We've discovered that ball milling commodity plastics serves as a safe radical source, initiating intriguing reactions! Surprisingly, a simple plastic bag from a supermarket can be employed in this process! Koji Kubota,Hokkaido University ICReDD,J. Am. Chem. Soc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Propylene + H2O -> propylene oxide + H2 Electrified at room temprature, ambient pressure, aqueous electrolyte, and with fast rates. Overcomes longstanding safety and environmental challenges. Check it out! Science Magazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

We're absolutely thrilled that our robotic platform, #RoboChem, has been published in Science Magazine! 🔗science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #RoboChem can carry out your substrate scope and provide tailored reaction conditions for every single entry. 🤖 #FlowChemistry #photocatalysis

We are thrilled to present a new #enzyme to the world, the first shown to break the man-made carbon-silicon bonds in #siloxanes, which are persistent in the environment. caltech.edu/about/news/tea…

New in Science Magazine Accelerated photochemical reactions at oil-water interface exploiting melting point depression Cross-coupling in organic synthesis cannot be simpler! Just add water and switch on the light. #ScienceResearch science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Chemists agree that a sustainable future requires reducing reliance on metals such as palladium and rhodium. But making catalytic reactions sustainable requires thinking about more than just swapping out precious-metal catalysts for earth-abundant ones. cen.acs.org/synthesis/cata…

Check out the next installment of isotope labeling in the Lundgren lab! A fruitful collaboration with Sanofi Deutschland where we demonstrate the enantioselective (radio)labeling of amino acids in a single step from their unlabeled precursors. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

I am excited that our protocol for accurate yield determination in < 1 min by benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy is finally online at nature protocols - now also with parameters for high-field spectrometers. Check it out: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Very excited to share our newest radiofluorination work on the labelling of heteroarenes-just accepted in Angewandte Chemie ☢️Congrats to the whole team! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Thrilled to share our latest work on the radiolabelling of alkyl fluorides using alkoxyamine substrates and visible light photoredox-out now in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congrats to the team! Check it out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

🚨 Our first Science paper 🚨 We report the isolation and reactivity of the first “inaccessible” 5-membered heteroaryne! 120+ year challenge! Congrats jenna humke Roman Belli Erin Plasek Sal Annabel Ansel Courtney Roberts UMN Department of Chemistry Science Magazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

We are happy to present our newest publication in Science Magazine about safer aryldiazonium chemistry! Nitrate is reduced to generate aryldiazoniums as fleeting intermediates for the direct conversion of anilines and aminoheterocycles to arylhalides. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Repurposing C-F bonds... Job's paper in collaboration with Gouverneur Group on determining fundamental structure/activity relationships for fluoride delivery by molecular calcium fluoride complexes is out in Nature Chemistry nature.com/articles/s4155… Oxford Chemistry OxICFM

Imagine a carbocation that eliminates… not to form a C=C double bond as we teach in orgo, but rather a C-C single bond to a remote position. Sounds like science fiction? It’s in Science Magazine alright! Read here science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Austrian Academy of Sciences CeMM University of Vienna STEM Universität Wien

***We are hiring!*** My group is looking for a postdoc with comp chem experience to join us at UT Dallas Chemistry from August '24. You can find out more about the position and submit your application here: jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/26587 Please share! #compchem

A fabulous week of science at #BOSSXVIII in Liège 🇧🇪! We had a great time listening to some inspiring talks-thanks to the organisers and participants for a wonderful week!

If you're publishing a fluorination method and you feel it appropriate to add fluorophosphates to the scope PLEASE STOP and reconsider And don't bury the note about "extremely toxic" in the SI - put it in the manuscript and use the word "deadly" instead. Thank you

Excited about our latest publication on A solid noncovalent organic double-helix framework catalyzes asymmetric [6 + 4] cycloaddition Science Magazine Tianyu Zheng Max Planck Society science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A pair of robust and inexpensive catalysts can help recycle mixtures of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), two of the most common and intractable types of plastic waste. cen.acs.org/environment/re… .

We can't wait to hear Oxford Chemistry DPhil Cal Patel speak at our Autumn Chemistry Conference (26th Sept, 16:00-18:00 BST) about his research in the Gouverneur Group that led to a breakthrough in fluorine chemistry. Want a sneak preview? Check out: youtube.com/watch?v=9kgPmX…