News on alkyl #bismuth cations! Isolable compounds featuring cyclic motifs act as unusual Z-type ligands towards platinum. Great collaboration with Alex Gagnon and the von Hänisch group, just published @chemistryeurope.bsky.social. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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It's official - I received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. :)
I couldn’t have gotten to this point in my career without the efforts of my outstanding group members (past and present) who dedicated a slice of their life to make it all happen.
Onwards and upwards! 🧪
I am happy to share that Tobias Morack and I received the Hengstberger Prize 2025. This gives us the opportunity to organize the symposium “Breaking Paradigms: Main-Group Elements in Redox Catalysis” in Heidelberg. Check out our website www.maingroupredox-symposium.com for more information. (2/2)
Thrilled to co-author this perspective article with Eva and David. Think we are only at the tip of the iceberg on what is possible with these heavier alkali metals.
💬🧪 Behind the Science Interview: P. Coburger & S. Frei discuss a method to build highly tunable strongly π-donating zwitterionic diphosphacyclobutadienyl ligands directly in Mn & Co complexes-enabling exploration of transitionmetal chemistry without isolating unstable ligands doi.org/10.1002/chem...
🏆 Die GDCh gratuliert Frank Würthner zum Izatt-Christensen Award 2026! Seine Erkenntnisse zur Selbstorganisation von Farbstoffmolekülen und zu supramolekularen Polymeren ebnen den Weg für nachhaltige Energietechnologien. https://ow.ly/I9Go50YNP4Z
The latest from the Gilliard and Cummins Labs....on the synthesis and reactivity of dioxaboriranes is now online in @natchem.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)! Chonghe synthesized a series of unusual boron-O2 compounds, formed by N2 exchange from diazoboranes! @gilliardgroup.bsky.social
Incredibly proud to share our group's latest publication, now out in JACS! Thanks to MSc student Luise and collaborator Robert for making this happen.
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Demyan 🇺🇦 Prokopchuk ⌬
Five years in the making, now finally published: Targeted synthesis of an inorganic sandwich complex. Congratulations to all co-authors and thanks to our collaborators: Eduardo García Padilla, Kai Schwedtmann, Demi Snabilie, Prof. Dr. Jan J. Weigand and Bas de Bruin!
tinyurl.com/2v3xnwby
Very happy to see this one finally out in print: A modular approach to unique cyclobutadienyl analogues, providing a promising platform for reactivity studies!
Congratulations to everyone involved :)
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Rare examples of alkyl bismuth cations [BiR2(SbF6)] are presented, including cyclopropyl ligands and a bismacyclic structure. The bismuth-centered Lewis acids act as Z-type ligands toward the electro....
Peter Coburger and Stefan Frei, Germany, discusses assembling highly tunable, strongly π-donating zwitterionic diphosphacyclobutadienyl ligands directly within Mn and Co complexes
While traditionally used as stoichiometric reagents, #HeavierAlkaliMetalAmides have emerged as versatile #catalysts find out more in this #perspective with #DavidSancehzRoa @pubs.acs.org in collaboration with @remglasgow.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
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