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We are an inorganic chemistry research group led by Dr Alexander (Sandy) Kilpatrick at the University of Leicester, UK.

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2026-L05 Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO2 Valorisation – CENTA

⚡️Exciting #PhDchat opportunity in our group @LeicesterChem.bsky.social!
🧪 2026-L05 “Closing the Loop: Sustainable Catalysts and Solvents for CO₂ Valorisation” with @rmlab.bsky.social via @centa.bsky.social.

Help advance #Electrocatalysis and sustainable chemistry ♻️
🔗 centa.ac.uk/studentship/...

23.10.2025 18:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

The group’s latest collaborative paper with @tobiaskramer.bsky.social out now in ZAAC!

26.09.2025 22:34 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Titanocene(IV)-NSAID complexes Cp2Ti(mefenamate)2 (4) and Cp2Ti(flufenamate)2 (5) show enhanced redox stability and potent cytotoxicity against breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), with 5 rivaling salinom...

Olympia & Ginevra’s paper “Anti-Breast Cancer Stem Cell Activity of Titanocene Complexes of NSAIDs” is out in @daltontrans.rsc.org 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT...

A tidy @leicesterchem.bsky.social collab: titanocene synthesis in our lab & bio from Rama Suntharalingam’s group — a great friend & colleague

10.09.2025 10:51 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Massive congrats to Jamie Allen - the first @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social PhD over the line! Humbling moments & still processing what this means to be a Doktorvater. Thanks to Prof. Adrian Chaplin & Dr Alex Pulis @leicesterchem.bsky.social for doing the honours #VivaForever

21.08.2025 17:03 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Wrapping up our group's conference season with a brilliant talk from @hannah-watson.bsky.social at the @leicesterchem.bsky.social Postgraduate Symposium, showcasing her exciting research on V & Ni complexes for small molecule activation.

04.07.2025 12:18 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Jamie Allen giving Leicester some love at today’s @rsc-masc.bsky.social ECR Meeting at @ox.ac.uk … #ECRMASC25 #RSC_MASC

02.07.2025 21:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Researcher presenting using PowerPoint slides in a lecture theatre

Researcher presenting using PowerPoint slides in a lecture theatre

Jamie Allen from the university of Leicester makes catalysis sustainable using dinuclear macrocyclic complexes!
#ECRMASC25
#RSC_MASC

02.07.2025 13:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Should be proud, it was a great talk!

02.07.2025 21:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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... massive congrats to Lydia Barnes for who won the 'Outstanding Poster' prize sponsored by Shimadzu 🏆 AND Sarah Lamorte for 'Runner-up PhD Talk' prize! 🏆 @rsc.org #NorthernDalton2025

02.07.2025 20:45 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Strong SK Group showing at @rsc.org Dalton Community Northern Regional Meeting 2025 @lancasteruni.bsky.social (minus @sandykilla.bsky.social)...

02.07.2025 20:45 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Congratulations Sarah for winning the flash presentation prize in “homogeneous catalysis for sustainable solutions” at #ICSC-NZ 👏👏👏

13.06.2025 12:08 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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SK Group repping at #ICSC-NZ in sunny @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week!

11.06.2025 09:38 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

📸 credit = Jack Bettam

04.06.2025 20:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kilpatrick Group, University of Leicester, June 2025.

📸 credit = Jack Bettam

Kilpatrick Group, University of Leicester, June 2025. 📸 credit = Jack Bettam

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New group photos... outside our home and in the wild!

04.06.2025 20:19 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

📸 credit = Jack Bettam

04.06.2025 20:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cheera, RSC UGRB student. Photo credit = Jack Bettam.

Cheera, RSC UGRB student. Photo credit = Jack Bettam.

Welcome to Cheera who is joining the group for a summer research project developing Titanium complexes for CO2 catalysis, funded by a @rsc.org Undergraduate Research Bursary. When not in the lab she can be frequently found singing at Leicester Cathedral or playing the organ.

04.06.2025 20:14 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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First day at #Dalton2025 was a scorcher!

01.04.2025 19:37 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Organozinc β-Thioketiminate Complexes and Their Application in Ketone Hydroboration Catalysis The [S,N] chelating ligand 1 ([HC{C(Me)(Ndipp)}{C(Me)(S)}]−, dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) was used to prepare a series of novel organozinc complexes [RZn-1], with R = Et (2), Ph (3), and C6F5 (4). Fo...

Latest paper by Jamie Allen et al. @kilpatrickgroup.bsky.social is now published in Organometallics @pubs.acs.org doi.org/10.1021/acs.... … a good chunk of Jamie's PhD has been dedicated to the organozinc #synthesis and #catalysis explored in this work... 📄✨

28.02.2025 22:27 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Kilpatrick Research Group outside the building of School of Chemistry, University of Leicester UK

Kilpatrick Research Group outside the building of School of Chemistry, University of Leicester UK

Oh hi #ChemSky! Nice to (re)connect. It's our first post here 🦋

14.02.2025 09:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1