Steve Fletcher
stephenfletcher.bsky.social
Steve Fletcher
@stephenfletcher.bsky.social
Prof of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. loves Ruben sandwiches and complex chemical systems. Canadian, father, synthesis, chirality
smells like money and segphos
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
that's brilliant - thanks!
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
there must be like a go to replacement for industry when doing old reactions that called for that - I want to remove an PhSO2 group
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
no
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'd rather not use Hg
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yeah, well - did they over get DOSY data on the aggregates? hmmm???
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reposted by Steve Fletcher
Pen stealing isn’t a big deal - my Asian food take out uses a pen from my bank

But DON’T EVER touch a hood Sharpie - get your own
October 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
How long ago was that?
October 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
congrats!
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Henri Kagan is still alive too! Maybe with Donna Blackmond?
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Asymmetric autocatalysis - kenso soai
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It’s a m-f of an experiment
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
you just make random complicated stuff, eventually something you make is capable of synthesis or something
October 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
making diastereomers is an inevitable consequence of polymerisation - diastereomers have different properties
October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM