The thematic issue “Novel #macrocycles: from synthesis to #supramolecular function” ed. by Pablo Ballester, Konrad Tiefenbacher, Carmine Gaeta, Carmen Talotta, Margherita De Rosa and Paolo Della Sala in the #BJOC 💎🔓 is complete: 
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The first articles of the thematic issue “Novel #macrocycles: from synthesis to #supramolecular function” ed. by Pablo Ballester, Konrad Tiefenbacher, Carmine Gaeta, Carmen Talotta, Margherita De Rosa and Paolo Della Sala in the #BJOC 💎🔓are online: 
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More to come soon!

PhD position available! We are happy to announce another PhD Position in our group! This is a joint project with South Korea, so you will have the chance to spend 4-6 months in Seoul!

Application deadline: Jan 22nd 2026

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Schaltbare Molekül sollen Stoffe in Wasser oder Blut aufzeigen: Chemiker:innen der UDE entwickelt dafür gemeinsam mit Partnern in Seoul winzige Systeme, die über Lichtsignale reagieren. Die DFG fördert das Projekt für drei Jahre.

PhD position available!

You are passionate about Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis? Then please apply! Starting date is April 2026 (a later start is possible). Application deadline: Jan 5th 2026!

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DL 📅 Nov 30, 2025 - There’s still time to submit to the thematic issue “Novel #macrocycles: from synthesis to #supramolecular function” ed. by Pablo Ballester, Konrad Tiefenbacher, Carmine Gaeta, Carmen Talotta, Margherita De Rosa and Paolo Della Sala in the #BJOC 💎🔓 https://tinyurl.com/2tcjfjum

Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social developed novel approaches towards the synthesis of #CrownEthers that contain one or two #BINOL units. 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3fhbvd9m
#chirality #macrocycles #SupramolecularChemistry #Organocatalysis
#BJOC 💎🔓
@riebe-chem.bsky.social

Watching the Nobel Prize announcement with pizza! Congratulations to the awardees! Well deserved! @nobelprize.bsky.social

Early Career Research (ECR) Group Leader position (m/f/d) with the thematic focus on “Catalysis” within the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV

Please check this announcement for an early-career group leader, hosted jointly by our cluster of excellence RESOLV and the MPI Kofo. The thematic focus should be on catalysis: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/4...

See the collection on Molecular Motors and Machines:
www.nature.com/collections/... and learn from Curie, Einstein, and Lewis
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
how directionality can be controlled at the molecular level through kinetic asymmetry.

The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance - Nature Reviews Chemistry Non-covalent interactions between organocatalyst molecules can change catalytic behaviour, leading to changes in reaction rates and selectivities. This Review discusses how to identify such interactio...

After a thourough peer-review (as it should be), we are proud to say that our review on Supramolecular Self-Association of Organocatalysts has now been published in Nat. Rev. Chem.! Great work by Shounak @shounakhinge.bsky.social and Sohom @sohomkundu.bsky.social!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The impact of supramolecular self-association of organocatalysts on catalytic performance - Nature Reviews Chemistry Non-covalent interactions between organocatalyst molecules can change catalytic behaviour, leading to changes in reaction rates and selectivities. This Review discusses how to identify such interactio...

I am delighted to announce my first scientific publication!
Please have a look at this article in Nature Reviews Chemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. (@niemeyergroup.bsky.social) & Dr. (@sohomkundu.bsky.social) for this opportunity & guidance.

Magnetic Stirring May Cause Irreproducible Results in Chemical Reactions Magnetic stirrers, the most widely used and ubiquitous devices for performing chemical reactions in laboratory settings, may cause reproducibility problems. Reproducibility in a range of chemical proc...

Stirring: friend or foe?
Huang et al.: 329 reactions → stirring made little difference.
Cherepanova et al.: stirrers can cause irreproducibility by vial position.
Time to rethink the humble stir bar.
doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #ChemSky

Advances in applied supramolecular technologies 2021–2025 Supramolecular chemistry is a rapidly evolving field that has focused on building a foundation of fundamental understanding in controlling molecular self-assembly, through the use of non-covalent inte...

Our review on the applications of supramolecular chemistry just out in @chemsocrev.rsc.org Written with my Chemistry academic family 😁 Thanks to all involved pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

3,3'-Linked BINOL macrocycles: optimized synthesis of crown ethers featuring one or two BINOL units Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

The work by Somayyeh, Maike and Jan @riebe-chem.bsky.social on optimized synthetic routes towards BINOL-based crown ethers has now been published in Beilstein J. Org. Chem.! @beilstein-institut.bsky.social

Congratulations to all!

www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...

