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The latest issue of JACS is live! On the cover this week: "Biodegradable Lipid-Modified Poly(Guanidine Thioctic Acid)s: A Fortifier of Lipid Nanoparticles to Promote the Efficacy and Safety of mRNA Cancer Vaccines". Learn more here ➡️
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Happy Birthday to chemist and JACS author Angela Merkel! We haven't received any submissions from you in some time now but we understand you've been busy with other things.
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Following an extensive public search Professor Erick Carreira will be the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), beginning January 2021.
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The editors’ decision is in! JACS will now consider submissions of manuscripts previously posted as preprints on @ChemRxiv . Details to follow… 🎉
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A statement from Prof. Erick Carreira: “I regret writing this letter, as it in no way reflects my leadership approach today. I have made peace with those impacted by the letter. (1/3)
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JACS proudly welcomes its two newest Associate Editors: Prof. Danna Freedman (MIT) and Prof. Jenny Yang (UC Irvine).
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Take a snapshot of a monoraidcal reaction via bond-resolved STM to guide the design of stable organic radicals for future quantum technology
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✨ Recently published and selected for @ACSPublications  Editors' Choice: Single-molecule Detection of Ultrafast Biomolecular Dynamics with Nanophotonics from the Schuler Lab @UZH_en   Currently free to read:
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Enjoying great science at the International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis (ICOC-2023) in India
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To young scientists: try to find great mentors. Not just people focused on their success, but on your success. If you submit a paper as an independent young author, still consult with your mentors. Ask them for their opinion on the paper. -LG
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In Pune, India at IISER for an organometallics and catalysis conference @IISERPune
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Did you know electron-donating ligands can make Pd(OAc)2 a stronger oxidant? @Stahl_Lab shows how this is possible
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Forty years after its first synthesis, kekulene was isolated again thanks to aryne chemistry. Single molecules of this iconic compound were imaged with submolecular detail by AFM. @ciqususc @IBMResearch CICECO-Aveiro
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A new route to cyclocarbon C18 from @HLAGroupOx . The molecular carbon allotrope is obtained by debromination of C18Br6 using atom manipulation and visualized by high-resolution AFM, providing insights into its molecular geometry.
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Editor-in-Chief Erick Carreira, along with Executive and Associate Editors from the journal, wish all @J_A_C_S authors, readers, and reviewers who are celebrating #ChineseNewYear a happy and prosperous #YearOfTheOx
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A concise and scalable total synthesis of vancomycin that opens the door to synthetic vancomycin analogues @BogerLab
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Phipps and co-workers pull an asymmetric Minisci reaction of unfunctionalized amides out of the HAT!
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Discovery of new stereoelectronic interactions >60 years after the introduction of the anomeric effect. Check out the latest story from @WalczakLab @CUBoulder
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A general, practical, and highly efficient method for asymmetric synthesis of a wide range of chiral vicinal diamines via reductive coupling of imines templated by chiral diboron
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In the decades since it was written, I’ve grown as a teacher, as a mentor, as a researcher and as a person. I am proud of the way I work with my colleagues and students and believe that a healthy work-life balance is now more important than ever. (2/3)
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📈 Read one of our most read open access articles, 'Excited-State (Anti)Aromaticity Explains Why Azulene Disobeys Kasha’s Rule'. Read the full article here ➡️
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Whether I am leading a lab or leading a journal, I am committed to promoting a sustainable and positive cultural shift in our industry.” - Erick Carreira (3/3)
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We're excited to share this timely Virtual Issue celebrating the research of women in organic chemistry. See the VI () & read the Editorial from @Sanford_Lab , @JOC_OL , & @OPRD_ACS sharing their experiences as chemists in the field:
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On our way to Pune!
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A new way of thinking about catalyst design for CO2 reduction inspired by formate dehydrogenase by @icjennkins and @yang_group from @UCIChemistry
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A new @ACSPublications  Editors' Choice selection published in JACS: Metal–Peptide Nonafoil Knots and Decafoil Supercoils by Inomata, Sawada & Fujita @UTokyo_News_en   Free to read for a limited time:
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Happy New Year!
