Mikhail Batov
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Doctoral student @EPFLšØšin coordination f-element #chemistry
Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined June 2011
#Uranium-catalysed reduction of #dinitrogen to ammonia is now out in @NatureChemistry. Four distinct (and isolable!) intermediates, first time seeing side-on N2 doing N2-to-NH3 catalysis .
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Nature Chemistry - The catalytic conversion of nitrogen to ammonia by molecular complexes typically involves the reduction and protonation of end-on metalāN2 compounds. Now, a uranium complex...
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RT @J_A_C_S: Inverse Trans Influence and Uranium-Arene Ļ-Bonding Drive Molecular Geometry: Ligand Modification from Hard to Soft Flips theā¦.
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A rare example of an equatorially bound terminal uranium(V) oxo complex in a chelating sulfur-based ligand environment, namely [(mes(Me,AdArS)3)UV(Oeq)(THF)] (2), is presented. Octahedrally coordin...
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RT @Johnseedo: šØšLausanne š¤š» Manchester š¬š§ . An excellent collaboration between the Mazzanti and Liddle groups. Huge congratulations to Mikā¦.
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RT @pchirik: Now out in @JACS_Au. Dinitrogen cleavage and photo driven hydrogenation of the resulting tungsten nitride. Great work @ChirikGā¦.
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Oxidation of the Chatt-type tungsten dinitrogen compound, trans-(depe)2W(N2)2 (depe = Et2PCH2CH2PEt2), with [(Ī·5-C5H5)2Fe][BArF4] (BArF4 = B(3,5-(CF3)2C6H3)4) resulted in isolation of [(depe)2WN][B...
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RT @ChemistryNews: 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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Wouldn't have been possible without @UoMChemistry's @heatherpartlow1 @Johnseedo. @snsf_ch @EPFL_en @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet.
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RT @TheNeidigLab: Second one for the day. Always fun working together with the Song group. Congrats to Jack and Alexis!..
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We report the coordination chemistry of a bulky 1,8-bis(ketimino)carbazole (HL) ligand and the reactivity of the corresponding iron(II) and cobalt(II) chloride complexes [LFeCl] (1) and [LCoCl] (2)....
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RT @GemGransbury: Really proud to share that our work on a Dysprosium compound with hysteresis at 100 K has been published in @Nature Leadā¦.
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Nature - A dysprosium amideāalkene complex shows soft magnetic hysteresis loops up to 100ākelvin, arising from the high charge density of the amide ligands and the structural role of...
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Hereās to more U(II)-s and U(I)-s!.
Check out this new article from Filipp Furche, William Evans and colleagues at @UCIChemistry on the four-electron oxidation and one-electron reduction of a bis(terphenylthiolate) U(ii) complex. '.
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RT @SchelterGroup: Congrats to Bobby on his great Front Cover artwork for our Featured Article Co/Ni story, out now @Chem_CP ! https://t.coā¦.
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RT @SchelterGroup: We discovered an in crystallo organometallic isomerization that shows 4f-orbitals can (uniquely) promote chemical reactā¦.
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RT @Johnseedo: Kicking off the year in style with a dithorium Sbāā¢Ā³ā» radical trianion complex. This represents the heaviest reported actiniā¦.
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Although two examples of Ļ-bonded trans-bent [RSbSbR]ā¢ā (R = bulky organo- or Ga-groups) that formally contain the Sb2ā¢3ā radical trianion moiety are known in p-block chemistry, d- or f-element...
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RT @DehnenStefanie: Check out our latest paper in @NatureChemistry on the capture of (Bi5)-, the heaviest pentapnictogen analog of (C5H5)-,ā¦.
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RT @J_A_C_S: ThCTi@Cs(6)-C82: ThāC Double Bond in a Mixed Actinide-Transition Metal Cluster | Journal of the American Chemical Society @Autā¦.
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A thoriumācarbon double bond that corresponds to the sum of theoretical covalent double bond radii has long been sought after in the study of actinide-ligand multiple bonding as a synthetic target....
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RT @DrAnkerLab: The OG Samarium Benzene Tetra-Anion ( out now in @NatureChemistry. Big thanks to everyone who workeā¦.
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RT @JosefBoronski: A hexavalent nickel complex! Reductive addition of three Be-Be bonds at Ni(0) produces Ni(BeCp)6. @GroupAldridge . httpsā¦.
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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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RT @RJGilliard: Teaching update: The last few main-group chem graduate courses I've taught have produced Wikipedia articles, that are interā¦.
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RT @SchelterGroup: Check out our paper: āA sustainable cobalt separation with validation by techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessmā¦.
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As demand for Li-ion batteries in energy storage increases, Co and Ni have become critical elements with associated supply risks. Co/Ni separation is challenging due to their similar aqueous chemis...
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RT @Chem_CP: Online now: Strong uranium-phosphorus antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in a crystalline diphosphorus radical trianion actinā¦.
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