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The gap between fundamental academic research & applied industrial research can be bridged by engaging in well-defined collaborative academia–industry projects & by fostering better communication, suggest @DrLCsquare & @danithechemist (Image: @ChemScrapes )
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@weetabix @HeinzUK We are sorry to inform you that this is against the rules of chemistry. And nature.
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A diverse view of science to catalyse change Illustration: @ndbrning #diverseSTEM
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To celebrate the #IYPT2019 , each day we'll post an In Your Element essay from the collection we've published over the last 10 years or so (all are free to read). No prizes for guessing where we begin:
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Not often we put a @ChemDraw structure on the cover, but we couldn't resist with this beast. Say hello to our March issue...
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Using AFM to image single-bond-resolved chemical structures of metastable intermediates (RC)
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Tell us what your favourite element is & why (in one tweet) - we’ll pick the best one and send the author one of these limited edition posters & a copy of our Jan 2019 issue #NationalPeriodicTableDay #IYPT2019 #ISpyAPeriodicTable
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Enantioselective radical C–H amination for the synthesis of β-amino alcohols ($)
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Nucleophilic aromatic substitutions have long been thought to occur primarily via stepwise mechanisms, but it has now been shown that such reactions typically proceed through concerted processes (freeview link)
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C–C bond activation enabled by dyotropic rearrangement of Pd(IV) species ($)
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2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements ( #IYPT or #IYPT2019 if you prefer). We have loads of great periodic table-related stuff in our Jan 2019 issue - it's all here: #periodictable150
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Any other chemistry departments doing this or able to do this? Please spread the word.
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Today we're getting suitable supplies together from our labs to donate local hospitals. Labs from departments across @UniOfYork are bringing donations to Chemistry Stores where they will be collected this afternoon.
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So, @AlexFGoldberg and @Chemjobber submitted another manuscript to us. We thought we'd post it to the blog as a little fun treat for the holiday season...
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This is great!
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I've been thinking... #naturalproduct #biosynthesis (& many other) figures are begging to be shown in action, so I made a totally fake, yet plausible, NRPS biosynthesis of "fakeomycin" feat. a Cy domain. I want more GIF figures in my life! #chemdraw #chemtwitter #scienceanimation
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Time-dependent enantiodivergent synthesis via sequential kinetic resolution ($)
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A three-shell supramolecular complex enables the symmetry-mismatched chemo- and regioselective bis-functionalization of C60 ($)
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Dinitrogen binding and activation at a molybdenum–iron–sulfur cluster ($)
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Single crystals of mechanically entwined helical covalent polymers ($)
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Coupling N₂ and CO₂ in H₂O to synthesize urea under ambient conditions ($)
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A new NMR technique enables 1000-fold increases in 13C signal intensity in solution ($)
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We're purple because that's what colour electrons are. Don't @ us.
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Did you know that each Nature journal has its own principal colour? @NatureGeosci is green @NatureChemistry is purple @NatureMaterials is red @NaturePhysics is blue
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Happy birthday to us! @NatureChemistry turns 10.
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Isolation of a Ru(IV) side-on peroxo intermediate in the water oxidation reaction ($)
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PERSPECTIVE: Pseudo-natural products — combining fragments derived from different natural products — exhibit bioactivities not found in natural products ($)
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Porous covalent organic nanotubes and their assembly into toroidal structures ($)
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Love isomerism? Meet akamptisomerism! Read about a new form of conformational isomerism described in a transoid (BF)O(BF)–porphyrin compound ($)
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Our May issue went live last week, with this great cover from @JoRichers ! Cover paper is from Dietzek-Ivanšić, Rau and co-workers ( ($)); the rest of the issue can be found here:
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In our #10YearsOfNatChem anniversary issue, 58 scientists tell us how chemistry will develop in the years to come. Why don't you join in and tell us what you think the future of chemistry holds (use the hashtag #ChartingChemistry ) (free-to-read)
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Modulation of porosity in a solid material enabled by bulk photoisomerization of an overcrowded alkene ($)
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Our September issue is live, with a fantastic cover highlighting the work of @GloriusGroup about the controlled growth of N-heterocyclic carbenes on a silicon substrate. Find the issue here:
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Enhanced reactivity of twisted amides inside a molecular cage ($)
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Rapid functionalization of multiple C–H bonds in unprotected alicyclic amines ($)
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Metallacyclic actinide catalysts for dinitrogen conversion to ammonia and secondary amines ($)
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Nitrene-mediated intermolecular N–N coupling for efficient synthesis of hydrazides ($)
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Celebratory #chemnobel doughnuts in the office this morning!
