Today marks 100 years since the birth of Zoltán Hajós!🧪
A true pioneer of asymmetric organocatalysis, his discovery of the Hajós-Parrish reaction using L-proline as an enzyme-mimic was decades ahead of its time, laying the foundation for a field later honored with the 2021 Nobel Prize.✨
Celebrating 20 years of Frustrated Lewis Pairs! 🧪🎂
Excited to see our research featured in @chemistryworld.com's look at two decades of FLPs. It is an honor to contribute to the evolution of metal-free catalysis and the push for sustainable chemistry! 🚀
Greetings from Porto! 🇵🇹 We’re at #EFMCASMC2025 - check out our latest research on frustrated covalent warheads (Dániel, P023), strained heterocycles (Krisztián, P006), innovative thianthrene chemistry (András, OC8; Bence, P364) and FLP-catalyzed ester reductions (Ádám, OC3)!
Registration is now open for the 30th European Conference on Heterocycles in Chemistry! 🧪
Join us this summer in Budapest to explore emerging trends in heterocyclic chemistry with top experts from around the 🌍.
🗓 Early bird deadline: May 31
🔗 echc2025.com
#ECHC2025 #ChemSky
The fiddler-crab-type boranes take on another notoriously difficult transformation: the direct reduction of esters to ethers!🦀
We are thrilled to share that our latest research has just been published as a VIP paper in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social!🎉
Check it out:
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
Still making waves: our @angewandtechemie.bsky.social paper “Total Synthesis and Structural Plasticity of Kratom Pseudoindoxyl Metabolites” was one of the most-viewed articles in the past year!🔥 Cheers to the team for the spotlight! 🌟 #ChemSky
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Excited to share that our latest preprint on direct ester-to-ether
reduction using fiddler crab-type borane catalysts is featured in this
month's OPR&D literature review by @pubs.acs.org 🦀⚗️
Great to see early interest from the process R&D community!
doi.org/10.1021/acs....
Taking our chemistry to new heights—literally!!🚀 Two compounds from our lab are heading to the International Space Station aboard the #SpaceX CRS-32 mission to study HOF crystallization in microgravity as part of #HUNOR.🔬 Stay tuned for updates!
#ISS #ChemSky
Missed part 1? You can find our previous study on the selective ester-to-aldehyde transformation in @jacs.acspublications.org:
doi.org/10.1021/jacs...
The fiddler crabs are back - this time transforming esters directly into ethers (and enol ethers!)🦀
Check out our latest preprint showcasing the selective deoxygenation of esters via proximity-effect-driven FLP catalysis🧪
Now out on @chemrxiv.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.26434/che...
#ChemSky #FLP
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