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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · Aug 15

For the first time, researchers have created an all-carbon molecular ring that is stable in solution at room temperature, with a bit of supramolecular support. cen.acs.org/physical-che...
#chemsky 🧪

The first all-carbon ring that’s stable at room temperature
Researchers thread cyclo[48]carbon into a supramolecular assembly, rendering it stable enough to characterize

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Heavily Into The World Of Magnets @sararah.bsky.social · Jul 31

Life as an analytical chemist is funny. #ChemSky

Me: look at that weird peak!
User: oh no i don't want to see that weird peak

Me: look at this impurity peak increasing over time!
User: oh no i don't want to see that peak increasing

Me: wow this molecule fell apart in an interesting way!
User: 😑

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Jiaxiang Chu @jiaxiangchu.bsky.social · Jul 25

Congratulations Roman! Very well deserved!

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Jiaxiang Chu @jiaxiangchu.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thanks for sharing our work!

Jiaxiang Chu @jiaxiangchu.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our work on benzene ring opening was featured by C&EN, and we are proud of it!

C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · Jul 17

Two centuries after Faraday’s landmark discovery, researchers in China have discovered that an iconoclastic duo of metal complexes can open benzene’s robust ring at room temperature. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪

Breaking benzene

Scandium and chromium compounds team up to convert iconic molecule into linear product at room temperature

cen.acs.org

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Jiaxiang Chu @jiaxiangchu.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thanks for your kind comments!

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Harder Research Group @harder-research.bsky.social · Jul 4

A Ca(I) synthon with bridging N2 is key to the synthesis of homometallic Ca peroxide and oxide complexes. In solution, the Ca oxide complex decomposes even at -80 C. It can only be prepared in the solid state. @ChemCommun @RoySocChem shorturl.at/AUoWM

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Matthew Evans @evanschem.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy to share that our paper entitled "Neutral P4 coordination and reduction at alkaline earth metal centers" is now online in @cp-chem.bsky.social! Here is a short animated video to accompany this work 🧪💎
tinyurl.com/23vbtuju
#ozchem #scicomm #blender #maingroupchem

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Jiaxiang Chu @jiaxiangchu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks Josh!

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Jiaxiang Chu @jiaxiangchu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks Brandon!

Jiaxiang Chu @jiaxiangchu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our work on the room-temperature ring-opening of benzene is now published in JACS. Great teamwork and thanks for the kind comments from the reviewers!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...