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Our Jan 2019 issue is a special one to celebrate 2019 being the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements ( #IYPT or #IYPT2019 ); featuring super-heavy elements, fantasy elements, ephemeral elements & heavy questions: #periodictable150
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Synthesis of azetidines via visible-light-mediated intermolecular [2+2] photocycloadditions ($)
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In his latest Thesis column, @brucecgibb reminds us that buffers are not necessarily innocent bystanders and that they can bind to biomacromolecules too... (freeview link)
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Bismuth-mediated oxidative arylation of phenols and naphthols with boronic acids gives a new route to form 2-hydroxybiaryls ($)
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News & Views: A robust zirconium complex with spectacular photophysical properties has been synthesized that could inspire the design of fundamentally new types of photoactive coordination compounds ($)
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Polymerization of silanes through dehydrogenative Si–Si bond formation on metal surfaces ($)
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Immobilization of molecular catalysts on electrode surfaces using host–guest interactions ($)
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Congrats to @HLAGroupOx ! As voted by Twitter poll, here is @NatureChemistry 's cover of the year for 2020! (Although we think the bismuth cover line might have helped swing it... 😆)
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Intra- and intermolecular self-assembly of a 20-nm-wide supramolecular hexagonal grid ($)
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Catalytic asymmetric C–C cross-couplings enabled by photoexcitation ($)
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Isolation and reactivity of an elusive diazoalkene ($)
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Enzyme-free synthesis of natural phospholipids in water ($)
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A fluorescent probe for imaging membrane tension ($)
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There are many different versions of the periodic table, but one among them reigns supreme. @MichelleFrancl ponders on why chemists put elements in boxes. (We're dragging content out of our archive for #IYPT2019 #IYPT ) (freeview link)
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Despite five decades of research, the alkaloid (+)-brevianamide A remained an elusive target for chemical synthesis. Now, the total synthesis has been achieved in seven steps and 7.2% overall yield to give 750 mg of the target compound ($)
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This may be our most popular tweet ever - you lot love this paper (and rightly so!)
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The June issue is now live! There's late-stage C–H methylation, highly vibrationally excited NO, genetic encoding of non-canonical amino acids, synthesis of precious-metal single-site catalysts, terpene total synthesis and much more!
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Fast motion of molecular rotors in metal–organic framework struts at very low temperatures ($)
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It is time for chemists to put down their lab coats and learn how to code says Aron Walsh #ChartingChemistry
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A C₆₄ nanographene comprising a planar core decorated with four terphenyl–imide arms at its periphery has been shown to assemble with coronene to form multilayer stacks ($)
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'Despite the regular occurrence of high-profile accidents leading to serious injuries or deaths among lab personnel, the state of academic lab safety research has languished.' - A review and critique of academic lab safety research (free to read)
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Stereoselective access to [5.5.0] and [4.4.1] bicyclic compounds through Pd-catalysed divergent higher-order cycloadditions ($)
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Q&A: @AthinaAnastasa1 from ETH Zürich talks to @NatureChemistry about her career, her research in polymer chemistry and the challenges she dealt with in her academic pathway ($)
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Evolution of sequence-defined highly functionalized nucleic acid polymers that can bind to proteins of biomedical interest ($)
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A site-selective amination catalyst discriminates between nearly identical C–H bonds of unsymmetrical disubstituted alkenes ($)
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Electrochemically driven desaturation of carbonyl compounds ($)
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A Np(V) complex has been isolated that features a single terminal Np≡O triple bond ($)
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Our June issue is live! It's all here: On the cover is the Article from @TilleyLab , @LaurentSevery and co-workers on immobilizing molecular catalysts on electrode surfaces using host–guest interactions. Cover image courtesy of @rene_wick .
