Research interests

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Our research group is interested in the synthesis of low-coordinate organometallic complexes featuring main group or transition elements, these highly reactive compounds being stabilised by sterically demanding ligand systems. We are particularly interested in the exploitation of the unusual structures of these compounds and the investigation of fundamental patterns of reactivity under stoichiometric and catalytic regimes. Some representative projects within our research group involve:

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- Scission and homologation reactions of small molecules, valorisation

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- Earth abundant transition metal complexes for catalytic applications, e.g. heterofunctionalisation, cyclotrimerisation

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- Organometallic complexes for energy storage and catalysis

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- Multidentate ligand design for heterobimetallic complexes

 

- Low-coordinate complexes for single molecule magnetism

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