Gunnar Werncke
@wernckelab.bsky.social
Heisenberg-Professor in inorganic chemistry at Leipzig University (Germany). Less is more: low-coordinate and low-valent chemistry of 3d metals.
Congratz to Andres for is new manuscript on high spin iron arylimidos. Just in time for his successful PhD defense 💪 (Nr 6 😁).
A Series of Trigonal Arylimido Iron Complexes and the Influence of Oxidation State and Steric Demand on Reactivity | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A Series of Trigonal Arylimido Iron Complexes and the Influence of Oxidation State and Steric Demand on Reactivity | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A Series of Trigonal Arylimido Iron Complexes and the Influence of Oxidation State and Steric Demand on Reactivity
We describe the reaction between the linear iron(I/II) silylamides [FeL2]0,– (L = N{Dipp}SiMe3) and aryl azides N3R with different steric demand (R = Ph, 2-Me-C6H4 (Tol), 2,4-Me2-C6H3 (Xyl), 2,6-iPr2-...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Congratz to Andres for is new manuscript on high spin iron arylimidos. Just in time for his successful PhD defense 💪 (Nr 6 😁).
A Series of Trigonal Arylimido Iron Complexes and the Influence of Oxidation State and Steric Demand on Reactivity | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
A Series of Trigonal Arylimido Iron Complexes and the Influence of Oxidation State and Steric Demand on Reactivity | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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👉Also Sorbonne bsky.app/profile/sorb... pulled out of 'THE' University Ranking 👇
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Why Sorbonne pulled out of university ranking
France’s Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education (THE) Rankings, adding its name to a growing number of universities rejecting lists that play one institution off against another...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
👉Also Sorbonne bsky.app/profile/sorb... pulled out of 'THE' University Ranking 👇
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science!
#researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky
Happy to announce our newest imido iron compound in @chemcomm.rsc.org : pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a....
It was a very tedious work with a lot of headscratching in-between due to its high reactivity (hmds co-ligands!)...In cooperation with @akmeyergoettingen.bsky.social and @cutsail-lab.bsky.social.
It was a very tedious work with a lot of headscratching in-between due to its high reactivity (hmds co-ligands!)...In cooperation with @akmeyergoettingen.bsky.social and @cutsail-lab.bsky.social.
The Flexible Behaviour of a Trigonal Arylimido Iron Complex
A trigonal arylimido iron complex is reported which is found in an intermediate spin state. The iron bound imido unit is electronically flexible and acts as nucleophile, reductant, or H atom abstracto...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy to announce our newest imido iron compound in @chemcomm.rsc.org : pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a....
It was a very tedious work with a lot of headscratching in-between due to its high reactivity (hmds co-ligands!)...In cooperation with @akmeyergoettingen.bsky.social and @cutsail-lab.bsky.social.
It was a very tedious work with a lot of headscratching in-between due to its high reactivity (hmds co-ligands!)...In cooperation with @akmeyergoettingen.bsky.social and @cutsail-lab.bsky.social.
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Passionate about sustainable catalysis for synthesis? Three fully-funded (UK/home) PhD studentships in homogenous catalysis with Earth-abundant metals available at Bristol! Come and join the drEAMcat Prosperity Partnership collaboration between the University of Bristol, AstraZeneca and Labman.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Passionate about sustainable catalysis for synthesis? Three fully-funded (UK/home) PhD studentships in homogenous catalysis with Earth-abundant metals available at Bristol! Come and join the drEAMcat Prosperity Partnership collaboration between the University of Bristol, AstraZeneca and Labman.
The final work to become operational. The repaired freezer of our glovebox arrived. Just had to put it in rapidly in the counterflow in the stupid hope that o2 would not spike too high...
October 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The final work to become operational. The repaired freezer of our glovebox arrived. Just had to put it in rapidly in the counterflow in the stupid hope that o2 would not spike too high...
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Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
September 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
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Curious about AI & data science in the natural sciences - especially chemistry?
We’re offering a student assistant role starting October 2025 (up to 19 h/week). Students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree are welcome to apply.
Application deadline: 07 Sep 25
#AI #DataScience #Chemistry #Hiring
We’re offering a student assistant role starting October 2025 (up to 19 h/week). Students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree are welcome to apply.
Application deadline: 07 Sep 25
#AI #DataScience #Chemistry #Hiring
August 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Curious about AI & data science in the natural sciences - especially chemistry?
We’re offering a student assistant role starting October 2025 (up to 19 h/week). Students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree are welcome to apply.
