Matt Saucier
@mattsaucier.bsky.social
Managing Editor at ACS for JOC/OrgLett/OPR&D/ACS Catalysis. I also handle @JOC_OL on X/Twitter account ( https://x.com/JOC_OL )--what you are used to seeing there, you can find here! Views are my own. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattsaucier15
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🚨Special Issue Alert🚨
π-Conjugated Molecules & Materials in #OrgLett
Honoring August Kekulé and Eric Clar, this Special Issue showcases everything from CPL and optoelectronics, to nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds and nanohoops.
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π-Conjugated Molecules & Materials in #OrgLett
Honoring August Kekulé and Eric Clar, this Special Issue showcases everything from CPL and optoelectronics, to nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds and nanohoops.
pubs.acs.org/page/orlef7/...
In situ TEM doesn't get the full picture. Atomic-resolution imaging is powerful, but sub-nanosecond catalyst dynamics remains difficult. This #EditorsChoice #ACSCatalysis Viewpoint shows why we need more than TEM by Tibor Szilvási
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Temporal Resolution of In Situ TEM Limits the Characterization of Catalyst Site Dynamics
In situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides a means for capturing atomic-resolution micrographs under reactive environments and has been widely employed to identify active site candidates ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In situ TEM doesn't get the full picture. Atomic-resolution imaging is powerful, but sub-nanosecond catalyst dynamics remains difficult. This #EditorsChoice #ACSCatalysis Viewpoint shows why we need more than TEM by Tibor Szilvási
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Nominate work for the #JOrgChem 2026 Outstanding Paper of the Year Award by Dec 31!
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- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
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November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Nominate work for the #JOrgChem 2026 Outstanding Paper of the Year Award by Dec 31!
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- $2000 USD prize
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- Award plaque
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Sign up for our ACS Publications Industry Webinar where we will have Amanda Stahl (Amgen) describe the fascinating process development of a key Sotorasib intermediate.
Nov 11, 2025 at 12:00 noon (EST)
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Nov 11, 2025 at 12:00 noon (EST)
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ACS Publications Industry Webinar: Lessons in Rac-4 Process Enhancement for Sotorasib
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November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Sign up for our ACS Publications Industry Webinar where we will have Amanda Stahl (Amgen) describe the fascinating process development of a key Sotorasib intermediate.
Nov 11, 2025 at 12:00 noon (EST)
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Nov 11, 2025 at 12:00 noon (EST)
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Check out this CF2 synthon enabled by dual Rh-Zn catalysis in #ACSCatalysis #EditorsChoice
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Asymmetric Diamination of the In Situ Generated Difluoroenol Species Using Azocarboxamides as an N Source
The Rh2(esp)2 and Zn(II)-bisoxazoline (BOX) complex-cocatalyzed asymmetric diamination of in situ generated difluoroenol species with azocarboxamides has been disclosed. This reaction features a formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction using difluoroenol intermediate as a C2 synthon, providing an efficient and robust approach for the synthesis of difluorinated imidazolidin-2-ones in good yields with high to excellent stereoselectivity (up to 95% ee). This method offers a complementary approach for the direct assembly of chiral difluoromethylene incorporated heterocycles by introducing in situ formed difluoroenol species as a practical C2 synthon rather than using presynthesized gem-difluoroalkenes. With this protocol, further synthetic applications in fluorine chemistry could be envisioned through the strategic interception of difluoroenol via cycloaddition reactions with appropriate partners.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Check out this CF2 synthon enabled by dual Rh-Zn catalysis in #ACSCatalysis #EditorsChoice
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Submit your nominations for the ACS Catalysis Lectureship Award by Dec 31!
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- $1000 USD prize
- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
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October 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Submit your nominations for the ACS Catalysis Lectureship Award by Dec 31!
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- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
- Award plaque
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Nominate Articles for the #OPRD 2026 Outstanding Paper of the Year Award by Dec 31!
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- $2000 USD prize
- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
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October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Nominate Articles for the #OPRD 2026 Outstanding Paper of the Year Award by Dec 31!
