Chem research group at UVic. Combining physorg chem with high-throughput experimentation for fun and profit. Musical opinions are the PIs, and are 100% correct.
Joined January 2019
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27 Jan 2025
Well #chemtwitter (or what's left of us!), I'm officially retiring the @LeitchLab Twitter account, and fully migrating over to #BlueSky at "@leitchlab.bsky.social"
This profile will remain, but no one will be checking/posting from now on (not that we've been very active anyway!)
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1 Aug 2024
Just hoppin on the plaform formerly known as Twitter to highlight a fantastic effort by my group to realize the diastereoselective synthesis of densely-functionalized azabicycloheptanes through pyridinium ylide chemistry, up today on @ChemRxiv !
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26 Apr 2024
We were delighted to welcome @NSERC_CRSNG president @alejandroadem yesterday to meet the #Uvic researchers and students making a difference in climate, oceans, clean energy, engineering and health.
@LeitchLab @MSaidaminov @IesvicU
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ALT The David Leitch lab group and NSERC President Alejandro Adem in the chemistry lab
ALT NSERC President Alejandro Adem and Makhsud Saidaminov in the chemistry lab
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1 May 2024
Thank you for visiting @chemistryatuvic @UVicScience ! Most of our research is @NSERC_CRSNG funded, so we were very happy to give you a view of what we do!
24 Apr 2024
Great visit today to the University of Victoria @uvic - thanks to all the students, researchers and staff who spoke with me about their excellent research and the impact of @NSERC_CRSNG funding on their careers. Fantastic lab tours & lots of thoughtful comments and suggestions!
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23 Apr 2024
Congrats to Nate and Jake for publishing "Mechanistic Origin of Ligand Effects on Exhaustive Functionalization During Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Dihaloarenes" in ACS Catalysis. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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3 Apr 2024
Thanks for highlighting our work in Synform (@thiemechemistry) Matteo (@zanda_eu)🙏
thieme.de/en/thieme-chemistr…
It's been an amazing collaboration so far between @Jingjun_H & @LeitchLab at @uvic, @Tommy82752392 & @FrichardChem at @QMUL, and Alex Jean at @Servier. Stay tuned for more
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29 Feb 2024
#CORGI announcement! On 7 Mar we've got Graham Murphy of @MurphyLabUW presenting all the things you can do with hypervalent iodine, followed by Mike Doyle of the Lundgren group @ualbertachem on isotope exchange in amino acids. Don't miss it! @CIC_ChemInst
cheminst.ca/cic-virtual/semi…
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28 Feb 2024
#ChemSem Join us on Monday, March 4 for a seminar with Dr. Louis-Charles (LC) Campeau from @Merck on, "Changing the World, One Reaction at a Time."
CLE A127 at 11:30am
Abstract: ow.ly/llbC50QHAlg
@DrLCsquare
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16 Feb 2024
Our work on the mechanism of action of antibacterial nanofibers is out now in @J_A_C_S. A bittersweet moment for us in the Manners group as we dedicate this paper to the big man himself - this was one of the last papers he submitted before he passed. You'll be missed, Ian!
15 Feb 2024
Check out our recent work by Hayley on the mechanism of action of antibacterial PFTMC-b-PDMAEMA nanoparticles made using living CDSA, just published in @J_A_C_S!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab retweeted
20 Feb 2024
Congratulations @drgauthi, collaborators @Merck and our team for work out in @NatureChemistry showing functional group metathesis between in situ chlorinated carboxylic acids can offer a straightforward approach to carbon isotope labelling @McGillChemistry nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
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19 Feb 2024
Super happy to announce out latest ring expansion paper - out today in @J_A_C_S
This is the culmination of 5 years hard work by lots of very talented and dedicated people in our @ChemistryatYork group - I am extremely grateful to them all.
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20 Feb 2024
Honored to be among the 'items of interest' in @OPRD_ACS for 2 months in a row!
This month highlights our collaborative work with @arseniyadis on chiral Pd(0) precatalysts published in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Huge thanks to the team! @chemistryatuvic @UVicScience
12 Feb 2024
Our air stable chiral Pd(0) pre-catalysts are highlighted in @OPRD_ACS's "Some Items of Interest to Process R&D Chemists and Engineers": pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.102… 🙏
For the orginal work in @NatureComms, check out this link 👉nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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4 Feb 2024
Grateful for the recognition by @CIC_ChemInst. This honor belongs to my incredible students.
2 Feb 2024
The Keith Ladler Award recognizes outstanding early-career contributions to physical chemistry for research carried out in Canada, by a scientist residing in Canada. Congrats Dr. Makhsud Saidaminov @msaidaminov of @uvic on being the recipient of this award buff.ly/3SlNzPo
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6 Feb 2024
Meet Dr. Nelson Lam, UVic's new Assistant Professor as of Summer 2024! His mission:
Establish a leading research group developing translatable catalytic methods targeting outstanding selectivity challenges that characterize contemporary organic synthesis.
@nelsonyslam
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6 Feb 2024
Welcome to @chemistryatuvic @UVicScience Nelson, we are all really excited to have you here later this year!
6 Feb 2024
I'm joining the faculty at the University of Victoria as an Assistant Professor starting summer 2024!
Very excited to embark on fun projects with students and colleagues at @uvic, and be based in beautiful BC for my independent research career 🍁🇨🇦 #chemtwitter #newPI
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1 Feb 2024
Our newest paper has hit the press! Nice work by Natalie, Danna and all of our collaborators! With Centre College and @memphischem
Donor Ability of Bisphosphinemonoxide Ligands Relevant to Late-Metal Olefin Polymerization Catalysis | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Dave Leitch and the Leitch Lab retweeted
16 Jan 2024
3 tenure-track positions open at @UVicScience including @chemistryatuvic for Indigenous scholars. UVic has been ranked #1 in 🇨🇦 for promoting Indigenous visibility (Maclean’s 2022). #yyj is a great place to live, research and teach. Join us!
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31 Jan 2024
Latest Leitch Lab preprint just dropped - an easy to make and stable Pd dialkyl precursor for making oxidative addition complexes and catalysis. If you've wanted to use (COD)Pd(CH2SiMe3)2 but didn't want to deal with instability/high cost, check this out!
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv…
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1 Feb 2024
(and yes, I did just now see the incorrect stereochemistry on the OAC chemdraw... 🥴)
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24 Jan 2024
Another year, another fantastic lineup of #COrgI speakers! (s/o @CIC_ChemInst @CSCOrgDiv)
Next week we have the venerable Dennis Hall @HallBoronLab and PhD student @JuliaTurner97 from the Taylor group @UofTchem. Register at cheminst.ca/cic-virtual/semi…!
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