Dom Willcox
@domrwillcox.bsky.social
Assistant professor in chemistry at Heriot-Watt University. Making complex molecules with automation. https://willcoxlab.co.uk/
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Dom Willcox
@domrwillcox.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Intermolecular sp3C‐H Metalation of Non‐Nucleophilic Brønsted Bases Using Simple Lewis Acids
2,6-Di-tert-butyl substituted pyridines (tBu2-py) are widely used non-nucleophilic Brønsted bases. Their ubiquity is due to their highly hindered basic site and chemically robust nature. Herein we re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
If you have ever used simple Lewis acids like AlCl3 and GaCl3 in your chemistry, you may be interested to learn how they react with non-nucleophilic bases. Anna did an amazing job with this and has discovered some really exciting new chemistry! Read the Accepted article in Angew. Chem. #chemsky
Good to see Heriot-Watt climbing back up the rankings! 8th for chemistry now
The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings
The Guardian University Guide 2026 – the rankings
Find a course at one of the top universities in the country. Our league tables rank them all subject by subject, as well as by student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects Continue reading...
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September 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Good to see Heriot-Watt climbing back up the rankings! 8th for chemistry now
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We are recruiting for a Lecturer in AI/ML applied to Drug discovery at @uniofbath.bsky.social @bathchem.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
AP13001 Lecturer in AI/ML applied to Drug discovery - Jobs at Bath
Lecturer
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September 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We are recruiting for a Lecturer in AI/ML applied to Drug discovery at @uniofbath.bsky.social @bathchem.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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Opportunity for senior lecturer (associate professor) in School of Chemistry at University of Bristol (UK) ref: ACAD108220 | closing: 30-Sep-2025 #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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September 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Opportunity for senior lecturer (associate professor) in School of Chemistry at University of Bristol (UK) ref: ACAD108220 | closing: 30-Sep-2025 #UKChemJobs #ChemJobs #chemsky 🧪
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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📢 Our Education team’s new policy position calls for a major rethink of how chemistry is assessed in schools. Current exam-heavy models narrow the curriculum & undervalue vital skills like practical investigation & critical thinking. buff.ly/7GvP2pZ #ChemEd #AssessmentReform #EduSky #ChemSky
August 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 Our Education team’s new policy position calls for a major rethink of how chemistry is assessed in schools. Current exam-heavy models narrow the curriculum & undervalue vital skills like practical investigation & critical thinking. buff.ly/7GvP2pZ #ChemEd #AssessmentReform #EduSky #ChemSky
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A new chapter in Small Inorganic Ring 💍🧪in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Azadistibiridines and Stabilised-iminobismuthane: Reactivity of Small Inorganic Rings in Heavy Main Group Chemistry
Small organic rings are important molecular entities that have long played a crucial role in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Similarly, small inorganic rings have shown promise in promoting...
pubs.rsc.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A new chapter in Small Inorganic Ring 💍🧪in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Congratulations Palui and all the coauthors for the great job. Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the great computational support. #Bismuth #Antimony
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
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A postdoctoral position, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk for up to 36 months, is available to join my group @edinburghchem.bsky.social. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis.
Deadline: 28th August 2025.
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Deadline: 28th August 2025.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to work under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Lawrence on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
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July 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A postdoctoral position, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk for up to 36 months, is available to join my group @edinburghchem.bsky.social. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis.
Deadline: 28th August 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Deadline: 28th August 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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We are very happy to announce that our collaboration with the Garden Group, Joseph Cockcroft's paper 'Highly Acyclic Selective Cobalt Catalysts for Butadiene Dimerization' has been published in ChemCatChem! You can read it here: doi.org/10.1002/cctc...
#chemsky #chemistry
#chemsky #chemistry
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We are very happy to announce that our collaboration with the Garden Group, Joseph Cockcroft's paper 'Highly Acyclic Selective Cobalt Catalysts for Butadiene Dimerization' has been published in ChemCatChem! You can read it here: doi.org/10.1002/cctc...
#chemsky #chemistry
#chemsky #chemistry
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🎉 Today’s the day! We're thrilled to be hosting our (Gen)AI in Education workshop, bringing together brilliant minds from 26 universities across the UK!
