Nitrenes are well-known reactive intermediates used to form a variety of nitrogen-containing molecules, but their reduced radical anions have remained inaccessible under ambient temperature. Here, a persistent nitrene can be converted into an isolable radical anion that features a non-Aufbau electronic configuration. This species acts as a nucleophilic nitrogen radical that forms new N–Se, N–Si, and N–C bonds under mild conditions.

Applications are invited for a 1+1-year Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position in the synthesis of organic radicals, available from May 2026 (flexible), to work with Prof. Daniel Reta at the…

PhD Project - Combined Synthetic and Computational Understanding of New Heterobimetallic Dimetallocenes at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

A polarized Au(I)/Pt(0) complex with only two phosphines unlocks cooperative reactivity that is inaccessible for previous Au/Pt saturated systems. Selective C<span class='icomoon'></span>X activation of halopyridines occurs via...

POLYMAT-SILQCOM will be held in Huatulco, Oaxaca, from the 18th to the 23rd of October 2026. We encourage you to participate and present your research results in the different symposia included in the...

We report the transition-metal-like reactivity of a geometrically constrained, ambiphilic bismuth(III) trisamide. Planarization of the Bi(III) center unlocks Bi–C bond formation when reacted with mild...

Iron’s abundance motivates its use in sustainable catalyst systems that also offer complementary reactivity manifolds compared to precious metals. However, the challenging reduction of benchmark iron ...

PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Single or Double? A Radical Approach to Catalysis - Competitive EPSRC funded post at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Bimetallic cooperativity and synergistic effects have emerged as powerful tools that can enhance the reactivity and selectivity of catalytic systems, offering a pathway toward the development of catal...

In the coordination chemistry of heavier tetrylenes (:ER2, where E = Si, Ge, Sn, Pb), chelating P,N-donor ligands occupy a privileged position, though phosphinoamido ligands, [R2P–NR′]−, have been bar...

We are hiring a Postdoc! If you have PhD/PDRA experience in air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, are interested in using this expertise in single-crystal SMOM synthesis and reactivity,...

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Gold(I) carbenes, defined as [LAu═CR2]+, are key intermediates in catalysis. Their isolation is challenging due to the high electrophilic character of the carbene that cannot be tempered solely by π-b...

Elucidating the nature of the metallocofactors in nitrogenase enzymes, and preparing synthetic analogues of these clusters, is a classic target for bioinorganic chemists. Now the transformation of [Fe...

A nickel-silylene complex is shown to reversibly activate benzene via C–H bond activation at ambient temperature. The benzene C–H bond formally adds across the Ni–Si core to form a nickel-silyl comple...

Increasing interest in alternative methods for fuel generation and chemical synthesis has resulted in an increased focus on the development of electrocatalysts for energy relevant small molecule trans...

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia (UVA) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work in the laboratory of Prof. Amrit Venkatesh. The postdoc will engage i...

PhD Project - PhD in Chemistry: Synthesis of Transition Metal Precursors for Semiconductor Materials at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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...

Nature operates a variety of challenging oxidation reactions through intermediates bearing tetravalent iron centers bound to a terminal oxo ligand. The high-spin (S = 2) electronic configuration is be...

Superatoms are metal clusters that collectively behave like an atom, but they usually require metal–metal bonding and thus they are based on main group or transition metals. Now it has been shown that...

Nature Chemistry - The most common oxidation state for lanthanide elements is +3, and, beyond cerium, examples of these elements exhibiting higher oxidation states remain scarce. Now, a molecular...

Despite their synthetic interest and potential attractive properties, the preparation of heteroleptic U(III) complexes containing monodentate ligands remains challenging. Here we report the synthesis...

Nitrenes (R–N) have been subject to a large body of experimental and theoretical studies. The fundamental reactivity of this important class of transient intermediates has been attributed to their electronic structures, particularly the accessibility of triplet vs singlet states. In contrast, electronic structure trends along the heavier pnictinidene analogues (R–Pn; Pn = P–Bi) are much less systematically explored. We here report the synthesis of a series of metallodipnictenes, {M–Pn═Pn–M} (M = PdII, PtII; Pn = P, As, Sb, Bi) and the characterization of the transient metallopnictinidene intermediates, {M–Pn} for Pn = P, As, Sb. Structural, spectroscopic, and computational analysis revealed spin triplet ground states for the metallopnictinidenes with characteristic electronic structure trends along the series. In comparison to the nitrene, the heavier pnictinidenes exhibit lower-lying ground state SOMOs and singlet excited states, thus suggesting increased electrophilic reactivity. Furthermore, the splitting of the triplet magnetic microstates is beyond the phosphinidenes {M–P} dominated by heavy pnictogen atom induced spin–orbit coupling.

The chemistry of precious-metal-based open-shell mononuclear complexes remains underdeveloped. Now it has been shown that iridium metalloradicals enable Ir(II)/Ir(IV) redox cycles and catalyse olefin ...

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