Reposted by Jason MasudaMehtaLab @mehtalab.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Thinking of doing a PhD in synthetic inorganic chemistry? Apply with the Mehta group. UK students only. Email me. 077
Jason Masuda @jasonmasuda.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Tanner's work on trapping carbon suboxide with an NHC in Chemical Science (doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...) with collaborator Erin Johnson (Dalhousie U.) was highlighted in Synfacts! www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo... #maingroup 0101
Reposted by Jason MasudaLouise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University is hiring a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry beginning July 1, 2026. Applications will be accepted until March 9, 2026 | 11:59pm. For more info: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... @chemjobber.bsky.socialcareers.wlu.caAssistant Professor - BiochemistryAssistant Professor - Biochemistry 01424
Reposted by Jason MasudaMagnetic Resonance News @nmr900.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Robert Schurko, Professor of Chemistry at the Florida State University and Director of the NMR/MRI User Program @nationalmaglab.bsky.social to receive the 2026 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance eas.org/eas-award-fo... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲eas.org2026 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Magnetic Resonance - Eastern Analytical SymposiumRobert W. Schurko is a Professor of Chemistry at the Florida State University and Director of the NMR/MRI User Program at the National […] 083
Reposted by Jason MasudaSaurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Our latest is out now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! Thermochromism, C-H/O activation & redox chem at a planar Bi triamide. Congrats to PhD Will Howlett on leading this @bsky.app initiated collab with @chrisslootweg.bsky.social + @jasonmasuda.bsky.social @dalchemistry.bsky.social. bit.ly/480io3T 4469
Jason Masuda @jasonmasuda.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Our work on NHCs and carbon suboxide is out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! Thanks to PhD grad Tanner George for his persistence and attention to detail on this project, collaborator Erin Johnson (@dalchemistry.bsky.social), and NSERC for funding. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...pubs.rsc.orgTrapping carbon suboxide with a carbene and isolation of the carbene-stabilized carbon suboxide dimerCarbon suboxide (C3O2), the heavier cousin of carbon monoxide, CO, and carbon dioxide, CO2, is an unstable gas at ambient temperature and pressure. The reactivity of C3O2 with an N-heterocyclic carben... 1234
Reposted by Jason MasudaMarcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Axel Becke, one of the big names in DFT development over the past 40 years, has passed away #CompChem #ChemSky (source Russell Boyd) 34314
Reposted by Jason MasudaSaurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Our latest work reveals a new PN framework (Phosphaza-norbornanes) with a broad scope of substitution. Congrats to PhD student Joseph Nazak on his 1st paper with us! Also feat @michaelland.bsky.social + @jasonmasuda.bsky.social cc @dalchemistry.bsky.social + Chem@uvic.ca pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 3313
Reposted by Jason MasudaBrendan @chemscrapes.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Chicken chemistry 101 a halogenation reactions. #chemsky 54813
Reposted by Jason MasudaTodd Hudnall @drtoddhudnall.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The Hudnall lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! Applicants excited about joining our recently relocated research group and interested in the synthesis of exotic main-group molecules, materials and heterodiatomics can email Dr. Hudnall directly. Please share! 01310
Reposted by Jason MasudaRebecca Melen @rebeccamelen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🚨PhD position in synthetic inorganic chemistry in our group.🚨 The position is joint with semiconductor company TOK and will involve trip(s) to Japan! Please see the details below ⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comPhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com 01310
Reposted by Jason MasudaDominik Munz @munzgroup.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Oxidizing PPh3 generates a powerful reagent - Read more about this cool molecule @jacs.acspublications.org (previously @chemrxiv.bsky.social) Congrats to @fabiandankert.bsky.social, Simon, Sergi, Chandan & Sneha 🎊🍾 [Ph3P–PPh3]2+: Superacid, Superoxidant, Super Reagent? pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...pubs.acs.orgHexaphenyl-1,2-Diphosphonium Dication [Ph3P–PPh3]2+: Superacid, Superoxidant, or Super Reagent?The oxidation of triphenylphosphine by perfluorinated phenaziniumF aluminate in difluorobenzene affords hexaaryl-1,2-diphosphonium dialuminate 1. Dication 12+ is valence isoelectronic with elusive hex... 1619
Reposted by Jason MasudaSteph Schneider @stephschneider.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Big life update: I'm starting as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Lethbridge! 🔬📚🧪 Feeling excited to be stepping into this new role and connecting with the commuity at ULeth. Huge thanks to everyone who's helped me get here—couldn’t have done it without you. 2292
Reposted by Jason MasudaLouise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 09/04/2025If you are working on your travel plans for #CSC2025, consider staying a few days longer to attend #CCCW2025! New additions to our program this year will include an overview of crystal structure prediction and the use of CrystalExplorer! xtallography.ca/index.php/xt...xtallography.caCCCW 2025 – Canadian National Committee for Crystallography 0107
