Xin

Associate Professor at ECUST. Former postdoc at Caltech and UCLA. Love boron chemistry⚗️ he/his

[UCLA Chem & Biochem @uclachem]

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[Chem @Chem_CP]

Online now: B−H oxidation enables modular synthesis of vicinally trifunctionalized boron-rich clusters https://t.co/8XDXilrDH6

[Alex Spokoyny @organomimetic]

A true synthetic tour de force work by @ChemXin and team, showing how one can rapidly build up topologically complex molecules with boron cluster templates: B−H oxidation enables modular synthesis of vicinally trifunctionalized boron-rich clusters: Chem https://t.co/CQ7oDtwmjE

[Xin @ChemXin]

@organomimetic Thank you Alex!

[Xin @ChemXin]

@organomimetic @aaas Congrats Alex!!!

[Alex Spokoyny @organomimetic]

Boron cluster with boron-centered redox activity?Check.

Same cluster with boron-centered basic sites that can be reversibly protonated? Check.

With these two unique properties established in the same system, we present the first manifestation of boron-centered PCET reactivity. For more, check out this preprint: https://t.co/JEWqs8IeH3

Work led by Varun Tej in a collaboration with @ChemXin, Hannah Shafaat and their amazing teams!

[Xin @ChemXin]

Our continued work on the multifunctionalization of carboranes

[Chemistry Europe @ChemEurope]

#EurJOC Pd-Catalyzed Vicinal Difunctionalization of Carboranes with Benzoxazoles, Indoles, and Anilines (Xin Mu and co-workers) @ChemXin • https://t.co/8WI15wjI57

[Xin @ChemXin]

@organomimetic Really nice work! Congratulations Alex!

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Carboranes without Cage Carbons: closo-Dodecaborate Mimics of Neutral closo-Carboranes (@ChemRxiv): https://t.co/uL2jvxZ2HL (@organomimetic).

[Alex Spokoyny @organomimetic]

Excellent work led by our group alum Kent Kirlikovali and @Farhomies team. Clearly shows that dicarbollides are under-recognized/utilized ligands in the actinide community with a lot of potential and that community should be taking notes.

[Xin @ChemXin]

What an incredible chance to dive into the thrilling world of boron chemistry and catch up with friends at BORAM18 at UCLA! Huge thanks to Alex for the invitation!

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Annoucment at the #BORAM18 conference today. Save the date 🗓. The next Imeboron symposium (IMEboron 18) will be organized by Prof @makoto_B in September 2026 in Tokyo.

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

A Pd-Catalyzed Route to Carborane-Fused Boron Heterocycles (@ChemicalScience): https://t.co/QM6idSoXxY.

[Xin @ChemXin]

Great collaboration with Alex @organomimetic and we’ve learned a lot from this work! Hopefully we could forge more powerful toolbox to achieve complex manipulations of carboranes in the future!

[Alex Spokoyny @organomimetic]

Great to see work by @ChemXin and his team highlighted! And it was a pleasure to collaborate and contribute to this study.

[Alex Spokoyny @organomimetic]

Great to see work by @ChemXin and his team highlighted! And it was a pleasure to collaborate and contribute to this study.

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Redox-Active Boron Clusters (@organomimetic): https://t.co/f3hGXZUPBi.

[Xin @ChemXin]

@organomimetic @J_A_C_S @uclachem @group_maynard @houk1000 Congratulations Alex!

[Alex Spokoyny @organomimetic]

Check out our work that just appeared in @J_A_C_S on the development of the fastest organometallic Cys bioconjugation reagents: https://t.co/wuBKmpsSm3. Shout out to many @uclachem collaborators on this project including: @group_maynard and @houk1000.

[Boron-Chem-Research @Boron_Chemistry]

Enriched 10B-diboron reagents synthesis from 10BF3: https://t.co/YeAZvtxNSI (@Chem_CP).

[Xin @ChemXin]

@uclachem @organomimetic @uclaphyssci @UCLAnewsroom Congratulations Alex!!!