Dr. Christine Thomas
@CThomas_group
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Professor at THE Ohio State University who does research in synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Opinions my own.
Columbus, OH
Joined July 2011
ACS announces 2026 national award winners The winners are being acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline.
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The winners are being acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline
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A scientific explanation for a cat with two tails.
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Interested in doing P4 activation chemistry but unsure where to source the P4? Look who just published a first author paper on how to make P4 safely! Thanks to Tianze Song and Josh Goldberger for teaching me about tube furnaces!
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A convenient chemical vapor transport approach is reported for the preparation of white phosphorus, P4, on a gram scale. The activation of P4 has long fascinated main group and transition metal...
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We taught one of our old dogs a new trick! Check out this fun example of coordination induced bond weakening via metal-metal cooperativity in @ChemicalScience. Great work Julia and team!
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Coordination-induced bond weakening of X–H bonds (X = O, N, C) has been observed in a number of low-valent transition metal compounds. However, the impact of an appended electron reservoir on the...
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Andrew Lorig received the 2024-2025 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award!
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I have no idea if anyone is still using this platform to see cool papers, but if you are, check out Matt and Maria's latest work that was just accepted in @ChemicalScience! I'm really proud of them for this one! https://t.co/Cq7gbK8ezz
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Alkene hydroboration provides a convenient route to generate organoborane synthons and recent efforts to develop catalysts for this and many other organic transformations have involved a shift to...
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Why spend time trying to make drugs more soluble, when you can just use PFAS to make blood less polar? PDF: https://t.co/kDUia22gmr
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Treat yourself to a tremendous end-of-year gift 🎄 : apply to a fun research group that loves demanding organometallic chemistry hashtag#lanthanide hashtag#uranium
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Be sure to register by the end of the week!
#WSUchemistry is hosting the 2024 Ohio Inorganic Weekend, Nov. 15-16. November 15th, 5:45 to 9:45pm November, 16th, 9:30am to 3:30pm Registration is open! https://t.co/0lmBz1yOrQ
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Join us! The ligands aren’t innocent, but we are 😇
Join us for the RSC Desktop Seminar on 'Redox-Active Ligands', featuring talks from Dalton Transactions Associate Editor @NealMankad and Advisory Board member @MatsonLab👀 Watch for free on 29 October at 14:00 GMT For more information and to register👉 https://t.co/J6sDP9OXvK
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More from our most read articles of the summer: 'Modulation of Fe–Fe distance and spin in diiron complexes using tetradentate ligands with different flanking donors' From Scott Daly, @DemirSelly, @CThomas_group, @bessvlai and co. #OpenAccess 🔓 https://t.co/Vwo4HzUXV1
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Here we report the synthesis and characterization of diiron complexes containing triaryl N4 and N2S2 ligands derived from o-phenylenediamine. The complexes display significant differences in Fe–Fe...
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The 2024 Noble Prize in physics has been awarded to Cillian Murphy and Margot Robbie for the Barbenheimer effect. This phenomenon, involving the superposition of two very attractive people, allows physics to become interesting, a state which is otherwise spin-forbidden.
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BREAKING: the 2024 Noble Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to E. F. Tom for the synthesis of a cubane using chemicals from a hardware store. In a shed. This is a huge win for brown chemistry, which will now replace green chemistry as the best way to pad grant applications.
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Check out the latest from the Goicoechea group out today in @J_A_C_S! Multi-metallic complexes with linear cyaphide bridging ligands. Led by @EricYangChem with some beautiful Mössbauer spectra by @CThomas_group! https://t.co/DaD57HskM6
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Iron cyanide compounds are among the oldest known synthetic coordination compounds, dating back to the early 18th century. By contrast, iron complexes of the cyaphide ion (C≡P–)─a heavy valence...
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We are thrilled to announce that renowned chemist Mircea Dincă @DincaGroup will be joining the faculty @PrincetonChem. Read the announcement: https://t.co/BHfz9UQbMF
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Proud to publish work with Jeff Byers @j_a_byers whose contribution to science is remarkable! 🙏 Jeff, you are greatly missed! 💔 Catalytically active site mapping in porous platforms by @BuddhimaMaldeni, @ShustovaLab, and @niu_group! @angew_chem
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