Dicky Wong
thwongax.bsky.social
Dicky Wong
@thwongax.bsky.social
🇨🇭PhD in Kay Severin's group, EPFL
🇭🇰BSc in Chem (IRE track), HKUST
ETH Zürich, CUHK
•main group chemistry•organometallic chemistry•organic methodology
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Do you like phosphorus-containing heterocycles? And NMR spectroscopy? Then you are in for a treat! Check out our most recent work out today in @chemicalscience.rsc.org

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Fantastic work by the indefatigable David Meier who persevered when most would have given up.
Exceptionally large “through-space” nuclear spin coupling in a 2,4,6-tri(phosphanyl)-1,3,5-triphosphabenzene
We describe the synthesis of a phosphanyl-functionalized 1,3,5-triphosphabenzene that exhibits remarkably large indirect spin-spin coupling (432 Hz) between phosphorus-31 nuclei. The magnitude of this...
pubs.rsc.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Phosphanides are able to capture nitrous oxide (N2O, #laughinggas). Work by Alex Genoux (@alexgenouxchem.bsky.social ), Dicky Wong (@thwongax.bsky.social ), and Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani. Now out (#openaccess ) in @chemcomm.rsc.org : pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#chemsky #EPFL
September 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'm very excited to share that my first first-author paper is now online!!! Thanks Kay for the support and guidance!
Dicky Wong (@thwongax.bsky.social ) has explored the chemistry of iridium complexes with N-heterocyclic vinylidene ligands. Just published in JACS (@jacs.acspublications.org ): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#chemsky #EPFL
May 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Have a look at BCP-EBXs, combining ethynylbenziodoxolones and bicyclo[1.1.1] pentanes (BCPs) to open new chemical space around BCP bioisosteres!
This work of Najung, Jonas and Elija has just been accepted in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social !

doi.org/10.1002/anie...
May 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Xue-Zhi Wang and Damien Chen have developed a synthetic receptor for the complexation of perfluoroalkyl carboxylates. Now out in Angewandte Chemie: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#chemsky #EPFL 🧪
March 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Bis-triazenylarenes enable vicinal Sandmeyer-type reactions. Work by @christeenamathew.bsky.social. Now out in Angewandte Chemie: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#chemsky #EPFL 🧪
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Catalytic methane functionalization and all it takes is... beryllium! We also compare the mechanisms of methane beryllation and borylation to reveal why Be finds it so easy @pubs.acs.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Methane Beryllation Catalyzed by a Base Metal Complex
The homogeneous catalytic functionalization of methane is extremely challenging due to the relative nonpolarity and high C–H bond strength of this hydrocarbon. Here, using catalytic quantities (10 mol...
pubs.acs.org
March 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Hydrogels with stimuli-responsive cages as crosslinks. Work by former postdoc Chaolei Hu, with contributions from Damien Chen and Sylvain Sudan. Just published in @chemsci.rsc.org : pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#chemsky #EPFL 🧪
February 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Series of Uranium Bis-Siloxide Complexes (Marinella Mazzanti and co-workers) @epfl doi.org/10.1002/hlca...
Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Series of Uranium Bis‐Siloxide Complexes
Despite their synthetic interest and potential attractive properties, the preparation of heteroleptic U(III) complexes containing monodentate ligands remains challenging. Here we report the synthesis...
doi.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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We start our first post on Bluesky with a firework! Very proud of a brilliant team to publish our work on C(sp3)-atom transfer @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It has been a very exciting journey. Thanks @erc.europa.eu
February 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM