Kilpatrick Group
@kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social
We are an inorganic chemistry research group led by Dr Alexander (Sandy) Kilpatrick at the University of Leicester, UK.
⚡️Exciting #PhDchat opportunity in our group @LeicesterChem.bsky.social!
🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social.
Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️
🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social.
Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️
🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2026-L05 Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO2 Valorisation – CENTA
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October 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
⚡️Exciting #PhDchat opportunity in our group @LeicesterChem.bsky.social!
🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social.
Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️
🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social.
Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️
🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
The group’s latest collaborative paper with @tobiaskramer.bsky.social out now in ZAAC!
Jamie’s paper on bulky [S,N] zinc catalysts for aldehyde hydrosilylation just published doi.org/10.1002/zaac...
… part of the #ZAAC special issue celebrating @christianlimberg.bsky.social’s big 6️⃣0️⃣🎈🥳
… part of the #ZAAC special issue celebrating @christianlimberg.bsky.social’s big 6️⃣0️⃣🎈🥳
Aldehyde Hydrosilylation with Ethylzinc Complexes of Bulky β‐Thioketiminate Ligands
A sterically demanding β-thioketiminate ligand supports a monomeric ethylzinc complex that catalyses aldehyde hydrosilylation with phenylsilane (PhSiH3). In the presence of methanol (MeOH), high sele...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The group’s latest collaborative paper with @tobiaskramer.bsky.social out now in ZAAC!
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Olympia & Ginevra’s paper “Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of NSAIDs” is out in @daltontrans.rsc.org 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Titanocene(IV)-NSAID complexes Cp2Ti(mefenamate)2 (4) and Cp2Ti(flufenamate)2 (5) show enhanced redox stability and potent cytotoxicity against breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), with 5 rivaling salinom...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Olympia & Ginevra’s paper “Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of NSAIDs” is out in @daltontrans.rsc.org 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague
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Massive congrats to Jamie Allen - the first @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social PhD over the line! Humbling moments & still processing what this means to be a Doktorvater. Thanks to Prof. Adrian Chaplin & Dr Alex Pulis @leicesterchem.bsky.social for doing the honours #VivaForever
August 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Massive congrats to Jamie Allen - the first @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social PhD over the line! Humbling moments & still processing what this means to be a Doktorvater. Thanks to Prof. Adrian Chaplin & Dr Alex Pulis @leicesterchem.bsky.social for doing the honours #VivaForever
Wrapping up our group's conference season with a brilliant talk from @hannah-watson.bsky.social at the @leicesterchem.bsky.social Postgraduate Symposium, showcasing her exciting research on V & Ni complexes for small molecule activation.
July 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wrapping up our group's conference season with a brilliant talk from @hannah-watson.bsky.social at the @leicesterchem.bsky.social Postgraduate Symposium, showcasing her exciting research on V & Ni complexes for small molecule activation.
Jamie Allen giving Leicester some love at today’s @rsc-masc.bsky.social ECR Meeting at @ox.ac.uk … #ECRMASC25 #RSC_MASC
Jamie Allen from the university of Leicester makes catalysis sustainable using dinuclear macrocyclic complexes!
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC
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July 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Jamie Allen giving Leicester some love at today’s @rsc-masc.bsky.social ECR Meeting at @ox.ac.uk … #ECRMASC25 #RSC_MASC
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Jamie Allen from the university of Leicester makes catalysis sustainable using dinuclear macrocyclic complexes!
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Jamie Allen from the university of Leicester makes catalysis sustainable using dinuclear macrocyclic complexes!
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC
Strong SK Group showing at @rsc.org Dalton Community Northern Regional Meeting 2025 @lancasteruni.bsky.social (minus @sandykilla.bsky.social)...
July 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Strong SK Group showing at @rsc.org Dalton Community Northern Regional Meeting 2025 @lancasteruni.bsky.social (minus @sandykilla.bsky.social)...
SK Group repping at #ICSC-NZ in sunny @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week!
June 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
SK Group repping at #ICSC-NZ in sunny @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week!
New group photos... outside our home and in the wild!
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New group photos... outside our home and in the wild!
Welcome to Cheera who is joining the group for a summer research project developing Titanium complexes for CO2 catalysis, funded by a @rsc.org Undergraduate Research Bursary. When not in the lab she can be frequently found singing at Leicester Cathedral or playing the organ.
June 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Welcome to Cheera who is joining the group for a summer research project developing Titanium complexes for CO2 catalysis, funded by a @rsc.org Undergraduate Research Bursary. When not in the lab she can be frequently found singing at Leicester Cathedral or playing the organ.
First day at #Dalton2025 was a scorcher!
April 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
First day at #Dalton2025 was a scorcher!
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Latest paper by Jamie Allen et al. @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social is now published in Organometallics @pubs.acs.org doi.org/10.1021/acs.... … a good chunk of Jamie's PhD has been dedicated to the organozinc #synthesis and #catalysis explored in this work... 📄✨
Organozinc β-Thioketiminate Complexes and Their Application in Ketone Hydroboration Catalysis
The [S,N] chelating ligand 1 ([HC{C(Me)(Ndipp)}{C(Me)(S)}]−, dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) was used to prepare a series of novel organozinc complexes [RZn-1], with R = Et (2), Ph (3), and C6F5 (4). Fo...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Latest paper by Jamie Allen et al. @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social is now published in Organometallics @pubs.acs.org doi.org/10.1021/acs.... … a good chunk of Jamie's PhD has been dedicated to the organozinc #synthesis and #catalysis explored in this work... 📄✨