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Explore one of our #MostRead 📖 this year ⚡ 🔬 Formal Cross-Coupling of Amines and Carboxylic Acids to Form sp3–sp2 Carbon–Carbon Bonds by 📝 James L. Douthwaite, Ruheng Zhao, Eunjae Shim, Babak Mahjour, Paul M. Zimmerman & Tim Cernak @UMichPharmacy 🔗
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I am delighted to welcome Prof. Geoff Coates (Cornell University) and Prof. Christophe Copéret (ETH-Zürich) as new Associate Editors for JACS. E. M. Carreira @CornellChem @Cornell @GeoffreyWCoates @TheCoatesCrew @ETH_DCHAB @ETH_en @CoperetGroup @SwissChemistry
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Mukherjee and co-workers report a nice approach of converting a racemic mixture of stereoisomers of Pd(II) cage to an enantiopure cage in presence of a chiral guest without using traditional chiral resolution
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Even after >60 yr of extensive study, the first (albeit formal) N1/N4 versus C3/C6 cycloaddition of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines discovered @BogerLab
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📰 In the news: A new study published in JACS reveals that Leonardo da Vinci invented a unique chemical formula for the oil paints he used when painting his enigmatic masterpiece, “The Mona Lisa.” Read the full article to learn more ➡️
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Let's get back to the days of 2-page Communications - 8 of my best @J_A_C_S publications are 2 pages, but none since 2007...14 yrs is long enough! Who's with me? @karen_wooley
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Explore one of our #MostRead 📝 this year: "Photochemical Organocatalytic Functionalization of Pyridines via Pyridinyl Radicals" by Emilien Le Saux, Eleni Georgiou, Igor A. Dmitriev, Will C. Hartley, & Paolo Melchiorre @MelchiorreGroup @ICIQchem 🔗➡️
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On this week's covers: the structure of figure-eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon “infinitene” as a new topoisomer of kekulene (C48H24) is represented, illustrated by Dr. Takahashi @NagoyaUniv   @MaciejKrzeszew1   @Itamilab   @110hideto
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Amplified anti-aromatic ring currents are observed in a pi-conjugated macrocycle containing triply-linked porphyrin tapes, prepared via template-directed synthesis by @HLAGroupOx
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With the help of diarylethene, a supramolecular polymer now have the ability to helically fold reversibly with light, from @Yagai_G
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A simple ligand/base toolkit enables site-selective cross-coupling of di- and tri- chlorinated arenes via electrostatically-directed palladium catalysis
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Uchiyama’s group uses computational chemistry to solve a long-standing mystery in brasilane-type sesquiterpene biosynthesis: unusual skeletal rearrangement involving quirky carbocation intermediates.
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✨ One of our most read articles in the last 12 months! ✨ 🔓 #OpenAccess Capturing the Moment of Emergence of Crystal Nucleus from Disorder by Takayuki Nakamuro, Masaya Sakakibara, Hiroki Nada, Koji Harano, and Eiichi Nakamura
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Collaborative work by Japanese and Swiss researchers leads to fluorescent polymer with instant and reversible mechanoresponse. @tokyotech_en @AMI_PolyChemMat @MerkleInstitute
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📝 Enantioselective #TotalSynthesis of (+)-Pedrolide by Marlene Fadel and Erick M. Carreira 📖 is one of the #MostRead papers in the past 12 months @CarreiraGroup @ETH_en Read the article here:
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Reductive C-N Coupling with nitromethane as a methylamine surrogate via P(III)/P(V) redox cycling @ChemistryMIT @GenLi_MIT
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Do you have an idea for authoring a JACS Perspective? JACS is now accepting proposals for Perspectives!
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Had a great day meeting some of the rising stars of Chemistry in India at the National Academy in Delhi
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Site-specific protein conjugation with amine derivatives is now enabled via genetically encoded para and ortho-quinone methide, offering rapid conjugation, minimum linkage, and optical control!
