Happy to see this fun project with @kretschmerlab.bsky.social out. Two gallium centers in close proximity led to some unexpected outcomes. Thanks to everyone involved and congrats to the team!

KretschmerLab @kretschmerlab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy to see our joint work with @hering-lab.bsky.social on Gallium/Group 15 Heterocycles that we dedicated to Manfred Scheer on the occasion of his 70th birthday published. Congrats to the team and many thanks to @dfg.de for funding. chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A Crystalline Phosphorus-Substituted Borinium Ion: Double Dihydrogen Activation by an Ambiphilic Inorganic Allene ( @chemicalscience.rsc.org ): pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a....

Our latest is out now in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! Thermochromism, C-H/O activation & redox chem at a planar Bi triamide. Congrats to PhD Will Howlett on leading this @bsky.app initiated collab with @chrisslootweg.bsky.social + @jasonmasuda.bsky.social @dalchemistry.bsky.social. bit.ly/480io3T

Unusual coordination chemistry & reactivity: the methyl #bismuth dication shows a pentagonal pyramidal coordination and can be turned into a Lewis #superacid. Read more about Johannes', @taminazk.bsky.social, and Bene's work in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...!

The Methylbismuth Dication: Pentagonal Pyramidal Coordination and Ligand‐Induced Lewis Superacidity

The simplistic methylbismuth dication has been captured only by the aid of monodentate tetrahydrofuran (thf) ligands, [BiMe(thf)5]2+. The hexacoordinate species shows a very unusual pentagonal pyrami...

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Today two 3rd year students have the pleasure to make some PMe3 in their advanced inorganic lab course! Good job. @likat.bsky.social #31P

We present PhD No.4 from the group: Congrats Dr. Ayu! A splendid performance and a PhD period filled with laughter, lab curiosities and brilliant chemistry. Thanks Ayu and all the best for your future! Also thanks @pchem.bsky.social for being on the committee. #phdone #proudpi #31p

TIRE CHANGE: First Mg(I) complex with a Cp* ligand enables facile ligand exchange. Reaction with RONa gives (BDI)Mg-MgOR and Cp*Na. This paves the way for syntheses of many new asymmetric Mg(I) complexes. @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

We're delighted to share the success of Marcel Schorpp's (@m-schorpp.bsky.social) first independent article, published in ChemComm! "A diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a reactive P[double bond, length half m-dash]P bond: synthesis and reversible main-group bond activation" buff.ly/Lnu0QOR

A diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a reactive PP bond: synthesis and reversible main-group bond activation

We report a high-yielding synthesis of a novel diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a sterically exposed, reactive P [[double bond, length half m-dash]] P bond. It displays aromatic properties and gr...

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Our group's very first ACIE paper is out!🥳 Awesome work by Soti and a great cooperation with the Bittl group and @franemmerling.bsky.social. Dedicated to @christianlimberg.bsky.social and Franc Meyer @humboldtuni.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Here's the latest from Goicoechea Group alumnus and master synthetic chemist Chenyang Hu: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Some very elegant double-bond metathesis chemistry allows access to a phosphorus(III) telluride completing our collection of phosphorus-chalcogen double bonds.

Synthesis, Isolation, and Reactivity of a Phosphinidene Telluride

We describe the synthesis and isolation of a phosphinidene telluride. This species acts as a versatile phosphinidene transfer reagent accompanied by the extrusion of elemental tellurium.

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Having a blast at the 1st MG-ERC meeting in Namur! Thanks Guillaume for the invitation to part of this exciting line-up of speakers.

Main-Group Elements Reactivity Conference (MG-ERC)@mgerc-unamur.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For the third plenary lecture of the day, we have @hering-lab.bsky.social from LIKAT-Rostock, who will be talking about non-classical double bonds, focusing on Phosphaalkenes and Phosphaalumenes.

