Could not think of a better first post than a picture together with Warren Piers, who visited us and gave a very impressive talk on molybdenum chemistry.

Spent two wonderful days in Birmingham - exciting maing group chemistry and very pleasant atmosphere.

Do you like Gallium? Now you definitely should!

Delighted to share my work on a singly bonded gallanediyl, which is able to undergo carbometalation reactions with alkynes by retention of the +I oxidation state. nature.com/articles/s4416…

From Simon Schreiner KretschmerLab in Nature Synthesis, a singly bonded gallium(i) compound. In addition to undergoing oxidative addition, the complex inserts alkynes with +1 oxidation state retention. 🔗 CSD Entry CUDROM: ccdc-info.com/3XIWkWk #FeaturedStructureFriday

Happy to share my work on heterobimetallic systems with great support from Calgary Warren Piers Have a look! KretschmerLab Accessing Homo- and Heterobimetallic Complexes with a Dianionic Pentadentate Ligand | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Yesterday, Simon Schreiner successfully defended his PhD thesis with flying colours. Congratulations on several pioneering achievements in only three years.