🏆 GDCh ehrt Ingo Krossing (Baudler-Preis) und Vito Capriati (Arfvedson-Schlenk-Preis) für anorganische Chemie. Je 7.500 €. Verleihung: 7.–9. Sept. 2026, Uni Jena: https://gdch.app/article/gdch-ehrt-ingo-krossing-und-vito-capriati-fuer-anorganische-chemie-2026-07 #AnorganischeChemie #GDCh

Check out Marvin's new paper: Carbene Analogues of Group 15: Reduction of s-Hydrindacene-Based Chloropnictogenium Ions To Access an Antimony Hydride Monocation and a Trinuclear Bismuth Dication | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Carbene Analogues of Group 15: Reduction of s-Hydrindacene-Based Chloropnictogenium Ions To Access an Antimony Hydride Monocation and a Trinuclear Bismuth Dication

We report the synthesis of three chloropnictogenium cations [MSFluindECl]+ (2As, 2Sb and 2 Bi), which unravel different reaction pathways toward Et3SiH, leading to the formation of the neutral arylars...

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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! 🧪

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. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A Simple, Air Stable Single-Ion Source of Iron(I)

Molecular complexes of iron in the rare +1 oxidation state have been shown to be efficient catalysts for industrially relevant chemical transformations, typically associated with the increasingly unsu...

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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

Reactions of diazoboranes with oxygen enables the synthesis and isolation of dioxaboriranes - Nature Chemistry

Cyclic peroxides are highly reactive oxygen-containing species that play important roles in chemical synthesis. Now, the reaction between diazoboranes and triplet oxygen affords a family of cyclic dio...

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🏆 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

Izatt-Christensen Award 2026 für Frank Würthner

Der Würzburger Chemieprofessor Frank Würthner erhält die höchste internationale Auszeichnung, die es im Bereich der supramolekularen Chemie gibt, den Izatt-Christensen Award.

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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)

💬🧪 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...

Building Zwitterionic Phosphorus Analogues of Cyclobutadienyl Ligands within the Metal Coordination Sphere - ChemistryViews

Peter Coburger and Stefan Frei, Germany, discusses assembling highly tunable, strongly π-donating zwitterionic diphosphacyclobutadienyl ligands directly within Mn and Co complexes

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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 :) chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Modular Design Enables Access to Onium‐Substituted Diphosphacyclobutadienyl Complexes

A modular synthetic approach affords a series of cationic cobalt and manganese carbonyl half-sandwich complexes bearing onium-substituted diphosphacyclobutadienyl ligands. In this strategy, the onium....

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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.

Eva Hevia@evaheviagroup.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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

Inorganic Cobalt Sandwich Complex [(η5-P5)Co(η3-P3)]−

Sandwich compounds are foundational to organometallic chemistry, yet carbon-free analogs remain exceptionally rare. We report the all-phosphorus heteroleptic cobalt sandwich anion [(η5-P5)Co(η3-P3)]− ...

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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/...

Alkyl Bismuth Cations: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application as Z‐Type Ligands

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....

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I am proud to be a recipient of this years Chem Comm Emerging Investigator Lectureship! This recognizes the hard work and creativity of group members over the last few years both at Dalhousie Chemistry @dalchemistry.bsky.social and University of Victoria @uvicscience.bsky.social!

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Huge congratulations to Saurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social (University of Victoria) and Xiongyi Huang (Johns Hopkins University), who we are delighted to name as the joint winners of the 2025 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship!

Great work on heterobimetallic systems - thanks for having usw on board for this intriguing study of homolytic bond cleavage!

Fabian Dankert@fabiandankert.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Excited to share that our Al/Cd platforms serve as tamed Al(II) surrogates. Thanks a lot to @lablichtenberg.bsky.social (&FW) for the great collaboration and effort on EPR! Read all about it in @chemicalscience.rsc.org 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬⬇️ #MyFirstChemSci @unikassel.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

🏆 Albrecht-Kossel-Preis 2026 geht an Claudia Höbartner. Ihre Forschung zu katalytischen Nukleinsäuren liefert Grundlagen für synthetische Biologie und Ursprung-des-Lebens-Forschung: gdch.app/article/clau...

Claudia Höbartner erhält Albrecht-Kossel-Preis

Am 17. März zeichnet die Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) Professorin Dr. Claudia Höbartner, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, mit dem Albrecht-Kossel-Preis aus. Sie erhält den mit 7500 E...

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#Hightech-Forschung in Marburg: Ministerium fördert Coop von #UniMarburg und Tech-Unternehmen Dockweiler Chemicals mit 500.000 Euro. #Strukturanalytik und Prozessierung von #2D-Halbleitermaterialien für schnelle, effiziente und flexible Bauteile. #Physik 📷 P A Killick ➡️https://uni-marburg.de/WpobRj

Ceasium Strikes again! 🚀🚀 Now published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social with @remglasgow.bsky.social and Thomas Horsley Downie! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Boosting the Nucleophilicity of the Diphenylphosphide Anion with Crown Ether Supported Heavy Alkali Metals to Facilitate Highly Efficient Catalytic Alkene Isomerisation

Here, we report a breakthrough study in catalytic alkene isomerisation using crown ether-supported alkali metal phosphides in which the activity increases sequentially and significantly as Group One ...

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Homoleptic bismuth phosphanides isolated! We are happy to share our recent findings @chemicalscience.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a.... The title compounds readily release P-radicals, revealing a novel P-inversion pathway and P-radical transfer to external substrates. Congrats to the team!

