News

What's new in October

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 07:35:00 GMT

Publications, visitors, conferences and saying farewell ...

New publications from the Orthaber group

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:11:00 GMT

Silver coordination polymers using the tetratopic BDF-H2 ligand (Eur. J. I. C.) and unexpected chloroarsine chemistry (P, S, Si and rel. El.).

Heavier pnictogens – treasures for optical electronic and reactivity tuning

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:11:00 GMT

Ahoy Mateys!

The Orthaber group has boarded the front cover of this week’s issue of Dalton Transactions, with a Hot invited Frontier article on the Treasures of the Heavier Pnictogens (DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00574A).

Honoring P-chemists Prof. E. Niecke and Prof. K.Lammertsma

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 07:59:00 GMT

Special Issue in hoinor of the birthday boys Koop Lammertsma and Edgar Niecke with contributions from the Ott group and the Orthaber group is out.

The most shamazing news!

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:42:00 GMT

Muhamad Anwar Shameem defended his thesis in front of faculty opponent Prof. R. Fischer and committee members Jerker Mårtensson, Ute Cappel, ad Niclas Solin.
Congratulations and big thanks to our latest Doctor in Synthetic molecular chemistry.

Smart Inorganic Polymers - Phosphorus polymers

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:09:00 GMT

The final dissemination act of our past COST action on mart Inorganic polymers has been published. The book published by Wiley-VCH Our contribution is a chapter on organophosphorus polymers.

Dithienoarsoles and their Pd complexes

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 07:37:00 GMT

Our invited Article to a special Issue celebrating the 70th birthday of Prof. Dr. Koop Lammertsma and the 80th Birthday of Prof. Dr. Edgar Niecke was accepted in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.
Congratulations to Josh and Arvind!

New publications

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 09:32:00 GMT

The autumn comes and brings new publications for the group

Coinage metals: Super supra-molecular chemistry

Sun, 20 May 2018 13:58:00 GMT

Our invited perspective article on coinage metal cluster compounds has been accepted in Chem. Eur. J.

Congrats to Arvind.

Phosphaalkene bridges ...

Sun, 20 May 2018 13:51:00 GMT

Our recent publication on imiine functionalized phosphaalkenes and their hydrogen bonding behavior is accepted in Dalton Trans. link
Congrats to Daniel and Arvind!

European Workshop in Phosphorus Chemistry in Uppsala

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:28:00 GMT

Last chance to register for the EWPC-15 in Uppsala Sweden! Deadline 31st of January 2018.

Postdoctoral funding from Carl-Trygger foundation

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:54:00 GMT

The Carl-Trygger foundation supports the Orthaber group with a postdoctoral stipend.

Allylic Substitution in CEJ

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 18:36:00 GMT

Congrats to our collaborators in @ SU, the Samec group. The latest paper on green allylic substitutions is out in Chem. Eur. J.

Grant from the Engkvist foundation

Fri, 24 Nov 2017 14:27:00 GMT

A two-years postdoctoral fellowship is granted from the Olle-Engkvist foundation to support the Orthaber group.

New Postdoc Josh Green

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 13:04:00 GMT

New co-worker in the Orthaber group; Josh Green joins our team as a postdoctoral researcher.

VR Grant

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 12:57:00 GMT

The Orthaber group got funding from the Swedish Research council (Vetenskapsrådet).

The new SC-XRD microsource is operational

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:45:00 GMT

Our old D8 single crystal diffractometer has been upgraded with a brand new Molybdenum microsource...

A “Clean” Solution: Selectively Producing Methanol Fuel from Sunlight and CO2 by a Noble-Metal Free Catalytic System

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:43:00 GMT

A joint project by Tian-Orthaber-Berggren was funded by the Swedish Energy Agency.

We bridge the gap between Europe and UK

Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:09:00 GMT

Our collaborative work on the design of nanoparticles is highlighted as a back cover of Molecular Systems Design & Engineering.
Congrats and big thanks to our collaborators in Uppsala and Montpellier ! link to the cover. link

Paper on arsoles in Inorganic Chemistry

Sat, 18 Mar 2017 09:52:00 GMT

Arvinds and Sunisas paper on the coordination chemistry of dibenzoarsoles was accepted in Inorganic Chemistry. Congrats!
A great combinatin of catalysis and structural investigations.

Shameems paper in Chem. Eur. J.

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 12:19:00 GMT

Shameems collaborative paper with Amal El-Nahas and Jens Uhlig on cyclopentadithiophene heterofulvenes is published in Chem. Eur. J.
!! CONGRATS!!

Design of Gold Nanopartiles for Molecular Electronics

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:56:00 GMT

Our newly designed gold nanoparticles and their application in molecular electronics has been accepted in Mol. Sys. Des. Eng. Big thanks to our collabaroation partners from Engineering (Leifer group) and Montpellier (Serein-Spirau group).

