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CCDC Cambridge @ccdc.cam.ac.uk · 12d

From @maxdietz.bsky.social and Simon Aldridge’s group, an example of a main-group tin-carbonyl complex (@science.org).

Above 0 degrees Celsius, this CO complex rearranges to form a tin carbene complex.

🔗 CSD Entry ELAMIR: dx.doi.org/10.5517/ccdc...

#FeaturedStructureFriday #CompChemSky

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Jake Yeston @jakeyeston.bsky.social · 26d

In @science.org this week from Simon Aldridge's group, CO is a sneaky thief: binds unexpectedly to tin at low temp, then steals both its ligands to make a carbene 🧪

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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Crystal structures of CO bound to a diboryl tin complex on the left, and a tin carbene on the right with the borons migrated to C and O

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Maximilian Dietz @maxdietz.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you!

Maximilian Dietz @maxdietz.bsky.social · 27d

I am happy to share that our latest paper has been published in @science.org. In this work, we report the synthesis of novel tin carbonyl and carbene complexes. Thanks to all collaborators!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@humboldt-foundation.de
@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social
@ox.ac.uk

A main-group metal carbonyl complex: Structure and isomerization to a carbene-stabilized tin atom

In contrast to transition elements, s- and p-block metal compounds that coordinate carbon monoxide (CO) under near-ambient conditions are elusive. Here, we report an isolable, crystalline main-group m...

www.science.org

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Dalton Transactions @daltontrans.rsc.org · Aug 4

Read more about the recipients of our 2024 Outstanding Paper Award and their fantastic work in our latest blog post👇

blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/07/3...

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @maxdietz.bsky.social, Merle Arrowsmith and Holger Braunschweig

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Dalton Transactions promotion graphic of the 2024 Outstanding Paper Award winners.

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Maximilian Dietz @maxdietz.bsky.social · Jul 31

I am happy to announce that our paper has been selected for the @daltontrans.rsc.org 2024 Oustanding Paper Award! Thanks to all collaborators!

📍 doi.org/10.1039/D3DT...

@uni-wuerzburg.de

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Maximilian Dietz @maxdietz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Exited to share that the first paper of my postdoc in the Aldridge Group is finally out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! In this work, we studied addition processes of different E-E bonds at tin(II) and got some really unique compounds! @josefboronski.bsky.social @amelia-swarbrook.bsky.social

Josef Boronski @josefboronski.bsky.social · Jun 2

Breaking bonds at tin(II)! We've had a look at the spectrum of bond addition reactions, from reductive (Be-Be) to oxidative (Cl-Cl), and everything in between (B-B, B-H, H-H)
@angewandtechemie.bsky.social @maxdietz.bsky.social @amelia-swarbrook.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Breaking Bonds at Tin(II): Reductive or Oxidative Addition?

Here, the addition of H–H, Be–Be, B–B, and B–H bonds to SnII is studied by experimental and theoretical means. We report the first examples of B–B and Be–Be bond additions to a main group metal centr...

doi.org

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Maximilian Dietz @maxdietz.bsky.social · Mar 5

Great to see the work of my friend and former colleague Maximilian Michel finally being published in @naturesynthesis.bsky.social!

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · Mar 4

#Chemistry: Holger Braunschweig Lab is opening up new horizons! They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms #boron and #carbon @naturesynthesis.bsky.social www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Structure of the world's first molecule with a triple bond between boron (B) and carbon (C). (Graphic: Rian Dewhurst / University of Würzburg)

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