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Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 25d

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How Teacher Evaluations Broke the University

“We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 27d

The promised watch this space is now online with VIP status
Heavyweight Champion: Caesium Diorganophosphides Outperform Lighter Congeners in Catalytic Hydrophosphination Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Heavyweight Champion: Caesium Diorganophosphides Outperform Lighter Congeners in the Catalytic Hydrophosphination of Alkenes and Alkynes

The heavier, the better! We report that the caesium congener is the most active and versatile catalyst amongst a full group set of well-defined crown ether supported alkali metal diphenyl phosphides ...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · 28d

Thrilled to share our last collaborative work with M. Fañanas just published in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social on the Copper‐Catalyzed Defluorinative Allylboration of Allenes with Trifluoromethyl Alkenes chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Copper‐Catalyzed Defluorinative Allylboration of Allenes with Trifluoromethyl Alkenes

A copper-catalyzed borylative coupling of allenes with 1-trifluoromethyl alkenes is reported. The reaction selectively provides synthetically versatile borylated 1,1-difluoro-1,5-dienes that can be c....

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Aug 13

Check out our Perspective on Transition-state aromaticity and its relationship with reactivity in pericyclic reactions just published in BJOC @beilstein-institut.bsky.social www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...

Transition-state aromaticity and its relationship with reactivity in pericyclic reactions

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Aug 4

Happy to share this work with
@felixkraemer.bsky.social
and @remglasgow.bsky.social just published in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social ChemEurJ as VIP article on Crown Ether Supported Alkali Metal Phosphides: Synthesis, Structures and Bonding
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Crown Ether Supported Alkali Metal Phosphides: Synthesis, Structures and Bonding

Crowned! Herein we describe a complete series of crown ether coordinated alkali metal phosphides from lithium to cesium, including solid state structures, detailed investigations in solution and exte...

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Alicia Casitas @aliciacasitas.bsky.social · Jul 20

JOB ALERT! 🚨 Are you interested in organic synthesis and catalysis? We have an open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Deadline: 10th August 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: lnkd.in/e_f3Xerq
#chemsky

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Jun 21

Great work indeed!
Grateful for being part of it!

GoicoecheaGroup @goicoecheagroup.bsky.social · Jun 21

PDRA extraordinaire, Álvaro García-Romero, hits it out if the park again! Check out his most recent work out today in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Outstanding computational support by DFT master @isra-group.bsky.social! Further details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Stepwise Acetylene Insertion and Ammonia Activation at a Digallene and Diindene

Sequential [2+2] cycloaddition reactions between acetylene and the digallene and diindene compounds (ETer)2 (E = Ga, In; Ter = 2,6-Dipp2-C6H3; Dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) are described. Careful con...

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GoicoecheaGroup @goicoecheagroup.bsky.social · Jun 21

PDRA extraordinaire, Álvaro García-Romero, hits it out if the park again! Check out his most recent work out today in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Outstanding computational support by DFT master @isra-group.bsky.social! Further details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Stepwise Acetylene Insertion and Ammonia Activation at a Digallene and Diindene

Sequential [2+2] cycloaddition reactions between acetylene and the digallene and diindene compounds (ETer)2 (E = Ga, In; Ter = 2,6-Dipp2-C6H3; Dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) are described. Careful con...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Jun 17

Check out our work just accepted in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social (ChemEurJ) on Understanding Small Molecule Activation by Heavier Benzene 1,4‐diides: Interplay between Diradical Character and Aromaticity @ghadwalgroup.bsky.social chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Understanding Small Molecule Activation Promoted by Heavier Benzene 1,4‐diides: Interplay between Diradical Character and Aromaticity

The intricate relationship between diradical character, aromaticity, and reactivity in annulated heavier Group 14 benzene-1,4-diides, i.e. [(ADC)E]2 (E = Si, Ge, Sn), based on an anionic dicarbene fr...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Jun 12

Two in a row with @nazariolab ! Just accepted in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social the Reduction-Induced C–C Cleavage and Site-Specific Hydrogenation of a Highly Strained Bilayer Spironanographene.

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Reduction‐Induced C–C Cleavage and Site‐Specific Hydrogenation of a Highly Strained Bilayer Spironanographene.

The chemical reduction of a bilayer spironanographene, spiro-NG (C137H120), with Na and K metals in the presence of [2.2.2]cryptand to yield [Na+(2.2.2-cryptand)](C137H121–) (1) and [K+(2.2.2-cryptan...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Jun 9

Just accepted in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
our last collaboration with @nazariolab
on the Diastereoselective Scholl reaction: Point-to-helical chirality transfer in molecular nanographenes
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Diastereoselective Scholl reaction: Point-to-helical chirality transfer in molecular nanographenes

A stereoselective control of molecular nanographene helicity has been achieved by a point-to-helical chirality transfer during the Scholl graphitization reaction to obtain compound 4. Density Function...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · May 8

Happy to share our last work just published in @acs.org JOC on the Mechanism and origin of regioselectivity in the phosphine-catalyzed Heine reaction pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Mechanism and Origin of Regioselectivity in the Phosphine-Catalyzed Heine Reaction

Herein, we present a comprehensive computational study of the reaction mechanism and regioselectivity patterns of the phosphine-catalyzed Heine reaction involving N-benzoylaziridines. Density function...