Stronger together - Chlorins go polymer

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:34:00 GMT

Work from the Borbas group on how chlorins become polymeric is published in Chem. - Eur. J.
Thanks for the nice collaborations!

Workshop: Practical guide to theoretical chemistry

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:41:00 GMT

Introductory course and practical guides to the use of quantum chemistry programs for PhD students.

Main group polymers in Chem Comm.

Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:12:00 GMT

Daniels paper on phospha- and arsaalkene containing polymers is accepted in Chem. Comm. CONGRATS !!

Big thanks to all the contributors!

Travel Stipend

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 07:43:00 GMT

Excellent news from Åforsk. Daniel receives a travel grant.

Austria Tour

Tue, 08 Nov 2016 08:40:00 GMT

Andreas on a short tour through Austria:
General Assembly of the Austrian Chemical Society in Vienna.
GÖCH invited lecture at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz.

Docent in Inorganic Chemistry

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 11:50:00 GMT

Andreas has become a Docent in Inorganic Chemistry.

Seminar Christophe Lescop (13.10.2016)

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:56:00 GMT

Seminar by Christophe Lescop
House 7, Floor 1 at 15:15

Highly emissive supramolecular Cu(I) polymetallic supramolecular assemblies
Abstract

link to homepage

Flavonoid analytics by NMR and HPLC

Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:02:00 GMT

Our collaborative paper with Martina Blunder is accepted in Food Chemistry.
Congrats !!!

Phosphorus and organic electronics

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:48:00 GMT

Juri's article (in German) on organophosphorus compounds and their applications in organic electronics is published in "Nachrichten aus der Chemie", a Journal of the German Chemical Society.

Seminar Ergang Wang (9.06.2016)

Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:32:00 GMT

Seminar by Ergang Wang
House 7, Floor 1 at 10:15

Conjugated Materials for Organic Electronics

Invited Review on Organophosphorus Compounds

Wed, 08 Jun 2016 18:26:00 GMT

Our review Phosphorus "Organic Electronics" is online.
Congrats to Shameem!!!

Sulfonyl Acetylenes and phosphaalkenes

Fri, 13 May 2016 16:10:00 GMT

Shameem and Keyhans paper got accepted in Chemistry - A European Journal.
CONGRATS !!

Duncan Carmichael 28/4 10:15

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:50:00 GMT

Welcome to the Seminar by Duncan Carmichael.
As part of our COST action on Smart Inorganic Polymers (SIPs) Duncan will give a seminar on his phosphaporphyrinogen chemistry.

Thomas Baumgartner (U. Calgary) 25th May 15:15

Fri, 06 May 2016 11:03:00 GMT

Seminar by Thomas Baumgartner (University Calgary) 25th May 15:15
Seminar room House 7 Floor 1

Organophosphorus Avenues Toward Powerful Electron Acceptors andSelf-Assembled Nanomaterials

Acetylenic Phosphaalkenes rule in Chemistry

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 07:40:00 GMT

Yuri's paper is now published asap in Chemistry a European Journal. Congrats!
Tuning the Electronic Properties of Acetylenic Fluorenes by Phosphaalkene Incorporation

Group 15-eniums in Aust J Chem

Mon, 28 Dec 2015 19:15:00 GMT

Self-Assembly of Square-planar Halide Complexes of Trimethylphosphine-Stabilized Diphenyl-Arsenium, -Stibenium, and -Bismuthenium Hexafluorophosphates

New Post Doc

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:23:00 GMT

Welcome to Arvind K. Gupta

Seminar Anne Staubitz

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:24:00 GMT

September 15^th, 2015 at 15:00 in the seminar room House 7, Floor 1

Theoretical study on heavier alkene analogs

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:18:00 GMT

Our latest publication was accepted in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.
The Heavier Analogues of Alkenes - A Theoretical Comparison of Unsaturated Group 15/14 Systems

Synthesis of 2,6-Dimesitylpheny-C,C-Dibromophosphaalkene

Sat, 08 Aug 2015 15:03:00 GMT

The latest publication by Keyhan is assigned to an issue.

Phosphaalkene meets Goldnanoparticles

Thu, 09 Jul 2015 11:28:00 GMT

"Cooperative Gold Nanoparticle Stabilization by Acetylenic Phosphaalkenes"
Our recent study on the cooperative binding of acetylenic phosphaalkenes on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has been accepted in Angew. Chem.

ICHAC-11 in Caen, France

Wed, 20 May 2015 19:33:00 GMT

We are going to present our recent work at the International Confernce on Heteroatom Chemistry.

