@RH_Chem

He|Him PhD Candidate at the Australian National University in @HicksChem group | Main group chemistry | Lover of crystals, good food and succulents. 🏳️‍🌈👨‍🔬

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Joined July 2022
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Yay, my first first author paper has been accepted in @ChemEurJ! Come check it out. Thanks to all the authors for their help, especially @hicksChem for his support. Now back to the lab.
Jamie Hicks@HicksChem20 Feb 2024
First paper of the year for us, just accepted in @ChemEurJ. Using our recently reported anionic group 2 hydrides, we can stabilise hypercoordinate silicon anions. @ANUChemistry @ANSTO @RH_Chem @clairemcmullin chemistry-europe.onlinelibra…

Stabilisation of the [SiH6]2− Anion within a Supramolecular Assembly

Bring solid state chemistry into solution. Using a supramolecular assembly to mimic the coordination environment of [SiH6]2− in the solid-state, a molecular [SiH6]2− complex that is stable in...

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Jamie Hicks@HicksChemSep 19
Check out Becca's latest paper on hydrogenation of C–C multiple bonds with simple calcium salts. No precious metal catalyst, no H2 gas, and no solvent - just CaH2, Ca(OH)2 and a ball mill! doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15…

Hydrogenation of C–C Multiple Bonds with Simple Calcium Salts | ChemRxiv

Hydrogenation is among the most widely used transformations in chemical synthesis, yet it typically relies on precious transition-metal catalysts, pressurised hydrogen gas and an excess of solvents....

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Delighted to share my first PhD work, now published in @J_A_C_S We report the first isolated silicon–bismuth (Si=Bi) double-bond complex, revealing its unique bonding and coordination-induced E→Z isomerization. Grateful to @DriessLab and my co-authors. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Check out Marvin's new paper: Carbene Analogues of Group 15: Reduction of s-Hydrindacene-Based Chloropnictogenium Ions To Access an Antimony Hydride Monocation and a Trinuclear Bismuth Dication | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Carbene Analogues of Group 15: Reduction of s-Hydrindacene-Based Chloropnictogenium Ions To Access...

Abstract. We report the synthesis of three chloropnictogenium cations [MSFluindECl]+ (2As, 2Sb and 2 Bi), which unravel different reaction pathways toward

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Excited to share our new work published in @angew_chem！ We report the first isolable donor–acceptor-stabilized Si–E–Si trimetallylenes (E = Ge, Sn, Pb), exhibiting NIR absorption and enabling access to Ge(I) and Sn(I) radical anions. doi.org/10.1002/anie.6871080 Many thanks to Matthias (@DriessLab) and all co-authors. @AvHStiftung @TUBerlin #InorganicChemistry #MainGroupChemistry #Silylene
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Excited to share our last work 🥳🥳🥳. A photoexcited triplet Ge that lasts hours and, while being there, breaks a few molecules, including benzene. We hope you like it. Our feeling: there's plenty of space for discovery on low-valent MG photochemistry nature.com/articles/s41557-0…

A photoexcited triplet state germylene with a half-life of hours at room temperature

Nature Chemistry - Triplet tetrylenes are typically too short-lived for detailed investigation. Now a triplet germylene with a 14-h half-life at 25 °C has been generated through...

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Diastereoselective alkene C-C coupling at Al(I) Work from Deb Sarkar, in collaboration with Petra Vasko in Helsinki, on reductive C-C bond formation from ethene and propene mediated by an anionic Al(I) reagent is just out in JACS. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c03691 @OxfordChemistry
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Fresh out of the oven, in @angew_chem. That's what happens when you replace P with Sb. Structurally Constrained Stibenium: Metallomimetic C−Si Bond Activation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Congrats to our very talented @DoniaToami99 👏👏!
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Our Review on masked silylenes is now online in #EJIC and available #OpenAccess🎉 This is Kei’s first corresponding-author paper at SU and Kanata’s first publication 👏 Happy to share our perspective on controlled access to reactive Si(II) species! chemistry-europe.onlinelibra…

Masked Silylenes: Controlled Generation and Reactivity Under Thermal and Equilibrium Conditions

This Review provides an overview of masked silylenes as bench-stable precursors that release silylenes (R2Si:) under thermal activation or reversible equilibria. Precursor preparation, generation...

