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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · 15d

We're happy to share Amin’s work on a sequential one-pot N-alkylation and aminocarbonylation of primary amines catalysed by heterobimetallic Ir/Pd complexes in cooperation with Michael Roemelt. Now out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org doi.org/10.1039/d5sc...

Sequential One-Pot N-Alkylation and Aminocarbonylation of Primary Amines Catalyzed by Heterobimetallic Ir/Pd Complexes

The paper introduces bimetallic Ir/Pd complexes as catalysts to initiate an N-methylation coupled with an aminocarbonylation in a one-pot approach, in order to advance the field of carboxyamide synthe...

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · 16d

Brownies summer trip 2025 ☀️ - we had an amazing day visiting the Stasi museum followed by a lake hike. Our trip ended in a beer garden 🍺 Kudos to Marvin for organising the trip! 🥾 @albertpebi.bsky.social

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · 19d

We had a great time at the company relay race 13. Adlershofer Firmenstaffel 💪🏼 our three teams did a great job 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻 #Brownies #FastAndFluorous #FlyingFluorines 🏆

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · 22d

Our work on Lewis-acid induced mechanochemical degradation of polyvinylidene fluoride being transformed into valuable products is now out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org w/ @franemmerling.bsky.social & Kannan Balasubramanian: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @bamresearch.bsky.social

Lewis-acid induced mechanochemical degradation of polyvinylidene fluoride: transformation into valuable products

Polyvinylidene fluoride (–[CH2CF2]n–, PVDF) waste poses significant environmental challenges due to its recalcitrant nature and widespread use. This study addresses the end-of-life management of PVDF ...

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Sep 3

We had a great time at the #esfc2025 in Lisbon 🇵🇹 Congratulations to Julie for receiving the first place poster prize 🥳 Thanks to Ana and João for organising such a great event

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Christian Limberg @christianlimberg.bsky.social · Aug 14

1 week left to apply for a PhD position, 4 y. with 2/3 of E 13 TV-L salary, assigned broadly to the design and synthesis of coordination compds for the activation of small molecules (www.chemie.hu-berlin.de/aglimberg/st...). Pls apply directly to [email protected]. Pls retweet!

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Jul 29

Liza‘s research on the activation of SOF2 at Rh pincer complexes is now out in @chemistryeurope.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/ceur... ✨

Activation of SOF2 at Rh Pincer Complexes: Ligand Backbone Versus Metal Centred Reactivity

Deprotonated Rh pincer complexes reveals a dual reactivity due to S─F bond activation of SOF2: ligand backbone versus metal centered activation. Ligand supported activation generates a backbone bound....

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Christian Limberg @christianlimberg.bsky.social · Jul 25

Congratulations to our colleague Philipp Adelhelm @humboldtuni for receiving the Berlin Science Award! Well deserved 👍👏🏻

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Jul 23

Ouchan‘s work on a Pt-catalysed hydrofluorination system at room temperature promoted by BF3, PF5 and HF as fluoride shuttles is now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social 🚀 With detailed DFT calculations in cooperation with Martin Kaupp! doi.org/10.1002/anie... #SFB1349 @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Platinum‐Catalysed Hydrofluorination of Alkynes at Room Temperature Promoted by a Fluoride Shuttle

This work presents an air and moisture tolerant platinum-catalysed hydrofluorination system that gives selectively (Z)-fluoroalkenes. Experimental and computational investigation on the mechanism all...

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PerezBitrianLab @perezbitrianlab.bsky.social · Jul 23

PhD POSITION OPEN! We are looking for someone enthusiastic to join our team at @humboldtuni.bsky.social! If you want to work in the frontier between noble gas chemistry and organometallic fluorine chemistry, this is for you! #TeamXenon
Info here: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Jul 6

We were very excited to have Prof. Vincenzo Busico from the university of Naples as guest lecturer last week @humboldtuni.bsky.social ! Thanks for giving us a great insight into an integrated high throughput experimentation/AI approach to model molecular organometallic catalysts

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Jun 18

Let’s celebrate 25 years Long Night of Science ✨Join us at the „Mit-Mach-Labor“ at the #LNDW2025 on the 28th June 2025 starting at 5pm in Adlershof ✨👩🏻‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬 for more details 👉🏼 www.langenachtderwissenschaften.de/programm/det...

Get your anniversary ticket here 👉🏼 lndw-tickets.reservix.de/tickets-die-...

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humboldtuni.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social · May 14

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🎉 Der HU-Nachwuchswissenschaftler Alberto Pérez-Bitrián erhält die Emmy Noether-Förderung der @dfg.de. Die Forschungsgruppe @perezbitrianlab.bsky.social untersucht Eigenschaften und Reaktionsfreudigkeit von Xenonverbindungen. Mehr Infos: 👉 www.hu-berlin.de/de/pr/nachri...

