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Eva Hevia @evaheviagroup.bsky.social · 7d

It was so much fun and special to share stage at @gdch.de #ScienceForumChemistry2025 with Helma Wennemers @anatmilo.bsky.social @cornellab.bsky.social #KIT #Karlsruhe Thanks @stefaniedehnen.bsky.social for a great organisation and congratulations to all the #GDChAwardWinners

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations to the colleagues in the chemistry dept @unistrathclyde.bsky.social for their hard work and dedication and for creating the people-oriented environment in which we work daily that makes such accolades possible
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www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

Best UK universities for chemistry – league table

The science of matter – the composition of substances, their properties and reactions

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 27d

Much appreciated Eva

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 27d

Many thanks Sjoerd

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations to all the team on getting this paper. Michelle Crabbe and @isra-group.bsky.social for their important contributions with special thanks to @felixkraemer.bsky.social for his boundless energy in completing this study.
More to follow soon

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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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 ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 28d

Enjoyed reading this nice paper. Congratulations to Ajay and Laurent and their team. I might have called this novel compound an aluminium aluminate. Our group had fun with compounds such as potassium potassiates etc. a few years ago

Main Group Chemistry Lab IISER Thiruvananthapuram @maintvm.bsky.social · Sep 5

Serendipitous Isolation of an Aldehyde Stabilised Alkoxyaluminium Dication - now published in ChemComm!
We thank ANRF India for generously supporting unconventional research in traditional areas of synthetic chemistry!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org #maingroup

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 28d

Where the Mulvey alkali metal group all started, the Heilbron lab, with its first PhD student, the amazing Phil Andrews, Prof and HoD chemistry dept @[email protected] Australia

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · 29d

That’s excellent news Talia, well done, but not surprising after I seen your poster at EuCOMC 2025!

Eva Hevia @evaheviagroup.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations @taliamathers.bsky.social on winning one of the prizes of our First Year Graduate Symposium at #DCBP @unibe.ch

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Sep 5

Challenging chemistry, so well done the Bath team

Marina Uzelac @marinauzelac.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ending the week on a high! Check out our comparison of manganate and magnesiate now published in ChemComm! Great team effort @bathchem.bsky.social with @tobiaskramer.bsky.social in understanding these elusive bimetallics!

A direct comparison of lithium tetra(n-butyl) manganate(II) and magnesiate: structural insights and catalytic hydroamination of styrenes

Previous studies have hinted at the similarities of Mn(II) and Mg alkyl complexes. Advancing this field, here we present a comparative study of tetra(n-butyl) lithium manganate(II) and magnesiate. Com...

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you all for coming and contributing so much to the Conference both in the science and socially

Imo Squire @imosquire.bsky.social · Sep 4

Had an amazing week @usic-2025.bsky.social! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👩‍🔬 Very proud of the whole King's contingent but particularly @michi-tritto.bsky.social for a great talk on some of our new work from the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social. Thanks to all the organisers, it was a truly fab conference (+ceilidh!)

Happy inorganic chemists in front of University of Strathclyde

Imogen explaining her poster during the poster session

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Sep 4

Another outstanding breakthrough from a team of the highest calibre

Harder Research Group @harder-research.bsky.social · Sep 4

THIS CHALLENGING SYNTHESIS completes the (BDI)Ae-(benzene)-Ae(BDI) series (Ae = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) with Ba. We show trends in stability, structure, bonding and reactivity. Reacting like (BDI)Ba-Ba(BDI) this is the first Ba(I) synthon. shorturl.at/ZdToA @chemicalscience.rsc.org

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations to the team

Subhajit Chakraborty @pnictogenguy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our recent work on low-valent phosphorus chemistry in JACS has been highlighted by Nobel laureate Prof. Benjamin List.
Blessed to be a part!

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Eva Hevia @evaheviagroup.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mega day #fm25 @chem.uzh.ch @swisschemistry.bsky.social with two excellent talks by @roelbienenmann.bsky.social and Jennifer Kuziola and plenty of posters from the group! Congratulations Jenny on winning the best oral presentation award #InorganicChemistry @unibe.ch

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Sep 2

What a paper. It certainly fits the saying “the more we study, the less we know”. Now need to revise my notes on Grignard reagents!

Eva Hevia @evaheviagroup.bsky.social · Sep 2

Privileged to be part of this interdisciplinary study @angewandtechemie.bsky.social that sheds light on the intriguing reactivity of #GrignardReagents in #DeepEutecticSolvents #DES #openaccess

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 31

The thanks are all from us Eva. Charismatic presentation as usual, good company and a great friend to USIC and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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#alkalimetalmediation

Eva Hevia @evaheviagroup.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thanks @usic-2025.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social for a wonderful #USIC conference full of inspiring science ! It was also fantastic to go back to my second home #Glasgow and catch up with many colleagues and friends 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 29

one of the best conferences I have attended in recent years. camaraderie among Scottish Inorganic Chemists remains strong, and the diversity of topics was impressive. Given the high quality of the student presenters both in orals and posters, the future of inorganic chemistry looks bright
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USIC & Scottish Dalton 2025 @usic-2025.bsky.social · Aug 29

A wonderful talk from Professor Claire Carmalt to finish off a brilliant two days of talks and posters at USIC 2025.
Once again we want to say a massive thank you to our sponsors.
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@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Buchi
GPE
Julabo
MBraun
Radleys
Dalton

We can't wait the next conference.

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 29

@usic-2025.bsky.social excellent talk from Megan Wilkinson of the @g-craig.bsky.social in a pedagogical style easy for non experts to understand
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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 29

@usic-2025.bsky.social ‘explosive’ talk from Reece Lister-Roberts of the @mehtalab.bsky.social on challenging N4 radical species

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 29

@usic-2025.bsky.social Richard Kong returning main group chemistry back to main group chemistry with CO homologation done with magnesium. Nice thought provoking talk
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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 29

@usic-2025.bsky.social colourful start to todays conference. @reid-indeed.bsky.social on his kineticolor research and it’s implications for synthetic chemists
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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 29

…..Future USIC/Dalton conferences

Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 29

Fantastically enjoyable night, Cath and her small team have set the standard very high for rupture USIC/ Dalton conferences

USIC & Scottish Dalton 2025 @usic-2025.bsky.social · Aug 29

We hope everyone enjoyed the dinner and ceilidh last night and can't wait to kick off our second day of USIC 2025 with the poster session.
We're looking forward to hearing about everyone's research, along with the rest of the fantastic talks.

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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 28

@usic-2025.bsky.social great talk from Michelangelo of the @bakewellgroup.bsky.social on amazing triangular Al3 structures.
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Robert Mulvey @remglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 28

@skathayat27.bsky.social nice to hear from you. Best wishes from Scotland

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