Application deadline: 07 Sep 25
#AI #DataScience #Chemistry #Hiring
We’re offering a student assistant role starting October 2025 (up to 19 h/week). Students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree are welcome to apply.
Application deadline: 07 Sep 25
#AI #DataScience #Chemistry #Hiring
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Until two weeks ago, I didn't even know this journal existed. And now I already have a publication there ;)
A wonderful collaboration with Manfred Scheer's group on a 13/15 analogue of ethene.
- ChemistryEurope -
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A wonderful collaboration with Manfred Scheer's group on a 13/15 analogue of ethene.
- ChemistryEurope -
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
August 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Until two weeks ago, I didn't even know this journal existed. And now I already have a publication there ;)
A wonderful collaboration with Manfred Scheer's group on a 13/15 analogue of ethene.
- ChemistryEurope -
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A wonderful collaboration with Manfred Scheer's group on a 13/15 analogue of ethene.
- ChemistryEurope -
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Thrilled to share a first publication of the group! We report on cadmium aluminyls that find application as Cd-nucleophiles and(!) Al(I)-Transfer reagents. Now out in @jacs.acspublications.org ! 🥳👍
Thanks a lot to @chemieverband.bsky.social for the generous funding. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Thanks a lot to @chemieverband.bsky.social for the generous funding. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Functional Al/Cd Heterometallics─From Controlled Al(I) Transfer to Nucleophilic Transfer of Cadmium Ions
Low-valent cadmium compounds have remained largely unexplored as electron reservoirs, with no precedent for their use in reduction or bond activation chemistry. Here, we address this gap by integratin...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Thrilled to share a first publication of the group! We report on cadmium aluminyls that find application as Cd-nucleophiles and(!) Al(I)-Transfer reagents. Now out in @jacs.acspublications.org ! 🥳👍
Thanks a lot to @chemieverband.bsky.social for the generous funding. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Thanks a lot to @chemieverband.bsky.social for the generous funding. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Over the past years we traversed a huge network of FeS cluster conversions: 2Fe2S-to-4Fe4S-to-8Fe8S… and all the way back again! @natchem.nature.com @ethz.ch www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stepwise and reversible assembly of [2Fe–2S] rhombs to [8Fe–8S] clusters and their topological interconversions - Nature Chemistry
Elucidating the nature of the metallocofactors in nitrogenase enzymes, and preparing synthetic analogues of these clusters, is a classic target for bioinorganic chemists. Now the transformation of [Fe...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Over the past years we traversed a huge network of FeS cluster conversions: 2Fe2S-to-4Fe4S-to-8Fe8S… and all the way back again! @natchem.nature.com @ethz.ch www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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O2 activation at biomimetic Fe complexes/first O2-dioxygenation mediated by a Co center. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Great work by Kilian! Thx also to the de Visser group for fruitful collaboration, @dfg.de for funding within the research group “BioOxCat” and @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Promiscuity in Molecular Mimics of the Cysteine Dioxygenase: Effects of Selenium in the Substrate and Cobalt as the Central Metal Ion
A biomimetic model for the cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) was found to be also capable of selectively dioxygenating selenocysteamine, suggesting that the lack of reactivity found for the CDO in combinati....
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August 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
O2 activation at biomimetic Fe complexes/first O2-dioxygenation mediated by a Co center. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Great work by Kilian! Thx also to the de Visser group for fruitful collaboration, @dfg.de for funding within the research group “BioOxCat” and @humboldtuni.bsky.social
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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 christian.limberg@chemie.hu-berlin.de. Pls retweet!
August 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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 christian.limberg@chemie.hu-berlin.de. Pls retweet!
Elsa II arrives at her new home @unileipzig.bsky.social . #newstart
August 5, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Elsa II arrives at her new home @unileipzig.bsky.social . #newstart
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International PhD scholarship round for 2026 is open at ANU. Aspiring scholars with Masters degree, or equivalent (eg Australia/NZ Hons), interested in computational chemistry, quantum information, molecular spins, vibronic coupling, or something in that vein - get in touch!
August 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
International PhD scholarship round for 2026 is open at ANU. Aspiring scholars with Masters degree, or equivalent (eg Australia/NZ Hons), interested in computational chemistry, quantum information, molecular spins, vibronic coupling, or something in that vein - get in touch!
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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/...
Info here: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...
July 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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/...
Info here: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...
