A photogenerated triplet aura-nitrene for gold-mediated nitrene transfer #chemsky

A photogenerated triplet aura-nitrene for gold-mediated nitrene transfer

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02152-3Metal-stabilized nitrenes are important intermediates in nitrogen-atom transfer chemistry, but their isolation is challenging. Now a formal gold(III) aura-nitrene with triplet diradical character has been generated through photoirradiation of an azide precursor. The resulting nitrene enables a range of reactions, including O2 activation and C–H functionalization.

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Our work on the redox chemistry of CAAC-PEt2 stabilized Ni(II) imides is now online! We successfully isolated Ni imides in three oxidation states, including the first exclusive Ni(I) imides. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Synthesis and Structures of Formal Ni(I/II/III) Imido Complexes

Late transition metal imido complexes in more than two oxidation states remain rare, owing to the intrinsic instability of metals in uncommon oxidation states, which typically exhibit strong reducing ...

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Ein internationales Team um Prof. Gallei forscht an neuartigen Verbindungen und Membranen gegen Nitrat im Trinkwasser. Verfolgt wird ein neuartiger Ansatz, um das Nitrat nicht nur aus dem Wasser zu entfernen, sondern ganz aus der Welt zu schaffen. 👉 www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/verb... © Gallei-Lab

Internationales Team forscht an neuartigen Verbindungen und Membranen gegen Nitrat im Trinkwasser

Nitratdünger sorgt für bessere Ernten, belastet aber auch unser Trinkwasser. Bisherige Filtrierungsverfahren verlagern das Problem oft nur: Das Nitrat wird zwar aus dem Wasser entfernt, ist aber nach ...

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#NewPI #Openings Dr. Hanna Cramer @h2cramer.bsky.social recently started her independent group at the Ruhr University Bochum. Check out her website below. She's looking to hire BS, MS and PhD students.

🎬 This week, we had the pleasure of welcoming the SR video team! The reason for their visit and what they captured will soon be revealed in the “Aktueller Bericht” on SR TV. Definitely worth watching! 👀 We’ll keep you updated on the broadcast date and time. Photo: PSH

Milla is currently doing volunteer work with our group @likat.bsky.social. We recently had a TV crew visit us, and Milla explained what she gets up to here😊👍🏻 www.ndr.de/fernsehen/se...

Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr am Rostocker Leibniz-Institut

Milla und Alvin machen dort ein "FJN" – ein "Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr in Wissenschaft, Technik und Nachhaltigkeit".

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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...

Ein neuer Durchbruch in der Wissenschaft: Chemiker der Saar-Universität haben erstmals ein stabiles Molekül erzeugt, nach dem weltweit jahrzehntelang erfolglos gesucht wurde. Die Ergebnisse wurden im Fachjournal Science veröffentlicht. 👉 www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/arom... © UdS/Thorsten Mohr

Jahrzehntelange Suche: Saarbrücker Chemiker erschaffen ikonisches aromatisches Molekül mit Silizium

Es geschieht nicht so oft, dass in den Naturwissenschaften grundlegende Durchbrüche geschehen. Meist sind die Schritte klein, die Erkenntnis wächst langsam, bis immer mehr Teile eines Puzzles bekannt ...

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The promotion video of our @dfg.de funded research training group is now available here: www.spectre.uni-rostock.de It was great fun shooting this together with Daniel and Christoph from New Vids on the Blog (www.nvotb.vom)

Our work on benzene ring opening was featured by C&EN, and we are proud of it!

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Two centuries after Faraday’s landmark discovery, researchers in China have discovered that an iconoclastic duo of metal complexes can open benzene’s robust ring at room temperature. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪

What a great recognition for the team: Super-excited & happy to share that our ERC Consolidator Grant project Carb2Mol has been selected for funding - watch out for awesome carbon chemistry the coming years! 😃🤩💎 #chemsky #thank_you_team #pushing_carbon #PE5 @uni-saarland.de

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The results of the ERC Consolidator Grant call have been announced! 📣 349 researchers have been selected for funding. Congratulations to all! #ERCCogG! 👉 buff.ly/uu62uFV #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

@scheschkewitz.bsky.social and I shine a light on how main group element motifs - incl. multiple bonds - impact the photophysical properties of conjugated polymers and pave the way for new applications 🎨🔦 Check out our review @angewandtechemie.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Conjugated Inorganic–Organic Hybrid Polymers with p‐Block Elements

The influence of various p-block element motifs on the photophysical properties of conjugated inorganic-organic hybrid polymers is surveyed regarding applications in organic electronics. Recent advan...

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Top class!!!

Arun Sridharan@borntoarun.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Back in 2020, soon after I had isolated the Fe-S cluster terminal imido complex, Dan remarked “I wonder what happens if you oxidize it.” Five years later, we finally have the answer: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

I am delighted to share our recent collaborative progress towards drug-like glycomimetics for lectins with @anneimb.bsky.social and Roche. Published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social #ChemBio #Glycotime onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The Parkinson's Disease Drug Tolcapone and Analogues are Potent Glycomimetic Lectin Inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecA

We present Tolcapone and derivatives as a new class of potent glycomimetics for lectin inhibition. Over 3200 Roche in-house compounds were screened experimentally and a subset was biophysically evalu...

