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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 16h

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Architects of molecular cages win chemistry Nobel

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi honored for developing metal-organic frameworks

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · 2d

A PDRA position is available @bathchem.bsky.social in the Liptrot group. Great opportunity with a fantastic group!

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AP13080 Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry - Jobs at Bath

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 26d

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 🧪

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Crystal structures of CO bound to a diboryl tin complex on the left, and a tin carbene on the right with the borons migrated to C and O

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thanks Fabian 😄

Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thanks so much Rab, much of this work was inspired by your own 😁

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thanks Joe, hope everything is going well at Imperial

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Aug 2

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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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Jul 9

First paper with @moraleschem.bsky.social too 🙌

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Jul 9

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 ;)).
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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...

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Jun 29

#LINO25

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Jun 29

So it begins... Looking forward to a great week at the Lindau Meeting! Very grateful for the opportunity

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congratulations Clare 🥳

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Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · Jun 6

🔓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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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Jun 2

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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MehtaLab @mehtalab.bsky.social · May 13

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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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · May 9

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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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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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · May 7

#ChemSky

Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · May 7

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.
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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 format...

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Apr 4

Thanks, really enjoyed yours too. I was hoping to get a chance to chat to you properly, next time for sure

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Apr 3

Sad to not see you both here, hopefully we can catch up soon!

Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Apr 2

Very grateful for the opportunity to talk about our latest calcium zincate chemistry. Always a great time at #Dalton2025

Claire McMullin @clairemcmullin.bsky.social · Apr 2

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

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Harder Research Group @harder-research.bsky.social · Mar 25

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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Claire McMullin @clairemcmullin.bsky.social · Mar 18

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

Jacob Guntley, Agustin Morales Aguilar, Claire McMullin, Mike Hill, Louis Morris, Kyle Pearce Rex Charman.

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Feb 26

The deadline is quickly approaching for the Main Group PhD Prize - please get nominating! @rsc.org

Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Jan 30

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:

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Kyle Pearce @kylegpearce.bsky.social · Feb 13

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