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Dr Anker

@DrAnkerLab

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

 Wellington, New Zealand
victoria.ac.nz/scps/about/staff/mathew-anker
Joined July 2019
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Great to see this work out in @DaltonTrans , some lovely structures from back when Ollie was an MChem in the Hill group. Thanks as always to @clairemcmullin and Jacob for the calculations😊 pubs.rsc.org/dt/article/doi/…
Arene Binding by Silazido Heavier Alkaline Earth Cations

Arene Binding by Silazido Heavier Alkaline Earth Cations

Reactions of [Ph 3 C] + [Al{OC(CF 3 ) 3 } 4 ] -with [Ae{N(SiMe 3 ) 2 } 2 ] 2 (Ae = Ca, Sr) or [Ba{N(SiMe 3 ) 2 } 2 (THF)] 2 have been studied in benzene, m

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The 60-year search for oxoboranes is over! Read more about this breakthrough here.
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Read the University of Würzburg press release on the new oxoboranes from @LabBraunschweig: uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and…
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Triple bond formed between boron and oxygen! True oxoboranes have finally been synthesized. Check out Lukas and Christian's work, now online in @NatureChemistry doi.org/10.1038/s41557-026-0… Thanks to everyone for their contributions! @SFBBoronPRO @ICBWuerzburg @Uni_WUE #chemtwitter
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Happy to share that our publication entitled 'C–H activation of unsaturated substrates using anionic aluminium complexes' (spearheaded by @Coles_lab) is out now in @RoySocChem Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers! w/ @oreilinorganic and @DrAnkerLab 🧪 doi.org/10.1039/D6QI02120D
Some funky aluminium complexes

ALT Some funky aluminium complexes

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Peter Junk@peterjunk2Oct 23
I'm proud to have been awarded the 2026 RACI Leighton Memorial Medal. The prestigious award recognises eminent service to chemistry in Australia through outstanding contributions to leadership, research, education & the advancement of the profession. @jcu @RACInational #ozchem
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Early bird registrations close in just under a month for Australia's premier conference on organometallic chemistry - OZOM16! Get your registrations in to save on joining an exciting scientific & social programme! Visit ozom16.com #ozchem #organometallics #inorganic

Home | Ozom16

Official website for the 16th Australasian Organometallic Chemistry Meeting, held 9–12 February 2027, in Hobart Tasmania. All meeting details are on this site.

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Even microwave conditions did not lead to deprotonation of the arm. But the tridentate nacnac ligand stabilizes heteroleptic Sr complexes which are normally very much prone to Schlenk equilibria. @ZAAC_Journal doi.org/10.1002/zaac.70135
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STRONTIUM POWER: Although this series follows the octet rule, only neutral Ph3N is stable. Ph3B is very resistant to double reduction. Only Ar3B.- radical anions are known. However, it had to surrender to strontium. @angew_chem doi.org/10.1002/anie.3220261
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Out in Science Advances! Have a read!
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A single-source precursor for mixed fuel gases!🔥Meet Mg[(CH₃)ZnH₃]—a hydride-rich organometallic that releases a mixture of #Hydrogen & #methane, at just 80 °C. A fundamental discovery that could open up practical applications! #energy #chemistry doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aej26…
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Very proud to send off two of the crew today, Dat and Jeremy, onto bigger and better things...despite the silly hats. Big futures ahead for both. #ozchem
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
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John Seed@JohnseedoOct 2
Fifty years after the first transition metal carbynes, uranium finally joins the club ☢️ Out now in Nature Chemistry - nature.com/articles/s41557-0… Write up - manchester.ac.uk/about/news/…
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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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🚀 🚨 Our latest work on {Ni,Al} heterometallics is now out in @ChemicalScience. Congrats to the authors esp. Anbang! Another great collaborative effort w/ @crimmingroup 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/sc/article/doi/…
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This one from Dat and Corinna has been accepted @DaltonTrans. Check it out. #ozchem @AFOSR @arc_gov_au tinyurl.com/2kpdf7jy
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Dat (@ng_tiendat) and Corinna's (@C_Czernetzki) joint study on ligand and metal specific outcomes of K reductions of flexible, extremely bulky NON-group 2 metal (inc. Be) complexes has appeared as a pre-print @ChemRxiv. tinyurl.com/y4t7srf4 #ozchem @AFOSR @arc_gov_au
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Peter Junk@peterjunk2Sep 9
Junk group post doc, Zhifang Guo, presenting her research at ICfE conference in Manchester. @jcu @zhifang16 @RACI_Inorganic #pcjfamily #ICfE12
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Kyle Pearce@KyleGPearceSep 9
Our latest cooperative Ca/Zn venture: ether activation and alkyl migration. Some fun labelling experiments and stellar DFT by @Morales_Chem and @clairemcmullin disclosed within (@angew_chem). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Dialkyl Ethers and Sacrificial Zinc: Oxide Synthons for Calcium tert‐Butoxide Formation

Dialkyl Ethers and Sacrificial Zinc: Oxide Synthons for Calcium tert‐Butoxide Formation

When treated with dialkyl ethers, [(BDI)Ca-μ-H-Zn(t-Bu)2(η6-C7H8)] (BDI = HC{C(Me)NDipp}2 initiates a sequence of twofold ether dealkylation and oxide sequestration as tert-butoxide in a process...

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Martyn Coles@Coles_labAug 28
Replying to @clairemcmullin @DrAnkerLab @GuntleyJac96725 @BathChem
Nice to see this work published. Things don't always go according to plan - and that's when they can be more interesting. Another example of flexible coordination for out NON-ligand
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New paper alert 🚨 from @Coles_lab with @DrAnkerLab and @GuntleyJac96725 (his first @BathChem publication!) looking at bimetallic In-M complexes (M=Fe/Mn) 🧪💻 pubs.rsc.org/nj/article-abst…
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Matt’s (@EvansInorganic) joint Monash/Flinders crossover work on super-bulky [NNN]3- ligands, and Al complexes thereof, is out @ChemEurJ. It is open access, so check it out. #ozchem @AFOSR @arc_gov_au tinyurl.com/2ssv97aa
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