Kushiks latest work on Carbazole-based bisPA ligands and aspects of their coordination chemistry with Rh(I) is now out @daltontrans.rsc.org Great work and thanks everyone for their help! #31p #phosphorus @likat.bsky.social

Beweries group at LIKAT Rostock@beweriesgroup.bsky.social · last yr.

In his new paper in @daltontrans.rsc.org @kushikolla.bsky.social shows the synthesis of a new phosphaalkene and its coordination to Rh, including CH activition & different types of coordination. Congratulations to the team @likat.bsky.social @hering-lab.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Excited to kick off this new account with great news: our latest work just appeared in Angewandte Chemie (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...)! Huge thanks to our fantastic collaborators from the groups of Florian Weigend, Xulian Xie, and Xue-Bin Wang!

A Thorough Characterization of the Tellurocyanate Anion

[K@crypt-222][TeCN] was synthesized from KCN, Te, and crypt-222 in acetone. We discuss fundamental properties of [TeCN]−: Single crystal X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance (13C, 15N, 125Te...

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Looking forward to a my visit at Heidelberg University. But first some views from the Königsstuhl!

A new(ish) anion on the block for SMOM chemistry. Kris Altus’ latest on the organometallic chemistry of [B(O2C2(CF3)4)2]−. As well as showing this anion is a useful one in organometallic chemistry there is a cautionary note about the toxicity of a starting material. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

[B(O2C2(CF3)4)2]− ([FPB]−): Repurposing This Weakly Coordinating Anion for Solid-State Molecular Organometallic (SMOM) Chemistry

The perfluoropinacol borate-based anion [B(O2C2(CF3)4)2]−, [FPB]–, is developed as a weakly coordinating anion for single-crystal to single-crystal organometallic solid/gas reactivity, resulting in the isolation and characterization (including periodic DFT and IGMH analysis) of the σ-alkane complex [Rh(Cy2PCH2CH2PCy2)(exo-η2η2-norbornane)][FPB]. The synthetically useful solvent-free Na+ salt, Na[FPB], and oxonium acid [H(OEt2)2][FPB] are also reported.

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Now out as a preprint! We demonstrate how we can use our biradicaloid ligand to stabilise a series of main-group cations and their application to prepare pi-complexes of diatomic [EX]+ cations, including [GeF]+ and [SnF]+ :) chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

π-Complexes of Main-group Metal cations: Exploration of Lewis acid reactivity

A series of cationic nido-clusters [E(η4-IDP)]+/2+ was prepared from the imidazolium-substituted diphosphate-diide (IPr)2C2P2 (IDP), including [1]+ (E = Ga) and [2b,c]2+ (E = Sn, Pb). As analogues of ...

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A simple molecule that shows some neat chemistry! Congrats @munzgroup.bsky.social and team, and of course former PostDoc @fabiandankert.bsky.social

Dominik Munz@munzgroup.bsky.social · last yr.

Oxidizing PPh3 generates a powerful reagent - Read more about this cool molecule @jacs.acspublications.org (previously @chemrxiv.bsky.social) Congrats to @fabiandankert.bsky.social, Simon, Sergi, Chandan & Sneha 🎊🍾 [Ph3P–PPh3]2+: Superacid, Superoxidant, Super Reagent? pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

'Capture of an In Situ Formed Distanna-S-heterocyclic Carbene' from Inorganic Chemistry is an open access #ACSEditorsChoice. 📖 Read the article: buff.ly/beB5UrH

We are getting started! Doctoral positions are open at the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (three-year contract, 65% TVL E13). ovgu.b-ite.careers/jobposting/f...

