Dominik Munz

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

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Heartiest congratulations - looking forward to meeting you soon @uni-saarland.de 😊

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

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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Top class!!!

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...

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....

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

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 ...

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.
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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...

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!
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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?)

Heartiest congratulations!!! - and looking forward to reading a lot of great science!

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 🙂👐😱👍

Mind blowing!

Ein Forscher und eine Forscherin arbeiten an einer Laserapparatur im Quantenlabor.

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...

Looking forward for a fantastic defense and humbled to be part of it!

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...

Check out Zejie’s paper about the crystallographic examination of a metalla-Wolff rearrangement.

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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...

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/...

We also invite applications for the position of Scientific Coordinator of Ec=m2:
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In addition, we will be recruiting a Postdoc with a background in surface characterization, preferably in Atomic Force Microscopy:
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Our DFG-funded RTG-3082 Ec=m2 is hiring 10 PhD Scholars! Check out further details at: shorturl.at/Tue2T
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@dfg.de @uni-saarland.de @leibnizinm.bsky.social #Engineering_Covalent_Bonds_in_Molecules_and_Materials

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Wow, awesome! Will try to adapt (certainly play around) for the coordination chemistry lecture this summer 😊😀

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
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Awesome place, awesome projects, awesome PI, apply!

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.