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Official home for the #Chemistry community #RealTimeChem (part of #ChemSky). Connecting chemists (on the old place since 2012. Curated by @doctorgalactic.bsky.social. Join in by sharing chemistry using #RealTimeChem.

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#RealTimeChem @realtimechem.bsky.social · Feb 10

#ChemTogether.

Forever.

#RealTimeChem #ChemSky #Chemistry

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · Apr 11

SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.

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#RealTimeChem @realtimechem.bsky.social · Apr 11

Guess what? It turns out scientists don’t like Nazis!

Altmetric @altmetric.com · Apr 11

“On today’s X, #AcademicTwitter is dead. And most scholars in the world do not want to be active on what the platform has become.” ~ @claesdevreese.bsky.social

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research

Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

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QUAD Systems AG @quad-systems-nmr.bsky.social · Mar 26

Even the smallest contamination on an NMR tube can significantly impact your results. A dirty sample can lead to:

- Poor shimming and reduced sensitivity
- Potential contamination of the probe, requiring time-consuming maintenance
#NMRchat #ChemSky #RealTimeChem

Illustration of the effect of dirty NMR tubes. The top shows a clean NMR tube and the corresponding "shim-map", which is very homogeneous. The bottom shows an NMR tube with a small black marker dot. The corresponding shim map shows a clear perturbation of several Hz around the dot.

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Alex Blokhuis @alexblokhuis.bsky.social · Mar 26

CoCl2, K3Fe(CN)6 🧫🧪⚗️
#RealTimeChem #chemsky #systemschemistry #STEM #chemistry #science

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Matt de Vere @mattdv-t.bsky.social · Mar 27

Colour changes remain the best thing in chemistry #chemsky #realtimechem

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The bumbling biochemist (Bri Bibel) @bumblingbiochemist.bsky.social · Apr 1

Here’s my strategy for keeping track of assay data. I started doing this in grad school and it’s still serving me well! youtu.be/-A1WoAY-aaE example template: bit.ly/assaylog #365DaysOfScience #chemsky #realtimechem #biochemsky

My strategy for keeping track of assay data: logs, strategically-annotated figures, etc.

YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist

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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · Apr 1

Yesterday, I attended the launch of @nadsn.bsky.social white paper "Towards a fully inclusive environment for disabled people in STEMM" #NADSNWhitePaper

Inclusion isn’t a burden—it’s the key to innovation #DisabeledInSTEM #RealTimeChem #ChemSky

Read the white paper 👉 shorturl.at/Fcidd

The Jocelyn Bell Burnell Wing, Learning and Teaching Building, University of Strathclyde.

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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · Apr 3

Last week, the @rsc.org held their 5th Inclusion & Diversity Forum—a powerful reminder that equity in science is about real lives, careers & futures #ChemSky #RealTimeChem

We stand firm:
🔹 Amplifying voices
🔹 Strengthening partnerships
🔹 Supporting our community

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbyQ...

Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion and Diversity Forum 2025

YouTube video by Royal Society Of Chemistry

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Bob Worley @bobthechemist.bsky.social · Apr 6

Watch highly coloured ions MnO₄⁻ & Cu(NH₃)₄²⁺ diffuse in a droplet of water using 2 different paths caused by presence of a magnet during electrolysis. Evidence of charged particles (ions). www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMta... and www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9oM...
#ITeachchem #RealTimeChem #chatchemistry

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Fer @gomobel.bsky.social · Apr 9

I'm so happy to see my @chemistryworld.com story on spin entanglement as the #1 most read online! 🥳 Keep reading, it's also the first solution synthesis of a super interesting structure shaped like a small bowtie 🧪 #ChemSky #RealTimeChem 👉🏽 bit.ly/4cqtkcW

A table displaying the top most read stories in popular science magazine Chemistry World

The chemical structure of ’Clar’s goblet’, proposed in 1972 by Erich Clar. It's shaped like a microscopic bowtie

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HansonFSU @hansonfsu.bsky.social · Apr 11

Happy Friday!! This week we have leftover alkyne from a column. 💧

#fsu #photochemistry #research #picoftheweek #chemistry

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Erika Keil @e-keil.bsky.social · Apr 11

Gotta love #chemistry sometimes 😍
#chemiluminescence #sciencesky #womeninstem #science 🧪 #physics ⚛️ #photonics 💡

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Jordan Dorrell @stochasticchemist.bsky.social · Apr 11

I'm getting to this a bit late, but I've just read this fantastic review of high Z' crystals/CSP by Paul Waddell in @crystengcomm.rsc.org .
Definitely a paper I'll be coming back to in the future:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#csp #compchemsky #chemistry #crystallography

A lot to unpack: a decade in high Z′ crystal structures

Crystal structures that form with more than one molecule in the asymmetric unit (Z′ > 1) are a fascinating and important, if overlooked, aspect of crystal engineering. With the recent publication of t...

