Boron Chemistry book available 12 October 2026:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n My new popular science book Boron: In Search of the Real Fifth Element<\/em> is available from 12 October 2026: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/9781837070008<\/a>). This accessible book written for a general audience highlights boron\u2019s role in many different fields, from rocket fuels to antibiotics; from materials almost as hard as diamond to markers for the prehistoric concentrations of carbon dioxide. Pre-order now! <\/p>\n LATEST NEWS:<\/strong> This work also features in two Chemistry World<\/em> articles<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Virtual Lab tour:<\/strong><\/p>\n 3D tour of the lab<\/a><\/p>\n The Institute of Chemical Sciences<\/a> Welcome to the website of the Mansell Research Group based at Heriot-Watt University. We develop new catalysts to make useful products more efficiently. Our vision is to combine the best aspects of main group, transition metal chemistry and f-block chemistry in order to develop better homogeneous catalysts targeting important transformations, including acceptorless dehydrogenation and C-H […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":286,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThere will be a webinar on 21 October 2026 at 15:00:
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\nOur latest publication on C-H and C-C activation \/ borylation is out now in Organometallics<\/a>. We were also selected for the front cover:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/mansellresearch\/files\/2024\/05\/orgnd7.2024.43.issue-9.xlargecover-226x300.jpg\")
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\nStudying at Heriot-Watt University<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"