Martyn Coles
@Coles_lab
Practitioner of Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington.
C–C Bond Formation at an Aluminacyclopropane | Organometallics (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…). Published as part of the Organometallics special issue “Organometallic Chemistry Beyond the Transition Metals: Fundamentals and Applications of the P-Block”.
![Coles_lab's tweet card. The reactivity of the aluminacyclopropane compound K[Al(NON)(η2-C2H4)] (NON = κN,N’-[O(SiMe2NDipp)2]2–; Dipp = 2,6-iPr2C6H3) toward isocyanides R–NC (R = Cy, Ad, tBu; Cy = cyclohexyl, Ad = 1-adaman...](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1947393911191965698/fbLFUiqV?format=jpg&name=orig)
Wrapping up an incredible journey of talks at #ICMGSC2025 with the final talk on the versatility of Aluminyl anion and its role in constructing bimetallic bonds, by Prof. Martyn P Coles from the University of Wellington! @Coles_lab @Chemie_iisertvm @RoySocChem @DaltonTrans
Reaction of a Potassium Aluminyl with Sn[N(SiMe3)2]2 - Isolation of a Stable, Trimetallic Sn(I) Radical Anion (@Evansinorganic, N. Cox, C. L. McMullin @clairemcmullin, R. Fulton, M. P. Coles @Coles_lab and co-workers) #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…
Very pleased to share that some more of the work from my PhD is out now in @DaltonTrans! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
Our first report of our [Ga(NON)] anion - not quite the same as the aluminyl... Started by Matt (@EvansInorganic ) and studied in detail by Andrea (@oreilinorganic)
Reductive Coupling of Ketones: Contrasting the Reactivity of an Aluminyl and a Gallyl Anion | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Fulton, Coles and co-workers @InorgChem #gallyl #aluminyl #CDP #reductive_coupling #ketones
Great to be back and looking forward to the conference!
ICMGSC 2025: Early birds! @Coles_lab @Ghadwal_Group
We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @RoySocChem Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:
📢ICMGSC 2025, 13-16th February: As we approach close to the conference, here is the overview of the speakers! icmgsc2025.com @tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm @RoySocChem @DaltonTrans @remulveygroup @Ghadwal_Group @ChrisSlootweg @Francois_Gabbai @dmresearchgroup…
📢ICMGSC 2025: Program Schedule Announced! The talks are well spread out from the beginning till the end to keep up the excitement among the audience befitting the conference theme! icmgsc2025.com/program @tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm @RoySocChem @DaltonTrans @remulveygroup…
ICMGSC 2025, 13-16 Feb 2025: Jointly organised by @tvmiiser and @RoySocChem Website is live! icmgsc2025.com Updates to follow!
Frustrated Lewis Pairs from Al-E{14} Bonds (E{14}=Ge, Sn, Pb) (@EvansInorganic, Claire L. McMullin @clairemcmullin, J. Robin Fulton, Martyn P. Coles @Coles_lab and co-workers) • onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…
New Computational Chemistry PDRA post available working with the Hill group (ends 09/2026) #chemjobsuk #compchem apply by 11/11 🧪💻 ED12140 Research Associate (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath - Check it out now! 👀
Turning up the heat... 1,4-Dialumination of benzene by sodium and potassium aluminyls sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Turns out our Na / K aluminyls will activate benzene, they just need heating to 100 °C!! Dedicated to Rab Mulvey - an inspiration to main group chemists worldwide
ICYMI, from @Coles_Lab, @oreilinorganic, @Clairemcmullin, @harder_research and co. "Mixing and matching N,N- and N,O-chelates in anionic Mg(i) compounds: synthesis and reactivity with RN=C=NR and CO" #OpenAccess 🔓 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
Check out "Mixing and matching N,N- and N,O-chelates in anionic Mg(i) compounds: synthesis and reactivity with RN=C=NR and CO" by @Coles_Lab, @oreilinorganic, @Clairemcmullin, @harder_research & co! Read the #OpenAccess article here 👇 buff.ly/4fglyDo
PhD studentship available in synthetic inorganic/organometallic chemistry in the group of Dr Ian Crossley @IRCrossleyLab. Fully funded for home (UK) students by @LeverhulmeTrust. Full details below. Deadline 30.04.24. sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-fun…
Still just enough time to register for the RSC Main Group Meeting this April. Deadline tomorrow for a great line up of speakers and its only £25 for PhD Students! rsc.org/events/detail/…
The RSC Main Group Chemistry meeting is 10-11th April here at Birmingham @UoBChemistry Amazing line up of speakers including @DehnenStefanie @crimmingroup @clairemcmullin and Keith Izod! Details here: rsc.org/events/detail/…