A Ca(I) synthon with bridging N2 is key to the synthesis of homometallic Ca peroxide and oxide complexes. In solution, the Ca oxide complex decomposes even at -80 C. It can only be prepared in the solid state. @ChemCommun @RoySocChem shorturl.at/AUoWM
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Happy to share that our paper entitled "Neutral P4 coordination and reduction at alkaline earth metal centers" is now online in @cp-chem.bsky.social! Here is a short animated video to accompany this work 🧪💎
tinyurl.com/23vbtuju
#ozchem #scicomm #blender #maingroupchem
tinyurl.com/23vbtuju
#ozchem #scicomm #blender #maingroupchem
July 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Happy to share that our paper entitled "Neutral P4 coordination and reduction at alkaline earth metal centers" is now online in @cp-chem.bsky.social! Here is a short animated video to accompany this work 🧪💎
tinyurl.com/23vbtuju
#ozchem #scicomm #blender #maingroupchem
tinyurl.com/23vbtuju
#ozchem #scicomm #blender #maingroupchem
Our work on the room-temperature ring-opening of benzene is now published in JACS. Great teamwork and thanks for the kind comments from the reviewers!
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Room Temperature Ring Opening of Benzene by Four-Electron Reduction and Carbonylation
Cleaving a benzene ring under mild conditions requires disrupting its aromaticity, which is a significant challenge in modern chemistry. Although the generation of cyclic products from cleaving benzen...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our work on the room-temperature ring-opening of benzene is now published in JACS. Great teamwork and thanks for the kind comments from the reviewers!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Call For Papers for Special Inorganic Chemistry Issue “Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Coordination Chemistry”
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April 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Call For Papers for Special Inorganic Chemistry Issue “Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Coordination Chemistry”
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Nature Communications is looking to hire an organic chemist – more details in the link below #Chemsky #Chemjobs 🧪
Associate or Senior Editor (Organic Chemistry), Nature Communications
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor (Organic Chemistry), Nature Communications Organisation: Nature Portfolio Locations: Jersey City, London, New York, Philadelphia or Washington DC - hybrid working...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM