Werncke group

!! We are moving to Leipzig University !!

The Werncke group is working with complexes bearing quasilinear low-valent 3d transition metals. We are developing a general synthetic access to this class of molecules, examine their properties and reactivity patterns, leading to sometimes surprising observations.  Amongst others this gives very-low-coordinate iron-sulfur clusters or imido metal complexes with unusual electronic structures and reactivities. Thereby we touch different aspects of coordination, organometallic, bioinorganic and main-group chemistry as well as catalysis.

News (also via BlueSky):

August: The first glovebox (Elsa II) moved to Leipzig.

July: Gunnar was appointed W3 Heisenberg-Professor for Inorganic Molecular Chemistry. 

April: Gunnar accepted a W3 call to Leipzig - the group will move in the summer. Gunnars invited perspective on nitrenes and Imidyls got accepted in Dalton Trans.

March: Gunnar went to Braunschweig for the German Chemistry PI Meeting.

February: Paula, Andres and Gunnar went to Münster für the Coordination chemistry days.

01/01: Happy New Year