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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
- 20th August 2025: Our first paper from a collaboration between A*star and Imperial is now out in Chem. Commun. congrats to the whole team.
- 15th August 2025: Wenbang's paper on the Synthesis, Properties, and Chemoselective Reactions of an AlH–BH Functional Group is now published in Chem. Sci. and will be included in the 15th anniversary special issue.
- 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
Featured 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
