Van Slageren Group

Class-II-aldolase-mimicking polyfunctional Lewis acid/azolium–aryloxide catalysts in direct enantioselective nitro-aldol additions The catalytic asymmetric nitroaldol reaction is a powerful tool for accessing chiral 1,2-difunctionalized motifs, and numerous catalytic systems have been reported. Despite considerable progress in ac...

Alex' SQUID and EPR measurements on cobalt catalysts were now published in Org. Chem. Front. Our first paper in an org chem journal! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Class-II-aldolase-mimicking Lewis acid/azolium–aryloxide catalysts in direct enantioselective nitro-aldol additions

We are looking for postdoctoral candidates in the areas of organic electronics, operando spectroscopy in catalysis, advanced EPR. CV and cover letter to slageren@ipc.uni-stuttgart.de, stating what complementary expertise you bring and why our group interests you.

Dynamic Decoupling Doubles Coherence Times in a Nuclear Spin “Lite” Vanadium(IV) Tris(dithiolate) The spin dynamics of a tris(dithiolate)vanadium complex dianion and perdeutero-tetraphenylarsonium cation, (AsPh4-d20)2[V(mnt)3], composed of spin-free and weakly magnetic nuclei are investigated in an analogously composed solvent system, CDCl3/Cl3CCN (4:1). This gives the longest reported coherence times for a transition-metal-based spin in deuterated solvents with a T1 of 164(4) ms, and a TM of 60(2) μs. Dynamic decoupling more than doubled TM, resulting in TM = 136(13) μs. The enhancing capabilities of Carr-Purcell and Uhrig-type pulse sequences are compared, revealing significantly different trends. The very limited effectiveness of such dynamic decoupling experiments highlights the need to fully purge the electron-spin environment of magnetic nuclei, and underlines the importance of considering both the fast and slow components of TM. Indeed, the main component (ca. 50–85%) of the decoherence is found to occur with a fast process which drastically shortens the feasibility of extending the number of pulses. This observation further highlights the need to explore dynamic decoupling in tandem with electron-spin environment engineering to eliminate fast decoherence processes.

Jake's work on dynamic decoupling in vanadium(IV) tris(dithiolate)s was published in Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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We are recruiting! Two 24 month postdoc positions are available with @m-l-baker.bsky.social and I, one mainly synthesis and the other measurements of lanthanide SMMs. Links below, deadline 19th Aug - please re-post:
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CRC 1333 at the Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2025 - Collaborative Research Center 1333 This year’s Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation (Dec 3 & 4, 2025) – the largest conference for science communication in the German-speaking world – will bring together experts from science communication ...

📣 @ypolikar.bsky.social, responsible for #PR & #Events at the #CRC1333, will be speaking at this year’s Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation #fwk25. – the largest German-speaking conference for #sciencecommunication, organized by @w-i-d.de on Dec3&4,2025.

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Electronic structure of mononuclear and radical-bridged dinuclear cobalt(II) single-molecule magnets Nature Communications - Four-coordinate cobalt(II) complexes possess high energy barriers toward inversion of the magnetic moment, but not the magnetic bistability needed for magnetic data storage....

David's, Julia's and Simon's excellent work on the electronic structure of a radical-bridged dinuclear single-molecule magnet has now been published in @naturecomms.bsky.social. rdcu.be/ecfil. Coll. @koehngroup.bsky.social and Biprajit Sarkar. @unistuttgart.bsky.social. @dfg.de. @mwk-bw.bsky.social

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Professorship (W3) „Inorganic Coordination Chemistry" - Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with Universität Stuttgart | 12832718 University of Stuttgart Faculty of Chemistry   Professorship (W3) „Inorganic Coordination Chemistry” Institute of Inorganic Chemistry | to be appoi...

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As our first post/tweet here, we would like to make you aware of the approaching closing date (6th Jan 25) for a professorship of coordination chemistry at our institute of inorganic chemistry in Stuttgart!
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