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Main group chemistry @ Uppsala University
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🔓Take a look at this #OpenAccess Perspective article by Rajesh Deka, @orthaberlab.bsky.social & co discussing the use of heavier group 15 elements in molecular switch development⬇️

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📍Uppsala University 🧪
Heavier group 15 elements: a new frontier in molecular switch development
Molecular switches—compounds capable of reversibly interconverting between distinct states in response to external stimuli—are foundational to the design of dynamic functional materials. Classical…
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October 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
July 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Chemistry artwork by Toma Bohmick
June 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Present a poster at the 5th International #SolarFuels conference.

We welcome abstract submissions from all career stages, under any area of solar fuels. The deadline is 23 June – don’t miss your chance to be a part of this internationally renowned event: rsc.li/isf2025 #ChemSky
June 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Toma Bhowmick engages in lively discussions about her science at #EWPC2025 in Innsbruck. #ChemSky
February 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A little change in scenery. Looking forward to #EWPC2025. In Innsbruck. #ChemSky
February 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Its a great pleasure to participate in this fantastic meeting: "2nd International Conference on Main Group Synthesis and Catalysis (ICMGSC)" organized by Ajay Venugopal and @rsc.org at the picturesque campus of IISER Thiruvananthapuram. #chemsky
February 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Have a look at our latest work on phosphaquinoidal conjugated motifs, now including a ferrocene terminus.
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Great work by Rajesh Deka leading this investigation.
#chemsky
Contorting the hetero phosphaquinoid: synthesis and electronic insights into a non-planar, ferrocenyl phosphaquinoid
We report a highly contorted phosphaquinoid by substituting one of the exocyclic C [[double bond, length as m-dash]] C bonds of an anthraquinodimethane unit with a phosphaalkene unit (–C [[double bond...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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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
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We wish you all a very happy 2025!🎊

Here is a quick look through some of our favourite Featured Structure Friday structures from last year.

#FeaturedStructureFriday #Crystallography #CompChemSky
January 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Chair Professor in Chemistry at the University of Hong Kong, died Dec. 30, 2024, at the age of 82. He was on holiday in Australia with his family. cen.acs.org/people/obitu... #chemsky
January 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Looking forward to a great new year with #chemsky
January 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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In your mind, can you hear what FCI is saying here?
#ChemSky #CompChem #AcademicSky
December 26, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Latest paper on "Main group meets photochemistry" by Toma Bhowmick, Jorn Steen et al. Another mysterious phosphaalkene switch...
Collab with the @screspi.bsky.social group.
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#chemsky #pisky
Reversible Metal‐Mediated Molecular Switching of a Phosphaethene Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon
This experimental and theoretical study illustrates how phosphaalkenes, which are isolobal to alkenes, can utilize a variety of external triggers for molecular switching. The E/Z isomerization of a t...
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December 24, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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Teaching update: The last few main-group graduate courses I've taught have produced Wikipedia articles, that are internally peer reviewed, to make main-group content more accessible to the public. One of this year's first to be posted is on borirene: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borirene
Borirene - Wikipedia
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December 10, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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What a privilege to listen to Prof Sir David Clary at @univie.ac.at for our Faculty Chrismas Lecture about #Schrödinger and #WalterKohn, sons of Vienna and Stars of Science.
#theochem at its best! ⚛️
December 9, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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After a 5-year gestation, we can finally let chemists know what happens when you fuse donor/acceptor groups to s-indacene. This was a beast of a manuscript, with Bella doing 85% of the work. The 4 isomers would be impossible to make if they were acenes!
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December 5, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Absolutely delighted to see the light of this collaborative work between the @screspi.bsky.social team and our group, with all the spectroscopy help.
Demonstrating degenerate isomerisation of phosphaalkenes using NMR spectroscopy #chemsky #NMRchat
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Probing the Hidden Photoisomerization of a Symmetric Phosphaalkene Switch
In this study, we present the synthesis and analysis of a novel, air-stable, and solvent-resistant phosphaalkene switch. Using this symmetric switch, we have demonstrated degenerate photoisomerizatio...
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December 4, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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It's a little bit late, but I'm really excited for my first paper! For reaction monitoring by NMR, signal-averaging can be applied *after acquisition*, and results in better S/N *and* data density without the typical trade-off. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #NMRchat #NMR @lloydjonesgroup.bsky.social
Simple Parameters and Data Processing for Better Signal-to-Noise and Temporal Resolution in In Situ 1D NMR Reaction Monitoring
In situ 1D NMR spectroscopic reaction monitoring allows detailed investigation of chemical kinetics and mechanism. Concentration versus time data are derived from a time series of NMR spectra. Each sp...
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December 1, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Antiaromaticity in molecular assemblies and materials 👇 Some more contents for the ever lasting discussion about aromaticity of organic molecules, the scientific debate is open!

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Antiaromaticity in molecular assemblies and materials
Antiaromatic rings are infamously unstable and difficult to work with but they possess unusual electronic properties that make them interesting for fundamental and applied research. This perspective p...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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Thanks for highlighting your recent #ChemSci paper @pchem.bsky.social!

For those who don't know, #DiamondOpenAccess means free to read and free to publish. Another reason why #ChemSci is awesome.😁

So go ahead and read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Our Tetraphosphenium ion has just been accepted in Chemical Science @roysocchem.bsky.social. Many thanks to @kelemen-group.bsky.social for this fruitful collaboration #diamondopenaccess #ChemSky. Check it out at doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
November 26, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Our Tetraphosphenium ion has just been accepted in Chemical Science @roysocchem.bsky.social. Many thanks to @kelemen-group.bsky.social for this fruitful collaboration #diamondopenaccess #ChemSky. Check it out at doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
November 25, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Apparently I am a synthesis person. Fair enough... #ScholarGoggler #chemsky
November 25, 2024 at 5:08 AM