Some amazing Spartan chemists crossing paths at #ACSSpring2024 today!

Check out our paper Nature Chemistry where we identified the 3T1 (yes! not 5T2) term state of the lowest energy excited state as one of the key factors for the Marcus inverted behavior in the ligand-field ES dynamics for d6 Cobalt(III) complexes. MSU Chemistry nature.com/articles/s4155…

Check out our newest paper J. Am. Chem. Soc. where we leverage some ligand design techniques to isolate a long-lived 3MC excited state! I was very fortunate to go down to MSU Chemistry and perform the spectroscopy in Jim McCusker’s group

Check out Oliver Wenger and my perspective delving into the role of organic radicals in photoredox catalysis: from catalysis and mechanistic studies to (sub)-picosecond reactivity and the potential of anti-Kasha reactivity! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Super excited to see lots of failed experiments turn into such a cool story! Huge thanks to Björn Pfund for helping shape such an awesome discussion of spin-state and reorganization energy effects in photoredox catalysis. Check it out in J. Am. Chem. Soc.: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… 🥳🥳🥳