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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab

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Catalysis / physorg / HTE / organic synthesis research group at the University of Victoria.

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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🏈 GB 22 - 39 MIN FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1097th unique final score in NFL history.
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Scorigami @nflscorigami.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🏈 CHI 59 - 37 CAR FINAL ✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1096th unique final score in NFL history.
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Looks like it's time to unload myself from all Google products. I do not care that “those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario’” on Google Maps. The fact that “those outside … the US and Canada will see both names” is knee-bending to a tin pot dictator. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Google Maps USA image of LAKE ONTARIO mislabeled as "lake america" for the stupidest possible reason you can imagine
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McGill Science @mcgillscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Professor Tomislav Friščić will return to the Department of Chemistry in mid-2027 as one of McGill University’s six inaugural Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada. Read the full story ➡️ mcgill.ca/x/5LR
Tomislav Friščić
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David Nelson @davidjn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Remember folks: don't feed the trolls. They thrive on engagement. The block accunt button is there for a reason.
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? An interesting paper by the group of Jeffrey Keillor in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry addresses this important question. (1/4) doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery #CovalentDrugs
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Don’t Lose Your (War)head: Structure–Activity Relationships of Covalent Warheads as Substrates for GST-Catalyzed Glutathione Conjugation
Abstract. The resurgence of targeted covalent inhibitors (TCIs) has expanded the diversity of electrophilic warheads used in drug discovery. TCIs must bala
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm Alta Chute III at Jackson Hole WY.
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Dark Souls Pro Skater Edition
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Rando Chrontendo @randochrontendo.famiconsumer.com · 10/08/2026
Chrontendo Episode 60 (01:42:14)
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Robocop (1987) @robocop1987.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'd buy that for a dollar.
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Rando Chrontendo @randochrontendo.famiconsumer.com · 08/08/2026
Chrontendo Episode 53 (01:13:38)
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Ooof... Look out Simon..!
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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We Only Know Her as Mei
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When I first saw the new ACS logo, my immediate thought was "this is for a 1980s era tech company" #chemsky You be the judge:
American Chemical Society logo, 2026Hitachi logo, 1968-1992
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Rando Chrontendo @randochrontendo.famiconsumer.com · 04/08/2026
Chrontendo Episode 26 (00:51:01)
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#chemsky
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arcadus @birdapp.rip · 29/07/2026
A scene from The Odyssey where Penelope stands before the suitors, but Tim Robinson has been added in. It’s a reference to I Think You Should Leave. Penelope says “Ronnie, I feel like you’re just here for the zip line” and Tim Robinson says “what?”
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Bethany Halford @bethanyhalford.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There's just something surreal about bicyclobutanes. Read how Justin Lopchuk and colleagues figured out how to add these strained bisected bits to covalent drug candidates. My latest in @cenmag.bsky.social #chemsky🧪 cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic...
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The covalent drug arsenal gets a new warhead
A mild, modular approach to adding bicyclobutanes could bring more selectivity to these therapies
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Rewrite a book title to ruin it Fahrenheit 45
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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Not all of our professors were educated at UVic, but some of them were educated by UVic alumni. And those alumni have changed the course of their lives. Read about chemistry professor David Leitch and the alumni who shaped his path. ow.ly/6xoA50Zs9wq
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Lessons in Chemistry - Alumni - University of Victoria
UVic researcher and associate professor David Leitch is inventing new chemistry to create drugs and medicines more efficiently and with less waste.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/07/2026
A24’s ‘Elden Ring’ Film Stalled After Red Phantom Named TwinkPunisher Invades Set theonion.com/a24s-elden-ring-film-s…
A24’s ‘Elden Ring’ Film Stalled After Red Phantom Named TwinkPunisher Invades Set
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Ghostbusters (1984) @ghostbusters1984.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Zuul!
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Quentin Tarantino presents The Canterbury Tales
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Farewell and rest well to a phenomenal, inspiring, and prolific scientist. I will always remember a talk he gave at McGill that chronicled his scientific life story, ending with his advice on the secret to success: "You have to work very haaaard!" www.caltech.edu/about/news/c...
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Caltech Mourns the Passing of Nobel Laureate Rudy Marcus (1923–2026)
Marcus passed away on July 16. He was 102.
