Our newest #Primer is on #spectroelectrochemistry (SEC), a method for studying redox-active interfaces in a UV-Vis spectral window. With this technique, redox stoichiometries and kinetics can be determined and analyzed. 🌈🔋https://www.nature.com/articles/s43586-025-00445-4

Homoleptic An(IV) Dimethyl Sulfoxide Complexes of Th–Pu Enable Insight into Solution Speciation and Redox | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Dixon, Wilson, and co-workers @InorgChem #actinides #DMSO #speciation #redox #CV #spectroelectrochemistry #DFT

Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Formazan(ate) Re(I) Complexes: Ligand-Based Reactivity toward CO2 | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Flores and co-workers @InorgChem #rhenium #formazan_ate #CO2 #spectroelectrochemistry #DFT

We have also presented the power of bidimensional #spectroelectrochemistry to understand the generation of CuCl #SERS substrates

Our PhD student, María Huidobro, has presented our last developments in #spectroelectrochemistry at the 45GERSEQ.

Tuesday at #ACSSpring2025: #NUChemistry Student Sessions! #spectroelectrochemistry #COFs #spectroscopy #recyclablerubbers

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Electrochemical Nickel-Catalyzed C(sp2)-H Functionalization of Tropones with Aldehydes A direct electroreductive functionalization of tropones employing aldehydes as alkylating agents is reported. This C(sp2)-H functionalization process leverages the mediation of electroactive nickel complexes, enabling a wide range of both native and substituted tropones (44 examples) to be alkylated selectively at the α-position in high yields (up to 90%). Combined electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical, and computational analyses disclosed the whole mechanistic pathway and revealed the key role played by reduced Ni complexes in activating the tropone core toward condensation with the aldehydes.

📢 Check out our new paper on the Electrochemical Ni-catalyzed functionalization of tropones for a neat combination of #DFT and #spectroelectrochemistry towards #tropone condensation with the aldehydes.

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