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JOB ALERT! 🚨 Are you interested in organic synthesis and catalysis? We have an open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. 👩🔬👨🔬 Deadline: 10th August 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: lnkd.in/e_f3Xerq
#chemsky
#chemsky
July 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
JOB ALERT! 🚨 Are you interested in organic synthesis and catalysis? We have an open PhD position in our group at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. 👩🔬👨🔬 Deadline: 10th August 2025. For more details and to submit an application, please refer to the official posting here: lnkd.in/e_f3Xerq
#chemsky
#chemsky
Second that. The same could be said for @rsc.org journals. It is a pain to have a number of different possible social media platforms. But others are more flexible such as @angewandtechemie.bsky.social and other journals from Wiley.
Hey @nature.com What's up with your share buttons? Can we please also get 🦋 and 🦣 options to not exclusively promote the network of the guy who has done more than most to harm US science?
July 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Second that. The same could be said for @rsc.org journals. It is a pain to have a number of different possible social media platforms. But others are more flexible such as @angewandtechemie.bsky.social and other journals from Wiley.
A well timed publication in @chemcomm.rsc.org for transitioning from @unimarburg.bsky.social to @unileipzig.bsky.social. Our view on recent developments in linear metal(I) chemistry in part from our lab in Marburg.
There is still a lot to do on this topic in Leipzig. 😊
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
There is still a lot to do on this topic in Leipzig. 😊
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Linear Open-Shell 3d-Metal Silylamides – A Versatile Tool in Coordination Chemistry
Linear 3d-metal complexes with open-shell metal ions have fascinated coordination chemists for decades. Originally the focus lied on metal(II) species, yet the synthetic possibilities to acquire their...
pubs.rsc.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A well timed publication in @chemcomm.rsc.org for transitioning from @unimarburg.bsky.social to @unileipzig.bsky.social. Our view on recent developments in linear metal(I) chemistry in part from our lab in Marburg.
There is still a lot to do on this topic in Leipzig. 😊
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
There is still a lot to do on this topic in Leipzig. 😊
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Reposted by Gunnar Werncke
Calling all coordination chemists! ICCC 2026 (Denmark /Sweden) - in Odense next year. Propose sessions on your favourite topics NOW... but be quick! iccc2026.com Great planning meeting last week... Lots to look forward to… See you there!
June 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Calling all coordination chemists! ICCC 2026 (Denmark /Sweden) - in Odense next year. Propose sessions on your favourite topics NOW... but be quick! iccc2026.com Great planning meeting last week... Lots to look forward to… See you there!
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As promised, postdoc positions at BristolUni.bsky.social available in homogeneous catalysis and computational chemistry exploring the replacement of palladium catalysts by Earth-Abundant Metals: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
July 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
As promised, postdoc positions at BristolUni.bsky.social available in homogeneous catalysis and computational chemistry exploring the replacement of palladium catalysts by Earth-Abundant Metals: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
#ChemSky #CompChemSky #ChemJobs #UKChemJobs
Packing and dismantling our workhorse.
July 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Packing and dismantling our workhorse.
Nice work. It is always nice to see the resemblance of both metals (and Zn). Long road to N2 activation with Mn. I still remember Patrick's attempts...
Mirror, mirror at the wall, who is the fairest in small molecule activation, Mn(I) or Mg(I)? Wonderful collaboration with the Jones group, including a stay of Siad 👏 at Monash U. financed by @unisyscat.bsky.social, and the Maron group.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#ChemSky @jacs.acspublications.org
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#ChemSky @jacs.acspublications.org
Steric Control in Low-Valent Mn Diamide Complexes: Contrasting Magnesium and Manganese in N2 and Benzene Activation
Reduction of MnII precursors with bulky diamide ligands provided access to a complex with the longest known Mn–Mn bond and to a rare example of N2 activation at high-spin MnI centers. While some instr...
pubs.acs.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nice work. It is always nice to see the resemblance of both metals (and Zn). Long road to N2 activation with Mn. I still remember Patrick's attempts...
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Come and join us at Saarland University @uni-saarland.de as a professor for organic chemistry! Please spread the word! The call for the position has just been announced here jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w2-prof...
W2 Professorship in Organic Chemistry (m/f/x) - Universität des Saarlandes
Universität des Saarlandes bietet Stelle als W2 Professorship in Organic Chemistry (m/f/x) in Saarbrücken - jetzt bewerben!
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July 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Come and join us at Saarland University @uni-saarland.de as a professor for organic chemistry! Please spread the word! The call for the position has just been announced here jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w2-prof...