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
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
(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)
Or is it "I can't relate to this until the maingroup we fight for are eurocentric representing cultures?"
July 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Or is it "I can't relate to this until the maingroup we fight for are eurocentric representing cultures?"
... and, stay for some aluminium hydride chemistry too!
Huge thanks to all the co-authors for their help, @imosquire.bsky.social, @michi-tritto.bsky.social and @rohil-anandkar.bsky.social and a host of undergrad project students past and present!
#chemsky #maingroup #realtimechem
Huge thanks to all the co-authors for their help, @imosquire.bsky.social, @michi-tritto.bsky.social and @rohil-anandkar.bsky.social and a host of undergrad project students past and present!
#chemsky #maingroup #realtimechem
March 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
... and, stay for some aluminium hydride chemistry too!
Huge thanks to all the co-authors for their help, @imosquire.bsky.social, @michi-tritto.bsky.social and @rohil-anandkar.bsky.social and a host of undergrad project students past and present!
#chemsky #maingroup #realtimechem
Huge thanks to all the co-authors for their help, @imosquire.bsky.social, @michi-tritto.bsky.social and @rohil-anandkar.bsky.social and a host of undergrad project students past and present!
#chemsky #maingroup #realtimechem
FAO Main Group chemists here on bluesky - a while ago I made a list of all of you, it makes for an excellent Main Group-focused timeline. If you want to add it just click on the list and pin it!
Also, if I'm missing anyone just let me know!
#chemsky #realtimechem #chemchat #maingroup
Also, if I'm missing anyone just let me know!
#chemsky #realtimechem #chemchat #maingroup
March 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
FAO Main Group chemists here on bluesky - a while ago I made a list of all of you, it makes for an excellent Main Group-focused timeline. If you want to add it just click on the list and pin it!
Also, if I'm missing anyone just let me know!
#chemsky #realtimechem #chemchat #maingroup
Also, if I'm missing anyone just let me know!
#chemsky #realtimechem #chemchat #maingroup
📣I have a PhD position available in main group chem @uvic.ca.
Project areas: shown⬇️
Start: 09/26, 01/27, or 04/27.
Must have: completed/in-progress research-based MSc in MainGroup/Organomet/Inorg chem + strong academic record.
Open globally.
Email CV + cover letter: bit.ly/4rLSFon
[Pls share]
Project areas: shown⬇️
Start: 09/26, 01/27, or 04/27.
Must have: completed/in-progress research-based MSc in MainGroup/Organomet/Inorg chem + strong academic record.
Open globally.
Email CV + cover letter: bit.ly/4rLSFon
[Pls share]
March 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
📣I have a PhD position available in main group chem @uvic.ca.
Project areas: shown⬇️
Start: 09/26, 01/27, or 04/27.
Must have: completed/in-progress research-based MSc in MainGroup/Organomet/Inorg chem + strong academic record.
Open globally.
Email CV + cover letter: bit.ly/4rLSFon
[Pls share]
Project areas: shown⬇️
Start: 09/26, 01/27, or 04/27.
Must have: completed/in-progress research-based MSc in MainGroup/Organomet/Inorg chem + strong academic record.
Open globally.
Email CV + cover letter: bit.ly/4rLSFon
[Pls share]
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
Our manuscript on the redox- and protonation-chemistry of diboraheptacenes is published in @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....)! @JinhyoHwang and @chemheechan report a DBH dianion (w/NIR absorption) that’s the longest fully conjugated boron-doped acene! #maingroup
Redox- and Protonation-Tunable Diboraheptacenes
Acenes are attractive molecular platforms with characteristic π-electron delocalization, resulting in exceptionally small HOMO–LUMO gaps, which makes them valuable for use in a variety of organic elec...