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Great 1st paper by dankert group. Way to go, much to come!

Fabian Dankert@fabiandankert.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Thrilled to share a first publication of the group! We report on cadmium aluminyls that find application as Cd-nucleophiles and(!) Al(I)-Transfer reagents. Now out in @jacs.acspublications.org ! 🥳👍 Thanks a lot to @chemieverband.bsky.social for the generous funding. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Thrilled to share our new @J_A_C_S paper: A bulky macrocycle enhances (not hinders!) functional group reactivity in a [2]‑rotaxane. Including definition and rationalization of this positive mechanosteric effect. 📖 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #Rotaxanes #JACS

Spotlight on Mechanosterics: A Bulky Macrocycle Promotes Functional Group Reactivity in a [2]Rotaxane

Macrocycles typically hinder the reactivity of adjacent functional groups in mechanically interlocked molecules due to steric shielding. Herein, we report a [2]rotaxane in which a bulky macrocycle in ...

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Our work on the room-temperature ring-opening of benzene is now published in JACS. Great teamwork and thanks for the kind comments from the reviewers! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Room Temperature Ring Opening of Benzene by Four-Electron Reduction and Carbonylation

Cleaving a benzene ring under mild conditions requires disrupting its aromaticity, which is a significant challenge in modern chemistry. Although the generation of cyclic products from cleaving benzen...

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2 days back from Ken Houk Research Conference 2025 at my alma mater @tudresden.bsky.social Was incredible inspiring, so happy & honored attending as "academic grandson" and for together pushing back the frontiers of science! Special shout out @ninastr.bsky.social for the gallery (not public?)

Thanks for having me @unimarburg.bsky.social & thanks for a great evening! 🙏😄 @wernckelab.bsky.social @lablichtenberg.bsky.social Frank Tambornino @haenisch-group.bsky.social Super-nice to catch up with @fabiandankert.bsky.social & looking forward for truly exciting September news 🙂👐😱👍

Mit über 53 Millionen Euro aus dem Transformationsfonds fördert die Landesregierung den Aufbau eines Zentrums für Quantentechnologien (QuTe) an der Universität des Saarlandes. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf Quantum Engineering und Quantum Software (Foto: O. Dietze): www.uni-saarland.de/aktuell/zent...

Check out Zejie’s paper about the crystallographic examination of a metalla-Wolff rearrangement. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

In Crystallo Wolff Rearrangement of a Metalated Diazoester: Structural Confirmation of the Singlet Carbene Wolff-Intermediate

The Wolff rearrangement (WR) is widely used for the synthesis of ketenes from diazoketones and -esters. Stepwise WR reactions are proposed to proceed through transient carbonylcarbene (R–C–C(O)–R′) in...

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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/...

Hexaphenyl-1,2-Diphosphonium Dication [Ph3P–PPh3]2+: Superacid, Superoxidant, or Super Reagent?

The oxidation of triphenylphosphine by perfluorinated phenaziniumF aluminate in difluorobenzene affords hexaaryl-1,2-diphosphonium dialuminate 1. Dication 12+ is valence isoelectronic with elusive hex...

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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

Welcome to the 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗛𝘂𝗯 (𝗣𝗦𝗛)! We unite Saarland University, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and other Partners to develop medicines for society's most pressing diseases. Follow us for updates! 🚀

We have open PhD positions @unibern.bsky.social If you are interested in organometallic synthesis, transition metal and cluster chemistry, novel materials, and spectroscopy, this position is for you. Check the ad below and get in touch. #chemsky Please re-quote and spread the news.

We start our first post on Bluesky with a firework! Very proud of a brilliant team to publish our work on C(sp3)-atom transfer @science.org. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It has been a very exciting journey. Thanks @erc.europa.eu

Also, I am extremely grateful to Martin @albrecht-lab.bsky.social and Eva @evaheviagroup.bsky.social for the very welcoming atmosphere in Bern. We will soon announce several PhD positions in beautiful Bern, so stay tuned.

Fabian's paper on CO2 insertion into a Zr hydride was published in @daltontrans.bsky.social. A nice little paper that was in progress for quite some time due to ambiguities in the characterisation of one of the intermediates... @likat.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

A zirconocene triazenido hydride complex activates CO2

Starting from the alkyne complex Cp2Zr(py)(η2-Me3SiC2SiMe3) (Cp = η5-cyclopentadienyl, py = pyridine), the synthesis and complete characterisation of a zirconocene(iv) triazenido hydride complex and i...

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Super excited to launch with @albrecht-lab.bsky.social the #bluesky account #EUCOMC2025 @eucomc2025.bsky.social Come to #Bern in July 6-10 2025 for a feast of #organometallic #chemistry and to discover one of the nicest cities in the world🇨🇭! #SCS #EuChemS Follow the account for further details!

EUCOMC2025@eucomc2025.bsky.social · 2y ago

The EUCOMCXXVI will be held in the beautiful city of Bern Switzerland in July 6 - 10, 2025. We look forward to welcome you all! Follow this #bluesky account for updates and to find out a bit more about our exciting line up of speakers #SCS #euchems @unibern.bsky.social eucomc2025.scg.ch

JOB ALERT! 🚨Still 10 days to apply to the open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: acortar.link/Y34YYd #chemsky 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