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
1/ 🌊 Hiring: Director of Science, @oceannetworks.ca Lead ONC's science division and help shape the future of ocean observing. A rare exec-level role for an ocean science leader 🔗 findajob.agu.org/job/8026757
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Director, Science Services - Victoria, British Columbia job with Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria | 8026757
ONC is seeking a passionate and experienced leader and ocean science expert to drive the development and delivery of ONC’s Science division.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Happy 80th birthday to a legend, a Mexican-American icon, and one of the greatest vocalists of all time, Miss Linda Ronstadt ✨
Album art- Linda Ronstadt’s Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris Linda Ronstadt with mariachi More recent photo of Linda Ronstadt
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/07/2026
⚽️ 🇺🇸
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Man Washing Car with Pink Bucket
ALT: Man Washing Car with Pink Bucket
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Nick Lutsko @nicklutsko.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Important information on West Coast Elf Rallies
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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
US chemistry friends, have you been given a "take home assignment" in any job hunting that you've done in the industrial chemistry enterprise? #chemjobs #chemchat Please RT DM me or email me at chemjobber -at- g mail anonymity guaranteed
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Unauthorized use of this elf is prohibited. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS ELF.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
JUSTICE FOR INFOWARS ELF
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
LONG LIVE THE INFOWARS ELF
INFOWARS ELF HE'S MADE OF CARTOON
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars.
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Waser Group @lcsolab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Very happy to introduce BCB-Bx as an electrophilic bicyclobutane synthon! Have a look at the preprint at @chemrxiv.org chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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Scott Bagley @bagphos.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Cool #ChemSky paper here from GSK in #JOCasap Neat het formations, Larock indole synthesis and a very interesting ZnCl2 accelerated SnAr on a pyrimidine tosylate Also includes my favorite amidine synthesis if you’re looking for a Pinner alternative
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Zinc Binding Enhances the SNAr Route to GSK332
The route and process for the penultimate intermediate toward an mTOR inhibitor GSK332 in GSK’s respiratory portfolio is described. It relies on a heterocycle formation from a crystalline sodium ketoester enolate and an amidine derived from Pd-catalyzed cyanation of an azaindole. The final step involves an SNAr reaction through selective activation by a hindered sulfonyl chloride and Lewis acid activation to accelerate the rate.
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
dark helmet eating shit and then later renting a copy of the movie he's in and having to watch himself eat shit is probably the hardest i've ever laughed at a movie
screencap from spaceballs where dark helmet flies headfirst into a console
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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Homer Obeys Laws of Thermodynamics
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Where the hell is Godspeed You! Black Emperor??? Storm > Echoes (and I do love me some Echoes) youtu.be/AnFFEF2gOYU?...
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Storm
YouTube video by Tlili Achref
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Pictures you can hear
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Andre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I did confirm it is not chiral! Pictured below is the same creation arranged to show it is its own mirror image. It is flipped and rotated but otherwise untouched. I'm also pretty sure it has a four-fold improper rotation axis so I'm 90% confident its point group is S4
Eight popsicle sticks interleaved with a + and an X inside a square.Eight popsicle sticks interleaved with a + and an X inside a square. The shape is the mirror image of the shape in the previous picture.
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RickyFTW @rickyftw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
new videooo youtu.be/tz1B2b1_LDo
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Trump Claims Leftist Vandals Destroyed His Disgusting Reflecting Pool?!
YouTube video by Internet Today
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Ian Tonks @ianatonks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
happy to share our latest in JACS, enabling polymerization of of CO2-derived lactones through contrathermodynamic photoisomerization. Led by our amazing postdoc Arron Deacy, it's the crossover story my lab has been waiting for (Ti catalysis *and* CO2 polymers)! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Contra-Thermodynamic α,β- to β,γ-Photodeconjugation of an Inert CO2-Derived δ-Lactone Enables Facile Ring-Opening Polymerization
The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of δ-lactones derived from the telomerization of CO2 and butadiene offers a platform to valorize cheap and abundant waste products into commercially competitive p...
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If this garbage gets shoehorned into the Elden Ring movie I will never forgive them
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Yep, the Trionda ball is indeed based on a tetrahedron, with the curvature of the panels imparting chirality. T symmetry! www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 World Cup Soccer Ball
Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
#chemsky question: are all the FIFA World Cup balls the same enantiomer?
World Cup ball
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons GIF
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The Simpsons: Worker And Parasite Cartoon
Alt: The Simpsons: Worker And Parasite Cartoon
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I've checked in with the boys and we got each other's back on this one
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/06/2026
Study: Majority Of Middle-Aged Men Lack Support Network They’ll Need To Handle Neil Young’s Death
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Study: Majority Of Middle-Aged Men Lack Support Network They’ll Need To Handle Neil Young’s Death
NEW YORK—Warning that millions of men aged 35 and older would be left utterly adrift following the traumatic loss, researchers at Columbia University published a study Monday that revealed the majorit...
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab @leitchlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
At the Reflecting Pool, and guys this doesn't look right.
Image of the Blighttown swamp from Dark Souls
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