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Robert Paton
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Robert Paton | Fixman-Ladanyi Professor of Chemistry at Colorado State University | #compchem | http://linktr.ee/patonlab | 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Aug 26
Niko did an amazing job this summer! So glad to host his visit
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NSF Center for Computer Assisted Synthesis (C-CAS) @nsf-ccas.bsky.social · Aug 19
SURF Snapshot 1: Niko Ahmed, a student from the University of Tulsa, on a hiking trip with other summer researchers from Colorado State University.

Thanks @bobbypaton.bsky.social for hosting Niko this summer!
Photo of Niko on a hiking trip with the caption "Niko spent the summer in the Paton lab at Colorado State University"
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acscomp.bsky.social @acscomp.bsky.social · Mar 23
🧪📅 The ACS COMP agenda for #ACSSpring2025 is here! Get ready for cutting-edge sessions in computational chemistry.

Scan the QR code to explore the full schedule 🔍👇
#ACSCOMP #CompChem #Cheminformatics #DrugDiscovery @chemsky.bsky.social
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acscomp.bsky.social @acscomp.bsky.social · Mar 23
🚨 PLEASE RT 🚨

Are you a comp chem trainee attending Spring ACS in San Diego? Would you like to expand your network with mentors in industry & academia at the COMP Mentor Lunch?

Fill out this form if you are interested in attending!

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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Feb 13
Now online @naturecatalysis.bsky.social - fun collab with the @lloydjonesgroup.bsky.social (Edinburgh) & Gouverneur (Oxford) groups
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Enantioconvergent nucleophilic substitution via synergistic phase-transfer catalysis
Nature Catalysis - The catalytic enantioconvergent nucleophilic fluorination of alkyl halides using inexpensive alkali metal fluorides is a persistent challenge. Now this has been achieved by...
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Jan 17
Looking forward to training the next generation of data chemists again this Fall - consider applying if you are graduate student interested in #compchem and #cheminformatics
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thealegregroup.bsky.social @thealegregroup.bsky.social · Jan 16
📢 Applications open to join the second edition of the CAMLC workshop, a great opportunity for chemists who want to learn about cheminformatics, automation, and machine learning. September 16-19 in Zaragoza, Spain.

🗓️ Application deadline: February 28

👉🏻 camlcworkshop.github.io
CAMLC25
Website of the CAMLC25 micro-credential
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Nov 22
Awesome - I was going to try LLM translation ...
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Nov 22
www.deutschlandfunk.de/pfas-chemisc...
PFAS: Chemische Reaktion mit Licht zerstört die "Ewigkeits-Chemikalien"
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Nov 21
for o-chem q's such as "how many product isomers formed from the following synthetic sequence" - the numerical answer will be correct, but then the actual predicted structures (SMILES etc) will be absolute gibberish.
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Nov 21
... been looking at some of the organic chemistry questions, not convinced by this dataset at all
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Nov 21
Been hearing a lot about the performance of OpenAI o1
on PhD-level science questions - which is based on the GPQA diamond set of "google-proof" questions (openai.com/index/learni...)
Learning to Reason with LLMs
We are introducing OpenAI o1, a new large language model trained with reinforcement learning to perform complex reasoning. o1 thinks before it answers—it can produce a long internal chain of thought b...
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Nov 21
Open access full text link: rdcu.be/d0T3L
Photocatalytic C–F bond activation in small molecules and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Nature - Photocatalytic C–F bond activation in small molecules and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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Robert Paton @bobbypaton.bsky.social · Nov 21
Congrats to our fearless postdoc Mihai Popescu, and thanks to collaborators in the Miyake and Damrauer laboratories, we report a new method to break down #PFAS with visible light in @natureportfolio.bsky.social today:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Forever’ chemicals can be destroyed with clever chemistry — now test these techniques outside the lab
Chemistry that can break carbon–fluorine bonds in persistent molecules called PFAS could help to clean up the environment. Testing in real-world settings must come next.
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