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Dr Conrad Goodwin

@conradgoodwin.bsky.social
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Royal Society University Research Fellow. ☢️ Actinides, 🌈 f-elements, 🥦 herbivore, 🐈 cats, ⚗️ chemistry. 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 Views mine. He/him.

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Communications Chemistry @commschem.nature.com · 17/08/2026
Excited to share our f-block chemistry collection! www.nature.com/collections/... A huge thanks to @conradgoodwin.bsky.social and Shuao Wang for Guest Editing this very nice collection of content. And thanks to the f-block community for getting behind it. Lots of great contributions! #ChemSky
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f-block chemistry
This Collection aims to highlight recent progress in f-element chemistry, encompassing studies on fundamental electronic structure, advances in separation ...
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Exhibit N for why Microsoft Word is just horrible to use.
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
@acs.org (publications account handle invalid) and @rsc.org: you’ve both migrated your platforms recently. In both cases, your new “Access through your institution” buttons don’t work in Safari. Is this a known issue with a solution coming?
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Our latest paper on divalent rare earth chemistry is up on @chemicalscience.rsc.org! Electrochemical measurements of the RE(3+/2+) couple in neutral divalent anilide complexes weren't sufficiently negative to reduce 4,4′-bipyridine or pyridine – yet several do! See: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Very honoured to have been awarded a Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize (2026). I'm forever grateful to colleagues, collaborators, mentors, group members, and funders who have given me the opportunity to work in this community. Congratulations to all #RSCPrizes! (www.rsc.org/standards-an...)
The Goodwin Group in 2026 in the quadrangle at the University of Manchester.
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David Mills @millsgroupchem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our latest paper in collaboration with the Liddle, @nfchilton.bsky.social and @conradgoodwin.bsky.social groups investigating uranium ketimides is now published in Inorganic Chemistry, with @john-seed.bsky.social and other Manchester and ANU Chemistry peeps: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Reactions of a Uranium(III) Complex with N-Heterocycles to Form Diuranium(IV) Ketimides
The chemistry of the classical uranium(III) complex [U(N″)3] (N″ = {N(SiMe3)2}−) is well-developed; however, there have been surprisingly few studies of its reactivity toward N-heterocycles. Here, we ...
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The Goodwin Group @goodwingroupchem.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Proud of first year PhD student Iulia for winning a poster prize at the 59th @rsc.org @esr-group.bsky.social national meeting in Colchester. Iulia presented some of her work characterising the electronic structures of open-shell lanthanocenes and actinocenes. #EPR #RealTimeChem
Iulia standing in front of her poster.
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Excited to show our latest preprint “Uranocenium – The bis-[8]annulene Uranium Cation”. Uranocene is oxidised to uranocenium cation both chemically, and electrochemically, with reversibility comparable to ferrocene. This derives from an unusual electronic structure. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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Uranocenium – The bis-[8]annulene Uranium Cation | ChemRxiv
Uranocene, [UIV(η8-C8H8)2], is the actinide equivalent to ferrocene. While ferrocene is readily oxidised to the ferrocenium cation, higher oxidation states of uranocene are unknown. Here we report the elusive uranocenium cation, [UV(η8-C8H8)2]+ , and ...
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Ben Réant @benreant.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Y'all wanted some EChem? Check out our contribution in InorgChem @acs.org towards tetravalent lanthanides, with @conradgoodwin.bsky.social, @john-seed.bsky.social, in collaboration with @gen-chem.bsky.social + @peremiro.bsky.social for calculations!
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Synthesis, Redox Chemistry, and Electronic Structures of Bis-di(silylamido)silane f-Element Complexes
We report the synthesis and characterization of pseudo-tetrahedral f-element complexes bearing the sterically demanding bidentate di(silylamido)silane ligand, {Me2Si(NSiiPr3)2}2– (Me2SiN†N†). Two equi...
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Like f-elements in unusual oxidation states? Please look at this 4-year #PhD position between Manchester and Peking University to isolate formally divalent molecules and determine their electronic structures with advanced X-ray spectroscopic techniques. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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(UoM - Peking University) Rare Earth Covalency and Electronic Structure Quantification with Advanced X-ray Spectroscopy at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (UoM - Peking University) Rare Earth Covalency and Electronic Structure Quantification with Advanced X-ray Spectroscopy at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Happy to share Ben’s first full research article from his time in the group: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Challenging synthesis and some interesting new main group architectures making an appearance for the first time on an f-element. #Chemistry #Actinides #f-elements
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Uranium(III) and Uranium(IV) meta-Terphenylthiolate Complexes
We report the synthesis and characterization of crystalline m-terphenylthiolate uranium complexes supported by the bulky ligand system, SAriPr6 (SAriPr6 = {SC6H3-2,6-(Tripp)2}; Tripp = 2,4,6-iPr-C6H2)...
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Happy to announce two funded #PhD studentships for aspiring synthetic chemists to do some f-element molecule making. (1) High oxidation states; (2) Tuneable electronic structures for qubits. See: www.capgoodwin.com/pages/positi... for details, and below for both FindAPhD links.
Dark green / black crystals inside a glass tube.
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Working on my X-it at the moment and shifting over here. The #Chemistry community is growing at a solid clip, and I look forward to seeing more new folks! It’s fitting that my first post here includes some glorious crystals and #felement colours. Courtesy of 2nd yr PhD researcher Cameron Deakin.
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American Chemical Society @acs.org · 20/11/2024
Hi #ChemSky! 👋 We see you! Please give us a moment to get settled here.
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