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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Paper: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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:
Advert 1) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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

Excited to share our new preprint! 🥳
We developed a modular strategy to access small four-membered biradicaloids by trapping them in Mn and Co complexes. Many congratulations to Stefan and Michi for their successful efforts !

Bismuth Radical Catalysis: Thermally Induced Intramolecular C(sp3)–C(sp) Cyclization of Unactivated Alkyl Iodides and Alkynes Bismuth radical chemistry has attracted increased interest in recent years. Here, we report a series of bismuth–manganese complexes that catalyze the intramolecular redox-neutral coupling of alkyl iod...

How to catalytically cyclize alkyl species onto alkynes? Just add a pinch of bismuth! Read about our findings in controlled radical reactions catalyzed by well-defined manganese- bismuth heterobimetallic complexes, just published in ACS Catalysis @pubs.acs.org: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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

Well deserved, even got the VIP tack 😅

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.202515545#

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

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After some time, Annika's work on the first open-shell metallo-tetrylene is out 🥳 And it got the @chemicalscience.rsc.org
#PickoftheWeek stamp of approval, congrats Anni!🎖️

Great collab with Max Holthausen, (Frankfurt) 🖥️

Best thing here is the mechanism, so check it out:

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Soti and Sina presented their latest results at the NDDK this week. After just two months in the lab, Sina secured her first conference prize! Huge congratulations to her 🥳! We had a wonderful time, topped off by a buffet and drink selection of unparalleled quality and abundance.

Well deserved , congratulations 🥳

Much looking forward to be, more closely than ever, working with the European & global inorganic chemistry communities!

More musings on #EurJIC, its legacy and my biggest thanks to my predecessor, Preeti Vashi, in my inaugural editorial: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪

Another lovely talk from a @tum.de colleague @coburgerpeter.bsky.social here in Namur at the @mgerc-unamur.bsky.social ⚡🎉⚡

1 week left to apply for a PhD position, 4 y. with 2/3 of E 13 TV-L salary, assigned broadly to the design and synthesis of coordination compds for the activation of small molecules (www.chemie.hu-berlin.de/aglimberg/st...). Pls apply directly to christian.limberg@chemie.hu-berlin.de. Pls retweet!

Reversible C–H Bond Activation of Unactivated Arenes by a Nickel-Silylene Complex A nickel-silylene complex is shown to reversibly activate benzene via C–H bond activation at ambient temperature. The benzene C–H bond formally adds across the Ni–Si core to form a nickel-silyl comple...

Reversible C–H Bond Activation of Unactivated Arenes by a Nickel-Silylene Complex - pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
So proud to congratulate first author Leon Gomm for his first paper in JACS. Thanks to Hui Zhu and Stefan Grimme for the ever helpful DFT calculations. @unibonn.bsky.social

π‐Complexes of Main‐Group Metal Cations: Exploration of Lewis Acid Reactivity A series of cationic main-group complexes was obtained using the neutral, zwitterionic ligand IDP. The Lewis acidity of these complexes is explored by catalytic hydrophosphinations and halide additio...

Our latest publication reports the successful isolation of π-stabilized tetryliumylidenes [E–X]+ starting from pyramidanes based on a biradicaloid ligand . This milestone was made possible thanks to David’s relentless efforts . Proud of the team!

Kinetic Stabilization in Diaryl-Substituted Stannylenes: N2O Reactivity, Intramolecular C–H Activation, and Crystalline (Eind)Li(THF)2 as a Versatile Precursor in Tin Chemistry The reactivity of the kinetically stabilized stannylene (MesTer)2Sn (1) (MesTer = –C6H3-2,6-(2,4,6-Me3-C6H2)2) toward N2O is revisited, yielding the terminal tin(IV) hydroxide 2 via formal intramolecular C(sp3)–H activation of a putative terminal stannanone intermediate. By switching to Eind ligation (Eind = 1,1,3,3,5,5,7,7-octaethyl-s-hydrindacen-4-yl) at the tin center, the synthesis and characterization of the crystalline lithium salt (Eind)Li(THF)2 (3) is reported, serving as a straightforward precursor for the clean generation of the corresponding stannylene (Eind)2Sn (4). Compound 4 can be further cleanly converted into the heteroleptic Eind/halide stannylene (Eind)SnCl (6). Both 4 and 6 serve as suitable precursors for the synthesis of the heteroleptic s-hydrindacene-/amido-substituted stannylene (Eind)Sn{N(SiMe3)2} (5).

Excited to share our contribution to the special issue "Organometallic Chemistry Beyond the Transition Metals: Fundamentals and Applications of the P-Block" – now published @Organometallics! Check it out 👉 @pubs.acs.org #ChemSky
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Our review has been awarded the front cover of Inorganic Chemistry 🥰 @acs.org Thank you Stephan @hohlochlab.bsky.social for the great collab!

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We are very happy to announce that Prof. Müller has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The collaborations with our friends from Hungary are always very fruitful and interesting!

Isolation of the parent triplet titanocene via NHC stabilisation We present the synthesis and characterization of the parent isolable monomeric triplet titanocene complex, stabilized by the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) IMe4. Investigated by SQUID magnetometry and…

🔓Explore recent #OpenAccess work by @maltefischer.bsky.social‬, @townrowresearch.bsky.social‬ and colleagues on the isolation of the parent triplet titanocene via NHC stabilisation🔥

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📍@unigoettingen.bsky.social‬ and @kit.edu‬
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