Happy to write a guest editorial with J Yang (@icjennikins) and H Shafaat (@ShafaatLab) on CO2 and CH4 utilization for a special issue of Acc. Chem. Res. Thank you to A Doyle for the invitation and all the authors who contributed to the issue. See:

The Miller (@DocAJMM) and Ertem (@MZErtem) groups led this @CHASE_Hub collaboration on room temperature methanol synthesis from carbon dioxide using an electrochemical/thermal organometallic cascade. A pleasure working with them. See (@angew_chem).

We are excited to have been part of this @CHASE_Hub research on using microscopy to image molecular catalysts on Si surfaces (@Matter_CP) . Fascinating to see how catalysts distribute on the surface. @stach_eric led the team! See

We (@YaleChem) are searching for a new director of our catalysis and separations core (. If you like synthetic chemistry, working with a variety of students and postdocs, and instrumentation, apply at:

We show how linear free energy relationships can be used to investigate secondary coordination sphere effects in carbon dioxide insertion into rhenium hydrides @InorgChem . Calculations from @MZErtem were critical. See:

New paper in Accounts of Chemical Research summarizing our group's work on understanding carbon dioxide insertion reactions into transition metal complexes. Thank you to all co-workers and collaborators. See:

With the Bernskoetter group at the University of Missouri, we describe more stable catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation using pincer ligands with an additional hemilabile ligand. See: @ACSCatalysis

We explored the effects of different bipyridine ligands on Ni catalysts for cross-electrophile coupling. There were many counterintuitive effects! Small changes make a large difference! See @ACSCatalysis,

New @CHASE_Hub publication in @ChemicalScience on using intramolecular Lewis acid binding to modulate the redox potentials of Co porphyrin complexes. Thanks to @MingjiangZhong and @KaiCui95 for the collaboration. See

We collaborated with @MayerPCET & @jillianldempsey on using porous Si to support a molecular catalyst that can photoelectrochemically reduce carbon dioxide. It works much better than flat Si! See: @J_A_C_S. Thanks to @CHASE_Hub for support.

A pleasure collaborating with @MZErtem and @DocAJMM on a new @Orgmet_ACS paper. We explore solvent effects on the link between kinetic and thermodynamic hydricity. See:

Do you teach or are you interested in learning general chemistry? A team of Yale Undergraduates (@YaleChem) and I have posted our first 8 videos explaining concepts in general chemistry to YouTube. You can check them out at More videos to follow over time.

Our new publication as part of the @CHASE_Hub with my good friend Sharon Hammes-Schiffer was just published in @Orgmet_ACS. @XiaofanJia tried hard to attach Re hydrides to a metal oxide surface but the surface was too reactive... See:

In a new @chemicalscience article, we have collaborated with @HopmannKathrin to understand the rate of carbon dioxide insertion into Pd alkyl complexes. Surprisingly ethyl is twice as fast as methyl, which is ten times faster than n-propyl. See

A new IR spectroelectrochemical method to probe molecular catalysts attached to Si electrodes in @JPhysChem (. Great to be involved in the collaboration as part of the @CHASE_Hub, led by @CahoonLabUNC and @BrookhavenLab. Likely to be very useful!

We @YaleChem are searching for a Director of our new Catalysis Center to support research in synthetic chemistry, with an emphasis on homogeneous catalysis. The job is suitable for either an experienced scientist or a new PhD with appropriate skills. See

We and @MayerPCET were involved in a large collaborative effort from the @CHASE_Hub in @InorgChem ( on how to attach molecular catalysts to Si semiconductors to make photoelectrodes for carbon dioxide reduction. It is very challenging.....

Always a pleasure to work with my friend Wes Bernskoetter at the University of Missouri. Our latest article, led by Wes' group, explores the role of metal-ligand cooperativity on Mn catalyzed carbon dioxide hydrogenation. ( @Orgmet_ACS)

What is the connection between the kinetics and thermodynamics of hydride transfer from a metal hydride? In collaboration with @DocAJMM and @MZErtem, we try to explain it in our latest paper (@J_A_C_S; .

We @YaleChem are searching for a Director of our new Catalysis Center to support research in synthetic chemistry, with an emphasis on homogeneous catalysis. The job is suitable for either an experienced scientist or a new PhD with appropriate skills. See