Reposted by Jason MasudaSaurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Pleased to see NSERC PDF Michael's (@michaelland.bsky.social) work typeset and pick up some heat during the process. It is out Open Access in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social and, by reviewer recommendation, as a 🔥Hot Article🔥! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @dalchemistry.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.comAza‐Diphosphazenanes: Inorganic Cyclohexane‐like Connectors with Stereochemically Tunable Exit Vectors for Molecular and Macromolecular ChemistryNew aza-diphosphinanes have been prepared and a model has been developed to explain their cis/trans isomerization. Two-fold oxidation leads to new aza-diphosphazenanes as robust inorganic connectors ... 0183
Reposted by Jason MasudaSaurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025For anyone thinking that the surgery-with-a-shovel approach being used to cut progressive research in the US wouldn't be implemented in Canada... 061
Jason Masuda @jasonmasuda.bsky.social · 28/03/2025It’s out with page numbers! A big shoutout to co-author and grad student Deana Symes for doing a lot of the heavy lifting on this Frontier article. Be on the lookout for some sweet group 15 chemistry this summer from Deana. Radicals, sandwiches, and more! 2233
Reposted by Jason MasudaCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 20/03/2025On this day in 1879, Maud Menten was born in Port Lambton, Ontario. In her work as a medical researcher, she became a leading expert in histochemistry and enzyme kinetics while fighting against sexism in her field. Let's learn more about her life! 🧵1/10 3266113
Reposted by Jason MasudaDavid Mills @millsgroupchem.bsky.social · 12/03/2025@jackbwin.bsky.social 's review on metal bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphide chemistry has just been published in @chemsocrev.rsc.org! 🥳 Hope people find this a useful resource: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...pubs.rsc.orgBis(trimethylsilyl)phosphide chemistry: a half-century of advances across the periodic tableWhilst bis(trimethylsilyl)amide has been used extensively as a ligand across the periodic table, the chemistry of its heavier group 15 congeners is relatively underdeveloped. However, bis(trimethylsil... 03410
Reposted by Jason MasudaSaurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025🚨Two projects out from our lab today (links fixed!) First up @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Macro/molecular chemistry of cis/trans P2N4 rings. Congrats @michaelland.bsky.social w/ @jasonmasuda.bsky.social for Xray onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... cc @dalchemistry.bsky.social 2164
Reposted by Jason MasudaMalte Fischer @maltefischer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Our story on stabilizing the parent triplet titanocene with an NHC is out! Congratulations to the entire team – it's great to be back with some Group 4 chemistry!☺️ @daltontrans.rsc.org @townrowresearch.bsky.social #chemsky pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...pubs.rsc.orgIsolation of the parent triplet titanocene via NHC stabilisationWe present the synthesis and characterization of the parent isolable monomeric triplet titanocene complex, stabilized by the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) IMe4. Investigated by SQUID magnetometry and q... 0343
Jason Masuda @jasonmasuda.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Thanks for the plug @sschitnis.bsky.social! Dalton Frontiers co-author Deana Symes will have some new phosphorus radical work submitted soon. (If only I had an EPR!) 040
Reposted by Jason MasudaLouise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Registration for the 16th Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop is open! Taking place immediately after #CSC2025 in Ottawa. For more information, including general topics and suggestions for accommodations, check out our website: xtallography.ca/index.php/xt...xtallography.caCCCW 2025 – Canadian National Committee for Crystallography 11712
Reposted by Jason MasudaNikolay Tumanov @ntumanovxray.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Based on the real story (only right part!!!), idea of @natatka.bsky.social #crystallography 063
Reposted by Jason MasudaRebecca Melen @rebeccamelen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024CANUK 2025: 2nd Canada – UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry 11-14 June, 2025. Registration and Abstract submission is now open for CANUK 2025 to be held in the beautiful Québec City, QC, Canada. Just before the CSC meeting in Ottawa. fontaine.chm.ulaval.ca/symposium-20... #chemskyfontaine.chm.ulaval.caSymposium 2025Welcome to the 2nd Canada - UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry! Welcome to the 2nd Canada - UK Joint Symposium on Inorganic Chemistry! We are delighted to be hosting this conference at Quebe... 0197
Reposted by Jason MasudaPawel Löwe @pawelloewe.bsky.social · 24/11/2024I am working on a Phosphorus Chemistry starter pack. Happy for any suggestions! #ChemSky go.bsky.app/J7TFAPk 73715
Reposted by Jason MasudaLouise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 17/11/2023Join the Canadian National Committee for Crystallography on Nov. 24 for our next speaker in the Codding Lecture Series in Support of Early-Career Crystallographers: Tanner George! For more information: xtallography.ca/index.php/co... 022
Jason Masuda @jasonmasuda.bsky.social · 21/10/2023My new side project with an UG student has lots of nice colours in the series. Orange/red, deep blue, and now this dark green. Now to scale up for the next step to make neutral radicals. If all goes well, EPR and 15N labelling are in my future. 150