Happy to share that our recent paper in Chem. Eur. J. was highlighted with a Cover Feature! chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thanks to Sasha Ediger (designmodus.com) for the beautiful image!

Our collection on Mechanically Interlocked Molecules is now online @commschem.nature.com ! Wonderful working on this with @jbernicano.bsky.social Serena and Victoria! Lots of very interesting content in the final collection, please have a look if you are into interlocked molecules and materials😄

Chemical Fuel‐Driven Networked Catalytic Machinery We present a pivotal advancement in networked molecular machinery by integrating chemical-fuel-driven communication and catalysis. When the self-sorted system of a zinc hexacyclen, a silver(I)-loaded....

Check out our recent work on Chemical fuel-driven networked catalytic machinery
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Purification of Organic Compounds by Flash Column Chromatography
Benjamin D. Senzer, Cholapat Varongchayakul, Rick L. Danheiser (danheiserlab.mit.edu), Brian Daniels and Vy M. Dong (sites.google.com/uci.edu/vydo...)
www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?pr...

Is there a trend in inductive effect for different alkyl groups? We find there to be no significant difference between the inductive effects of four representative alkyl groups as determined by Hirshfeld charge analysis. The use of alkyl group electronegativity val...

Different alkyl groups don't have different inductive effects in neutral molecules, which means that they only differ in their ability to stabilize positive and negative charges.

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Over the moon that the first paper from Anja's studies on metal chelate rotaxanes is now online in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1002/anie...
Massive congratulations Anja,
@daisypooler.bsky.social Huseyn, Monika and @screspi.bsky.social 🥳🎉🎊🍀🥃

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In the last three decades, studies authored by chemists working in industry in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry has decreased by 70%.

I explore why at @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/business/don...

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#Glyphosat aus der Waschmaschine? Eine Studie @unituebingen.bsky.social unter Beteiligung der #UDE zeigt: Phosphonate in Waschmitteln können sich unter bestimmten Bedingungen in den Unkrautvernichter umwandeln. Für den Gewässerschutz ist das alarmierend. www.uni-due.de/2025-05-15-g...

Autonomous Artificial Molecular Motors and Pumps Autonomous energy consumption is the only way to introduce molecular motors into more sophisticated, larger systems, capable of life-like behavior. We reviewed a selection of the most recent advances...

Excellent recent mini-review on autonomous molecular motors & pumps by the Corra group chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @masscurcio.bsky.social

Molecular machines won a Nobel prize nine years ago, but we still can’t decide what one is World authority on chemistry nomenclature aims to clean up molecular machine terminology

www.chemistryworld.com/news/molecul...

Directional Macrocycle Transport, Release and Recapture enabled by a Rotaxane Transporter A transporter for a directional macrocycle transport, release and recapture was constructed. This was achieved using a rotaxane featuring a dibenzo-24-crown-8 macrocycle, dibenzylammonium (DBA)/methy...

After a record-breaking 18 days from submission to final decision, we are happy to share the latest work by Sohom, Shubhadip and Jan ‪in Chem. Eur. J.! They developed a rotaxane transporter for reversible macrocycle release and recapture!

chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting | Lindau Mediatheque The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry) takes place from 29 June to 4 July 2025. #LINO25 welcomes around 35 Nobel Laureates in Lindau. They will exchange ideas with more than 600 Young ..

We are happy to share that Sophia from our group has been selected as a participant for this year´s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Chemistry. Congratulations Sophia and enjoy your time in Lindau in July!

www.mediatheque.lindau-nobel.org/meetings/2025

Illustration of the effect of dirty NMR tubes. The top shows a clean NMR tube and the corresponding "shim-map", which is very homogeneous. The bottom shows an NMR tube with a small black marker dot. The corresponding shim map shows a clear perturbation of several Hz around the dot.

Even the smallest contamination on an NMR tube can significantly impact your results. A dirty sample can lead to:

- Poor shimming and reduced sensitivity
- Potential contamination of the probe, requiring time-consuming maintenance
#NMRchat #ChemSky #RealTimeChem

Erster Spatenstich für ACTIVE SITES! 🎉 Auf dem Turmfeld in Essen griffen dafür NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Ina Brandes, Essens OB Thomas Kufen, Rektorin Barbara Albert, Kanzler Ulf Richter und Prof. Dr. Stephan Barcikowski gemeinsam zur Schaufel. 1/3