iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Stas Melnikov

@melnikovs.bsky.social

PhD student at Utrecht University

Stas Melnikov @melnikovs.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Thrilled to share that our paper on the first experimental observation of Quantum Tunneling in Metal-Ligand Proton Tautomerism is now in JACS! Here btw you can see my initial preliminary Play-Doh modelling prior to DFT ;) #JACS pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

030

Stas Melnikov @melnikovs.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Feel very happy that my 2nd PhD paper is out! Role of Quantum Tunneling in Metal-Ligand Proton Tautomerism - now on @chemrxiv.org LINK: go.shr.lc/3JfczH3

071

Stas Melnikov @melnikovs.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Proud of our latest work! We report an unusual example of Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution on benzene, where hydride acts as the leaving group and KHMDS is used as a base. A rare case of SNArH with a non-nucleophilic base! @chemicalscience.rsc.org pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #MyFirstChemSci

pubs.rsc.org

Ruthenium-Mediated Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution of Hydrogen in Benzene

The direct functionalization of unactivated hydrocarbons remains a significant challenge in modern chemistry. In this study, we demonstrate that a simple ruthenium complex featuring a chelating tBuPN ...

151

Reposted by Stas Melnikov

Kay Severin @kay-severin.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Dicky Wong (@thwongax.bsky.social ) has explored the chemistry of iridium complexes with N-heterocyclic vinylidene ligands. Just published in JACS (@jacs.acspublications.org ): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #chemsky #EPFL

2343

Reposted by Stas Melnikov

Harder Research Group @harder-research.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

PREFORMED REDOX-ACTIVE INVERSE CROWNS: Finally out in @naturechemistry.bsky.social Highly selective reduction of N2O, epoxide, sulfur or O2. The ring can also be extended to a larger metalla-crown for stabilization of larger anions like N2O2(2-). Open access: shorturl.at/LZE6Y

35811