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Oxidation of ammonia can give electrical energy from the chemical energy in N-H bonds. Molecular catalysts must balance the energetics of cleavage of N-H bonds and the formation of the NN triple bond of N2
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Electrostatics vs. orbital control: which interaction type drives the regioselectivity in protonation reactions? A Valence Bond Perspective
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Explore one of our #MostRead papers this year: "Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Illisimonin A" 📖 by Christoph Etling, Giada Tedesco, Anna Di Marco, and Markus Kalesse #OpenAccess @UniHannover Read the article here:
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Distinct metal−ligand orbital interactions are the key driving forces for distinct pathways in Co and Fe quaterpyridine-based CO2 reduction catalysts. Detailed mechanistic insights based on DFT calculations from the @mhg_group
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Iron-Catalyzed Amination of Strong Aliphatic C(sp3)–H Bonds by @ChattopadhyayL1 and coworkers
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Developing a “click chemistry” for the reactive phosphaazide functional group: a versatile entrée to phosphorus-rich heterocycles @ccclabmit
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One of our #MostRead papers this year includes 📖 "Oxetane Synthesis via Alcohol C–H Functionalization" @SilviResearch @ChemistryUoN @AstraZeneca Read the #OpenAccess paper today! 🔓
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🎉 In the latest JACS in Conversation, @CarreiraGroup  speaks with Professor @GautamDesiraju , a structural chemist who has played a major role in the development and growth of the subject of #crystalengineering . Watch the video now ➡️
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Good day everyone-Erick Carreira ( @CarreiraGroup ) here😃. I will be taking over the @J_A_C_S Twitter account today. I am interested in engaging the community and getting creative ideas on how to improve upon the JACS experience.
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✨ One of our most read articles in the last 12 months! ✨ Carbon Atom Insertion into Pyrroles and Indoles Promoted by Chlorodiazirines by @balu_dherange , Kelly, Liles, @Sigman_Lab @LevinChem @group_levin  🔓 #OpenAccess
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One of the most read articles in the last 30 days: An #Enantioselective Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling To Form Axially Chiral #Biphenols
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Woodward and Hoffman once jested that a very powerful Maxwell demon could grab a molecule of cyclobutene and tear it open in a disrotatory fashion to obtain butadiene. Check out this update… @CraigGroup_Duke , @toddjmartinez , @StanfordUChem
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✨ One of our most read articles in the last 12 months! ✨ Total Synthesis of Ritterazine B by Nakayama, Maser, Okita, Dubrovskiy, Campbell, @sarah_reisman   #TotalSynthesis
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It's true - there is an recommended way to cite tweets in JACS
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@Finetraces786 @Chemjobber @AmerChemSociety @J_A_C_S @l_wang_cen @DrDorea There is an actual ACS format for this! Twitter username. Tweet. <i>Twitter</i>, posting date. URL (accessed YYYY-MM-DD).
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The @MichaudelLab reports the use of stereoretentive ROMP with paracyclophane dienes to access well-controlled and light-responsive all-cis poly(p-phenylenevinylene)s
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One of our most read articles in the last 30 days: SPHENOL, A New Chiral Framework for Asymmetric Synthesis by Ronghua Zhang, Shulin Ge + Jianwei Sun
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Red-to-blue upconversion with a new molybdenum(0) complex now in JACS. Coordination chemistry, photophysics and photochemistry by Jakob Bilger, @ckerzig , @cb_larsen in the @WengerOliver group
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After 150 years of the Glaser coupling of terminal alkynes, the structure of a Cu(II)-alkynyl that mediates sp-sp, sp-sp2, and sp-sp3 C-C couplings
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A new hydroamination of alkenes using aqueous ammonia by metal loaded titanium oxide photocatalyst gives anti-Markovnikov primary amines with high selectivity.
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Solution-Phase Modeling Enables Accurate Prediction of Reaction Mechanisms - #JACSSpotlights on work from @pengliu_group
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✨ One of our most read articles in the last 12 months! ✨ Concise Total Synthesis of Peyssonnoside A by Gleb Chesnokov & @KarlGademann   🔓 #OpenAccess #TotalSynthesis
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Natural NADH and blue light join forces to autonomously drive extremely fast radical photo-coupling of various molecules including DNA! Check the study by @MendozaLab including in-depth mechanistic studies.
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✨ One of our most read articles in the last 12 months! ✨ Direct Synthesis of Enamides via Electrophilic Activation of Amides @MaulideLab  🔓 #OpenAccess
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Coming this Wednesday: new JACS Associate Editor @gagliardi8 will be taking over this account to talk about theory, computation, what you want to see in JACS, and what she's looking for as an editor. Come on Wednesday, and bring your questions!
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