Molecular Inorganic Chemistry

The work in the organometallic research group involves advanced synthetic methodology including the challenging handling of air-sensitive compounds and a broad spectrum of characterization methods. Our research spans a large variety of topics and we work in close relation with several international universities and industry.

Our Research Topics are

• Anionic (nucleophilic) Mg0 complexes
• Dinitrogen activation with Ca
• Ball-mill applications in low-valent alkaline-earth metal chemistry
• Early main group metal catalysis
• Hydrogenation catalysis
• Boosting main group catalysts by just a pinch of Fe0
• Heterobimetallic catalysis: The story of LiAlH4
• Molecule activation with s-block and p-block combinations
• soluble alkaline-earth metal hydrides
• Hydrogen storage in molecular Mg-hydride clusters
• Hydrogen storage in Ca-amidoborane
• Hydrocarbon-Soluble Calcium Hydride
• Calcium Carbene Complexes
• Calcium in Polymerization Chemistry and Catalysis
• Bimetallic Catalysis