Kyle Pearce
@kylegpearce.bsky.social
Research Fellow - Hill Group - University of Bath
| Member of the RSC: Main Group Chemistry Group Commitee
| Member of the RSC: Main Group Chemistry Group Commitee
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Kyle Pearce
@kylegpearce.bsky.social
· May 9
Mechanochemically Micronised Na/NaCl; a Superfine Reductant
A free-flowing, homogeneous and non-pyrophoric powder of Na/NaCl is prepared via planetary ball-milling. The mechanochemically micronised Na/NaCl serves as a highly activated source of sodium and was ...
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Happy Friday! Chuffed to see this work out in @rscmechanochem.rsc.org. Very thankful for all of the hard work put in for this paper, especially by Laura who helped to kickstart this mechanochemical venture.
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UVic Chemistry is hiring again!
Come join us in beautiful Victoria, BC on the Pacific coast!
Mild winters, incredible summers, great facilities, & inspiring colleagues (minus me).
Asst. Prof. level. Physical, Organic, & Inorganic preferred.
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Come join us in beautiful Victoria, BC on the Pacific coast!
Mild winters, incredible summers, great facilities, & inspiring colleagues (minus me).
Asst. Prof. level. Physical, Organic, & Inorganic preferred.
www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
CHEM 270-155 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Great work by the Hill groups Masters and Summer students Alannah and Estelle - coupling organonitriles at an aluminium centre. Out now in @organometallic.bsky.social .
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Aluminum-Centered C–C Heterocoupling of Organonitriles
The C-tert-butyl substituted azacyclopropenylaluminate, [(SiNDipp)Al-η2-{NCt-Bu}K]∞ (SiNDipp = (CH2SiMe2NDipp)2) reacts with both aryl- and alkyl-substituted nitriles. In contrast to previously reported attempts to effect C–C bond formation between two dissimilar nitriles, these reactions enable the completely discriminating heterocoupling of t-BuCN to provide diazabutadienylaluminate dianions that bear two differentiated N═C substituents.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Great work by the Hill groups Masters and Summer students Alannah and Estelle - coupling organonitriles at an aluminium centre. Out now in @organometallic.bsky.social .
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pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
AP13080 Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry - Jobs at Bath
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October 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group!
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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In @science.org this week from Simon Aldridge's group, CO is a sneaky thief: binds unexpectedly to tin at low temp, then steals both its ligands to make a carbene 🧪
chemsky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
chemsky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In @science.org this week from Simon Aldridge's group, CO is a sneaky thief: binds unexpectedly to tin at low temp, then steals both its ligands to make a carbene 🧪
chemsky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
chemsky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Excited to see this work published today in @jacs.acspublications.org , fun chemistry and a real group effort here by @clairemcmullin.bsky.social , @moraleschem.bsky.social , Mary and big Mike! (@bathchem.bsky.social)
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Arene Activation by Calcium Hydride/Zinc Amide Equilibration
The β-diketiminato calcium hydride, [(BDI)CaH]2 (BDI = HC{(Me)CNDipp}2, where Dipp = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3), reacts with [Zn{N(SiMe3)2}2] and [Zn(TMP)2] (TMP = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide) to provide labile...
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August 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Excited to see this work published today in @jacs.acspublications.org , fun chemistry and a real group effort here by @clairemcmullin.bsky.social , @moraleschem.bsky.social , Mary and big Mike! (@bathchem.bsky.social)
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Happy to see the latest Hill/@clairemcmullin.bsky.social paper out in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social. We've found you can interconvert group 1 alumanyls by redox reactions with elemental alkali metals (no beryllium needed this time ;)).
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An Alumanyl Test Case of Group 1 Redox Interchange
Rationalized by a thermochemical evaluation using both theoretical (DFT) and empirical data, we show that the arene-encapsulated M+ cations of the group 1 alumanyls, [{SiNDipp}AlM]2 ({SiNDipp} = {CH...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Happy to see the latest Hill/@clairemcmullin.bsky.social paper out in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social. We've found you can interconvert group 1 alumanyls by redox reactions with elemental alkali metals (no beryllium needed this time ;)).
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
So it begins... Looking forward to a great week at the Lindau Meeting! Very grateful for the opportunity
June 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So it begins... Looking forward to a great week at the Lindau Meeting! Very grateful for the opportunity
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🔓Check out this #OpenAccess work by @kylegpearce.bsky.social, Mary Mahon and Michael Hill: hydride transmetallation with alkylzinc gives an organocalcium dimer with differentiated alkyl and aryl functionalities👀
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Alkylzinc-mediated transmetallation of a calcium hydride
The dimeric β-diketiminato calcium hydride, [(BDI)CaH]2 (BDI = HC{(Me)CNDipp}2; Dipp = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3), reacts with dialkylzinc reagents in a 1 : 2 ratio through sequential dialkyl(hydrido)zincate…
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June 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🔓Check out this #OpenAccess work by @kylegpearce.bsky.social, Mary Mahon and Michael Hill: hydride transmetallation with alkylzinc gives an organocalcium dimer with differentiated alkyl and aryl functionalities👀
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📍@uniofbath.bsky.social
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Very honoured to be invited to give a research seminar @unswchemistry.bsky.social, thanks again to Sam Furfari for organising #ChemSky
June 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Very honoured to be invited to give a research seminar @unswchemistry.bsky.social, thanks again to Sam Furfari for organising #ChemSky
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We're recruiting a PDRA to work with our team at Oxford Chemistry @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social ! If you are interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry and catalysis research, Apply!
