Igor Roncevic
ironcevic.bsky.social
Igor Roncevic
@ironcevic.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Prof) in Chemistry at the University of Manchester, using computers to look at organic conjugated stuff
Reposted by Igor Roncevic
Can I flip it? Yes you can!

Elusive pillar[5]arene conformation formed by flipping an aromatic ring with mechanical force!

An @angewandtechemie.bsky.social hat trick for Lei with the help of @tomasnicolas.bsky.social and @ironcevic.bsky.social !

Read at doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516485

#chemsky
August 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Reposted by Igor Roncevic
In @science.org this week, Harry Anderson's group finally put their cyclic carbon allotrope into solution. The, well, solution to getting it there? Protection by catenation--have a look!

chemsky🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Solution-phase stabilization of a cyclocarbon by catenane formation
Cyclo[N]carbons, molecular rings consisting solely of N carbon atoms, have previously been studied in the gas phase and on surfaces at cryogenic temperatures, but they are generally considered too rea...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by Igor Roncevic
🚨 All right, since this is a place of sanity now, let’s kick things off with an open PhD position in my team to work on simulating glycans and their interactions. If you’re passionate about computational biophysics and glycobiology, go ahead and apply! Any shares would be greatly appreciated. 🙃
CHARMM-GUI
www.charmm-gui.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM