Reece Lister-Roberts
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Inorganic Radical Chemistry🧪 Final Year PhD in the Mehta Group 🏴
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Very happy to see this work finally published in
@natchem.nature.com
! Have a read to find out about some {N4} radical anion chains!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Crystalline nitrogen chain radical anions - Nature Chemistry
The isolation of catenated nitrogen compounds is difficult, in part because these chains can readily lose nitrogen, creating a strong thermodynamic push towards decomposition. Now, a series of molecul...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-02040-2
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OxfordChemistry
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University of Oxford chemists are part of a team that have developed a ring-shaped molecule with an unprecedented topology: the so-called half-Möbius. Read more:
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A molecule with half-Möbius topology
https://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/article/a-molecule-with-half-mobius-topology?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=134
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MehtaLab
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Check out recent work from the Mehta group looking at structure of Ar-P=P-X molecules, the compositional all P analogue of aryldiazonium halides. Published in
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Thanks
@ukri.org
@erc.europa.eu
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Isolation of arylhalodiphosphenes: periodic trends in R–PP–X bonding (X = Cl, Br, I)
For over a century, aryldiazonium halides have served as widely used building blocks within synthetic chemistry. They are vital intermediates in converting simple anilines to high-value products, incl...
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/sc/d6sc00723f
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CCDC Cambridge
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The isolation of five molecules featuring unsupported {N4}•− radical anion units has been reported in Nature Chemistry (🔎
ccdc-info.com/3MSq1CZ
). CSD Entry EXODOO (cation not shown) is stable for weeks under anaerobic conditions. 🔗
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#FeaturedStructureFriday
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Chemical Science
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First crystalline aryl‑P=P–X compounds unlock new frontiers in low‑coordinate P chemistry! "Isolation of arylhalodiphosphenes: periodic trends in R–P=P–X bonding (X = Cl, Br, I)" Read this HOT article from John Wegner, Meera Mehta and colleagues for free:
doi.org/10.1039/D6SC...
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Reece Lister-Roberts
Chemistry World
3 months ago
It sounds implausible but chains of 4 nitrogen atoms that are stable at room temperature for weeks have been created.
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Series of stable nitrogen radical chains synthesised
These compounds may find uses as nitrene precursors
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/series-of-stable-nitrogen-radical-chains-synthesised/4022958.article?utm_campaign=organic_social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Matt de Vere
3 months ago
Absolutely thrilled to see our (
@bakewellgroup.bsky.social
) paper "A neutral cyclic aluminium (I) trimer" has been published in
@natcomms.nature.com
in its full typeset version!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A neutral cyclic aluminium (I) trimer - Nature Communications
Low oxidation state aluminium complexes have gained wide recognition as discrete and versatile 2-electron reductants, but neutral trimeric structures remain elusive. Here the authors report the synthe...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68432-1
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Darren Willcox
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Our latest paper is out in Nature Comms describing the first Fe(I)-ketyl radical complex. Congratulations to Laura, Ryan, Adam and our collaborator David Robinson from Nottingham Trent.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Iron-borane catalyzed carbonyl hydroboration and isolation of an iron(I)-ketyl radical - Nature Communications
Homogeneous catalytic hydroboration represents a valuable strategy for the synthesis of alcohols but reports which employ iron-based catalysts are somewhat limited. Here, the authors report an iron me...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69500-2
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MehtaLab
3 months ago
Thanks
@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social
for highlighting our recent
@natchem.nature.com
.
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/article/maki...
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Making anions containing chains of nitrogen
https://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/article/making-anions-containing-chains-of-nitrogen
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Very happy to see this work finally published in
@natchem.nature.com
! Have a read to find out about some {N4} radical anion chains!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Crystalline nitrogen chain radical anions - Nature Chemistry
The isolation of catenated nitrogen compounds is difficult, in part because these chains can readily lose nitrogen, creating a strong thermodynamic push towards decomposition. Now, a series of molecul...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-02040-2
3 months ago
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OxfordChemistry
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🔬 Oxford Chemistry achieves a breakthrough in nitrogen chemistry Published today in Nature Chemistry
@natchem.nature.com
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Making anions containing chains of nitrogen
https://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/article/making-anions-containing-chains-of-nitrogen?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=127
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Reece Lister-Roberts
MehtaLab
4 months ago
Check out recent work from Reece looking at monomer-dimer equilibrium of {N2Pn2} ring structures! .. more work from Reece coming soon...
@oxfordchemistry.bsky.social
@organometallic.bsky.social
@reecelisterroberts.bsky.social
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Isolation of Potassium Bis(amido)diazadipnictogenide Salts
The reaction of Zintl phases K3As7 and K3P7 were investigated with 1-azido-4-bromobenzene (4-BrC6H4N3) and found to yield potassium salts of substituted diazadipnictogen rings (general molecular fragm...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00493
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Reece Lister-Roberts
MehtaLab
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Check out recent work from the Mehta group published in
@jacs.acspublications.org
! In this work we find that low-valent clusters can tap into a -1/+1 redox cycle!
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Catalytic Nitrous Oxide Degradation with Group 15 Clusters
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is sometimes referred to as the forgotten greenhouse gas, but ignoring it would be a mistake. N2O has a greenhouse warming potential 300× that of CO2, and anthropogenic emissions a...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c09618
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