Metal-metal bonding is a classic research topic in chemical bonding studies and has been applied as a tool for developing molecular magnets as well as for addressing challenges in biology, energy, and catalysis. In particular,...
Explanation of TR-EPR experiments Time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TR-EPR) is an important experimental probe of the dynamics of excited triplet states that are often involved in molecular and biomolecular photo-excited exciton transport processes. A surprising...
A recent combined experimental and theoretical study by the Kaupp group scrutinizes transition metal phosphanide chemistry which helps to understand catalytic processes involved in C-P bond formation and breaking. The reaction of a Pt-PPh3 with...
Many congratulations to Jochen for winning the 2019 Schoellkopf Medal! In ADF, Jochen has implemented very useful methods for spectroscopic properties (NMR, EPR, NLO), including accurate and efficient relativistic treatment and analysis tools. Check out...
Group 13 M(II) species are very rare and unstable, yet may well be key electron transfer intermediates. Employing bulky boryl ligands, thermally stable M(boryl)2 complexes (M=Ga,In,Tl) have been isolated and characterized for the first time....
Chemistry & Engineering News (January 17, 2005 issue, page 34) reports about the recent Science paper Science, vol. 307, p.235 (2005) by a team of the ETH Zurich, led by Prof. Grützmacher. The team has...
Metal-metal interactions in paramagnetic, multinuclear transition metal complexes are critical to the reactivity of metalloproteins, and understanding them is important in the development of functional metal-containing polymers. Particularly, the bonding and spectroscopic properties of the...
In a quest to further advance the hydrogen economy, diiron complexes, mimicking [FeFe]-H2ases have been widely studied as cheaper and more sustainable catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Researchers from the University of Illinois...