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- $2000 USD prize
- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
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Nominate Letters for the #OrgLett 2026 Outstanding Paper of the Year Award by Dec 31!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Nominate Letters for the #OrgLett 2026 Outstanding Paper of the Year Award by Dec 31!
The award winner will receive:
- $2000 USD prize
- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
- Award plaque
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The award winner will receive:
- $2000 USD prize
- Complimentary travel and registration to ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago to deliver the award lecture
- Award plaque
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🚨Special Issue Alert🚨
π-Conjugated Molecules & Materials in #OrgLett
Honoring August Kekulé and Eric Clar, this Special Issue showcases everything from CPL and optoelectronics, to nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds and nanohoops.
pubs.acs.org/page/orlef7/...
π-Conjugated Molecules & Materials in #OrgLett
Honoring August Kekulé and Eric Clar, this Special Issue showcases everything from CPL and optoelectronics, to nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds and nanohoops.
pubs.acs.org/page/orlef7/...
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Special Issue Alert🚨
π-Conjugated Molecules & Materials in #OrgLett
Honoring August Kekulé and Eric Clar, this Special Issue showcases everything from CPL and optoelectronics, to nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds and nanohoops.
pubs.acs.org/page/orlef7/...
π-Conjugated Molecules & Materials in #OrgLett
Honoring August Kekulé and Eric Clar, this Special Issue showcases everything from CPL and optoelectronics, to nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds and nanohoops.
pubs.acs.org/page/orlef7/...
Reposted by Matt Saucier
Upcoming: ACS150 JACS Symposium: Expanding Horizons of Nanoscience & Energy
Celebrating 150 years of ACS and chemical discovery with two days of cutting-edge science in nanoscience and energy.
📍 @ethz.ch, Switzerland
📅 12-13 January 2026
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Celebrating 150 years of ACS and chemical discovery with two days of cutting-edge science in nanoscience and energy.
📍 @ethz.ch, Switzerland
📅 12-13 January 2026
Apply to attend: buff.ly/wwbZ5c6
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Upcoming: ACS150 JACS Symposium: Expanding Horizons of Nanoscience & Energy
Celebrating 150 years of ACS and chemical discovery with two days of cutting-edge science in nanoscience and energy.
📍 @ethz.ch, Switzerland
📅 12-13 January 2026
Apply to attend: buff.ly/wwbZ5c6
Celebrating 150 years of ACS and chemical discovery with two days of cutting-edge science in nanoscience and energy.
📍 @ethz.ch, Switzerland
📅 12-13 January 2026
Apply to attend: buff.ly/wwbZ5c6
Another #EditorsChoice article published in #JOrgChem! Learn more about cyclopropane annulation to form elusive iminodihydrothiophene derivatives from Maity and co-workers
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[3 + 2] Annulation of Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes with Ammonium Thiocyanate: Interrupted Cascade Leads to Elusive Iminodihydrothiophene Derivatives
A zinc iodide-mediated [3 + 2] cyclization between donor–acceptor cyclopropanes and ammonium thiocyanate has been developed to afford 2-imino-tetrahydrothiophene derivatives under mild conditions. Sub...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Another #EditorsChoice article published in #JOrgChem! Learn more about cyclopropane annulation to form elusive iminodihydrothiophene derivatives from Maity and co-workers
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Editors' Choice alert! Plunkett, et al. in #OrgLett: A Simplified, One-Pot, Procedure for the Deoxygenative Alkylation of Aryl Bromides
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A Simplified, One-Pot, Procedure for the Deoxygenative Alkylation of Aryl Bromides
Advancements in the field of C(sp2)–C(sp3) cross-coupling using alcohols as feedstocks have resulted in widespread adoption in analogue synthesis. Using high-throughput experimentation, an in situ alc...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Editors' Choice alert! Plunkett, et al. in #OrgLett: A Simplified, One-Pot, Procedure for the Deoxygenative Alkylation of Aryl Bromides
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Congrats and thanks to Neil Garg, Ralph Zhao, and co-workers for publishing #OrgLett 's first Safety Letter: Evaluation of the Popular Oxidant 2-Iodobenzoic Acid (IBX)
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October 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Congrats and thanks to Neil Garg, Ralph Zhao, and co-workers for publishing #OrgLett 's first Safety Letter: Evaluation of the Popular Oxidant 2-Iodobenzoic Acid (IBX)