pubs.acs.org
February 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Our manuscript on the redox- and protonation-chemistry of diboraheptacenes is published in @jacs.acspublications.org (pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....)! @JinhyoHwang and @chemheechan report a DBH dianion (w/NIR absorption) that’s the longest fully conjugated boron-doped acene! #maingroup
Check out Nathan's article in @jacs.acspublications.org on luminescent and stimuli-responsive borenium ion materials! #maingroup pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Borenium Ions as Functional Materials
Borenium ions are tricoordinate boron cations of the type [LBR2]+, where L is a donor ligand. While the inherently reactive nature of these Lewis acidic species has been harnessed to advance bond acti...
pubs.acs.org
February 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Check out Nathan's article in @jacs.acspublications.org on luminescent and stimuli-responsive borenium ion materials! #maingroup pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
February 17, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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
Final proofread version of our paper "Isolation and reactivity of sodium benzyl cations" is now ready for download under open access @natcomms.nature.com
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#maingroup
We thank reviewers for constructive comments.
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#maingroup
We thank reviewers for constructive comments.
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Final proofread version of our paper "Isolation and reactivity of sodium benzyl cations" is now ready for download under open access @natcomms.nature.com
rdcu.be/eWMe8
#maingroup
We thank reviewers for constructive comments.
rdcu.be/eWMe8
#maingroup
We thank reviewers for constructive comments.
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
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!
okay thanks for this actually cuz OUGHGH the camera gets SO maddening
that was one of my BIGGEST complaints that i didnt wanna make a big deal about but WOOF
having to click on an area in an area far offscreen from the maingroup potentially making you miss dialogue frustrated me a LOT-
that was one of my BIGGEST complaints that i didnt wanna make a big deal about but WOOF
having to click on an area in an area far offscreen from the maingroup potentially making you miss dialogue frustrated me a LOT-
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
okay thanks for this actually cuz OUGHGH the camera gets SO maddening
that was one of my BIGGEST complaints that i didnt wanna make a big deal about but WOOF
having to click on an area in an area far offscreen from the maingroup potentially making you miss dialogue frustrated me a LOT-
that was one of my BIGGEST complaints that i didnt wanna make a big deal about but WOOF
having to click on an area in an area far offscreen from the maingroup potentially making you miss dialogue frustrated me a LOT-
Our manuscript from the Gessner group showing a new strategy to isolate anionic NHOs via ligand exchange is now published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....). Thanks to all coauthors. @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
#chemsky #maingroup #research
#chemsky #maingroup #research
Isolation of Anionic N‐Heterocyclic Olefins and Their Versatile Reactivity
A new synthetic approach to anionic N-heterocyclic olefins (NHOs) via ligand exchange of metalated ylides/diazomethanes with free carbenes is reported. The anionic NHOs adopt bent structures with del....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Our manuscript from the Gessner group showing a new strategy to isolate anionic NHOs via ligand exchange is now published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....). Thanks to all coauthors. @solvationsci.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
#chemsky #maingroup #research
#chemsky #maingroup #research
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
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
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
Serendipitous Isolation of an Aldehyde Stabilised Alkoxyaluminium Dication - now published in ChemComm!
We thank ANRF India for generously supporting unconventional research in traditional areas of synthetic chemistry!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org #maingroup
We thank ANRF India for generously supporting unconventional research in traditional areas of synthetic chemistry!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org #maingroup
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Serendipitous Isolation of an Aldehyde Stabilised Alkoxyaluminium Dication - now published in ChemComm!
We thank ANRF India for generously supporting unconventional research in traditional areas of synthetic chemistry!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org #maingroup
We thank ANRF India for generously supporting unconventional research in traditional areas of synthetic chemistry!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org #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
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
Isostructural Mg and Zn Compounds: Analogies and Differences in Reactivity - now published in Dalton Transactions pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#maingroup
#maingroup
Isostructural Mg and Zn Compounds: Analogies and Differences in Reactivity
In recent years, active efforts to assess similarities and differences in the reactivity of isostructural magnesium and zinc complexes have witnessed reasonable growth. The advancements in their chemi...
pubs.rsc.org
July 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Isostructural Mg and Zn Compounds: Analogies and Differences in Reactivity - now published in Dalton Transactions pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#maingroup
#maingroup
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