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Michael Haley – UOregon Chemistry @uohaleylab.bsky.social · 6d

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.
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#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...

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · 21d

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org Sharing Francisco’s new work on modulating the thermal isomerization mechanisms of photoswitching azoarenes. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Triplet Spin Delocalization and Temperature Dependence for Adiabatic and Non-Adiabatic Z–E Isomerization Pathways in Azoarenes

Photoswitching molecules like the azoarenes have myriad potential applications, ranging from energy storage to targeted drug delivery. Upon irradiation, azoarenes convert from an E-form to a Z-form. T...

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Aug 28

Spent time with this lady this morning. Thursday portrait. ✍🏻

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Tim Schleif @timschleif.bsky.social · Aug 28

Such a cool collab, it really has it all: Spanning East to West Coast, connecting calculations to (past) experiments and being led by both an undergrad researcher and a Postdoc now succeeding in industry!

judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Aug 26

Sharing new work. Now on @ChemicalScience on how geminal hyperconjugation affects heavy-atom tunneling! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Geminal Hyperconjugation as a Driving Force for C–C Bond Shortening in Heavy-Atom Tunneling

Geminal hyperconjugation can play an important role in heavy-atom tunnelling reactions that involve three-membered rings. We demonstrate this relationship in a case study of the equilibrium between ox...

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Aug 26

Sharing new work. Now on @ChemicalScience on how geminal hyperconjugation affects heavy-atom tunneling! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Geminal Hyperconjugation as a Driving Force for C–C Bond Shortening in Heavy-Atom Tunneling

Geminal hyperconjugation can play an important role in heavy-atom tunnelling reactions that involve three-membered rings. We demonstrate this relationship in a case study of the equilibrium between ox...

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Aug 13

The universe reminds me that I forgot to response to an email about pyrene. Wednesday 200. 🎾

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Aug 11

Weekend values drill. ✍🏻

judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jul 15

Bye bye Skye. 🩵 The views were sublime, but I ran out of time. So I waved to the sheep, “Goodbye!”

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jul 14

Morning hike at the Old Man of Storr today. Coming back just in time for a wee haggis pie for lunch.

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jul 13

Amazing Skye.

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jul 11

Leaving London and off to the Highlands—ending London with a puppy cuteness explosion! 💥❤️🥰🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jul 8

Discourse: Celebrating 200 Years of Benzene—From Whale Oil to Aromaticity now on YouTube 😊😊😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGNK...

Discourse: Celebrating 200 Years of Benzene - From Whale Oil to Aromaticity | with Judy Wu

YouTube video by The Royal Institution

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jul 4

Blandford Street house 48. Excellent sandwiches today vs. excellent book binding in 1800. Tracing Faraday’s footsteps around Marylbone London.

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy 200 year birthday, 🎂 benzene! Enjoyed my time with cool people at the Ri this evening. @ri-science.bsky.social

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you Malcolm and Kathy for an amazing PhysOrg #GRC2025 conference! Besides cool science, the wonderful people and kindness in this community is why PhysOrg GRC always has a special place in my heart.❤️ 🙌👊🏼 Igor and I will do our best for 2027!

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Jun 18

Summer travels begin! It’s you and me now for the next four weeks, Paxi. First stop—going into the mountains and exercising the power vested in me. 🏔️ 💒

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · May 31

Saturday Dalmatians. Spots!

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Mar 28

Rainy morning. No tennis 🎾
Ready for writing day after a little warm up. ✍🏻

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Mar 25

Happy hump day.
Bunnies and watercolor.
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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Mar 18

Super proud of my postdoc Francisco Martins for being selected to attend the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Chemistry! 🎉🎉#LINO25 Enjoy your trip to Lindau Francisco! It’s gonna be awesome!👏👏👏

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Mar 10

Sharing our new work on how heteroatom dopping affects the antiaromaticity of expanded s-indacenes. 🎈
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How do Heteroatom Placements Affect the Paratropicities of Heteroaromatic-Fused Indacenes?

Topological charge stabilization rules explain how heteroatom placements in heteroaromatic-fused s-indacenes (ID) and dicyclopenta[b,g]naphthalenes (IID) modulate the paratropicities of the [4n] core....

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Fernanda Duarte @fjduarte.bsky.social · Jan 23

1 week left to apply for this fully funded #compchem PhD opportunity part of the EU Marie Curie Doctoral Network, “CATALOOP”
🗓 Deadline: 31/01/2025
📥 How to Apply: submit your application via the university portal shorturl.at/nHyAo

Fernanda Duarte @fjduarte.bsky.social · Jan 5

We are seeking an outstanding #PhD candidate to join our team (www.duartegroupchem.org)! If you know potential candidates interested in combining #ML and #compchem reaction modelling for catalyst design, please share this opportunity with them!
🗓 Deadline: 31/01/25
📥 Application: shorturl.at/nHyAo

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · Mar 6

This week’s #ChemSciPicks is from from Stephen Craig (Duke University), Todd Martinez (Stanford University) and colleagues!

Their study explores structure-property relationships for the force-triggered disrotatory ring-opening of cyclobutene.

Read for free at doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

#ChemSky 🧪

A graphical abstract image for the Chemical Science Pick of the Week, demonstrating that the disrotatory ring opening of cyclobutene - a symmetry forbidden reaction - can be forced to occur experimentally using mechanical bias.

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judywuchem.bsky.social @judywuchem.bsky.social · Mar 7

I really like how the CO2 is closest to your nose, and the O2 is closest to the plants on the bottom left. Great picture! 👍

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Michal Juríček @michaljuricek.bsky.social · Feb 26

Check out the first two chemistry.unwrapped videos on our YouTube channel! 🎥 You will learn why bread doesn’t taste sweet when it's loaded with sugar 🍞🤯 and how everything that we eat starts with nuclear fusion on the Sun ☀️🌿

@uzhchemistry.bsky.social #pisky #chemsky

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