Our final ChemRxiv preprint of the week comes from Wenbang Yang who investigated reactions of CO and an isocyanide with complexes containing Al–Mg bonds. The highlight is this interesting new coupling product. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

K and Sr join forces in N2 reduction: We describe the looooong road to Sr-N2 complexes. So reactive!!! Converts Teflon within minutes in a soluble form of K+F- 长欣 赵 doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Spicy response but true🤣 UEL and even UECL winner deserves a spot in UCL, especially with the new, expanded format.

👉Interested in #πbackdonations? Read recent #research article Cumulative 2c–2e vs. 3c–2e π-back donations: conformation preferences in germylene gold(i) complexes by Liliang Wang's team. Hangzhou Normal University 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5QI00…

LOW-VALENT Si, Ge, Sn, Pb: HOW LOW CAN WE GO??? Hydrocarbon-soluble Mg(0) reduces Si all the way to Si(4-). Unfortunately not stable and decomposing to the HSi(3-) anion. However, Sn(4-) is stable and functions as 4-fold Nu or 8e reducing agent. Preprint: shorturl.at/4mH0O

Very honoured to be invited to give a research seminar UNSW, thanks again to Samantha Furfari for organising

Corni's latest work on symmetrical and unsymmetrical cyclic diborenes is now published in Chemical Science! Many thanks to Sourav Kar, Andreas, dario.duwe, and Rian! #chemtwitter #11B #UniWue pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Aromaticity in a Palladium-Capped Al6 Trigonal Prismatic Cluster | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congratulations to Rahul K. Siwatch and Glenn for their new work, out now on J. Am. Chem. Soc. !! 🥳 Strained Cyclic Alkyl(amino)carbene-Stabilized Tetraatomic Silicon(0) Cluster | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

The first combined solid and solution state analysis of a sigma alkane complex has been reported in Angewandte Chemie by the Krossing Group. CSD entry FUZZEJ contains the first sigma alkane complex to be crystallized from solution. 🔗ccdc-info.com/3TbaoG4 #FeaturedStructureFriday

🚨 OZOM15 registrations close 15 June! Don’t miss out on Australia’s top organometallic event at UQ Brisbane. Register now & save your spot! 🎉🔬 🔗 bit.ly/4iAUQpB #RACI #ozchem #IND1712 #OZOM15

Congratulations to Martin, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!! Huge thanks to Prof. Klaus Köhler, Prof. Angela Casini, and Prof. Jose Goicoechea (online) for doing the honors! AK INOUE PhD No 19.

Throwback: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer football against Pep Guardiola! 🔥

A Linear Metallocene of Sc(II) Supported by [C5Me4(SiMe2tBu)]1– Ligands | Journal of the American Chemical Society UC Irvine UCI Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

From So_Group, a carbene-stabilized four-membered silicon(0) cluster. Formed via reduction of carbene-SiCl4, the cluster is a source of silicon through fragmentation and isomerization reactions. 🔗CSD Entry VUZYOI: ccdc-info.com/4kXXKWN #FeaturedStructureFriday J. Am. Chem. Soc.

New Inorganic Chemistry paper: Mo/W-CO complexes + S₈ → COS! Highlights links between CO & reactive S species (Se behaves differently!) Initial 2023 ChemRxiv preprint, now w COS quantification & new insights. Great work Toby, Haley & Keyan! Haley Smith Keyan Li pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

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

A lanthanide–carbon triple bond stabilized within a fullerene cage nature.com/articles/s4155…

Just out in JACS Au. Our new Aluminum-Based Lewis Superacid using a more bulky ligand -OTeF3PhF2. The corresponding WCA also exist, but with one OTeF5 group which leads to an asymmetric WCA. Great work of Daniel and team 😉 Have a look: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

It’s an honour to win the presentation prize in OZOM15 with my labmate Corinna🤝🏻 Personal award but definitely the whole CJ team effort. Thanks OZOM15 committee for hosting the wonderful conference.