Our manuscript on cationic double-stranded diborahelicates and borahelicenes is now published in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...)! Heechan reports borahelices with multicolor emission and high absorption dissymmetry factors! @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #maingroup
June 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Our manuscript on cationic double-stranded diborahelicates and borahelicenes is now published in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...)! Heechan reports borahelices with multicolor emission and high absorption dissymmetry factors! @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #maingroup
Our manuscript on unlocking the ambiphilicity of boryl anions is now published in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....)! Chonghe, Junyi, Xibao, and coworkers report the synthesis and reactivity of the first anionic diazoborane! #maingroup #boron @gilliardgroup.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our manuscript on unlocking the ambiphilicity of boryl anions is now published in JACS @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....)! Chonghe, Junyi, Xibao, and coworkers report the synthesis and reactivity of the first anionic diazoborane! #maingroup #boron @gilliardgroup.bsky.social
For #FluorescenceFriday we share @heechankim.bsky.social’s new work in JACS on cationic boron helicates and helicenes! 🔥🔥🔥 #luminescence #boron #chiral #maingroup pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @jacs.acspublications.org
June 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For #FluorescenceFriday we share @heechankim.bsky.social’s new work in JACS on cationic boron helicates and helicenes! 🔥🔥🔥 #luminescence #boron #chiral #maingroup pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @jacs.acspublications.org
Our manuscript on "Borinine-FLP Ring Expansion: Isolation of Eight-Membered B–P Rings Bridged by µ2 Chalcogenide and Chloronium Ions" is now published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! @nathanfrey.bsky.social @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #maingroup
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Our manuscript on "Borinine-FLP Ring Expansion: Isolation of Eight-Membered B–P Rings Bridged by µ2 Chalcogenide and Chloronium Ions" is now published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! @nathanfrey.bsky.social @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #maingroup
Reversible single-electron-transfer (SET) in #maingroup systems—cyclic pnictogen radicals—analogs of aryl radical anions in Birch reductions— @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Congratulations to Henric and all @ghadwalgroup.bsky.social
@basdebruin.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@basdebruin.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
March 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Reversible single-electron-transfer (SET) in #maingroup systems—cyclic pnictogen radicals—analogs of aryl radical anions in Birch reductions— @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Congratulations to Henric and all @ghadwalgroup.bsky.social
@basdebruin.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@basdebruin.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our manuscript detailing the impact of carbene ligands on the synthesis, properties, and reactivity of 8 diazoboranes is now published in JACS (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...)! Take a look at the unusual boraketenes and diazaborles! #maingroup #boron @jacs.acspublications.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Our manuscript detailing the impact of carbene ligands on the synthesis, properties, and reactivity of 8 diazoboranes is now published in JACS (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...)! Take a look at the unusual boraketenes and diazaborles! #maingroup #boron @jacs.acspublications.org
The momentum of ICMGSC 2023 & 2025 has set a historic benchmark! The global main-group chemistry community now looks ahead to ICMGSC 2027—the 3rd edition! Website will be live from 1st Oct 2026.
Pre-registration for international students opens 5 Oct 2026. #ICMGSC2027 #MainGroup
Pre-registration for international students opens 5 Oct 2026. #ICMGSC2027 #MainGroup
September 24, 2026 at 5:03 AM
The momentum of ICMGSC 2023 & 2025 has set a historic benchmark! The global main-group chemistry community now looks ahead to ICMGSC 2027—the 3rd edition! Website will be live from 1st Oct 2026.
Pre-registration for international students opens 5 Oct 2026. #ICMGSC2027 #MainGroup
Pre-registration for international students opens 5 Oct 2026. #ICMGSC2027 #MainGroup
Did you know that #stannylenes can shine orange and green?
Philipp elucidated the mechanism of the dual #emission, the #excited state #dynamics, #excimer formation and light-induced bond #homolysis. #Maingroup #tin #photophysics #photochemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202510044
Philipp elucidated the mechanism of the dual #emission, the #excited state #dynamics, #excimer formation and light-induced bond #homolysis. #Maingroup #tin #photophysics #photochemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202510044
July 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Did you know that #stannylenes can shine orange and green?