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Conducting impactful research for the betterment of the world and our society ought not to be overshadowed by the dangers and risks its practitioners take on. -- Read about our Safety Letter initiative at #OrgLett
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Emphasizing Safety in Publications at Organic Letters: The Safety Letter
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October 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Conducting impactful research for the betterment of the world and our society ought not to be overshadowed by the dangers and risks its practitioners take on. -- Read about our Safety Letter initiative at #OrgLett
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"Failure is the mother of success" -- Read case studies highlighting the knowledge gained from failures and unexpected results in this Lessons Learned in Organic Process Chemistry Special Issue in #OPRD @pubs.acs.org
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Lessons Learned in Organic Process Chemistry
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October 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Failure is the mother of success" -- Read case studies highlighting the knowledge gained from failures and unexpected results in this Lessons Learned in Organic Process Chemistry Special Issue in #OPRD @pubs.acs.org
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Read about this new photocatalyzed cyclization and HAT reaction published in #JOrgChem by Ghosh/Konig and coworkers. Selected for #EditorsChoice
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Photo-Catalyzed Synthesis of Indanones from Aromatic Aldehydes and Terminal Alkynes
Indanones are key structural motifs in pharmaceuticals and bioactive natural products, making their efficient synthesis a subject of continued interest. Conventional methods typically rely on transiti...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Read about this new photocatalyzed cyclization and HAT reaction published in #JOrgChem by Ghosh/Konig and coworkers. Selected for #EditorsChoice
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NSF-funded reproducibility in homogeneous catalysis workshop coming Jan 2026. Check out the webinars coming up on Oct 22 and 29 with ACS Catalysis EIC Cathleen Crudden speaking at the Oct 22 session.
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Input needed in homogenous catalysis
A team is organizing the Workshop on Reproducibility in Homogeneous Catalysis in January 2026. By bring together community members, the workshop aims to identify challenges and opportunities in homoge...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NSF-funded reproducibility in homogeneous catalysis workshop coming Jan 2026. Check out the webinars coming up on Oct 22 and 29 with ACS Catalysis EIC Cathleen Crudden speaking at the Oct 22 session.
www.acs-catalysis.org/post/input-n...
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Wait, we (@S_Yoshida_Lab) made thioxanthones?! Double aryne insertion into thioureas + simple hydrolysis = super functionalized thioxanthones. Who saw that coming? #AryneChemistry #OpenAccess #OrgLett #ChemSky
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Thioxanthone Synthesis from Thioureas through Double Aryne Insertion into a Carbon-Sulfur Double Bond
Thioxanthone synthesis from o-silylaryl triflates and thioureas is disclosed. Double aryne insertion into the C═S double bond of thioureas and subsequent hydrolysis realized the facile preparation of ...
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January 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Wait, we (@S_Yoshida_Lab) made thioxanthones?! Double aryne insertion into thioureas + simple hydrolysis = super functionalized thioxanthones. Who saw that coming? #AryneChemistry #OpenAccess #OrgLett #ChemSky
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🆕 Catalyst free reductive amination with non toxic, cheap NaH₂PO₂!♻️
16 amine–carbonyl combos covered, tunable conditions & kinetic insights.
Check out the #JOrgChem guide to substrates📘
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16 amine–carbonyl combos covered, tunable conditions & kinetic insights.
Check out the #JOrgChem guide to substrates📘
👉 doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@ChusovGroup @pubs.acs.org
Reductive Amination Reactions Using Sodium Hypophosphite: a Guide to Substrates
The reactions of reductive amination are of paramount importance as tools of synthetic organic chemistry. Recently, the applicability of sodium hypophosphite as a promising reductant for such reaction...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🆕 Catalyst free reductive amination with non toxic, cheap NaH₂PO₂!♻️
16 amine–carbonyl combos covered, tunable conditions & kinetic insights.
