Thomas Baumgartner
@tbaumlab.bsky.social
Main group materials #Chemistry research at York University 🇨🇦 - mostly news on research group and science-related stuff…and fluorescence pics! #ChemSky 🧪⚗️
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The Main Group Committee is looking for nominations for the RSC Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize (@rsc.org). Both Self and External Nominations welcome. Extra details provided on the flyer below:
January 14, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The Main Group Committee is looking for nominations for the RSC Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize (@rsc.org). Both Self and External Nominations welcome. Extra details provided on the flyer below:
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We're Hiring! If you are interested in a PDRA post with the Mehta group, please apply! @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social
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Job Details
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January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
We're Hiring! If you are interested in a PDRA post with the Mehta group, please apply! @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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🎬 Year 1 of Chemistry Unwrapped — wrapped!
A huge thank you to the University of Zurich, the Department of Chemistry, and our amazing guests who brought their curiosity, passion, and energy on screen! 🙏
@michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch
A huge thank you to the University of Zurich, the Department of Chemistry, and our amazing guests who brought their curiosity, passion, and energy on screen! 🙏
@michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
🎬 Year 1 of Chemistry Unwrapped — wrapped!
A huge thank you to the University of Zurich, the Department of Chemistry, and our amazing guests who brought their curiosity, passion, and energy on screen! 🙏
@michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch
A huge thank you to the University of Zurich, the Department of Chemistry, and our amazing guests who brought their curiosity, passion, and energy on screen! 🙏
@michaljuricek.bsky.social @chem.uzh.ch
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🏆TOP 5 Most Downloaded Articles of 2025!
Carbamoyl #fluorides —an emerging frontier in organofluorine chemistry✨Explore their unique reactivity in this short review by Maryam Jabbarpoor and Christine Le @christinemle.bsky.social @leresearchgroup.bsky.social
👉 buff.ly/HUPwctC
Carbamoyl #fluorides —an emerging frontier in organofluorine chemistry✨Explore their unique reactivity in this short review by Maryam Jabbarpoor and Christine Le @christinemle.bsky.social @leresearchgroup.bsky.social
👉 buff.ly/HUPwctC
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🏆TOP 5 Most Downloaded Articles of 2025!
Carbamoyl #fluorides —an emerging frontier in organofluorine chemistry✨Explore their unique reactivity in this short review by Maryam Jabbarpoor and Christine Le @christinemle.bsky.social @leresearchgroup.bsky.social
👉 buff.ly/HUPwctC
Carbamoyl #fluorides —an emerging frontier in organofluorine chemistry✨Explore their unique reactivity in this short review by Maryam Jabbarpoor and Christine Le @christinemle.bsky.social @leresearchgroup.bsky.social
👉 buff.ly/HUPwctC
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We are glad to share our new publication!
Dual CPL from chiral boron embedded PAHs!
Dual Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Chiral Boron-Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Dual CPL from chiral boron embedded PAHs!
Dual Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Chiral Boron-Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We are glad to share our new publication!
Dual CPL from chiral boron embedded PAHs!
Dual Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Chiral Boron-Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Dual CPL from chiral boron embedded PAHs!
Dual Circularly Polarized Luminescence from Chiral Boron-Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Our latest article regarding modular synthesis of benzothiophene-fused pentalene and substituent-dependent antiaromatic character is now available on ChemRxiv👀
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Modular Synthesis of Benzothiophene-Fused Pentalene Reveals Substituent-Dependent Antiaromaticity
Antiaromatic π-electron systems provide unique electronic features arising from the cyclic conjugation of 4n π-electrons, yet synthetic access to strongly antiaromatic heteroarene-fused scaffolds rema...
chemrxiv.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our latest article regarding modular synthesis of benzothiophene-fused pentalene and substituent-dependent antiaromatic character is now available on ChemRxiv👀
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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🌟 Ever thought about using cumulenes ====== in your synthetic chemistry? Probably not, but now’s the perfect time to dive in! Our new review with @tykwinskigroup.bsky.social showcases the remarkable versatility of cumulene chemistry in organic synthesis.
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#Cumulene #OrgChem
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#Cumulene #OrgChem
The Versatile World of Cumulene Chemistry
Despite a history spanning over a century, cumulenes are often relegated to the realm of perceived curiosities rather than practical synthetic intermediates as result of their high intrinsic reactivit...
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🌟 Ever thought about using cumulenes ====== in your synthetic chemistry? Probably not, but now’s the perfect time to dive in! Our new review with @tykwinskigroup.bsky.social showcases the remarkable versatility of cumulene chemistry in organic synthesis.
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#Cumulene #OrgChem
doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...
#Cumulene #OrgChem
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If you're into inorganic polymers, check out the "Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Polymers" Themed Issue of @polymerchem.rsc.org that I had the pleasure of guest editing with Rebekka Klausen & Erin Leitao.