Philipp elucidated the mechanism of the dual #emission, the #excited state #dynamics, #excimer formation and light-induced bond #homolysis. #Maingroup #tin #photophysics #photochemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202510044
Philipp elucidated the mechanism of the dual #emission, the #excited state #dynamics, #excimer formation and light-induced bond #homolysis. #Maingroup #tin #photophysics #photochemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202510044
Mike Hill gearing up to deliver a fantastic Lappert lecture at Dalton 2025 on molecular redox reactivity of s-block elements 🧪
#dalton2025 #lappertlecture #sblock #chemistry #inorganic #maingroup
#dalton2025 #lappertlecture #sblock #chemistry #inorganic #maingroup
April 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Mike Hill gearing up to deliver a fantastic Lappert lecture at Dalton 2025 on molecular redox reactivity of s-block elements 🧪
#dalton2025 #lappertlecture #sblock #chemistry #inorganic #maingroup
#dalton2025 #lappertlecture #sblock #chemistry #inorganic #maingroup
Our manuscript on harnessing substituent and aggregation-induced effects for color-tunable emission in CDP-borafluorenium ions is now published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...)! #maingroup @nathanfrey.bsky.social @gilliardgroup.bsky.social @jmaterchem.rsc.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Our manuscript on harnessing substituent and aggregation-induced effects for color-tunable emission in CDP-borafluorenium ions is now published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...)! #maingroup @nathanfrey.bsky.social @gilliardgroup.bsky.social @jmaterchem.rsc.org
Our manuscript on the first isolable paramagnetic boron tetraradical is now online @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....)! @heechankim.bsky.social designed and synthesized an unusual B-PAH tetraradical with tetraphenylethene-linked boraphenanthrene-type units! #maingroup
September 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Our manuscript on the first isolable paramagnetic boron tetraradical is now online @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....)! @heechankim.bsky.social designed and synthesized an unusual B-PAH tetraradical with tetraphenylethene-linked boraphenanthrene-type units! #maingroup
Our (Gilliard/Cummins labs) manuscript on the generation of transient, sterically unhindered multiply bonded boron species is now published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! Chonghe reports an array of new boron heterocycles! #maingroup pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
May 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Our (Gilliard/Cummins labs) manuscript on the generation of transient, sterically unhindered multiply bonded boron species is now published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! Chonghe reports an array of new boron heterocycles! #maingroup pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Our manuscript introducing ion-pair assembly in CDC-borenium ions as a method to unlock red to near-infrared luminescence is now published in Nature Chemistry (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)! Chunlin shows that counteranion modulation directs solid-state emission! #maingroup @natchem.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Our manuscript introducing ion-pair assembly in CDC-borenium ions as a method to unlock red to near-infrared luminescence is now published in Nature Chemistry (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)! Chunlin shows that counteranion modulation directs solid-state emission! #maingroup @natchem.nature.com
(the tailfolk just joined up with the maingroup and sawyer just woke back up kate saw a horse)
September 6, 2026 at 2:54 AM
(the tailfolk just joined up with the maingroup and sawyer just woke back up kate saw a horse)
Luminescent Carbodicarbene-Azaboraacenium Ions | @naturechemistry.bsky.social #ouryearinreview @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #chemsky #maingroup
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Air- and photo-stable luminescent carbodicarbene-azaboraacenium ions - Nature Chemistry
Borenium ions have traditionally served as main group (pre-)catalysts, and their use in materials-related applications have been limited by their instability. Now, a series of fully π-conjugated azabo...
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December 9, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Luminescent Carbodicarbene-Azaboraacenium Ions | @naturechemistry.bsky.social #ouryearinreview @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #chemsky #maingroup
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cheers and congratulations to @pdabringhaus.bsky.social who is joining the well-respected group of #maingroup chemists at Heidelberg University as an assistant professor! Very smart move on their part! We will miss you in the @gilliardgroup.bsky.social but I'm thrilled that we will meet frequently!
March 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Cheers and congratulations to @pdabringhaus.bsky.social who is joining the well-respected group of #maingroup chemists at Heidelberg University as an assistant professor! Very smart move on their part! We will miss you in the @gilliardgroup.bsky.social but I'm thrilled that we will meet frequently!
New group photo of the #maingroup team at IISER Thiruvananthapuram! Looking forward to soon sharing some amazing works from these young, energetic, yet patient guys!
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New group photo of the #maingroup team at IISER Thiruvananthapuram! Looking forward to soon sharing some amazing works from these young, energetic, yet patient guys!
