Sandeep Kumar Thakur
@Sandeepthakur_K
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PostDoc @Harder_research @UniFAU 🇩🇪 Ph.D @IISERMohali 🇮🇳 with @singhlabIISERM Research Interest:Modern carbenes (CAAC/BICAAC); An Organometallic chemist.
Erlangen, Germany
Joined June 2021
TIRE CHANGE: First Mg(I) complex with a Cp* ligand enables facile ligand exchange. Reaction with RONa gives (BDI)Mg-MgOR and Cp*Na. This paves the way for syntheses of many new asymmetric Mg(I) complexes. @angew_chem
https://t.co/BXyZlqfcJt
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REDOX-REACTIVITY of Yb and Sm inverse sandwich benzene complexes. An interesting observation is that, depending on substrate, benzene(4-) can reduce Sm(III) to Sm(II). https://t.co/Hzy6EK1MMQ
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Need a read to start of the week? How about our latest #OpenAccess research article on ”Silicon-Based Azo Compound-Mediated CO Activation and N2 Release“ out now in @angew_chem: https://t.co/XUtN3RbEEy
@Faye_94128
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A rare silicon(IV)-based azo compound featuring a Si─N═N─Si linkage was synthesized via the direct reaction of an organoazide with a silaiminyl–silylene precursor. This compound undergoes an unusual...
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One-Electron Boron–Carbon Triel Bonding | Journal of the American Chemical Society @TAMUChemistry @TAMU
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Aiming to interrogate the possibility of heteronuclear B–C one-electron σ-bonding, we have prepared a naphthalene-based platform ([5]+) decorated at its peri-positions by a carbenium and a boryl unit...
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Huge congratulations to John! His latest paper on the neutral alumene obtained via CO reduction by tetra-silyl alumane and subsequent CO homologation is now out in @NatureSynthesis! https://t.co/ioI6Ee41eY
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Nature Synthesis - Multiple bonds involving heavier elements were considered impossible but have recently been shown to be stable and offer divergent reactivity. Here the isolation of an alumene (a...
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The aluminyl anion performing as a reducing agent... Reductive Deamination of a Diaminogermylene Promoted by an Aluminyl Anion: Isolation of Ge(I), Ge(0) and Ge(‐I) Products - Angewandte Chemie International Edition ( https://t.co/kTVhDwOcB8)
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The potassium aluminyl K[Al(NON)] reacts with Ge[N(SiMe3)2]2 by a sequential reductive deamination pathway. The initially formed aluminacyclodigermene contains Ge(I) centres and may be considered as...
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Uranium-based catalyst turns air nitrogen into ammonia
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Ammonia (NH3) is vital for agriculture, as it is the basis for fertilizers that are needed to feed the world's population. Currently, ammonia is mostly produced by the Haber-Bosch process, which...
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Today we had Georgii Nikonov visiting. Thx for the lecture and joining us on a Franco Ian-Dutch-Belgian beer road trip🍺🍺🍺
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A Ca(I) synthon with bridging N2 is key to the synthesis of homometallic Ca peroxide and oxide complexes. In solution, the Ca oxide complex decomposes even at -80 C. It can only be prepared in the solid state. @ChemCommun @RoySocChem
https://t.co/To3YbyCiwF
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The Hudnall lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow! Applicants excited about joining our recently relocated research group and interested in the synthesis of exotic main-group molecules, materials and heterodiatomics can email Dr. Hudnall directly. Please share!
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MAD BEER FESTIVAL 10 days a year the City goed mad for beer. Our yearly Group trip to the Erlangen Bergkirchweih.
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One day in the year the Harder lab turns orange. Great Beer Tasting session with 12 beers from Holland, Belgium and France🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
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CO2 REDUCTION WITH LOW-VALENT CALCIUM: Ca-N2 complexes react like synthons for low-valent Ca(I). We discuss first intermediates and products in CO2, CS2 and RN=C=NR reduction. @ChemistryEur Details on BlueSky https://t.co/fgpHUC4wi4
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A rare Mg–Yb complex that exemplifies s-block metal-Ln interactions is reported in @J_A_C_S. CSD Entry NUQJES confirms major electrostatic Mg0-M2+ bonding and establishes that Yb can act as a 3-electron reductant. 🔗 https://t.co/85DUYjYbUb
#FeaturedStructureFriday
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Siad's work (@SiadWolff) on dimanganese(I), and Mn-N2 bonded compounds, which closely mirrors our prior Mg chemistry, has appeared as a preprint @ChemRxiv. Part of a nice collab with project leader @ChristianLimb19
https://t.co/DZbsqS4K33
#ozchem @ChemistryMonash @HumboldtChem
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s-Block Metal-Lanthanide Bonding: Direct Comparison of Mg–Yb and Mg–Ca Complexes | Journal of the American Chemical Society @VUBrussel @UniFAU
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Despite considerable progress in understanding the fundamental aspects of metal–metal bonding, lanthanide-metal bonding is limited to interactions between lanthanide (Ln) metals and electron-rich p-...
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I am extremely happy to share my second project published in @J_A_C_S . Check out our paper to see bonding between two electropositive metals. Huge thanks to Prof Sjoerd Harder for support @harder_research computational partners @NilRoigVidal Prof Mercedes. https://t.co/p30AMwAKRi
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Despite considerable progress in understanding the fundamental aspects of metal–metal bonding, lanthanide-metal bonding is limited to interactions between lanthanide (Ln) metals and electron-rich p-...
Wanna see a first s-block metal-lanthanide bond? We just reported Mg-Yb bonding @JACS 👍@Sandeepthakur_K Big thank you to cooperation partners Mercedes Alonso & @NilRoigVidal Details at blue sky:
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