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Thomas Group

@SPThomasGroup

We are a small, close-knit and enthusiastic team whose work focuses on the development of new catalytic methodologies for organic synthesis.

 University of Edinburgh
thomas.chem.ed.ac.uk/
Joined December 2014
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Borane-Mediated Highly Secondary Selective Deoxyfluorination of Alcohols (Michael J. Ingleson and co-workers) @SPThomasGroup #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Borane‐Mediated Highly Secondary Selective Deoxyfluorination of Alcohols

Borane‐Mediated Highly Secondary Selective Deoxyfluorination of Alcohols

Borane-mediated deoxyfluorination of in situ generated N-H-O-alkyl-isoureas using Et3N ⋅ 3HF represents a novel approach to achieve a highly 2°-alcohol-selective substitution in preference to...

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Congratulations @SPThomasGroup, a lovely way to bring in 2025 🥳
Thomas Group (@SPThomasGroup) profile pictureThomas Group@SPThomasGroup6 Jan 2025
A nice holiday present for us! Our most recent article has been accepted Angewandte @angew_chem. Read it at the link below. doi.org/10.1002/anie.2024239…
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One more of our most read articles: 'Borane-catalysed C2-selective indole reductive functionalisation' by Stephen Thomas (@SPThomasGroup) and colleagues. #openaccess 🔓 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
Borane-catalysed C2-selective indole reductive functionalisation†

Borane-catalysed C2-selective indole reductive functionalisation†

Indolines are common motifs within pharamceuticals and natural products. Boron catalysis enables the chemoselective allylation of indoles to give allylic i

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A huge congratulations to the newly minted Dr McGuff on passing his viva yesterday to conclude a hugely successful PhD! @john_mcguff Big thanks to @RhPdCu and @SPThomasGroup for doing the honors!
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We will be highlighting two groups per day so next up is @SPThomasGroup at Edinburgh. They are fantastic collaborators and have some really cool iron chemistry for C-H activation. pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti…
Iron-catalysed alkene and heteroarene H/D exchange by reversible protonation of iron-hydride...

Iron-catalysed alkene and heteroarene H/D exchange by reversible protonation of iron-hydride...

C–H functionalisation reactions offer a sustainable method for molecular construction and diversification. These reactions however remain dominated by prec

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Ramesh Rasappan@rr_prof19 Jul 2024
That is, indeed, Varinder's @VarinderAggar11 squad at #Icomc2024. We (Stephen P. Thomas @SPThomasGroup, @HariGroupIISc, @rr_lab, and Robin Fulton (Wellington) had an amazing time at Agra.
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Now attending ETOMC, a satellite meeting for ICOMC. The first session involves Prof. Milstein, Mr. Mandal, and Prof. Dobrovetsky.
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If he could have dinner with a well-known historic figure, who would @AlexBismuto invite? @bismutolab @unibonn Find out on his #IntroducingAngewandte page teapaw.org/16467437/status/180278… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Angewandte Chemie (@angew_chem) profile pictureAngewandte Chemie@angew_chem17 Jun 2024
Light-Dependent Reactivity of Heavy Pnictogen Double Bonds (Alessandro Bismuto and co-workers) @bismutolab #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Light‐Dependent Reactivity of Heavy Pnictogen Double Bonds

Light‐Dependent Reactivity of Heavy Pnictogen Double Bonds

The manuscript describes the first example of visible-light-promoted addition of pnictogen-pnictogen double bonds to a late transition metal. The use of light has been essential to unlock the...

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We wish @AshleyPonich the best on her 3 month journey to Scotland where she is joining the Thomas group @SPThomasGroup at the University of Edinburgh! #Chemistry #Boron
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George Steedman, Lloyd Mitchell & Stuart Johnstone – (School of Chemistry Workshop Team)- RSC Technical Excellence Prize

ALT George Steedman, Lloyd Mitchell & Stuart Johnstone – (School of Chemistry Workshop Team)- RSC Technical Excellence Prize

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In recognition of brilliance in research and innovation six staff from @EdinburghChem have won an amazing four awards from the @RoySocChem #RSCPrizes 2024👏🥳Congratulations to all the prize winners! Find out more➡️edin.ac/3yTvlia
Professor Michael Ingleson - RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize in recognition of brilliance in research and innovation

ALT Professor Michael Ingleson - RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Prize in recognition of brilliance in research and innovation

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Bismuto Lab@BismutoLab10 May 2024
Our first work from Bonn is finally out!!! Let's light-up heavy dipnictenes! Congrats Daniel and all the co-authors!🧪 Great collaboration with @tonifrontera3 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Light‐Dependent Reactivity of Heavy Pnictogen Double Bonds

Light‐Dependent Reactivity of Heavy Pnictogen Double Bonds

The manuscript describes the first example of visible-light-promoted addition of pnictogen-pnictogen double bonds to a late transition metal. The use of light has been essential to unlock the...

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Transition Metal-Free Catalytic C-H Zincation and Alumination (Michael J. Ingleson and co-workers) @InglesonMike #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Transition Metal‐Free Catalytic C−H Zincation and Alumination

Transition Metal‐Free Catalytic C−H Zincation and Alumination

A transition metal free catalytic C−H zincation and C−H alumination of heteroarenes using (β-diketiminate)-metal complexes, where the only by-products are H2 or CH4, is reported. This is achieved by...

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2nd sphere-promoted oxidation with Ni(II)! Check out our recent @J_A_C_S paper showing Lewis acid-promoted O2 reactivity! Great job Dan and Carol! @MichiganChem #Lewisacids #2ndsphere4life pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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We are looking for PhD students! (UK only) If you are interested in combining experimental organic chemistry with computational chemistry and ML, for catalysis discovery, this PhD position (in collaboration with @SPThomasGroup) is perfect for you: findaphd.com/phds/project/sy…
Synergistic Experimental and Data-driven Catalyst Development for Sustainable Synthesis at Univer...

Synergistic Experimental and Data-driven Catalyst Development for Sustainable Synthesis at Univer...

PhD Project - Synergistic Experimental and Data-driven Catalyst Development for Sustainable Synthesis at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Finally an easy access to 7OH-CBD! #OA on @RSCAdvances - interesting collaboration with @IndenaSpA, topped up with an @RoySocChem Research Enablement Grant for @Emanuele_Cocco6 to visit @SPThomasGroup. Great work by Emanuele, #Debora and @Organic_brusa ! doi.org/10.1039/D3RA08392F
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Bismuto Lab@BismutoLab6 Dec 2023
Thanks for joining that was great😀!!
Alcarazo Lab (@AlcarazoLab) profile pictureAlcarazo Lab@AlcarazoLab6 Dec 2023
Inaugural lecture of Prof. Bismuto this morning in Bonn. 😎
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With a young nice chemist, Alex @BismutoLab !!! Former member of @HartwigGroup @SPThomasGroup @dange82.
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BuresGroup@BuresGroup1 Aug 2023
I am honoured to have been promoted to Full Professor @UoMChemistry. Thanks to all past and present group members, collaborators and colleagues.
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