Now it’s @kylegpearce.bsky.social turn to talk! 🧪 giving us a whistle stop tour of his Ca and Zn results #Dalton2025 #maingroup #inorganic #sblock
April 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Now it’s @kylegpearce.bsky.social turn to talk! 🧪 giving us a whistle stop tour of his Ca and Zn results #Dalton2025 #maingroup #inorganic #sblock
Our manuscript on the first diboron-incorporated indenofluorenes is online in
@jacs.acspublications.org! Eric and coworkers report pentacyclic neutral, diradical, radical anion, and dianion ring systems w/18, 20, 21, and 22π electrons! #maingroup #boron #paramagnetic pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
@jacs.acspublications.org! Eric and coworkers report pentacyclic neutral, diradical, radical anion, and dianion ring systems w/18, 20, 21, and 22π electrons! #maingroup #boron #paramagnetic pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our manuscript on the first diboron-incorporated indenofluorenes is online in
@jacs.acspublications.org! Eric and coworkers report pentacyclic neutral, diradical, radical anion, and dianion ring systems w/18, 20, 21, and 22π electrons! #maingroup #boron #paramagnetic pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
@jacs.acspublications.org! Eric and coworkers report pentacyclic neutral, diradical, radical anion, and dianion ring systems w/18, 20, 21, and 22π electrons! #maingroup #boron #paramagnetic pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Chunlin's paper on how "Hybrid Benzimidazole–Imidazole Carbodicarbene Ligands Control Deep-Red Emission from Photostable Borenium Ions" is out now in JACS! Check it out! pubs.acs.org/jacsat/artic...
#maingroup @jacs.acspublications.org @pubs.acs.org @acs.org
#maingroup @jacs.acspublications.org @pubs.acs.org @acs.org
September 9, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Chunlin's paper on how "Hybrid Benzimidazole–Imidazole Carbodicarbene Ligands Control Deep-Red Emission from Photostable Borenium Ions" is out now in JACS! Check it out! pubs.acs.org/jacsat/artic...
#maingroup @jacs.acspublications.org @pubs.acs.org @acs.org
#maingroup @jacs.acspublications.org @pubs.acs.org @acs.org
Our research on fluorescent digermanium- and diboron-doped hexacene derivatives is now published in Chemical Science (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...)! Heechan and the Romero-Nieto Group unveil Ge-B exchange as a method to obtain boron-doped extended acenes! #maingroup @chemicalscience.rsc.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Our research on fluorescent digermanium- and diboron-doped hexacene derivatives is now published in Chemical Science (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...)! Heechan and the Romero-Nieto Group unveil Ge-B exchange as a method to obtain boron-doped extended acenes! #maingroup @chemicalscience.rsc.org
NHC-Stabilized Diazoborane (the first isolated boron-terminal N2 species, a borylene transfer reagent) | Science Magazine @science.org #ouryearinreview @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #chemsky #maingroup #boron
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Synthesis and reactivity of an N-heterocyclic carbene–stabilized diazoborane
Diazo compounds and organic azides are widely used as reagents for accessing valuable molecules in multiple areas of fundamental and applied chemistry. Their capacity to undergo versatile chemical tra...
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December 12, 2024 at 11:08 AM
NHC-Stabilized Diazoborane (the first isolated boron-terminal N2 species, a borylene transfer reagent) | Science Magazine @science.org #ouryearinreview @gilliardgroup.bsky.social #chemsky #maingroup #boron
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Benzylic C-H deprotonation using RLi/TpNa super basic mixtures
Carbanions trapped in between cationic sodium centres!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@natcomms.nature.com @suban1517.bsky.social #maingroup
Carbanions trapped in between cationic sodium centres!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@natcomms.nature.com @suban1517.bsky.social #maingroup
December 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Benzylic C-H deprotonation using RLi/TpNa super basic mixtures
Carbanions trapped in between cationic sodium centres!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@natcomms.nature.com @suban1517.bsky.social #maingroup
Carbanions trapped in between cationic sodium centres!
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
@natcomms.nature.com @suban1517.bsky.social #maingroup
Tanner'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
March 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Tanner'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
I've (rather belated) joined the party. If you followed me on the "other" platform (@EmRichards_EPR), I'd love to reconnect here. #catalysis #EPR #inorganic #photochemistry #maingroup
October 18, 2024 at 9:57 AM
I've (rather belated) joined the party. If you followed me on the "other" platform (@EmRichards_EPR), I'd love to reconnect here. #catalysis #EPR #inorganic #photochemistry #maingroup