#Bismuth meets platinum (#1): diaryl bismuth cations undergo oxidative aryl transfer to Pt(0)! Attempts to trap the low-valent Bi intermediate yielded a Pt radical complex. Now out in the p-block special issue of #Organometallics, @pubs.acs.org: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Congrats to the team!

Reactivity of Diaryl Bismuth Cations toward a Platinum(0) Complex: Oxidative Aryl Transfer

Reactions of three aryl-substituted bismuth cations, [BiPh2(SbF6)], [BiMes2(SbF6)], and [BiDipp2(SbF6)], with the Pt0 complex Pt(PCy3)2 have been investigated (Mes = 2,4,6-trimethyl-phenyl; Dipp = 2,6-di-iso-propyl-phenyl; Cy = cyclohexyl). Unexpectedly, and in contrast with the reactivity of the recently reported methyl analogue [BiMe2(SbF6)], the formation of isolable metal-only Lewis pairs [(Cy3P)2Pt→BiAr2(SbF6)] is not observed (Ar = aryl). Instead, an unprecedented bismuth-to-platinum oxidative aryl transfer is witnessed to give the PtII complexes [PtAr(PCy3)2(SbF6)], along with the suggested bismuthinidene intermediates BiAr. Attempts to trap these fleeting intermediates with an ortho-quinone led to a PtII semiquinone radical complex.

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Is anyone looking to do a postdoc in Ireland to jumpstart an independent career? I'd love to support an application for the @researchireland.ie Pathway Programme. Internal UCD deadline is February 4 2026, so please reach out sooner rather than later! #postdocjobs #ireland #STEM 🧪 ⚗️ #compchem

📣Our new paper is out in @jacs.acspublications.org (our very first one)!🥳 We show how a redox-active ligand unlocks C–X bond scission at an ambiphilic T-shaped Bi(III) compound. A big collaborative effort with my brilliant colleagues from Berlin. 👉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Ambiphilic Reactivity and Switchable Methyl Transfer at a T-Shaped Bi(NNN) Complex Enabled by a Redox-Active Pincer Ligand

We report the transition-metal-like reactivity of a geometrically constrained, ambiphilic bismuth(III) trisamide. Planarization of the Bi(III) center unlocks Bi–C bond formation when reacted with mild...

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Alkynyl radicals are readily released from homoleptic alkynyl #Bismuth compounds @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! Check out their selective C-X coupling reactions (X = C, B, Se, Te): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... Congrats to the team, incl. @gargis.bsky.social, @aliciacasitas.bsky.social!

Homoleptic Bismuth Alkynes: Isolable Reagents for Selective Alkynyl Radical Transfer

The first series of fully characterized homoleptic alkynyl bismuth compounds Bi(C≡CR)3 is presented. Facile homolytic Bi–C bond cleavage grants access to alkynyl radicals, which have been employed in...

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Nucleophilic #Bismuth: diarylbismuth-anions grant access to bismuth-acyl compounds & visible-light-induced reversible insertion/extrusion of CO! Just out @natcomms.nature.com: link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Congrats to the team (including @felixgeist.bsky.social, @jordipoater.bsky.social)!

Diaryl Bismuthides and Acyl Bismuthanes Enable Visible-Light-Induced Reversible Carbon Monoxide Insertion and Extrusion - Nature Communications

Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the simplest and most fundamental molecules that has fascinated chemists for decades. Early-on, chemists have recognized and exploited its favorable properties as a key ...

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Anthracene, dibenzo-18-c-6

Saurabh Chitnis@sschitnis.bsky.social · 9mo ago

#chemchat #chemsky I need your recommendation for a very high boiling point solvent that can be used at 300C. Ph2O is not high enough (it goes to around 250C). Cannot be protic, cannot have amines. It doesn't need to be a liquid at room temp. Ideas? Cc @adrianlorenzana.ca

We celebrated the farewell of #JörgSundermeyer — my GDCh partner in crime🥰🤩 whose energy ⚡🔋always lifted us. „Dein strahlendes Lächeln 😃& deine gute Laune werden uns sehr fehlen.“ Danke für alles! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨#ProfLife

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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UVic Chemistry is hiring again! Come join us in beautiful Victoria, BC on the Pacific coast! Mild winters, incredible summers, great facilities, & inspiring colleagues (minus me). Asst. Prof. level. Physical, Organic, & Inorganic preferred. www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

CHEM 270-155 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria

Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

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Are you interested in radical #chemistry or redox-active ligands? New work by @brehergroup.bsky.social about the isolation of a stable radical dianion is now in early view @helvchimacta.bsky.social as part of a special issue dedicated to Prof. Dr. Armido Studer. #chemsky doi.org/10.1002/hlca...

Isolation of a Monomeric Bis(pyridylimino) Isoindolide (BPI) Radical Dianion and Further Insights Into Structures of Reduced BPI Compounds

This article reports on the isolation of a monomeric compound with a dianionic singly reduced bis(pyridylimino) isoindolide (BPI) ligand and elaborated discussions on the structure of reduced BPIs.

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Also a huge shoutout to everyone at the ISIS Neutron and Myon Source that made this project possible! Thanks go to the lab safety, pressures and furnaces, HRPD, and TOSCA teams. Couldn't have done it without you 😊

🧠🏅 Ausgezeichnete #Quantenforschung in #Marburg: Prof. Marcel Reutzel erhält den Walter-Schottky-Preis der #DPG für seine Arbeiten zu ultraschnellen Prozessen in #Quantenmaterialien. Ein Erfolg für #Marquest & #UniMarburg! Foto: Jan Hosan. Mehr: uni-marburg.de/2htLrm #Forschung #Exzellenz