You might imagine that well-known reactions should have a sense of mechanistic consensus, but they are usually “left” in a state of utter disarray. I wanted to read something definitive on the mechanism of Mukaiyama aldol. Tons of contradicting papers and different conditions.

• Don't fear mistakes. • Be open to new ideas and opinions. • Read books. • Enjoy your learning.

Research briefing: Nickel catalyses a host of chemical reactions in a general method go.nature.com/462XO10

Also have a look at the nature research briefing (go.nature.com/462XO10) with a comment from Nick Chiappini 🏳️‍🌈!

Our joint study just published in nature on the development of dynamic catalysis to achieve universality and broad applicability of visible light-driven Ni-catalyzed synthesis. Great collaboration with KoenigChemistry ! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Licht und Nickel verbessern chemische Reaktionen: Forschende unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Burkhard König in Kooperation mit dem Zelinsky Institut entwickeln Methode zur verlässlichen Planung von Synthesen. tinyurl.com/5n7z5r43

"The imperfection of experimental data, caused by human factor or measurement error, makes your data real. I will never trust your NMR spectra unless they contain at least a bit of grease."

🎁Headlights on Burkhard Koenig, turning 60 today: PhD with Armin de Meijere Universität Hamburg, postdoc with Barry M. Trost Stanford Chemistry; since 1999 Prof. of #Organic #Chemistry Universität Regensburg; he merged #photocatalysis and #organicsynthesis and has been chair of the Editorial Board of

"After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of a historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it." - Marie Skłodowska Curie, the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the 1903 physics prize and 1911 chemistry prize.

There's no shame in not knowing things! It's Okay to say "I don't know" The only shame is to pretend that we know everything.

75 Deutschlandstipendien an der Uni Regensburg – Feierliche Vergabefeier mit Studierenden und Fördernden. Das Deutschlandstipendium unterstützt seit 2011 bundesweit Studierende, deren Werdegang herausragende Leistungen in Studium und Beruf erwarten lässt. sohub.io/sxfl

This should officially be called Zhang-Studer reaction

Not able to produce “favorable results” in the lab? You are a “loser”. Stay in the shadows of those who can bring cool data to the Big Prof. Sounds familiar? It's not only about this case at Stanford. It's about academic culture in general: - Keep pushing for metrics.

This summer semester closes with a fantastic presentation by Alison Wendlandt! Many thank`s for sharing insights into 'Selective Catalytic Isomerization Reactions'. Now we are looking forward to our #LIT'23 conference full of excitement and anticipation 👉crc325.de/news/lit-confe…

This week, scientists have been STUNNED by the possible discovery of room-temperature superconductivity. IF it is true, humanity might have passed a HUGE milestone. The impact will be WAY bigger than the combined impact by ChatGPT, artificial AI and anything else you’ve heard

Colleagues and fellow researchers, Our community must be aware of these red flags, as they hinder our research's progress and quality and impact the mental and emotional well-being of our brightest minds. See the full post in my newsletter: jadsonjall.com/2023/08/13/8-r… #LabCulture

It is the only way

Happy to announce our new publication in Green Chemistry (25th Anniversary Collection). Congratulations to Maksim Maksim Nikitin and Florence for advancing the green metrics of AD-HoC with Nickel and recyclable mpg-CN! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

This is our new concept for thiol-yne-ene coupling reactions in great collaboration with Ananikov Lab : a metal-free photoredox three-component coupling of thiols with readily available alkynes and alkenes Angewandte Chemie onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…