We’re diving into how generative AI is shaping the future of teaching, learning, and research — and we can’t wait to explore it together.💬🤖📚
We’re diving into how generative AI is shaping the future of teaching, learning, and research — and we can’t wait to explore it together.💬🤖📚
July 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🎉 Today’s the day! We're thrilled to be hosting our (Gen)AI in Education workshop, bringing together brilliant minds from 26 universities across the UK!
We’re diving into how generative AI is shaping the future of teaching, learning, and research — and we can’t wait to explore it together.💬🤖📚
We’re diving into how generative AI is shaping the future of teaching, learning, and research — and we can’t wait to explore it together.💬🤖📚
Does @science.org have the technology for institutional log in that doesn’t put you back to the home page? All the other journals manage it… #science #chemsky
July 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Does @science.org have the technology for institutional log in that doesn’t put you back to the home page? All the other journals manage it… #science #chemsky
Some good news from the recent NSS survey. Chemistry at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social has been ranked 1st in Scotland based on Overall Satisfaction. Additionally, it is ranked 2nd in Scotland across all questions and 8th in the UK. It's great to see everyone's hard work recognised! #chemsky
July 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Some good news from the recent NSS survey. Chemistry at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social has been ranked 1st in Scotland based on Overall Satisfaction. Additionally, it is ranked 2nd in Scotland across all questions and 8th in the UK. It's great to see everyone's hard work recognised! #chemsky
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As promised, postdoc positions at BristolUni.bsky.social available in homogeneous catalysis and computational chemistry exploring the replacement of palladium catalysts by Earth-Abundant Metals: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
July 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
As promised, postdoc positions at BristolUni.bsky.social available in homogeneous catalysis and computational chemistry exploring the replacement of palladium catalysts by Earth-Abundant Metals: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
If you have ever used simple Lewis acids like AlCl3 and GaCl3 in your chemistry, you may be interested to learn how they react with non-nucleophilic bases. Anna did an amazing job with this and has discovered some really exciting new chemistry! Read the Accepted article in Angew. Chem. #chemsky
Intermolecular sp3C‐H Metalation of Non‐Nucleophilic Brønsted Bases Using Simple Lewis Acids
2,6-Di-tert-butyl substituted pyridines (tBu2-py) are widely used non-nucleophilic Brønsted bases. Their ubiquity is due to their highly hindered basic site and chemically robust nature. Herein we re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If you have ever used simple Lewis acids like AlCl3 and GaCl3 in your chemistry, you may be interested to learn how they react with non-nucleophilic bases. Anna did an amazing job with this and has discovered some really exciting new chemistry! Read the Accepted article in Angew. Chem. #chemsky
Absolutely ground-breaking work from the Grimme group. Looking forward to having a go!
After years of development and preparatory works which you might have seen on this profile, a major milestone is achieved:
g-xTB marks not just an evolution, but a revolution in the capabilities of semiempirical quantum chemistry. Convince yourself! A thread.
🔗 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
#compchem
g-xTB marks not just an evolution, but a revolution in the capabilities of semiempirical quantum chemistry. Convince yourself! A thread.
🔗 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
#compchem
g-xTB: A General-Purpose Extended Tight-Binding Electronic Structure Method For the Elements H to Lr (Z=1–103)
We present g-xTB, a next-generation semi-empirical electronic structure method derived from tight-binding (TB) approximations to Kohn–Sham density functional theory (KS-DFT). Designed to bridge the ga...
chemrxiv.org
June 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Absolutely ground-breaking work from the Grimme group. Looking forward to having a go!
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Alchemy Frontier Fund 2025 now open (aichemy.ac.uk/aichemy-fron...). Apply for 2-year projects of up to £1.25m to advance the frontiers of AI for chemistry. Deadline = Sept 12th 2025. Webinar to launch the fund on June 18th. For information, email: [email protected] @ukri.org #EPSRC #AI
June 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Alchemy Frontier Fund 2025 now open (aichemy.ac.uk/aichemy-fron...). Apply for 2-year projects of up to £1.25m to advance the frontiers of AI for chemistry. Deadline = Sept 12th 2025. Webinar to launch the fund on June 18th. For information, email: [email protected] @ukri.org #EPSRC #AI
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Congratulations to Ryan and Moto on the publication of their 1,2-acyl transposition in 2,3-dihdyrobenzofurans in @science.org!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
1,2-Acyl transposition through photochemical skeletal rearrangement of 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans
Saturated heterocycles are commonly adorned with groups that influence their biological properties. Synthetic methods that transpose existing substituents on saturated heterocycles to multiple peripheral positions are therefore highly valuable. In this ...
