Josef Boronski
@JosefBoronski
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Organometallic Chemistry ｜ Metal-Metal Bonding ｜ Assistant Professor @impchemistry ｜@RoyalSociety University Research Fellow ｜
Joined October 2020
A hexavalent nickel complex! Reductive addition of three Be-Be bonds at Ni(0) produces Ni(BeCp)6. @GroupAldridge
https://t.co/SUFbur8Nus
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High-valent nickel species are implicated as intermediates in industrially relevant chemical transformations and in the catalytic cycles of metalloenzymes. Although a small number of tetravalent NiX4...
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🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 🔁 Reposts appreciated! My group at @OfficialUoM is recruiting a 3.5-year PhD student to explore Sb & Bi pincer complexes for metallomimetic chemistry. 🔬 Fully funded (UK only) 📍 Manchester 🧪 Synthetic inorganic chemistry Apply 👉
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PhD Project - Sustainable Catalysis with Sb and Bi Pincer Complexes at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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We are advertising for two PhD studentships in organometallic chemistry! Come and work with us from October 2026: Advert 2)
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PhD Project - PhD Studentship in C–H Functionalisation Using Polymetallic Complexes at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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We are advertising for two PhD studentships in organometallic chemistry! Come and work with us from October 2026: Advert 1)
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PhD Project - PhD Studentship in Organometallic Beryllium Chemistry at Imperial College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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A privilege to be back in York to deliver the McCamley Lecture. Many thanks to everyone @ChemistryatYork for their hospitality!
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Our group's very first ACIE paper is out!🥳 Awesome work by Soti and a great cooperation with the Bittl group, @ABuzanich and @FranEmmerling. Dedicated to @ChristianLimb19 and @franc_meyer
@chemieverband @HumboldtChem @UoMChemistry @OfficialUoM
https://t.co/BxTRbVCX6J
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After some time, @aenney19's work on the first open-shell metallo-tetrylene is out 🥳 And it got the @ChemicalScience #PickoftheWeek stamp of approval, congrats Anni!🎖️ Great collab with Max Holthausen, (Frankfurt) 🖥️ https://t.co/MmqqPeteKZ Best thing here is the mechanism...
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Zeise's salt, the first organometallic compound synthesized (1825), is σ-aromatic. This study is the result of a fruitful collaboration with Ankur @AnkurKGuha, Marieta @mafernan9, and Mesias @MesiasOrozco, and has just been published in @InorgChem
https://t.co/FAptCpjcnT
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Can redox active, Lewis acidic magnesium Pac-man complexes form stable "adducts" with alkanes? Jeremy, Matt, Joe and co’s latest pre-print @ChemRxiv says ”Hell Yeah”! Alkane C-H activation by a main group metal incoming? https://t.co/Wp8w0yKJgp
#ozchem @ChemistryMonash @AFOSR
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For all friends of organometallic chemistry: our new paper in JACS: A year ago, I wouldn't have thought that such a compound was possible. Coexistence of Metallocene Cations and Anions | Journal of the American Chemical Society
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We report the synthesis and structural characterization of the rhodocene anion [Rh(C5Me5)(C5(CF3)5)]− [1]− as the [Co(C5Me5)2]+ salt, representing an unprecedented coexistence of metallocene cations...
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A donor-ligand-free dinitrogen complex: [Mn(CO)₅(η¹-N₂)]⁺. In @J_A_C_S we explore how this unusual binding affects N₂ polarization and coordination. Thanks to all collaborators! @Malte_Sellin @ACSPublications 🔗
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Dinitrogen complexes are intermediates in nitrogen fixation. Until now, all isolated molecular dinitrogen complexes have relied on ancillary ligands that are net electron donors, yielding N2 ligands...
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I am happy to share that our latest paper has been published in @ScienceMagazine. In this work, we report the synthesis of novel tin carbonyl and carbene complexes. Thanks to all collaborators! https://t.co/y9kl9HwaTA
@GroupAldridge
@AvHStiftung
@OxfordChemistry
@UniofOxford
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In contrast to transition elements, s- and p-block metal compounds that coordinate carbon monoxide (CO) under near-ambient conditions are elusive. Here, we report an isolable, crystalline main-group...
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Thrilled to share a first publication of the group! We report on cadmium aluminyls that find application as Cd-nucleophiles and(!) Al(I)-Transfer reagents. Now out in @J_A_C_S ! Thanks to @chemieverband for the generous funding of our research.
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Low-valent cadmium compounds have remained largely unexplored as electron reservoirs, with no precedent for their use in reduction or bond activation chemistry. Here, we address this gap by integra...
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Di-n-Butylcalcium exists! Thrilled to see this work from my previous postdoc published in @ChemistryEur. It was truly a team effort and a fantastic collaboration between @RennesUniv @chimie_ISCR and COBRA (@Labex_SynOrg)
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A detailed synthetic, crystallographic, and spectroscopic investigation demonstrates that the hitherto elusive di-n-butylcalcium is accessible and stable at low temperature, and can be used for...
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@liampgriffin and I have reviewed recent advances in the heterometallic bonding chemistry of the alkaline earth metals @DaltonTrans. It was fun to put this together, and we hope it's useful! https://t.co/otbmwN8PQK
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The alkaline earth metals are notorious for their tendency to form ionic compounds of their dications. In recent years, however, chemists have found ways to kinetically skirt around the edges of...
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Our groups first foray into heterobimetallic Zn/Al chemistry. Congrats to Jake, Josef, Avantika, George, Nik and @millsgroupchem
https://t.co/njXVFZtG5T
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Excited to see this work published today in @J_A_C_S , fun chemistry and a real group effort here by @clairemcmullin , @Morales_Chem, @murcoswift and big Mike! (@BathChem) https://t.co/zlyQaIznMF
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The β-diketiminato calcium hydride, [(BDI)CaH]2 (BDI = HC{(Me)CNDipp}2, where Dipp = 2,6-i-Pr2C6H3), reacts with [Zn{N(SiMe3)2}2] and [Zn(TMP)2] (TMP = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide) to provide...
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Excited to share @D4vdNdrson latest work, just accepted @angew_chem on the structure and applications of #sodium #neopentyl a donor free #organosodium reagent soluble in #hydrocarbon solvents @DCBPunibern #OpenAccess
https://t.co/oAt6h6Kaxu
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🔥Excited to share our latest: "C(sp2)–H Bond Activation with a Heterometallic Nickel---Aluminium Complex” Now out in @angew_chem w/ @crimmingroup Work done by PhD student, Joseph A. Zurakowski w/ Benedek Stadler & Mark Crimmin @ ICL! 💪 https://t.co/4RcildLmMU
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Matt (@EvansInorganic) and co's work on the first main group metal-P4 complexes, redn of P4 to [P4]2- with a Mg-N2 complex, and hydrolysis of [P4]2- to PH3, has been accepted @Chem_CP. https://t.co/rrzi2q3yFg Free access: https://t.co/pwAyZqm9kR
#ozchem @Monash_Science
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Jack, Aaron, and Maya present an online angular overlap calculator, which can calculate d-orbital splitting for any geometry. Play with it here: https://t.co/UgLroxI6Zo. Student and teacher manuals in J. Chem. Ed. https://t.co/qXpLuHyQJa
@ACSPublications @NUChemistry
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The study of coordination complexes in general and inorganic chemistry courses is facilitated by theoretical frameworks such as crystal field theory (CFT) and ligand field theory (LFT). The angular...
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