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van Gemmeren Lab @vangemmerenlab.bsky.social · Apr 11

Congratulations to Edis and @sourjyamal.bsky.social, who have completed their studies on a new and efficient approach towards gamma-alkylidene lactones directly from carboxylic acids and lactones now posted on @chemrxiv.bsky.social
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... #chemsky #chemistry

Graphical abstract of a manuscript detailing the reaction between a carboxylic acid and a styrene under palladium catalysis.

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Frances Separovic @francesbiophys.bsky.social · Apr 9

We are pleased to share that our recent @rsc.org Chemical Science article has been selected and included in their 2024 most popular Chemical Biology articles collection. #chemistry #biophysics pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

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Making Molecules @makingmolecules.com · Apr 8

Re-inventing the wheel. Instead of a #ChemEd #Chemistry #ChemSky summary here is my version of a pKa (in H2O) scale. Values are taken from the wonderful Evans/Ripin & Hans Reich resources. If you want a table, I recommend these.

This was an attempt at a more visual representation of the data

Enjoy

A visualisation of the pKa scale of some common organic molecules in water. Original values taken from Dave Evans, DH Ripin & Hans Reich but all mistakes are my own. The landscape version

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · Mar 10

Died #OTD 1928 Lydia Maria DeWitt: a pathologist who studied tuberculosis. She looked for dyes that would penetrate tuberculous lesions, especially dyes incorporating metal atoms such as copper, gold and mercury. She also worked hard to encourage women in scientific research #ChemSky #WomenInScience

This is the ONE TIME a large volumetric flask full of blue liquid is an appropriate choice of chemistry image: DeWitt worked with methylene blue (and trypan red)

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Bob Worley @bobthechemist.bsky.social · Feb 22

Helplines asked #CLEAPSS for an alternative to CuO/H₂SO₄ neutralisation reaction salt making for students to make salts. Not easy, but using ed/ox metal/acid reactions uses the same skills. This is iron(II) sulfate made from staples.
#ITeachchem #RealTimeChem #chatchemistry

0.25 cm³ of 1M copper sulfate is added to the iron staples and 2 cm³ of 1.5M sulfuric acid It is heated for 10 minutes. Can also use steel paper clips. This is the personal spirit burner (ethanol biofuel) hotplate.

Using filter paper in small-scale chem does not work. Filtering the reaction mixture through cotton wool in a Pasteur pipette. Copper particles and bits of iron are separated from the iron(II) sulfate solution..

Heating the filtered solution for 10 minutes on my personal spirit-burner, bio-fuel, hotplate.

Then leave to cool. The crystals form slowly, which might take longer than a lesson, but the results are very beautiful.

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Alex Blokhuis @alexblokhuis.bsky.social · Feb 25

CuCl2, Na2S2O5 🧫🧪⚗️
#Realtimechem #chemsky #STEM #gel #reaction-diffusion #science #systemschemistry

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Amy Price @amynprice.bsky.social · Feb 26

Pretty crystals were a surprise waiting for me when I collected my NMR sample today- shame it’s a known compound, but at least it shows me an alternative purification route to try when making this next time 😄
#RealTimeChem
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Many small orange prismatic crystals in a yellow solution in a thin glass tube against a white background

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Dr Jay @doctorgalactic.bsky.social · Feb 28

#ChemSky #RealTimeChem

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Alex Blokhuis @alexblokhuis.bsky.social · Mar 1

Zn, SnCl2 🔬🧪⚗️
#RealTimeChem #Chemsky #STEM #systemschemistry #chemistry #science

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Alex Blokhuis @alexblokhuis.bsky.social · Mar 4

CuCl2, Fe 🧫🧪⚗️
#RealTimeChem #chemsky #chemistry #systemschemistry #STEM #science

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Alex Blokhuis @alexblokhuis.bsky.social · Mar 6

FeCl3, NaOH 🧫🧪⚗️
#chemsky #RealTimeChem #systemschemistry #chemistry #STEM #science

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Dr Kerry Elgie @kerryasynt.bsky.social · Mar 6

One of my favourite places to be!

@asynt.bsky.social are all set up at the Wilton Centre today.

Bringing scale up, #photochemistry, #flowchemistry & #sustainability to the labs. 💚🧪

Thank you to the fabulous members of staff who’ve helped me to set up 🥰

#realtimechem #chemsky

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