Saurabh Chitnis
@chitnislab
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Synthetic chemist at Dalhousie University. Sloan Research Fellow 2023. Making unusual molecules for useful chemistry. Views my own. He/him #chemistry
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined May 2017
"Why are some pincer pnictogen complexes planar & others pyramidal?" Led by @THannah77, @taminazk, @DalhousieChem.We propose a model with 2 opposing effects to rationalize seemingly random outcomes. Written for both existing nerds & nerds-to-be (students)!.
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RT @bakewellgroup: Very honoured that the groups work has been recognised with the 2025 Sir Edward Frankland Prize. I’m very lucky to get t….
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Latest work from our group is a collab to extend hydro/halo metallation involving Sb and Bi to organometallics to make Fe/Sb and Fe/Bi systems!. Congrats to MSc student Mitch and 1st author Joey from @marcuswdrover.Lab. Out now in @chemcomm! .
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Congrats @sjhwang17! A very nice planar bismuth triamide in this work, with catalytic potential!.
🎉 Proud moment! Our Main Group team just published their 2nd paper in @JACS_Au! They uncovered how O₂ activation mechanisms differ across P, Sb, and Bi - pushing the boundaries of main group chemistry 🧪.Read more:
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RT @kek_kelsie: The Wentz lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! Applicants excited about joining a brand new research group and interested i….
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Congrats to PhD student Pinelopi Tsami on winning the Best Oral Presentation in Materials Chemistry prize at ChemCon2025 @UPEI. Pinelopi joined us this year following an MSc in Greece. She is developing new PN cage based carboxylic acids as secondary bonding units in MOFs.
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We like main group rings/cages and were curious about POMs. Last year, thanks to a @MitacsCanada project, we hosted PhD Jan Raabe from UniHamburg & successfully made hybrid main-group/transition-metal POMs featuring Al/Si. Out now in @DaltonTrans! .
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Congrats to Chitnis/Macdonald group PDF Michael Land on securing a faculty position @MSVU_Halifax! I know he'll be an amazing mentor + researcher!.Here's his recent @angew_chem HOT paper: (photo is the moment he accepted the offer😄)
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📢The Chitnis group is moving!!!.After 7 wonderful years on the east coast in Dal Chem, I'm thrilled to join @chemistryatuvic (UVic) on the west coast in July 2025. My Dal fam gave me the best start I could have imagined, and I'm proud to carry their torch on this new adventure!
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RT @J_A_C_S: Light- and Heat-Responsive Frustrated Lewis Pair Enables On-Demand Fixation of Ethylene | Journal of the American Chemical Soc….
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Group hockey night! Ended in crushing defeat for @HFXMooseheads but solid crowd and atmosphere as usual at Scotiabank Centre. And PhD student Anjali's first hockey game!
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Pleased to share our chapter in @SpringerNature book "Structure & Bonding" on "Geometrically Constrained Bismuth Compounds". This was co-written with recent MSc grad Tamina Kirsch. Many thanks to reviewers + ed. @LabLichtenberg for valuable feedback!.
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RT @RolandRoesler: The undergraduate project of @UC_Chem PhD student @katiamccallum, with Braulio Puerta Lombardi, @AIex_Harrison, and @Dev….
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RT @LabBraunschweig: Check out @wellnitz_tim´s recent work in cooperation with @hering_lab on the reactivity of Pnictaalumenes towards 1,3-….
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Congrats to Tamina Kirsch for defending her MSc in our group! Over 3 papers + a book chapter she taught us a lot about pincer ligand design for main group chem. Next stop: more main group magic with @AlexBismuto at Bonn!. Thanks to @NSERC_CRSNG + MITACS for funding!
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RT @CIC_ChemInst: 📣IT'S FRIDAY! Have no weekend plans? Well. the early bird registration deadline for #CSC2025 is almost here. Enhance your….
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RT @DuttonChemistry: Awesome stuff from Marcus. The whole scope of I(III) chemistry we thing can be dialed up to 11 using carborane. https….
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RT @CastonguayAnnie: ***For candidates with a background in organometallic chemistry***, there is a postdoctoral position in bioorganometal….
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Pleased to see @NSERC_CRSNG PDF Michael's (@MikeL4nd) work typeset and pick up some heat during the process. It's out Open Access in @angew_chem and, by reviewer recommendation, also as a 🔥Hot Article🔥!.
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RT @gargikundu6: Happy to share my first work in #Bismuth chemistry from @LabLichtenberg @Uni_MR Many thanks to all the co-authors @DrAhme….
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A timely highlight of an exciting research area by folks leading the charge - congrats @DobrovetskyG !. Advancing metallomimetic catalysis through structural constraints of cationic PIII species - now published in Chemical Communications
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