Building Stable Phosphorus Ligands - ChemistryViews Researchers embed unstable phosphorus ligands directly in manganese and cobalt complexes, creating strong π‑donors with tunable reactivity

Nice to see our latest work in the ChemistryViews news section - thanks for the coverage!
Check it out, if you wanna know more about our approach of stabilising unusual P-heterocycles in the coordination sphere of transition metals!

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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

💬🧪 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...

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)

Pleased to share the latest instalment from our collaboration with @maltefischer.bsky.social's group at @uni-goettingen.de. This time on the synthesis and analysis of a square planar silane featuring a redox non-innocent ligand, out today in Angewandte Chemie
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Excited to share our first publication of 2026 and our first foray into silicon chemistry now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. Huge thanks to everyone involved for their hard work! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Fantastic reagent (speaking from experience 😅😜)

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...

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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That’s the question. Theoretical studies show the molecule should at least be a local minimum, but so far only heavy analogues have been prepared.

C5H4, pyramidane, is something that comes to my mind

🗣️ Einladung zum Online-Vortrag: Am 14. April um 15:00 Uhr laden die Seniorexperten Chemie (SEC) zu einem kostenlosen Online-Vortrag ein. 📚

💫 Prof. Dr. Evamaria Hey-Hawkins wird über das Thema „Phosphor – ein Element des Teufels?“ sprechen:

🌐 Link zur Veranstaltung: gdch.link/secvortrag

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....

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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Catalyst-free insertion of carbon monoxide into terminal Mg–C(sp3) bonds We describe the catalyst-free Insertion of carbon monoxide (CO) into magnesium alkyl bonds, leading exclusively to enediolate compounds through C–C coupling. Computational investigations suggest a met...

Our first foray into heavier group 2 chemistry, and the first paper from @maltekubisz.bsky.social 🥳 in @chemcomm.rsc.org 🧪

We show that carbon monoxide readily inserts into Mg-C bonds without need for a catalyst, opening new paths in catalysis using CO⚡️

Open access for all:

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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)]− ...

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!

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It’s not every day that one can claim their research becomes “textbook material”. Today is that day.

Lirong’s PhD work has been immortalized in the newly minted 8th edition of Crabtree’s foundational textbook (inside AND front cover)!!!!

Original paper here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Cooperative metathesis of H–H/Sn–CAr bonds in stannylene-Ni0 systems The reaction of phosphine-appended (amido)(aryl)stannylenes (1) with Ni0 synthons leads to the facile formation of chelating-stannylene Ni0 complexes (2–4). Utilising the carbene-stabilised synthon IP...

Our 1st paper of '26 is out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org, led by PhD student Jonas 🥳 BIG congrats on your 1st paper!

We find new cooperative OA/RE mechanisms at the Sn-Ni interface. This opens new perspectives in multi-metallic catalysis, coming soon..🧪

Also, cool compounds 🔥

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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
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GitHub - TaminoCairoli/CubeNTube: A simple plugin that extends the eraser functionality of ChimeraX. It provides a cube, a cylinder and a custom shape eraser. The eraser tools are available in the Rig... A simple plugin that extends the eraser functionality of ChimeraX. It provides a cube, a cylinder and a custom shape eraser. The eraser tools are available in the Right Mouse toolbar. - TaminoCairo...

Using ChimeraX? Don’t miss this super-useful plugin just released by a friend of mine: github.com/TaminoCairol...

Nebengruppen‐ und Koordinationschemie Im Jahr 2025 waren aller guten Dinge der Hauptgruppenchemie drei: ein dreifach geladenes Triborattrianion, ein Molekül mit linearer Al3-Einheit, das dritte Erdalkalimetall, das Stickstoff bindet, ein ...

Want to read about some of the highlights in the broad field of coordination chemistry from 2025? Look no further!

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Put together by myself and (Bluesky-absent) Gabi Hierlmeier 🧪

Hauptgruppen‐ und Molekülchemie Im Jahr 2025 waren aller guten Dinge der Hauptgruppenchemie drei: ein dreifach geladenes Triborattrianion, ein Molekül mit linearer Al3-Einheit, das dritte Erdalkalimetall, das Stickstoff bindet, ein ...

@townrowresearch.bsky.social and I summarized some recent developments in molecular main-group chemistry. A fun project with many beautiful new discoveries last year! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬
The annual "Trendbericht" can i.e. be read here:
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Just 4 weeks left to apply for the PhD position in our research group! Deadline: 31 January. Don’t miss out, apply today :)

Dalton Transactions highlights from 2025 Happy New Year from the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office! In 2025, Dalton Transactions published 48 issues with over 1600 articles, including over 110 Frontier and Perspectives review articles, fr...

Thrilled to share that Soti's Dalton Trans. paper on Ta(V) PCET chemistry ranked among the most popular articles of 2025! 🥳 Huge thanks to everyone who read and supported our work 🙌

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All the best for your next station 😊

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!

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...

@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

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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 ...

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)!

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...

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/...!

Crystal Structures and Intermolecular Interactions in α$\alpha$‐ and β$\beta$‐phosgene Despite its notorious reputation as a war gas, phosgene (COCl2${\rm COCl}_2$) is one of the most important intermediate chemicals in industry. In this study, we present the crystal structures of two ....

What happens if you combine phosgene, neutron diffraction and DFT? A Tale of polymorphism, and intermolecular interactions! Three years in the making and finally published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: Congrats, Sven! #molecules #phosgene #neutrons doi.org/10.1002/ange...

PhD Studentship in C–H Functionalisation Using Polymetallic Complexes at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD Studentship in C–H Functionalisation Using Polymetallic Complexes at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are advertising for two PhD studentships in organometallic chemistry! Come and work with us @imperialchemistry.bsky.social from October 2026:
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PhD Studentship in Organometallic Beryllium Chemistry at Imperial College London on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - PhD Studentship in Organometallic Beryllium Chemistry at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are advertising for two PhD studentships in organometallic chemistry! Come and work with us @imperialchemistry.bsky.social from October 2026:
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Sustainable Catalysis with Sb and Bi Pincer Complexes at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Sustainable Catalysis with Sb and Bi Pincer Complexes at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 🔁 Reposts appreciated!

My group at @manchester.ac.uk is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry.

🔬 Fully funded (UK only)
📍 Manchester
🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry

Apply 👉 tinyurl.com/yrjkvha9