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The LLL group at SUSTech since 2020. Main group chemistry. Views by Leo. He/Him/His

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LLLiu Group @llliugroup.bsky.social · 23h

Many thanks Jiaxiang!

LLLiu Group @llliugroup.bsky.social · 23h

Many thanks Josh!

LLLiu Group @llliugroup.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve been quiet for a while, but here’s something exciting: hot off the press: a crystalline monomeric diboryl diazene @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A Crystalline Monomeric Diboryl Diazene

Azo compounds (R─N═N─R′) are a foundational class of nitrogen-containing molecules. In contrast to the bench-stability of many azo derivatives, monomeric diboryl diazenes (R2BN═NBR2) have long eluded ...

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Nature @nature.com · May 2

Nature research paper: Metal-centred planar [15]annulenes.

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Metal-centred planar [15]annulenes - Nature

An aromatic metallo-annulene, comprising a 15-carbon macrocycle enclosing an osmium complex, with the metal residing within the plane of the macrocycle is reported.

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LLLiu Group @llliugroup.bsky.social · Apr 17

Now online: Our latest publication on Click Chemistry of a Diazomethyl Anion with Unsaturated Bonds in Chinese Journal of Chemistry 2025 Emerging Investigators Issue onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Click Chemistry: Reactions of a Diazomethyl Anion with Unsaturated Bonds†

We report facile [3+2] cycloaddition reactions utilizing potassium diazaphospholidinyl diazomethylide as an electron-rich 1,3-dipole, reacting with various dipolarophiles. The regioselectivity of the...

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LLLiu Group @llliugroup.bsky.social · Apr 8

We are honored!

Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Apr 8

🌟Congrats to the 11th CCS-RSC Young Chemists Award Winners scientists reshaping the chemical sciences: Liu Liu: Main-group element breakthroughs, Dawen Niu: Game-changing glycosylation, Yan Qiao: Artificial cell frontiers, Yuen Wu: Single-atom catalysis pioneer (in Chinese) buff.ly/QrFHw5U
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LLLiu Group @llliugroup.bsky.social · Apr 7

Congratulations to Xue-Yi and the team for their efforts in isolating silagermenides and uncovering their unconventional reactivity profiles. This achievement has been accepted for publication @angewandtechemie.bsky.social

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202505940

Crystalline Silagermenides as Powerful Synthons: Unraveling π‐Bonding and Lone Pair Effects in the Multiple Bonds of Heavier Main Group Analogs of the Vinyl Anion

Compared to common vinyl anions, their heavier heteronuclear analog, silagermenides [R2Si═GeR]ˉ, remain exceedingly rare. Herein, we present a systematic investigation of silagermenides, synthesized ...

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