After a fantastic talk about borrowing hydrogen chemistry for sustainable synthesis of polymers by Amit Kumar, excited for industrially relevant Guerbet chemistry developed at Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) (including mine) by lab head Schaub. Swing by at 14:50 in room 1 ICOMC 2024!!

Great talk by Dr Thomas Schaub Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) on alcohol upgradation using #pincer catalysts and mechanistic insights ICOMC 2024.

Wonderful lecture by PavelKulyabin St Andrews School of Chemistry on the development of a new class of polyketones using manganese #pincer catalysts ICOMC 2024.

Fantastic experience delivering lecture and interacting with the organometallic community and discussing about the future. Great to meet old colleagues and develop new connections ICOMC 2024.

Final day of the ICOMC 2024 . Now another old friend from the Milstein-Alumni, Gunanathan, on the stage! Guna Catalysis Lab It was a fantastic conference they organised here in Agra/India: 👏👏👏👏

2 yr PDRA position based in Edinburgh is available, this is to work on the organoboron functional materials section of the EPSRC funded Boron Programme Grant. #chempostdoc For more see: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

The build-up to the Fringe shows begins ... see below for a video!

Happy to share our article now online in Nature Communications on the direct synthesis of polyethylenemines from ethanolamine using a #manganese #pincer catalyst. Check here: nature.com/articles/s4146…. Congrats to the team Claire 👩‍🔬 Alison Goodfellow Matt Andrews Owen and Michael Buehl!

The new Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing (SCHEMA) Hub led by Prof. Charlotte Williams is looking to hire an Operations Manager and Equality, Diversity and Inclusiveness Manager! To find out more: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… Closes 16/09/24 Retweet appreciated!

Mn(I) alkyl carbonyl complexes are remarkably versatile catalysts. Check out our latest paper: Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by a Mn(I) Alkyl PCP Pincer Complex following Two Diverging Pathways. Karl Kirchner Organometallics doi.org/10.1021/acscat…. Thanks to Daniel.

Our latest work on “Synergic Catalysis: the Importance of Intermetallic Separation in Co(III)K(I) Catalysts for Ring Opening Copolymerizations” is out now in J. Am. Chem. Soc.! A huge congratulations to Francesca Fiorentini, Katharina Eisenhardt and Arron! 🥳🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A Mn(I) Alkyl Complex as Active Catalyst for Olefin Hydrogenation. Have a look at our most recent article: Hydrogenation of Alkenes Catalyzed by Mn(I) Alkyl Complexes Bearing NHC Phosphine Ligands Karl Kirchner @ chemcatchem doi.org/10.1002/cctc.2… Thanks to Daniel.

Our second highlight for today focuses on the work of Amit Kumar at St Andrews on Mn chemistry. Lots of cool pincer work including for some fun polymerisation chemistry. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Delighted to share our paper just accepted in Chemical Science on making polyureas, and polyureaurethanes from diformamides. Congrats to James Luk Nachiket Deepak More, MRSC and Buehl group @standrewschem Ali Goodfellow. See here for details: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…

Great to see our Editor-in-Chief Chris Slootweg listed as one of the speakers at the Conference of #Sustainable #Chemistry for Net Zero!

This looks like an awesome conference. June in St Andrews, what is not to like.