Many thanks to all contributors!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
@dalchemistry.bsky.social
@uvic.ca
Many thanks to all contributors!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
@dalchemistry.bsky.social
@uvic.ca
Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Polymers Home
pubs.rsc.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If you're into inorganic polymers, check out the "Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Polymers" Themed Issue of @polymerchem.rsc.org that I had the pleasure of guest editing with Rebekka Klausen & Erin Leitao.
Many thanks to all contributors!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
@dalchemistry.bsky.social
@uvic.ca
Many thanks to all contributors!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
@dalchemistry.bsky.social
@uvic.ca
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Hi everyone,
Does anyone have experience with VTI gloveboxes? Any feedback is welcome!
Thanks
Does anyone have experience with VTI gloveboxes? Any feedback is welcome!
Thanks
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hi everyone,
Does anyone have experience with VTI gloveboxes? Any feedback is welcome!
Thanks
Does anyone have experience with VTI gloveboxes? Any feedback is welcome!
Thanks
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Registration and abstract submissions for #InorganicDiscussionWeekend has now been EXTENDED until Oct. 22nd!
Last chance to sign up to give an oral, poster or flash talk, or to just come and learn more about inorganic chemistry!
Visit idw2025.ca for more details.
Last chance to sign up to give an oral, poster or flash talk, or to just come and learn more about inorganic chemistry!
Visit idw2025.ca for more details.
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Registration and abstract submissions for #InorganicDiscussionWeekend has now been EXTENDED until Oct. 22nd!
Last chance to sign up to give an oral, poster or flash talk, or to just come and learn more about inorganic chemistry!
Visit idw2025.ca for more details.
Last chance to sign up to give an oral, poster or flash talk, or to just come and learn more about inorganic chemistry!
Visit idw2025.ca for more details.
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The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Mehta Group is recruiting a PhD student in Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/me...
We are also taking on students through the iMAT CDT program! www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...
If you are interested, apply!
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Now out in Chem. Sci., 15 years of chemistry distilled down to 22 pages – my group's magnum opus. Great job by Efrain, Gabby & Josh! Many thanks to
@aromaticist.bsky.social, @judywuchem.bsky.social, Juan Casado, Carlos Gomez-Garcia & myriad other collaborators.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#pisky
@aromaticist.bsky.social, @judywuchem.bsky.social, Juan Casado, Carlos Gomez-Garcia & myriad other collaborators.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#pisky
The interplay of antiaromaticity and diradical character in diarenoindacenes and diindenoarenes
Over the past ∼15 years our group has performed multiple structure/properties relationship studies to assess how logical structural refinement can affect the antiaromaticity/diradicaloid continuum. Us...
pubs.rsc.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Now out in Chem. Sci., 15 years of chemistry distilled down to 22 pages – my group's magnum opus. Great job by Efrain, Gabby & Josh! Many thanks to
@aromaticist.bsky.social, @judywuchem.bsky.social, Juan Casado, Carlos Gomez-Garcia & myriad other collaborators.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#pisky
@aromaticist.bsky.social, @judywuchem.bsky.social, Juan Casado, Carlos Gomez-Garcia & myriad other collaborators.
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#pisky
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Calling all synthetic chemists! We are looking for a new colleague at York University in Toronto 🇨🇦 for a 3 year limited term position as Assistant Professor (Teaching stream) in synthetic chemistry.
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Calling all synthetic chemists! We are looking for a new colleague at York University in Toronto 🇨🇦 for a 3 year limited term position as Assistant Professor (Teaching stream) in synthetic chemistry.
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...
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Hi American Parents,
As a Dad, don’t take advice from semi-sentient greasy dish cloths.
Ask your doctor.
As a Dad, don’t take advice from semi-sentient greasy dish cloths.
Ask your doctor.
Trump: "I think it has -- I think it's very bad. They're pumping, it looks like they're pumping into a horse. You have a little child, a little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess. 80 different blends. And they pump it in. So ideally, a woman won't take Tylenol."
September 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hi American Parents,
As a Dad, don’t take advice from semi-sentient greasy dish cloths.
Ask your doctor.
As a Dad, don’t take advice from semi-sentient greasy dish cloths.
Ask your doctor.
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𝗙𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 – 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
For researchers in Germany going abroad, and Humboldt Network members abroad looking to host.
Curious how to apply or host a fellow?
Get all answers at the next Humboldt Discovery: Sep. 23rd 2pm – 3pm
👉 www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
For researchers in Germany going abroad, and Humboldt Network members abroad looking to host.
Curious how to apply or host a fellow?
Get all answers at the next Humboldt Discovery: Sep. 23rd 2pm – 3pm
👉 www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
September 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
𝗙𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 – 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻
For researchers in Germany going abroad, and Humboldt Network members abroad looking to host.
Curious how to apply or host a fellow?