www.science.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Congratulations to Ryan and Moto on the publication of their 1,2-acyl transposition in 2,3-dihdyrobenzofurans in @science.org!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Does anyone know of anybody else who has Marfan’s Syndrome working within chemistry? I’d be interested in chatting with others with the condition to build up a little network. Marfan’s is a genetic disorder that affects connective tissues in the body (see more: www.marfantrust.org) #chemsky
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April 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Does anyone know of anybody else who has Marfan’s Syndrome working within chemistry? I’d be interested in chatting with others with the condition to build up a little network. Marfan’s is a genetic disorder that affects connective tissues in the body (see more: www.marfantrust.org) #chemsky
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We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
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LGBT+ toolkit
This kit provides the tools for everyone to take part in positive change: employers, colleagues, and LGBT+ individuals.
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April 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
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A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
April 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A paper in Nature presents a method for breaking down perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), environmental contaminants known as ‘forever chemicals,’ while recycling the fluoride contained within them. https://go.nature.com/3Rk1dCf #chemsky 🧪
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Prof Ingleson is looking forward to speaking at the University of Gothenburg on Monday 7th April!
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Prof Ingleson is looking forward to speaking at the University of Gothenburg on Monday 7th April!
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If you're interested in a break from the doom-and-gloom, may I recommend our article, online today @nature.com
A solution to the pyrazole alkylation problem, leveraging S-to-NR atom replacement. Skeletal editing has strategic value, outside of late-stage!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A solution to the pyrazole alkylation problem, leveraging S-to-NR atom replacement. Skeletal editing has strategic value, outside of late-stage!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you're interested in a break from the doom-and-gloom, may I recommend our article, online today @nature.com
A solution to the pyrazole alkylation problem, leveraging S-to-NR atom replacement. Skeletal editing has strategic value, outside of late-stage!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A solution to the pyrazole alkylation problem, leveraging S-to-NR atom replacement. Skeletal editing has strategic value, outside of late-stage!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Uncover the fascinating world of #SiliconSwitch!🔍Our #synpacts article by Dominic Willcox explores the latest developments in syntheis of complex silyl heterocycles using 1,1-carboboration.
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March 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Uncover the fascinating world of #SiliconSwitch!🔍Our #synpacts article by Dominic Willcox explores the latest developments in syntheis of complex silyl heterocycles using 1,1-carboboration.
👉 thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
👉 thieme-connect.de/products/ejo...
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We are now LIVE on #ChemSky – joining @pubs.acs.org, @acs.org, and @cenmag.bsky.social!
Follow us for the latest significant research from the world’s preeminent journal of chemistry and interfacing areas of science.
Learn more about JACS: buff.ly/efZCTEt
Follow us for the latest significant research from the world’s preeminent journal of chemistry and interfacing areas of science.
Learn more about JACS: buff.ly/efZCTEt
March 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We are now LIVE on #ChemSky – joining @pubs.acs.org, @acs.org, and @cenmag.bsky.social!
Follow us for the latest significant research from the world’s preeminent journal of chemistry and interfacing areas of science.
Learn more about JACS: buff.ly/efZCTEt
Follow us for the latest significant research from the world’s preeminent journal of chemistry and interfacing areas of science.
Learn more about JACS: buff.ly/efZCTEt
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If you're near University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry on 11 March, come & hear Prof Mike Ingleson deliver the Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize lecture - 2 pm, ICL, Department of Chemistry.
March 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you're near University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry on 11 March, come & hear Prof Mike Ingleson deliver the Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize lecture - 2 pm, ICL, Department of Chemistry.
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Follow all your favorite @rsc.org journals now on Bluesky! Let the posting begin! 🥳🧪 #chemsky go.bsky.app/QAaTTZ3
February 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Follow all your favorite @rsc.org journals now on Bluesky! Let the posting begin! 🥳🧪 #chemsky go.bsky.app/QAaTTZ3