Josh Abbenseth

Awesome work =)

So good to see this amazing work in print, congratulations =)

Congrats André and all the authors involved in this new generation of SBDIPY and BIDIPY and their application in photocatalysis.

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Very nice Peter, congrats

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!

PhD POSITION OPEN! We are looking for someone enthusiastic to join our team at @humboldtuni.bsky.social! If you want to work in the frontier between noble gas chemistry and organometallic fluorine chemistry, this is for you! #TeamXenon
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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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Steric Control in Low-Valent Mn Diamide Complexes: Contrasting Magnesium and Manganese in N2 and Benzene Activation Reduction of MnII precursors with bulky diamide ligands provided access to a complex with the longest known Mn–Mn bond and to a rare example of N2 activation at high-spin MnI centers. While some instr...

Mirror, mirror at the wall, who is the fairest in small molecule activation, Mn(I) or Mg(I)? Wonderful collaboration with the Jones group, including a stay of Siad 👏 at Monash U. financed by @unisyscat.bsky.social, and the Maron group.
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Intriguing Reactivity of a 1,2‐Dihydrodialumane Towards Organic Azides – From a Terminal Diazido–Dialumane to Pendulum‐Clock‐Like Azide Bridging The reaction of a dihydro-dialane supported by a hybrid ligand (DNI) with organic azides yields structurally diverse aluminium species, including the first example of low oxidation state aluminium az...

Thrilled of having contributed to this investigation of low-valent aluminium species and their unique reactivity with azides. Great collaboration with the Stalke and Krawczuk groups! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🎉 Just out in Nature Comm @natcomms.nature.com

"Unleashing phosphorus mononitride"

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Spearheaded by the Reinholdt group (Lund), we find that the elusive P≡N molecule finds new life in an Os complex and unlocks unique [NPS₂]²⁻, [NPCl]⁻, and aromatic [PN₄]⁻ species.

Wow, this is great! Congratulations

Congratulations Marcus, well deserved!

Awesome work David, Nicholas and team, congratulations!

Nitrile Hydroboration by Cooperative Iron Catalysis: An Experimental and Computational Study Reductive amination is a challenging reaction in catalysis that often gives poor yield and selectivity. We present an ironcatalyzed approach of synthesizing amines through reduction of nitriles throu...

New paper from the group and a fantastic collab. with the de Visser group where we explore the iron-catalyzed hydroboration of nitriles via metal-ligand cooperative catalysis Congratulations Laura, Yi, Ryan, Sam.

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Studienorganisation Chiffre CHEM-PHARM-15179

We are hiring a new PhD student. If you love working with f-elements and early transition metals, plus living in a beautiful mountain area, please apply.

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Thank you so much Jose!

Thanks a lot David!

Thanks Gunnar, see you soon!

Thank you Eric!

Thanks Marcel, hope to see you soon again

Thanks a lot for hosting, it was a great time!

Thanks a lot Felix!

Likewise! See you soon =)

Huge thanks to my amazing students, current and recent colleagues, and my mentors Sven, Jose, and Christian (@schneider-lab.bsky.social, @goicoecheagroup.bsky.social, @christianlimberg.bsky.social) for their invaluable and constant support. Couldn’t have done it without you all! 🙏

I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I will be joining the University of Mancester as a Lecturer starting this August. I look forward to working with such an outstanding department and wonderful colleagues. Proper excited for this next chapter in Manc!

Group trip 2025: Totaled at Tempelhof 🔥

We wrecked a car, then recharged with beers & laughs at Tempelhofer Feld.

An epic day of mayhem & good vibes to kick off summer with the best crew.

New UK-EU agreement just published.

Promises to implement a new youth mobility scheme and resurrect the UK's membership of the Erasmus scheme

<italic toggle&#x3D;"yes">In Crystallo</italic> Photochemistry: Reimagining Synthetic Tractability with Transparent Single-Crystalline Flasks Expanding the boundaries of synthetic tractability ─ of what molecules can be synthesized and isolated ─ is an eternal challenge for synthetic chemists. The development of new synthetic methods and strategies enables the properties and potential functions of novel molecular targets to be experimentally evaluated. In the context of catalysis, predictable synthetic strategies are often available to access kinetically persistent intermediates such as catalyst resting states. In contrast, synthesis and characterization of the reactive intermediates are often not possible due to the fleeting lifetimes of these species. In crystallo photochemistry combines single-crystal matrix isolation with cryogenic photochemistry to enable reactive intermediates to be synthesized under conditions in which they are persistent and can be (crystallographically) characterized. This Outlook highlights key achievements of in crystallo photochemistry as well as discusses opportunities and challenges that confront realization of the potential of in crystallo synthesis to redefine the boundaries of synthetic tractability.

Our first post here! Aishanee has done a great job, taking a closer look at synthetic tractability using in crystallo photochemistry in our latest paper, now out in ACS Cent. Sci. (@pubs.acs.org).

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We're happy to share the work on activation of perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) at Rh(I) complexes by Soodeh. Now out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Don't jinx it 😄 see you soon!