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · May 19

We're happy to share the work on activation of perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) at Rh(I) complexes by Soodeh. Now out in @chemicalscience.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Activation of Perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) at Rh(I) Complexes: Metal-Centered Versus Phosphine-Mediated Decarbonylation - Chemical Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D5SC02056E

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FU Berlin Dept. Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy @fubcp.bsky.social · Apr 30

„Fluor-Mauer“ überwunden: Forschende beobachten erstmals Tunneleffekt bei schweren Atomen. Mit quantenchemischen Simulationen wurde nachgewiesen, dass auch Fluoratome zwischen zwei Zuständen wechseln können. @riedellab.bsky.social @cnrs.fr
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Die Forschenden wiesen nach, dass auch Fluoratome quantenmechanisch Tunneln können – wodurch ein Molekül ohne weiteres zwischen zwei Zuständen wechselt, die eigentlich durch eine Energiebarriere voneinander getrennt sind.

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Apr 15

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Christian Heinekamp @cheinekamp.bsky.social who defended his thesis successfully yesterday! 🥳 We wish you all the best at Dr. Heinekamp laboratory and institute planning! @franemmerling.bsky.social

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Apr 10

We're happy to share Christian’s @cheinekamp.bsky.social work on a zirconium fluoride supported high entropy fluoride as catalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction in cooperation with @franemmerling.bsky.social published in @jmaterchem.rsc.org: doi.org/10.1039/D4TA...

Zirconium fluoride-supported high-entropy fluoride: a catalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

Extended hydrogen initiatives promote the urgency of research on water splitting technologies and, therein, oxygen evolution reaction catalysts being developed. A route to access a ZrF4 supported high...

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RiedelLab @riedellab.bsky.social · Apr 8

Wonderful conference @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social on PFAS. More than 180 participants from academia, industry and authorities listened to 16 talks from different disciplines. Great discussions and many new contacts. Many thanks to @gdch.bsky.social and @umweltstiftung.bsky.social

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Jasmin Herr @jasminmherr.bsky.social · Apr 7

Volles Haus bei der PFAS Tagung des @gdch.bsky.social Thinktanks PFAS gemeinsamer mit dem SFB1349 der @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Danke an den Host @riedellab.bsky.social und alle anderen Teammitglieder für die Organisation!

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RiedelLab @riedellab.bsky.social · Apr 1

Next Monday our joint PFAS conference of the CRC 1349 and the @gdch.bsky.social will start at the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Berlin. We have a great programme that covers all different areas. Anyone who is still interested is cordially invited.

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Thomas Braun Group @braungroup.bsky.social · Mar 31

Ruben’s work on routes to Pt Derivatives of High-Valent Sulfur Oxofluorides S(=O)2F, S(=O)F2 and S(=O)F3 by Fluorination and Oxygenation is now published in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Routes to Pt Derivatives of High‐Valent Sulfur Oxofluorides S(=O)2F, S(=O)F2 and S(=O)F3 by Fluorination and Oxygenation

Metal derivatives of high-valent sulfur fluorides and oxofluorides can provide fluorinated building blocks for materials science and bioactive compounds, but so far, such building blocks are elusive....

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Hopkinson Research Group @hopkinsonlab.bsky.social · Feb 27

There is just one more day left to apply for this PhD position. Come and join us in Newcastle!

Hopkinson Research Group @hopkinsonlab.bsky.social · Feb 1

We're hiring! Come and join us for a funded PhD studentship together with the Cucinotta group developing new light mediated reaction methodologies using N-heterocyclic carbenes! Reposts appreciated. @chemistryncl.bsky.social Apply here: www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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ChemRxiv Bot @chemrxivbot.bsky.social · Feb 20

Structural investigations of catalytically relevant chlorofluorides using a combined X-ray and neutron scattering approach

Authors: Christian Heinekamp, Javier Castells-Gil, Phoebe K. Allan, Mike Ahrens, Minh Bui, Thomas Braun, Franziska Emmerling
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-bzh7r

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ChemRxiv Bot @chemrxivbot.bsky.social · Feb 13

A Kβ valence to core X-ray emission approach for fluorine and oxygen differentiation in Zr compounds

Authors: Christian Heinekamp, Cafer-Tufan Cakir, Ana Guilherme Buzanich, Konstantin Klementiev, Michael Römelt, Thomas Braun, Franziska Emmerling
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-3mzhb

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Gunnar Werncke @wernckelab.bsky.social · Feb 13

Had a nice, long day at the chemistry department of @humboldtuni.bsky.social. Great insights into current research by @christianlimberg.bsky.social, @braungroup.bsky.social, @joshabbenseth.bsky.social, Ray group and others. The place still feels like home although I left it more than ten year ago.

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