New ChemRxiv preprint from Nikolaus Gorgas and Benedek Stadler. They show that a Fe–Al bimetallic can selectively activate C-H bonds of alkenes to form E-stereoisomers. A new mechanism, not seen with single-site metal complexes, is proposed. More details here: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

.Nikolaus Gorgas and Benedek Stadler 's latest work on selective C–H activation of styrenes is now out in J. Am. Chem. Soc. here is a link: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Dyotropic Rearrangement of an Iron–Aluminium Complex dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemr…

New ChemRxiv preprint from Benedek Stadler Nikolaus Gorgas and Stuart J. Elliott is now out. The work focuses on discovery and understanding of a dyotropic rearrangement of ligands in Fe–Al heterometallic complex. Here's a link: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

New ChemRxiv from Marina Perez-Jimenez and Roessler Research Group is now out. It describes the isolation, characterisation, and electronic structure of a Paramagnetic Nickel-Zinc Hydride Complex, along with hints that such species may be relevant in catalysis. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

PhD advert 📢 We have some last minute PhD funding available to start in October 2024 to work in main group chemistry and catalysis. Please share with anyone who might be interested and contact me directly (unfortunately UK funding only) UoBChemistry

.Benedek Stadler Nikolaus Gorgas and Stuart J. Elliott's work understanding and exploiting a dyotropic rearrangement of an Fe–Al bimetallic complex is now out in Angewandte Chemie here is the link onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Today we return to some of the exciting iron chemistry in the UK, starting off with Crimmin Group at Imperial. Their work on Fe-Al complexes for C-H activation is groundbreaking. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

For our final highlight of 3d TM research in the UK this week we continue to highlight early career researchers with Mark Chadwick at Imperial. Lots of fun Ti chemistry - cannot wait to see want they discover next. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Dyotropic Rearrangement of an Iron-Aluminium Complex (Mark R. Crimmin and co-workers) Benedek Stadler @Ngorgas Stuart J. Elliott Crimmin Group Imperial Chemistry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Potential PhD funding (part of an internal competition) in the group to look at designing new heteromultimetallic catalysts for CO2 reduction: tinyurl.com/HetMetCO2 If you’re into the interface between computation and organometallic chemistry please apply!

Looking for an overview of d-block and coordination chemistry highlights from 2024? 🧪 Check the Trendbericht from Gabriele Hierlmeier and myself in this month's issue of the GDCh's Nachrichten aus der Chemie 👇 Great fun putting this together! 😃 tinyurl.com/yvf4u4fb

We have another PDRA position available in our group focused on computational and experimental mechanistic studies of organometallic catalysis. Deadline for applications is 19 March. Re-posts appreciated! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Catalytic methane functionalization and all it takes is... beryllium! We also compare the mechanisms of methane beryllation and borylation to reveal why Be finds it so easy J. Am. Chem. Soc. Aldridge Group pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

We have an open 3rd year Research Associate position in the group to work on heterometallic complexes for C–H activation. Come join us and have fun playing with metals. Deadline to apply is 3rd of April. More details here. jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ763/res…

Wenbang's Wenbang Yang work using group 13 fluoride complexes as catalysts for thiodefluorination and hydrodefluorination of electron-deficient arenes is now out in Inorganic Chemistry Here is a link: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Phosphine-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Bond Activation with a Heterometallic Nickel---Aluminum Complex dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemr…

New ChemRxiv preprint out today from Joey Zurakowski and Benedek Stadler in collaboration with Marcus Drover. They discovered an exciting new Ni---Al heterometallic complex and studied in detail a new phosphine-catalysed C–H activation mechanism. chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

A heterometallic Ni–Al complex breaks C–H bonds in pyridines with ligand-controlled precision 🧪Research Highlight from Angewandte Chemie chemistryviews.org/%f0%9f%a7%aa-a…

.Benedek Stadler has a @chemrxiv preprint out on a new synthetic strategy to access sigma-silane complexes through heterometallic cooperation. Here is the link: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…