SMAc Team

Registration deadline for the RSC main group meeting and AGM 16th March!

There’s a great line up of speakers and poster abstract submission still open - come and join us in Edinburgh!

Thinking of doing a PhD in synthetic inorganic chemistry? Apply with the Mehta group. UK students only. Email me.

Our last work on Iron and N2O: "Metal–Metal vs Metal–Ligand Cooperation in Iron-Mediated Activation and Catalytic Reduction of Nitrous Oxide and Nitrobenzene" - now published in Chemical Science pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Air- and Water-Persistent C-Centered Radical Anion Based on FLP-Type-Activated CO2 Organic radicals play pivotal roles in chemistry, biology, and materials science. Although typically short-lived and highly reactive, considerable efforts have been devoted to stabilizing open-shell m...

Thrilled to share my first corresponding author paper with my PhD supervisors S.Bontemps (@lcc-smac.bsky.social), @obasle.bsky.social and A.Lledos! We report a new air- and water-persistent C-centered radical anion via Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP) activation of CO2. (doi.org/10.1021/jacs...)

Synergistic C–H bond activation across molybdenum–iridium multiply bonded complexes: a cascade of transformations Heterobimetallic compounds offer unique opportunities for activating substrates through cooperative interactions between two distinct metal centers, potentially leading to catalytic reactivity beyond ...

Our article describing the preparation and reactivity of new molybdenum-iridium compounds has been selected as "2025 most popular inorganic chemistry articles" by @chemicalscience.rsc.org !

If you have not seen yet, here you go:
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#inorganic #organometallic #chemistry

Beautiful work.

New work from the group online on @chemrxiv.org! We describe how Lewis Acid-Coupled Electron Transfer enables CO₂ reductive disproportionation with a very mild reductant. The mechanism implies Cp* non-innocence towards CO₂, highly unusual. Bravo Léon for this nice study!
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Nice work, congrats Marcus and the team!

Well defined Cs organophosphides rocketing into prominence in alkene isomerisation catalysis with Astronauts Felix and Tom!

Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

Currently advertising a three-year PDRA position in organometallic chemistry. Come and work with us @imperialchemistry.bsky.social: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

The group will soon be advertising a 3-year PDRA position @imperialchemistry.bsky.social. The successful candidate will research the synthesis and reactivity of complexes with alkaline earth-metal bonds. Start date: 03/26. Please get in touch for infomal inquries.

We're Hiring! If you are interested in a PDRA post with the Mehta group, please apply! @ox.ac.uk @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social

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Congrats Marcus & the team!

🚀Happy New Year!

Our latest work on boron-based batteries is out now!

"Boron-Formazanate Complexes as Tunable Redox-Active Materials for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries”

Published in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social w/ Joe Gilroy & Edwin Otten! 💪

@westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social

Just 4 weeks left to apply for the PhD position in our research group! Deadline: 31 January. Don’t miss out, apply today :)

➡️ IPCM News: ipcm.fr/en/postdoc-p...

📢 PostDoc position available – MACO : Organic and main group chemistry

📆 Duration : 18 months, April st, 2026
📍 @ipcm-sorbonne.bsky.social

Project supervisor : Clément Chauvier

@sorbonne-universite.fr @cnrs-paris.bsky.social

We are hiring two PhDs on our EU SMOM project for a late Sept 2026 start.

The projects will involve being trained, & becoming expert in, air sensitive, platinum group metal organometallics, single-crystal SMOM synthesis, reactivity, and deployment in sustainable catalysis.

See: lnkd.in/emu2Bjzr

N-centered, yet persistent: isolation of N2O-based radicals through FLP-type stabilization ( @lcc-smac.bsky.social ): pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... ( @chemicalscience.rsc.org ).

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

We’re looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join our vibrant research group. We have an opening for a PhD position to work on radical Frustrated Lewis pairs. Check out the link below for more information and contacts. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A new contribution from the group. Congrats Nicolas and Andrea!

Congrats Marcus !

What happens when you put 3 redox-active metal centers together? 🧪

@lapluhp.bsky.social demonstrates the simultaneous, cooperative activation of an alkene and dihydrogen in a single complex 🤯

Plus, in-depth kinetic analyses and catalysis. Beautiful work Till!

Super proud of this little study! Light activated H2 reductive elimination in a Niobium-iridium hydrido cluster.
It was a fun 2 year stay in the Camp Lab, now onto (very) different things!
Thanks for having me! @clementcamp.bsky.social

@daltontrans.rsc.org

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Congratulations Rebecca!

Air and water-persistent C-centered radical anion based on FLP-activated CO2 Organic radicals play pivotal roles across chemistry, biology, and materials science. Although typically short-lived and highly reactive, considerable efforts have been devoted to stabilizing open-she...

New work online, check out a new air and water-persistent radical anion based on CO2
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

Our latest paper from @benedekstdlr.bsky.social using metal-metal cooperation to access silane complexes is now out in
@chemcomm.rsc.org here is the link pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'

From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.

Alkene Hydrogenation by a Cationic, Nine-Coordinate Molybdenum(VI) Pentahydride Catalyst The cationic nine-coordinate pentahydrido complex [MoH5(depe)2]BPh4 (1·BPh4, depe = 1,2-(diethylphosphino)ethane) is, to the best of our knowledge, the first early transition metal polyhydride shown t...

Our first results on molybdenum polyhydride-catalyzed hydrogenation are out on ChemRxiv. Early-metal polyhydrides can serve as genuine catalysts rather than mere curiosities... chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...

A Crystalline Phosphorus-Substituted Borinium Ion: Double Dihydrogen Activation by an Ambiphilic Inorganic Allene ( @chemicalscience.rsc.org ): pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a....

ChemComm’s new 5-page limit is here! We’re giving authors more space for statements and references, while preserving the concise and accessible nature of our Communications.

Read our updated guidelines: www.rsc.org/publishing/p...