Graham Bodwell

@UOHaleyLab Yes b’y!

Amazing what one can get done when no one’s around. UO classes start Monday - bring it on, baby!

@UOHaleyLab He looks great!

RB2 update - for a dog with 12 staples in his neck, our first short around-the-block walk was a great success. He stopped, sniffed, and peed like any normal male dog. So very pleased/amazed/blessed by his rapid recovery some six days after such invasive surgery!!! 🙏

@UOHaleyLab Poor boy! I hope he feels better soon!

Devastated by RB2's diagnosis of intervertebral disk disease, similar to a pinched nerve in humans. He's on pain medication & anti-inflammatory steroids. For the next ~4 weeks, physical activities are strictly prohibited, necessitating close monitoring by yours truly. Very sad!☹️

@LovellTerri Congratulations Terri. I always knew you had it.

🎉 Thrilled to share that I've accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa! I am so grateful for this opportunity to contribute to academia and further pursue my fascination with fluorophores. Huge thanks to everyone who supported me on this journey!

@borylation It was great to visit Nagoya! Many thanks for the hospitality and great science.

Very nice Japanese dinner with Graham @BodwellGraham I enjoyed his stimulating talk and fruitful discussion with him today!

Excellent day at the Katsura Campus of Kyoto University. So much great science being done here. Special thanks to Koji Miki and Kouichi Ohe for hosting in spectacular fashion.

@midoriakiyamaF It was a pleasure to meet you and learn about your elegant chemistry. See you in Winnipeg!

I had a discussion with Prof. Bodwell @BodwellGraham from Memorial univ. Looking forward to his lecture this afternoon!

Great visit to Hiroshima. Many thanks to Manabu Abe for being such a superb host.

Had a wonderful day visiting Aiko Fukazawa at Kyoto University, Yoshida Campus. Marvelous lunch at a >100 year old house belonging to Kyoto University, superb scientific discussions and an amazing dinner.

@KokeLab @BeilsteinInst @CChiGroup @henloeditorfren @CarKettner @profjasti @nazariolab @UOHaleyLab @JudyWuChem @JeanneCrassous @HLAGroupOx Shutting down the town!

We had a fantastic time at the @BeilsteinInst pi-systems symposium! Thanks @CChiGroup Max @henloeditorfren @CarKettner and all the participants for making it possible!! #BeilsteinPiSystems2023

@UOHaleyLab Have great time! Say hi to everybody for me

My “home” for the next 11 hours…. Looking forward for the next 10 days in Japan! Lots of science and lots of friendship/camaraderie!

@R_N_Warren And it is indeed 4,16-dibromo[2.2]metacyclophane

My favourite thing about working with cyclophanes is the diversity of structural representations on supplier websites. You can really tell who makes extensive use of the “clean up structure” chemdraw function (and who forgot about “send to back”)

@TykwinskiGroup Welcome Marina and Birgit!

@awhspeed @ndchiappini The isomer shown is the pseudo-para isomer, which is indeed a chiral by virtue of an inversion point. Resolution of the acid or aldehyde are common ways to obtain enantiomerically pure material. Check out Stefan Braese’s recent work.

@ndchiappini Paging @BodwellGraham

@awhspeed It has a helical conformation.

IIRC, when we made this imine, the two benzylic protons show up at different chemical shifts (ie are inequivalent). Explain that!

@awhspeed I prefer the first way. I have never been a fan of reading the big points in the abstract and then being told them again at the end of the introduction. The repetition seems like a waste of time. Having a story doesn’t necessarily imply that it is long-winded. My two bits.

Would you rather read a paper that collects a bunch of small observations, and builds up to gradually show the big picture, or a paper that presents the big picture first, then breaks down all the component parts delineating their importance? (1/n)

@awhspeed It’s the only lab they could get into without wearing any PPE.

I feel there is something ironic about a politician posting a staged photo of a lab that contains no equipment or any evidence of any work being done on the benches. Almost like they are not qualified to weigh in on research-related things?

I lost a chemistry "hero" last night. Reg Mitchell was a way too big personality and a great chemist. He gave this young punk his first speaking slot at a chemistry conference back in 1997. It was so great to hang out with him one last time on Zoom this past Tuesday - RIP RHM. 😢

@j0shwalsh Are you going to oxidize it?

@TykwinskiGroup See EJOC 2019, 4546-4560 for the coining of the term “ropyrenes”.