Who needs aryl halides anyways? Direct C-H activation at Ni assisted by the small but mighty triethylamine 💪 then C-C coupling, where hydrazides take the lead ‼️ check out the mechanism figure and SI ! 👀

The mechanism, termed asynchronous amine-assisted metalation/deprotonation is distinct from the various forms and flavors of CMD that we are accustomed to. In fact, canonical carboxylate bases shut down the reaction! Yilin Cao & David Cagan led the charge on pinning it down!

A simple guide to the design of metal complexes in luminescence and photoredox catalysis. With Giacomo Morselli and Christian Reber in J. Am. Chem. Soc.: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Appearing today in nature : nature.com/articles/s4158…

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💊Accelerating Medicinal Chemistry💊: A C(sp3)-rich Fragment Toolbox for Redox-Neutral Cross-Coupling, appearing today in @chemrxiv: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi… A great collaboration with brilliant drug hunters at BMS, Pfizer, and Biogen. Quick summary: A new toolbox of 15 sulfonyl

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The long-anticipated g-xTB paper was just released on ChemRxiv. g-xTB is the next semiempirical method from Grimme and co-workers at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. (I've heard rumors about this work for almost two years.) Here's some quick thoughts upon an initial read:

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We show how photoredox catalysis can bypass Kasha’s rule, enabling reactions from higher excited states. This work, led by the exceptional Björn Pfund, offers new insights into photochemical reactivity. Published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.: bit.ly/3IysmjX