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Jamie Hicks@HicksChemApr 20
4,5-Diaminofluorenes are tough targets. In our new @ChemicalScience paper, Emily & Fabian use group 13 radicals for skeletal editing - deleting oxygen from xanthenes to access them on gram scale. pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti…
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Aluminum: lightest p-block metal with very low electronegativity. Converting Al(III) to Al(I) in stoichiometric reactions is rare. But now, we've made Al redox catalysis a reality! Check it out @nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Aluminium redox catalysis enables cyclotrimerization of alkynes

Nature - Aluminium redox catalysis is achieved with a low-valent aluminium species, carbazolylaluminylene, enabling cyclotrimerization of alkynes and producing diverse benzene derivatives.

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Check out Ludwig's (@LudwigZapf ) new paper exploring (quasi)-monocoordination in metal complexes with an exceptionally bulky carbene ligand — now published in Chemical Science! 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D5SC09514J @ChemicalScience @RoySocChem
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FINALLY a complex of type LMg-CaL! This formally Mg(0)-Ca(II) complex shows a very long Mg-Ca bond with Mg(-)/Ca(+) polarization and is quite reactive! Our first 2026 paper is "In dear memory of Herbert Roesky" shorturl.at/tvi0C
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Jeremy and co’s paper on the 1st group 2 metal-alkane complexes has been accepted @J_A_C_S. Huge amount of work went into this one. Alkane C-H activation at the redox active Mg centre is the ultimate goal.⚗️#ozchem @AFOSR @Monash_Science @MonashChemistry tinyurl.com/3m3yvf8v
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Teflon degradation in action! See a video of Na metal + Teflon -> NaF + carbon! @UoBChemistry @ChemistryNCL @r_armstrong_lab @DominikJKubicki @Hopkinson_Lab Mechanochemical upcycling of Teflon creates valuable fluorinated molecules: chemistryworld.com/news/mech…

Mechanochemical upcycling of Teflon creates valuable fluorinated ...

Milling with sodium metal produces source of fluorine for chemical transformations

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Proposed closures of two of Australian Synchrotron’s beamlines may just be the beginning of cuts to the facility’s governing body. chemistryworld.com/news/rese…

Researchers decry plans to close beamlines at Australian synchrotron

Infrared and terahertz spectroscopy lines under threat

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Accessing transient Bi(II) for catalytic XAT. Applied in the context of Heck-type reactions. Another tile in the reactivity floor of bismuth.
Nature Catalysis@NatureCatalysis31 Oct 2025
Bismuth-photocatalysed Heck-type coupling with alkyl and aryl electrophiles bit.ly/3LewRl6
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Reversible Enzymatic Switching of the Oxidation State of a EuIII/II Complex Controls Relaxivity | Journal of the American Chemical Society @UniofOxford pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Reversible Enzymatic Switching of the Oxidation State of a EuIII/II Complex Controls Relaxivity

Abstract. We show that europium trisbipyridyl cryptate exhibits an electrochemically reversible EuIII/II redox couple at −360 mV vs the standard hydrogen e

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TIRE CHANGE: First Mg(I) complex with a Cp* ligand enables facile ligand exchange. Reaction with RONa gives (BDI)Mg-MgOR and Cp*Na. This paves the way for syntheses of many new asymmetric Mg(I) complexes. @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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A Crystalline Bismuth(II) Radical Anion: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity (Josh Abbenseth and co-workers) @AbbensethJosh @UoMChemistry @HumboldtChem #AngewandteVIP #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

A Crystalline Bismuth(II) Radical Anion: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity

A T-shaped Bi(III) trisamide featuring a sterically demanding NNN pincer ligand was prepared. The planarization of the Bi center furnishes a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital with distinct Bi(6p)...

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Tune in today to hear Dr. Fabian Kallmeier explain how to enhance the nucleophilicity of aluminum anions, which he recently published in @ChemicalScience, in a brand new Research Spotlight episode! Link: youtu.be/6XBF6Iqi3vE Key paper: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC02682B
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