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Our research group develops new chemical reactions that hold promise for the recycling of environmentally damaging fluorocarbons and upgrading of molecules from sustainable sources. We investigate new concepts, catalysts and reagents based on sustainable metals from across the periodic table.
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Recent News
- 19th July 2025: A new version of Hodan and Sarah's work on the Defluoroalkylation of Trifluoromethane with Organolithium Reagents: Mechanism and Synthesis of Fluoroalkenes has been posted on chemRXiv. This includes substaintial new results and revisions.
- 10th July 2025: Joey and Benedek's paper on C–H activation with a Ni---Al heterometallic (in collaboration with Marcus Drover) is out in Angew. Chem. and highligted in ChemistryViews
- 10th July 2025: New preprint out from Wenbang on reactivity of an AlH–BH functional group in chemRXiv
- 23rd June 2025: Wenbang's work on Homocoupling of C1 Building Blocks by a Heterometallic Mg–Al Complex is out in Dalton Trans
Most Recent Publication
Phosphine-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Bond Activation with a Heterometallic Nickel---Aluminum Complex
Joseph A. Zurakowski,† Benedek Stadler,† Marcus W. Drover, and Mark R. Crimmin († joint 1st authors)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, doi:10.1002/anie.202512684
