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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin

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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin chemistry.tcd.ie/staff/people/mcdon… ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8930-3256

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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This week we have @oscarkelly.bsky.social of @fenicu.bsky.social group visiting my @icreacommunity.bsky.social group at @iqccudg.bsky.social to do some new and exciting work on Mg #CompChem #ChemSky
An ussie with Oscar Kelly. No, it’s not a selfie, there’s more than just me…
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We are delighted to share @oscarkelly.bsky.social's brilliant development of synthetic chlorophyll mimics that provide insight into photosynthesis (with contributions from the excellent @marcelswart.bsky.social): pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... @researchireland.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social
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Electrostatic Fields Induce Accelerated Proton Coupled Electron Transfer Rates in Chlorophyll Model Compounds
Chlorophyll-based pigments are crucial mediators of redox processes in photosynthesis, serving as the primary electron donors in photosystems I and II. Despite their structural similarities, these pig...
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EUCOMC2025 @eucomc2025.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
A intriguing #mechanistic journey #eucomc2025 on the oxidative addition of #hydrogen to #Al(I) complexes #TobiasKraemer @tcddublin.bsky.social #KeynoteLecture
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Luisa Ciano @luisaciano.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Hey #chemsky, and specifically the inorganic community: only one week to go before registration closes for the @rsc.org #Dalton2025! On behalf of the @ibdg-rsc.bsky.social organising committee, we are looking forward to welcoming you to 3 days of great talks! Link here: www.rsc.org/events/detai...
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A fantastic lecture and few hours spent with the brilliant @wesleybrowne.bsky.social rounds off a good week in Dublin. Thanks Wes for coming and rounding off two Groningse weeks (@feringalab.bsky.social brought the house down last week)!
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher. Visit the following link for details. Deadline is February 14th. Please share! #chemjobs #chemsky www.euraxess.ie/jobs/308086
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Postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Catalysis
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry group led by Dr. Aidan McDonald based in the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin, the Unive...
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
@agnideep.bsky.social's mega-project on our efforts to develop catalytic fluorination of hydrocarbons is now published. Congrats Agni on an excellent effort!! #chemsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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High‐Valent Cobalt‐Difluoride in Oxidative Fluorination of Saturated Hydrocarbons
Polyamine-supported CoII complexes catalyzed the oxidative fluorination of saturated hydrocarbons, in some instances selectively, when combined with Selectfluor and CsF, producing fluorinated product...
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Wait no longer. Entropic lowering of reaction barriers. Online now. #ChemSky doi.org/10.1021/jacs... bsky.app/profile/marc...
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10-Fold Increase in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactivity for a Series of S = 1 FeIV═O Complexes Over the S = 2 [(TQA)FeIV═O]2+ Complex via Entropic Lowering of Reaction Barriers by Secondary Sphere Cyclo...
Nonheme iron enzymes utilize S = 2 iron(IV)-oxo intermediates as oxidants in biological oxygenations. In contrast, corresponding synthetic nonheme FeIV═O complexes characterized to date favor the S = ...
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Ulrich Hintermair @hintermairlab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
📣 #chemsky #phdjobs: We've got a collaborative PhD project with Maciek @bath-iscc.bsky.social using the DReaM Facility and @polymerreaction.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social! Apply by 26th Jan and study in two top institutions across two continents 🤠
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Real-time online monitoring of polymerisation reactions by high resolution FlowNMR at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Real-time online monitoring of polymerisation reactions by high resolution FlowNMR at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
An excellent CSCB symposium in UCD last week, with @oscarkelly.bsky.social presenting his discoveries in modulating charge at a porphyrin. #chemsky #loveirishresearch
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A good #chemsky week so far, Christmas dinner done, three Senior Sophister theses submitted, and a new group photo (all we need now is for reviewer #3 to be nice!).
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TheNeidigLab @theneidiglab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
We have two openings for PDRAs working in iron catalysis for organic synthesis as part of a funded EPSRC Fellowship. Applicants with strong backgrounds in inorganic synthesis and organometallic chemistry are strongly encouraged to apply. Link below: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Second post! We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher. Visit the following link for details. Deadline is November 30th. #chemjobs #chemsky euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/286939
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Postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral researcher post in the Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry group led by Dr. Aidan McDonald based in the School of Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin, the Unive...
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Bioinspired Inorganic Chemistry, Dublin @fenicu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Our first post: Sachi's fantastic model of P680 - PCET gets easier with more porphyrins! #chemsky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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A Structural and Functional Mimic of P680+
A dimeric MgII-porphyrin complex has been developed as a structural and functional mimic of the dimeric-chlorophyll reaction center found in photosystem II. The corresponding π-cation radical complex...
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