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May 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We're recruiting a PDRA to work with our team at Oxford Chemistry @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social ! If you are interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry and catalysis research, Apply!
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Happy Friday! Chuffed to see this work out in @rscmechanochem.rsc.org. Very thankful for all of the hard work put in for this paper, especially by Laura who helped to kickstart this mechanochemical venture.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Mechanochemically Micronised Na/NaCl; a Superfine Reductant
A free-flowing, homogeneous and non-pyrophoric powder of Na/NaCl is prepared via planetary ball-milling. The mechanochemically micronised Na/NaCl serves as a highly activated source of sodium and was ...
pubs.rsc.org
May 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Happy Friday! Chuffed to see this work out in @rscmechanochem.rsc.org. Very thankful for all of the hard work put in for this paper, especially by Laura who helped to kickstart this mechanochemical venture.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Just out in @daltontrans.rsc.org: Alkylzinc-Mediated Transmetallation of a Calcium Hydride. An extension of our approach to access [LCaMe]2 - facilitating access to organocalcium dimers with differentiated functionalities.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Alkylzinc-Mediated Transmetallation of a Calcium Hydride
The dimeric β-diketiminato calcium hydride, [(BDI)CaH]2 (BDI = HC{(Me)CNDipp}2; Dipp = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3), reacts with dialkylzinc reagents in a 1:2 ratio through sequential dialkyl(hydrido)zincate format...
pubs.rsc.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Just out in @daltontrans.rsc.org: Alkylzinc-Mediated Transmetallation of a Calcium Hydride. An extension of our approach to access [LCaMe]2 - facilitating access to organocalcium dimers with differentiated functionalities.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Very grateful for the opportunity to talk about our latest calcium zincate chemistry. Always a great time at #Dalton2025
Now it’s @kylegpearce.bsky.social turn to talk! 🧪 giving us a whistle stop tour of his Ca and Zn results #Dalton2025 #maingroup #inorganic #sblock
April 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Very grateful for the opportunity to talk about our latest calcium zincate chemistry. Always a great time at #Dalton2025
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OXIDATION STATE CONFUSION: Al(I)-Sn(II)? Al(II)-Sn(I)? Al(III)-Sn(0)? The crooked structure of this complex can be explained by a Al-donor Sn-acceptor bond. Details can be found here: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
OXIDATION STATE CONFUSION: Al(I)-Sn(II)? Al(II)-Sn(I)? Al(III)-Sn(0)? The crooked structure of this complex can be explained by a Al-donor Sn-acceptor bond. Details can be found here: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Finally managed to escape the office / lab for a brief lunch and a catch-up with the Hill group last week. 🍕@jguntley1234.bsky.social @moraleschem.bsky.social @kylegpearce.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Finally managed to escape the office / lab for a brief lunch and a catch-up with the Hill group last week. 🍕@jguntley1234.bsky.social @moraleschem.bsky.social @kylegpearce.bsky.social
The deadline is quickly approaching for the Main Group PhD Prize - please get nominating! @rsc.org
We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @roysocchem.bsky.social Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:
February 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The deadline is quickly approaching for the Main Group PhD Prize - please get nominating! @rsc.org
Conference officially underway, really looking forward to a great few days of chemistry #chemsky #MMM4 @iitbombay.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Conference officially underway, really looking forward to a great few days of chemistry #chemsky #MMM4 @iitbombay.bsky.social
We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @roysocchem.bsky.social Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:
January 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @roysocchem.bsky.social Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:
Some lovely chemistry just out from the Liptrot group @bathchem.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nucleophilicity at copper(-I) in a compound with a Cu–Mg bond - Nature Communications
Many chemical reactions rely on the preference of copper for positive oxidation states. In this work, the authors report that the reaction of an N-heterocyclic carbene ligated copper alkoxide with a d...
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January 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Some lovely chemistry just out from the Liptrot group @bathchem.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New year, new opportunities!!! We can offer two interesting positions within our @ERC_Research CoG project #AGILE at the hearth of organometallic chemistry
#ChemJobs #ChemPostdocs #PostDocJobs #PhDJobs #ChemSky #CHEMnitz
#ChemJobs #ChemPostdocs #PostDocJobs #PhDJobs #ChemSky #CHEMnitz
January 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New year, new opportunities!!! We can offer two interesting positions within our @ERC_Research CoG project #AGILE at the hearth of organometallic chemistry
#ChemJobs #ChemPostdocs #PostDocJobs #PhDJobs #ChemSky #CHEMnitz
#ChemJobs #ChemPostdocs #PostDocJobs #PhDJobs #ChemSky #CHEMnitz
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My condolences to the extended Fraser Stoddard family.
What a legacy of wonderful people (and obviously wonderful chemistry)
ChemSky
What a legacy of wonderful people (and obviously wonderful chemistry)
ChemSky
December 31, 2024 at 3:12 AM
My condolences to the extended Fraser Stoddard family.
What a legacy of wonderful people (and obviously wonderful chemistry)
ChemSky
What a legacy of wonderful people (and obviously wonderful chemistry)
ChemSky
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We report the first stable hexavalent nickel complex! It's formed by reductive addition of three Be-Be bonds at nickel(0), producing Ni(BeCp)6
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A Crystalline NiX6 Complex
High-valent nickel species are implicated as intermediates in industrially relevant chemical transformations and in the catalytic cycles of metalloenzymes. Although a small number of tetravalent NiX4 ...
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December 13, 2024 at 9:37 AM
We report the first stable hexavalent nickel complex! It's formed by reductive addition of three Be-Be bonds at nickel(0), producing Ni(BeCp)6
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
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December 11, 2024 at 7:19 AM
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”