Check out the #JOrgChem guide to substrates📘
👉 doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@ChusovGroup @pubs.acs.org
16 amine–carbonyl combos covered, tunable conditions & kinetic insights.
Check out the #JOrgChem guide to substrates📘
👉 doi.org/10.1021/acs....
@ChusovGroup @pubs.acs.org
Do you work at the interface of chemistry and biology in the field of peptides? #JOrgChem and #Biochemistry have put out a Call for Papers related to all things peptides!
Submission deadline: Dec 31, 2025
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Submission deadline: Dec 31, 2025
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Call For Papers: Chemistry and Biology of Peptides | ACS Publications Chemistry Blog
This Special Issue will celebrate the chemistry and biology of peptides, from synthesis, to structure and modifications, to biology and applications, and finally to degradation. Submit your manuscript...
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August 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Do you work at the interface of chemistry and biology in the field of peptides? #JOrgChem and #Biochemistry have put out a Call for Papers related to all things peptides!
Submission deadline: Dec 31, 2025
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Submission deadline: Dec 31, 2025
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Congrats to the organic lectureship award winners!
Hsiao-Wu Hsieh - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
Rui Shang - axial.acs.org/catalysis/me...
Gabriel Schaefer - axial.acs.org/organic-chem... (lecture by Michael Willis)
Jacquelyne Read - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
Hsiao-Wu Hsieh - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
Rui Shang - axial.acs.org/catalysis/me...
Gabriel Schaefer - axial.acs.org/organic-chem... (lecture by Michael Willis)
Jacquelyne Read - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
August 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congrats to the organic lectureship award winners!
Hsiao-Wu Hsieh - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
Rui Shang - axial.acs.org/catalysis/me...
Gabriel Schaefer - axial.acs.org/organic-chem... (lecture by Michael Willis)
Jacquelyne Read - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
Hsiao-Wu Hsieh - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
Rui Shang - axial.acs.org/catalysis/me...
Gabriel Schaefer - axial.acs.org/organic-chem... (lecture by Michael Willis)
Jacquelyne Read - axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
Reposted by Matt Saucier
Just published in #OrgLett ! We report an NHC/organic photoredox cocatalyzed acyl azolation of styrenes using acyl azoles. Congratulations Kanata and Yamato! doi.org/10.1021/acs....
N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Organic Photoredox-Cocatalyzed Acyl Azolation of Alkenes with Acyl Azoles
We have developed the N-heterocyclic carbene/organic photoredox-cocatalyzed acyl azolation of styrenes using acyl azoles. The cooperative action of organic photoredox catalysis and NHC catalysis enabl...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Just published in #OrgLett ! We report an NHC/organic photoredox cocatalyzed acyl azolation of styrenes using acyl azoles. Congratulations Kanata and Yamato! doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Check out our latest initiatives to celebrate Chinese researchers publishing in #OrgLett! Learn about our Chinese New Year Covers Series, 2025 Collection of 36 Letters from China, ACS All-Star Academy, and more!
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May 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Check out our latest initiatives to celebrate Chinese researchers publishing in #OrgLett! Learn about our Chinese New Year Covers Series, 2025 Collection of 36 Letters from China, ACS All-Star Academy, and more!
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A very big congrats to the #OPRD winners of the Outstanding Publication of the Year Award, co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry: Dr. Hsiao-Wu Hsieh and colleagues!
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May 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A very big congrats to the #OPRD winners of the Outstanding Publication of the Year Award, co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry: Dr. Hsiao-Wu Hsieh and colleagues!
axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
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A very big congrats to the #JOrgChem winners of the Outstanding Publication of the Year Award, co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry: Prof. Jacquelyne A. Read and colleagues!
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May 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A very big congrats to the #JOrgChem winners of the Outstanding Publication of the Year Award, co-sponsored by the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry: Prof. Jacquelyne A. Read and colleagues!
axial.acs.org/organic-chem...
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