Fabrizio Ortu
@fabortu.bsky.social
Organometallic chemist, Associate Professor at University of Leicester. All things s- and f-block. Views are my own. http://orturesearch.com
@leicesterchem.bsky.social Ranked 2nd in UK 🥈… 1st in England 🥇 - @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 - Universities ranked by subject area: Chemistry www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
Delighted to announce the publication of our work in @nature.com, in collaboration with @nfchilton.bsky.social's group, on a dysprosium compound with magnetic memory at 100 Kelvin. Congrats to all authors inc. @gemmagransbury.bsky.social, @jeffjefftyjeff.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soft magnetic hysteresis in a dysprosium amide–alkene complex up to 100 kelvin - Nature
A dysprosium amide–alkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100 kelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of the pendant alkene.
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Just out: Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes
Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes
Communications Chemistry, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s42004-025-01572-5Iminophosphoranomethanide ligands have been used to stabilize metal complexes, but their application as alkyl precursors in deprotonation reactions remains unexplored. Here, the authors prepare and characterize bis- and tris- methanide alkaline and rare earth complexes through protonolysis between dibenzyl metal precursors and the CH2(SiMe3)P(Ph)2 = NSiMe3 proligand or salt elimination reactions, and show that rare earth methanides can be used as synthetic precursors for the preparation of solvent-free complexes.
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Check out our latest group paper in collaboration with @danireta.bsky.social, now out in @commschem.nature.com. A lot of hard work to put this together, a great collaborative effort! #chemsky www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes - Communications Chemistry
Iminophosphoranomethanide ligands have been used to stabilize metal complexes, but their application as alkyl precursors in deprotonation reactions remains unexplored. Here, the authors prepare and ch...
nature.com
I just got a paper accepted in a @acs.org journal as part of my @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant. My University @upvehu.bsky.social has an agreement with ACS, so I do not have to pay for the APCs. Turns out that ACS refuse to validate the agreement and won't publish my work. Great #OpenAccess policy
Still one week to apply to one the 2 #PhD available in my group, in San Sebastián, Spain. #chemsky #compchem #organicradicals #molecularmagnetism Come join us! See below for more information.
Daniel Reta@danireta.bsky.social · last yr.📢📢 Two PhD positions and one summer internship available in our group to work within the ERC Starting Grant RadicalProtON project. Located at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of the Basque Country, Spain. More details on each position and how to apply below 👇
A computational investigation into the inductive effect in aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons has generated fresh evidence that alkyl groups are inductively electron-withdrawing relative to hydrogen and that this effect is small compared to other factors such as hyperconjugation.
Time to stop mentioning alkyl group inductive effects
New computational evidence reiterates that alkyl groups are inductively electron-withdrawing and that hyperconjugation dominates
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🚨PhD alert🚨 Another opportunity for a PhD studentship in our group, as part of the EPSRC DLA scheme here at the University of Leicester. This is a competitive scheme with other projects - get in touch if you want to know more! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Project Title New chemical tools for actinide-lanthanide separation at University of Leicester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Project Title New chemical tools for actinide-lanthanide separation at University of Leicester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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New preprint out now in ChemRxiv! Work led by Matt (and Archie on a new class of group 2 and rare earth methanides. Great to collaborate again with Dani Reta - check out his amazing spectroscopic and theoretical work on our Eu complexes! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... #chemsky
Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of alkaline earth and rare earth iminophosphoranomethanide complexes
Herein we report the use of the methanide ligand {CH(SiMe3)P(Ph)2=NSiMe3}– (NPC-H) in the stabilization of alkaline earth and rare earth complexes. Protonolysis of the proligand with nBu2Mg or dibenzy...
chemrxiv.org
Here at Leicester we are recruiting 2xGTA/PhD students (start date September 2025) with several projects to choose from, including one in our group. If you like rare earths and want to make some crazy molcules, get in touch! #phd #phdlife #chemsky le.ac.uk/study/resear...
Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD | Postgraduate research | University of Leicester
4 year Graduate Teaching Assistant PhD in Chemistry. University of Leicester
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Well...hello #bluesky! Just a small question though: how is it possible I racked up over 1K followers in a week despite zero interactions??? 🤔
I have made a ChemSky starter pack and am posting here to help boost visibility. This list is not exhaustive, but should hopefully help newcomers or rejoiners find some accounts and feeds to follow go.bsky.app/C9BtrLj