Get all answers at the next Humboldt Discovery: Sep. 23rd 2pm – 3pm
👉 www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
For researchers in Germany going abroad, and Humboldt Network members abroad looking to host.
Curious how to apply or host a fellow?
Get all answers at the next Humboldt Discovery: Sep. 23rd 2pm – 3pm
👉 www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/i...
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Special Chemistry Seminar: Come hear visiting scholar Professor Stephanie Jones of York University discuss “Investigating the properties of wood smoke aerosol: from single droplets to aerosol ensembles and interfacial films” on September 16, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars.
September 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Special Chemistry Seminar: Come hear visiting scholar Professor Stephanie Jones of York University discuss “Investigating the properties of wood smoke aerosol: from single droplets to aerosol ensembles and interfacial films” on September 16, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.. Learn more at uoft.me/ChemSeminars.
Congratulations, Keita!
Our D1 student, Ando, has won the Akasaki Student Encouragement Award. Congratulations🌟
September 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Congratulations, Keita!
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@uottawa.ca is hiring a Full Professor and Tier 1 CRC in Sustainable Catalyst Design. Ability to teach inorganic and organometallic chemistry especially welcome. Comes with dedicated funding, teaching reduction, and substantial startup funds. Ottawa is a great place to live!
tinyurl.com/bdcm5hw6
tinyurl.com/bdcm5hw6
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Catalyst Design - Ottawa, Ontario (CA) job with University of Ottawa, Ontario CANADA | 12844053
The University of Ottawa invites applications for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Sustainable Catalyst Design. The successful candidate wil...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@uottawa.ca is hiring a Full Professor and Tier 1 CRC in Sustainable Catalyst Design. Ability to teach inorganic and organometallic chemistry especially welcome. Comes with dedicated funding, teaching reduction, and substantial startup funds. Ottawa is a great place to live!
tinyurl.com/bdcm5hw6
tinyurl.com/bdcm5hw6
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We are pleased to be able to share our new research findings☺️
Donor–Acceptor–Acceptor-Type Near-Infrared Fluorophores Featuring Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene S,S-Dioxide and Diarylboryl Units as Dual Acceptors
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Donor–Acceptor–Acceptor-Type Near-Infrared Fluorophores Featuring Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene S,S-Dioxide and Diarylboryl Units as Dual Acceptors
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Donor–Acceptor–Acceptor-Type Near-Infrared Fluorophores Featuring Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene S,S-Dioxide and Diarylboryl Units as Dual Acceptors
A new class of donor–acceptor–acceptor-type fluorophores was developed, incorporating thieno[3,2-b]thiophene S,S-dioxide and dimesitylboryl units as dual acceptors, along with aminoaryl groups serving...
pubs.acs.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We are pleased to be able to share our new research findings☺️
Donor–Acceptor–Acceptor-Type Near-Infrared Fluorophores Featuring Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene S,S-Dioxide and Diarylboryl Units as Dual Acceptors
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Donor–Acceptor–Acceptor-Type Near-Infrared Fluorophores Featuring Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene S,S-Dioxide and Diarylboryl Units as Dual Acceptors
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Reza’s latest work is hot off the press!
Happy to contribute to the conjugated materials special issue in Organic Letters #ChemSky #PiSky pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Happy to contribute to the conjugated materials special issue in Organic Letters #ChemSky #PiSky pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
From Aqua Green to Deep Red in One Step: Targeted Design of a Highly Luminescent Phosphacyclic Vat Orange 3 Dye
Silver-mediated phosphacyclic ring expansion with strategic placement of phosphorus and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) on Vat Orange 3 was carried out. The target compounds possess narrow HOMO...
pubs.acs.org
August 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reza’s latest work is hot off the press!
Happy to contribute to the conjugated materials special issue in Organic Letters #ChemSky #PiSky pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Happy to contribute to the conjugated materials special issue in Organic Letters #ChemSky #PiSky pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
We are hiring! New opening for a W2 Professor in "experimental inorganic chemistry" @unibonn.bsky.social
Deadline Oct. 10 t.co/EqMLA0fCuC
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'Alkyne Benzannulations: A Powerful Tool for the Efficient Synthesis of Chiral and Achiral Nanographenes and of Graphene Nanoribbons' from Accounts of Chemical Research is currently free to read as an #ACSEditorsChoice.
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/s9kvlM0
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August 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
'Alkyne Benzannulations: A Powerful Tool for the Efficient Synthesis of Chiral and Achiral Nanographenes and of Graphene Nanoribbons' from Accounts of Chemical Research is currently free to read as an #ACSEditorsChoice.
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/s9kvlM0
📖 Read the article: buff.ly/s9kvlM0
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University of Toronto: Associate Professor in Experimental Physical Chemistry https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/07/university-of-toronto-associate.html
July 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
University of Toronto: Associate Professor in Experimental Physical Chemistry https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/07/university-of-toronto-associate.html