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Amino-oxetanes as amide isosteres by an alternative defluorosulfonylative coupling of sulfonyl fluorides ($)
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A general asymmetric copper-catalysed Sonogashira C(sp3)–C(sp) coupling ($)
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Global aromaticity at the nanoscale (freeview link)
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Thomas Poulsen ( @ThomasBPoulsen ) and his daughter Filucca share a very personal story about how a curious chemical structure will forever be connected with a cancer diagnosis in their family (free-view link) #BlindChickenMolecule
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The impact of biocatalysis on synthetic chemistry in the next decade is limited only by the creativity of chemists in co-opting nature’s platforms for catalysis, and the willingness to put enzymes in our flasks says @NarayanLab #ChartingChemistry
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A biomimetic receptor for glucose ($)
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Distal C–H bonds can be activated by combining selective remote C–H activation with a norbornene-assisted palladium migration ($)
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Polyyne formation via skeletal rearrangement induced by atomic manipulation ($)
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Evolution of dynamical networks enhances catalysis in a designer enzyme ($)
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Cobalt(II)–tetraphenylporphyrin-catalyzed carbene transfer from acceptor–acceptor iodonium ylides via N-enolate carbene radicals — @RoelEpping , @bruin_bas & co-workers ($)
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The merger of decatungstate and copper catalysis to enable aliphatic C(sp³)–H trifluoromethylation ($)
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A suite of post-translational modifying enzymes that install single or multiple strained cyclophane macrocycles
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Understanding metal synergy in heterodinuclear catalysts for the copolymerization of CO₂ and epoxides ($)
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Nickel-catalysed anti-Markovnikov hydroarylation of unactivated alkenes with unactivated arenes facilitated by non-covalent interactions ($)
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Welcome to the International Year of the Periodic Table #IYPT2019 #periodictable150
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2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements ( #IYPT or #IYPT2019 if you prefer). We have loads of great periodic table-related stuff in our Jan 2019 issue - it's all here: #periodictable150
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Isolation of a triplet benzene dianion in which the ground state shows Baird aromaticity according to single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and NICS calculations ($)
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News & Views by Elaine O'Reilly in our March issue: A primitive computationally designed enzyme has been remodelled into an efficient enantioselective catalyst for the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction ($)
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Behind the paper: Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of amino acids made easy
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‘Synthesis and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry’ - a commentary by Jeff Seeman (freeview link)
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The domino hexadehydro-Diels–Alder reaction transforms polyynes to benzynes to naphthynes to anthracynes to tetracynes (and beyond?) ($)
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Metal–organic frameworks embedded in a liposome facilitate overall photocatalytic water splitting ($)
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Dual electrocatalysis enables enantioselective hydrocyanation of conjugated alkenes ($)
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Today’s Google Doodle celebrates organic chemist Asima Chatterjee
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One-pot, room-temperature conversion of dinitrogen to ammonium chloride at a main-group element ($)
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Final results are in! We have a winner...
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We are 100 issues old!
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A ring expansion strategy towards diverse azaheterocycles ($)
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About time ;-)
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Catalytic reductive desymmetrization of malonic esters ($)
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Lysine acylation using conjugating enzymes for site-specific modification and ubiquitination of recombinant proteins ($)
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Synthesis and characterization of crystalline niobium and tantalum carbonyl complexes at room temperature ($)
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Synthesis of monophosphines directly from white phosphorus ($)
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Cyclic polyacetylene ($)
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