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Breher Research Group @brehergroup.bsky.social · Apr 9

A detailed study on the reactivity of ambiphilic metallacycles is presented. Thanks to @felixkraemer.bsky.social, @pascalweisenb.bsky.social and @isra-group.bsky.social)! Have a look at the paper 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ejic...

Stabilities and Limitations in the Reactivity of Phosphorus Ylide‐Based Aluminum‐ and Gallium‐Carbon Ambiphiles − A Combined Experimental and Computational Approach

The unexpected reactivity and stability limits of phosphorus ylide-based aluminum- and gallium-carbon ambiphiles are described. While the previously published t-butyl-substituted compound (2-{AltBu2}...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Mar 12

Check out our last work just accepted in Inorg. Chem. @pubs.acs.org on the Influence of the Nature of Group 15 Element on [AuI]–C≡E/Azide 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Influence of the Nature of Group 15 Element on [AuI]–C≡E/Azide 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction

The impact of the nature of the Group 15 element on both the bonding situation and the reactivity of gold(I)-C ≡ E (E = N to Bi) complexes has been studied quantum chemically within the density theory...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thrilled to share this fantastic work with M. Tortosa just published in @naturechemistry.bsky.social

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Enantioselective photocatalytic synthesis of bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as ortho-disubstituted benzene bioisosteres with improved biological activity - Nature Chemistry

The incorporation of saturated bioisosteres of phenyl rings has emerged as an appealing strategy in drug-discovery programmes. However, stereocontrolled access to these sp3-hybridized skeletons remain...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thrilled to share our last work with P. Ríos just accepted in @chemsci.bsky.social on the Stepwise alkyne insertion in Au(i) acetylides: influence of the nuclearity

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Stepwise alkyne insertion in Au(I) acetylides: influence of the nuclearity

The reaction between NHC-supported (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) gold(i) trimethylsilylacetylide complexes with NHC gold(i) hydroxide species renders different symmetrical homobimetallic Au complexes...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Dec 26

Gracias!

Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Dec 26

Santa came to town….Check out this international collaborative work just accepted in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social on
Extended Tetrathiafulvalene Multi‐Redox Systems Incorporating 4,5‐Dihydroazuleno[2,1,8‐ija]azulene Cores

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Extended Tetrathiafulvalene Multi‐Redox Systems Incorporating 4,5‐Dihydroazuleno[2,1,8‐ija]azulene Cores

The introduction of 4,5-dihydroazuleno[2,1,8-ija]azulene as a central core between two 1,4-dithiafulvene (DTF) units provides a novel class of extended tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) electron donors. Herei....

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Dec 9

Excited to share this fantastic collaboration with
Ghadwal_Group just published in JACS @acspublications.bsky.social on Carbon Dioxide Capture and (De)oxygenation at Group 14 Diradicaloids
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Structural Snapshots of Reversible Carbon Dioxide Capture and (De)oxygenation at Group 14 Diradicaloids

Although diradicals should exhibit a rather small reaction barrier as compared to closed-shell species for activating kinetically inert molecules, the activation and functionalization of carbon dioxid...

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Héctor Busto @hebusto.bsky.social · Dec 2

“El 96% de las universidades públicas son transparentes frente al 19% de las privadas” https://hazrevista.org/transparencia/2024/11/96-por-ciento-universidades-publicas-transparentes-19-por-ciento-privadas/

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thrilled to share our last work in collaboration with
YangXiong just accepted in AngewChem
on Visible light‐mediated [4+2] annulation of silylimines with olefins involving Diradical Hydrogen Atom Transfer (DHAT) of C−H Bonds
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Visible Light‐Mediated [4+2] Annulation of Silylimines with Olefins to 1‐Aminotetralins Enabled by Diradical Hydrogen Atom Transfer of C−H Bonds

A facile photochemical, one-pot synthesis of highly functionalized 1-aminotetralins derivatives (> 70 examples) from readily accessible o-alkyl and o-formyl aryl silylimines with olefins is described...

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Nov 26

Happy to share our last work by S. Portela
on Understanding the reactivity and selectivity of Oxazaborolidium ion‐Catalyzed Diels‐Alder Reactions Involving Cyclobutenones as Dienophiles. Thanks
ChemPlusChem for the invitation
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid @ucm.es · Nov 25

El rector de #LaComplutense se dirige a la presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid para expresar su más firme #desacuerdo con sus recientes declaraciones en la Asamblea de Madrid acerca de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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#LaEducaciónNosUne
#DefendamosLoPúblico

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Israel Fernández @isra-group.bsky.social · Nov 24

One can study many things with computational chemistry...according to my cloud from scholargoggler.com

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