Our DFG-funded RTG-3082 Ec=m2 is hiring 10 PhD Scholars! Check out further details at: shorturl.at/Tue2T ecm2.org @dfg.de @uni-saarland.de @leibnizinm.bsky.social #Engineering_Covalent_Bonds_in_Molecules_and_Materials

Rreactivity of Pnictaalumenes towards 1,3-Dipole Molecules fresh out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Tim, Edgar and Leonie uncover unique insertion chemsitry giving a plethora of Al,P,N-heterocycles! Again a fruitful collaboration with the Braunschweig Group! doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Had my last day as a substitute professor in Magdeburg yesterday. The flowers on the desk are for incoming @bunzenlab.bsky.social (curtesy of the inorganic department) All the best for the start!

Senior @ucalgary.bsky.social undergrad George Doerksen’s summer research at @helsinki.fi - supported by @mitacscanada.bsky.social and conducted with Petra Vasko and Timo Repo - is reported in @chemcomm.rsc.org. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

What about an inverse Wittig-Reaction, cool stuff @goicoecheagroup.bsky.social

GoicoecheaGroup@goicoecheagroup.bsky.social · last yr.

Fresh out of the oven. Check out Chenyang’s most recent work in JACS (@jacs.acspublications.org). We explore the reactivity of a phosphinidene oxide as the electrophilic partner in Wittig transformations. Hope you enjoy. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Reversible single-electron-transfer (SET) in #maingroup systems—cyclic pnictogen radicals—analogs of aryl radical anions in Birch reductions— @angewandtechemie.bsky.social Congratulations to Henric and all @ghadwalgroup.bsky.social @basdebruin.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Super cool work by @muellergroup.bsky.social Congrats to the team and of course to @petrovchem.bsky.social

Andrey Petrov@petrovchem.bsky.social · last yr.

Together with @muellergroup.bsky.social we elucidated the molecular structure of "naked" cyclo-P5- in the crystal! Special thanks to Mirjam and Prof. Corzilius for their help with 31P ssNMR studies. Read our @angewandtechemie.bsky.social commuinaction here: doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Congrats Malte, Ollie and Team! Interesting read.

Malte Fischer@maltefischer.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to share our latest work from the lab, in collaboration with @townrowresearch.bsky.social , exploring the fusion of heteroleptic amido-substituted stannylenes and NHCs! #chemsky www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2

Bis-triazenylarenes enable vicinal Sandmeyer-type reactions. Work by @christeenamathew.bsky.social. Now out in Angewandte Chemie: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #chemsky #EPFL 🧪

Ayu is keeping it up! This piece is about ArPCN- transfer to give Germylenes and phosphapnictanes! Thanks @maltefischer.bsky.social and @fabiandankert.bsky.social for their help! Thanks Organomteallics for the smooth proceedings! #31p #phosphorus pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Flash Communication: Cyanophosphide Transfer Reactions

Cyanophosphides of the general form [RPCN]− can be viewed as cyanide adducts of phosphinidenes and are phosphorus species in the (+1)-oxidation state. We have recently reported on the stable cyanophosphide [DippTerPCN]K (DippTer = 2,6-Dipp2C6H3, Dipp = 2,6-iPrC6H3) and now investigate its reactions with ECln (E = Ge, n = 2; E = P, As, n = 3) in either salt metathesis or base-assisted dehydrohalogenation reactions. In the case of GeCl2, salt metathesis with [DippTerPCN]K afforded the dimer of a chlorogermylene [DippTerP(CN)GeCl]2. When only 0.5 equiv of GeCl2 was used, the diphosphanylgermylene [DippTerP(CN)]2Ge was generated in solution. With ECl3 (E = P, As), facile cyanophosphide transfer was achieved from DippTerP(H)CN in NEt3-assisted dehydrohalogenation, giving diphosphanes or arsaphosphanes of the type DippTerP(CN)ECl2 (E = P, As), respectively.

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Ayu’s work on CN/NC-isomerism in Dioxophosphoranes is just out in Chem.Sci. Here we show that Cyanophosphides can be cleanly oxidized with O2, giving [ArPO2(CN)]-. Surprisingly both, cyanide and isocyanide form simultaneously! Super exited about this! @likat.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...