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Congratulations to Alex, @amlovstedt.bsky.social. His paper is on the cover!

Charge-enhanced pyri­dyl tri­fluoro­borate organocatalysts: crystal structures and reactivity doi.org/10.1107/S205...
Charge-enhanced pyri­dyl tri­fluoro­borate organocatalysts: crystal structures and reactivity
An examination of the relationship between the solid-state features of the crystal structures of eleven 3- and 4-pyridyl tri­fluoro­borate organocatalysts and their solution-state reactivity is report...
doi.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Congratulations to Álvaro and the J. Goicoechea group at #IUBChemistry!
A Crystalline Mono‐Coordinate Indium(I)‐Phosphaalkenyl - García‐Romero - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A Crystalline Mono‐Coordinate Indium(I)‐Phosphaalkenyl
The redox neutral carbometallation of a phospha-alkyne using the dimeric indium(I) compound (InTer)2 is reported. This reaction affords a mono-coordinate indium(I) compound that can reversibly extrud...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Dr. Alex Lovstedt from umnchemistry.bsky.social joined the lab. Welcome Alex!
January 17, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Reposted by IUMSC
Just published in Structural Chemistry, CCDC scientists have benchmarked general-purpose force fields that have been recently implemented in CCDC software suites.

🔗 ccdc-info.com/4aXuvBW

#Chemistry #Crystallography
January 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by IUMSC
We’re honouring the late George Sheldrick, whose SHELX suite revolutionized crystal structure determination.

His earliest structure in the CSD: a mercury-cobalt carbonyl complex (1968).

🔗 CSD Entry FUYNAO: ccdc-info.com/4hXHcNQ

#FeaturedStructureFriday #Crystallography #CompChemSky
February 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Farewell Nobu. Wishing you all the success in your new position at OU.
January 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
January 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
January 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Statewide IT Conference 2024 @IUBloomington.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ACS @AmerChemSociety National Historic Chemical Landmarks dedication today at @IUBChemistry, @IUBloomington, recognizing the development of stannous fluoride chemistry, which resulted in the creation and commercialization of @crest toothpaste by @IndianaUniv and @ProcterGamble.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Bravo DECTRIS
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Column: Indiana's SB202 threatens our ability to compete in technology driven fields via @theheraldtimes
Column: Indiana's SB202 threatens our ability to compete in technology driven fields
In this guest column, Indiana University professors sound the alarm about higher education-focused Senate Bill 202.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Sneha performing Sir Lawrence Bragg's demo of crystallization (Crystals And Gems - The Nature of Things; ). The Chemistry's MIS team built our crystal builder.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Ibtihag is presenting her poster at the STEM Summer Research Experience Program
@IU_Groups
conference.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
STEM Summer Research Experience Program @IU_Groups student Ibtihag is investigating host guest systems in our lab.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Anthony has taken a new position and left us today. We hope that his new responsibilities will be fulfilling and make good use of his many talents. We miss him already. Good luck Anthony!
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Congratulations to Jackie Drake, Anthony Parker, and Ashley Mills, winners of the Outstanding Chemistry Staff Award 2023.
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Remembering Professor Dennis Peters.
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Awardees of the IUPAC 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
It was nice to catch up with Kriss Leftwich from @XenocsNews, who visited our laboratory this week.
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Snowflake Bentley’s 19th-century images of snow crystals put online
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM