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Dr Anker @DrAnkerLab

Senior lecturer in Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington. All things Lanthanide and Main Group.

Joined July 2019
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LLLiu Group@LLL_lab_SUSTech
Jun 8
Very grateful to share two good news. As of June 1, I have been promoted to Professor with tenure. I am also deeply honored to receive the EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Prize 2026. Many thanks to my mentors, colleagues, students, and friends for their continuous support.
Chemistry Europe@ChemEurope
Jun 8
🎉 We are delighted to announce the winner of the #EurJIC-Wöhler Young Investigator Prize 2026: Dr. Liu Leo Liu (@LLL_lab_SUSTech) at @SUSTechSZ! The jury recognized Dr. Liu's work on Al(I/III) redox catalysis (go.nature.com/4dUbVeX) - find out more: bit.ly/4uW73fi
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Terrance Hadlington@DrHadlington
Jun 5
The latest from the group, now out in @angew_chem 🥳 We've accessed heavier alkyne-transition metal complexes which show σ-complex character, in contrast to classical π-complexation 😲 All held together by chelation 🧪🫂🧪 Find it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Heavier Alkyne‐Ni0 Complexes, [R2E2·Ni] (E = Sn, Pb), Exhibiting σ‐Complex Character

Using a reductive group elimination strategy, heavier alkyne (LEEL; E = Sn, Pb) complexes of Ni0 are accessed. In contrast to classical alkyne coordination, these systems are best described as...

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Jones Research Group@Jones_Research
Jun 3
Magnesium induced CO homologation to give value-added products is all the rage right now. @chem_kong and co-workers have just made it catalytic! Nice work pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021… #ozchem

Catalytic CO Homologation at Magnesium

The synthesis of C2 molecules from C1 sources is a critical technology for a sustainable chemical economy. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a key C1 feedstock for processes such as the Fischer–Tropsch...

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Israel Fernández Group@isra_group
May 27
Check out our last work just published in @ChemistryEur on Extending the Boundaries With Electron-Rich Tris(pyridyl)borates in Classical Silver and Gold Carbonyl Complexes @ChemEurope @UCM_OrgChem chemistry-europe.onlinelibra…
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The Hartwig Group@HartwigGroup
May 26
Hot off the presses! C-H activation by uranium oxo photocatalysis--now made site-selective by ligand control. Longer lifetimes. Higher activity. All possible with blue light. In collaboration with the lab of @ProfArno. Now in JACS: doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c01402
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Aldridge Group@GroupAldridge
May 21
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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Jones Research Group@Jones_Research
May 18
Joe (@josephmparr) and co's work on using the normally inert NMR standard, TMS, as a ligand towards very Lewis acidic, neutral Ca and Sr complexes, has appeared as a pre-print @ChemRxiv. tinyurl.com/mr3sfccr. See the Mg analogue here tinyurl.com/hv7refvy. #ozchem @AFOSR
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Oriol Planas@uri_planas
May 13
Are you interested in main group metal redox catalysis? 🚨Check out our last preprint summarising recent developments in the area! chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…

Main Group Metals in Redox Catalysis | ChemRxiv

Main group metal redox catalysis is no longer a curiosity; it is a credible challenger to transition-metal chemistry. Heavy p-block elements, once dismissed as redox-inert or limited to Lewis acid...

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LLLiu Group@LLL_lab_SUSTech
May 11
Hot off the press @NatureChemistry: we extend σ⁰π² carbenes to a neutral system, showing H₂ activation via a σ-face pathway near the least-motion limit. Congrats Fei, Haoxiang, Miaomiao & thanks to editors and reviewers! nature.com/articles/s41557-0…
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Rivard Group@RivardGroupUofA
Apr 30
We are happy to announce that Eric has been recognized as one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2025 outstanding reviewers! Explore the full list at rsc.li/OutstandingReviewers2… #RSCPeerReview Congrats Eric!🥳🎉

Outstanding peer reviewers

Celebrating some of the individuals making significant contributions to the chemical sciences through peer review

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Makoto Yamashita@makoto_B
Apr 30
Our latest paper on the anionic Al-V complex and its dissociation to the alumanyl anion is now online. Multiple‐Bonding and Lability: Study of an Anionic Vanadium Alumanyl onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Multiple‐Bonding and Lability: Study of an Anionic Vanadium Alumanyl

An anionic vanadium alumanyl complex was synthesized and characterized. It showed a shorter V─Al bond than that of its neutral congener. A detailed analysis, combining experimental and theoretical...

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Crimmin Group@crimmingroup
Apr 28
Zinc Redox Catalysis in the Photochemical Borylation of Fluorocarbons. New @ChemRxiv preprint from @yangwenbang0310 and the team. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.264…
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Jamie Hicks@HicksChem
Apr 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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Kavita@beniwalkavita1
Apr 16
Check out our latest publication in @NatureSynthesis on the isolation of a bridgehead B=B double bond. A rare, structurally validated system beyond transient species-proud to contribute equally to this work. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-0… #ChemTwitter #boron #inorganic #DFT
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AKRoesky@AkRoesky
Apr 14
Here is a new read for the start of your week: Our latest #OpenAccess publication on „Contrasting single-molecule magnet behaviour in dysprosium and terbium bis(stannolediide) complexes“ out now in @NatureChemistry @Faye_94128 @st_maier2602 @DaJin8201 doi.org/10.1038/s41557-026-0…

Contrasting single-molecule magnet behaviour in dysprosium and terbium bis(stannolediide) complexes

Nature Chemistry - Highly axial lanthanide complexes with strong magnetic anisotropy are attractive candidates for high-performance single-molecule magnets. Now dysprosium(III) and terbium(III)...

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Jones Research Group@Jones_Research
Apr 8
We have a fully funded PhD position open in low oxidn state group 2 chem, and its appln to sustainable organic synthesis. Details available at tinyurl.com/35tas3uw. Please consider the candidate criteria before applying. Re-posts greatly appreciated. #ozchem @Monash_Science
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Mikhail Batov@mikhailbatov
Apr 2
Our chemistry from the recent print issue of @J_A_C_S: six-electron activation of dinitrogen enabled by a uranium bis(anilido)xanthene complex. Was enjoyable to explore this unusual reactivity together with @YPYuePang! @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
The image is a schematic showcasing one of the reactions from the paper: uranium(IV)/uranium(IV) bridging hydride complex updakes the molecule of dinitrogen, delivering six electrons and two protons, which results in the formation of a bis-imido diuranium(IV) complex. Uranium atoms are green, hydrogen atoms are purple, and nitrogen atoms are blue. Reduced arene rings of the hydride complex are represented with pink (mono-reduced) and light-blue (di-reduced) colour fills.

ALT The image is a schematic showcasing one of the reactions from the paper: uranium(IV)/uranium(IV) bridging hydride complex updakes the molecule of dinitrogen, delivering six electrons and two protons, which results in the formation of a bis-imido diuranium(IV) complex. Uranium atoms are green, hydrogen atoms are purple, and nitrogen atoms are blue. Reduced arene rings of the hydride complex are represented with pink (mono-reduced) and light-blue (di-reduced) colour fills.

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Peter Junk@peterjunk2
Mar 26
JCU’s College of Science Engineering are pleased to invite you to the 2026 Les Power Memorial with Prof Laurent Maron on Wednesday 1 April 2026. @jcu #ozchem #lespowerlecture   eventbrite.com.au/e/lf-power…

LF Power Memorial lecture with Professor Laurent Maron

JCU College of Science & Engineering invite you to a seminar titled “Computational Chemistry: another way of doing chemistry without wastes"

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J. Am. Chem. Soc.@J_A_C_S
Mar 22
Reductive Cyclopentamerization of Carbon Monoxide to the Elusive Croconate Radical Trianion | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Reductive Cyclopentamerization of Carbon Monoxide to the Elusive Croconate Radical Trianion

Coupling reactions of carbon monoxide represent an ideal synthetic route to cyclic oxocarbons. Whereas oxocarbon anions based on rings of three, four and six carbon atoms have been synthesized from...

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J. Am. Chem. Soc.@J_A_C_S
Mar 23
Activation of Dioxygen via Neodymium-Alkali Metal Clusters | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Activation of Dioxygen via Neodymium-Alkali Metal Clusters

The discovery of new dioxygen binding and activation modes is of paramount importance in biological and synthetic systems. Herein, we describe two rare earth-alkali metal clusters displaying unusual...

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