2nd EuSIPs Conference and Training school in Uppsala

Tue, 19 May 2015 15:48:00 GMT

The second Conference on Smart Inorganic Polymers will be held in Uppsala.
Save the dates 24th-26th September 2015.

Post Doc stipend

Mon, 11 May 2015 20:19:00 GMT

Post Doctoral stipend available in the Orthaber group

Ulrike's paper in Chem Comm

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 08:32:00 GMT

The article presents the first application of Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy to study post-synthetic ligand exchange in metal-organic frameworks.

Seminar with Prof. Patrick Holland

Fri, 12 May 2017 10:34:00 GMT

On the May 18th, 2017, Professor Patrick Holland from Yale University gave a Fotomol seminar titled "Nitrogen Fixation using Low-Coordinate Iron Complexes"

Sonja's thesis defence

Fri, 12 May 2017 10:18:00 GMT

Sonja Pullen defended her PhD thesis on the 19th of May, 2017.

Seminar with Prof. Belén Martín-Matute

Fri, 12 May 2017 10:13:00 GMT

Professor Belén Martín-Matute from Stockholm University gave a fotomol seminar on the 26th of April, titled "Selective Synthesis of (Halogenated) Building Blocks Mediated by Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts. Insights into the Mechanisms"

Edgar's, Souvik's and Sonja's paper in Dalton Trans.

Fri, 12 May 2017 08:49:00 GMT

A technique is developed for electrochemical measurements of non-conducting MOF-catalyst composites with no need of growing them on the electrode

Sonja's and Souvik's paper in Chem Comm

Fri, 12 May 2017 08:32:00 GMT

The work investigates how MOF confinement affects ligand substitution at the [Fe₂(dcbdt)(CO)₆] complex, which is a proton reduction catalyst.

Sascha Ott is a new editorial board member for Dalton Transactions

Fri, 12 May 2017 08:22:00 GMT

In March 2017, Sascha Ott was elected as an Editorial Board member of the Dalton Transactions journal.

Sonja's thesis nailing

Fri, 12 May 2017 08:18:00 GMT

On April 27th, Sonja Pullen has nailed her thesis "Mimicking the Outer Coordination Sphere in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site Models - From Extended Ligand Design to Metal-Organic Frameworks"

Ben's and Asamanjoy's paper is puplished in Dalton Transactions

Fri, 07 Apr 2017 08:25:00 GMT

The article, featured on the issue's cover page, describes succesful incorporation of a water oxidation catalyst into a metal-organic framework, enhancing stability of the catalyst and providing an important tool for tuning its properties in the future works.

Uppsala Sci-Fest

Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:33:00 GMT

Our group has participated in the annual scientific festival under the title "KEMI ÄR KUL".

Souvik's paper in Chem Comm

Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:09:00 GMT

The new paper by Souvik and others addresses the role of transport channels in the performance of catalyst-MOF composites.

Keyhan's and Juri's paper in JACS

Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:30:00 GMT

The article features groundbreaking selective analogue of McMurry aldehyde coupling reaction.

Sonja's and Sascha's review article

Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:14:00 GMT

The new paper by Sonja and Sascha reviews photochemical hydrogen production with metal-organic frameworks.

Sascha Ott is Full Professor

Fri, 24 Feb 2017 11:46:00 GMT

On the 18th of November 2016 Sascha Ott was awarded the Full Professor title. This followed the installation lecture given in Museum Gustavianum on the 16th of November.

Our CO2 reduction catalyst featured in Chemistry Views

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:43:00 GMT

Ben's paper on a Ruthenium CO2 reduction catalyst was featured by Chemistry Views.

Ben A. Johnson, Hemlata Agarwala, Travis A. White, Edgar Mijangos, Somnath Maji, Sascha Ott,
Chem. Eur. J. 2016.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601612

ERC Consolidator Grant till Sascha Ott

Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:11:00 GMT

ERC Consolidator Grant was awarded to Sascha. Congratulations!

Amanda Morris Friday, April 22. 10.15

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:33:00 GMT

Seminar
Friday, April 22^nd, 10:15, the seminar room, house 7, floor 1
Dr. Amanda Morris
(Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech)

Low Overpotential CO2 Reduction Catalyst

Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:41:00 GMT

Bens and Somnaths paper on CO2 reduction is accepted in Angew. Chemie Int. Ed.
Congratulations !!!!

Paper in Dalton Trans published

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:49:00 GMT

Keyhans and Annas paper on the first metal free phospha-Wittig reaction was published in Dalton Transactions.

Seminar Joseph T. Hupp, Dec. 3rd and 4th

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:13:00 GMT

Joseph T. Hupp will visit us and gives two seminars on Metal organic Frameworks (Dec. 3rd) and on Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Conversion (Dec. 4th).

Seminar Henrik Ottosson (21/10/2015)

Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:39:00 GMT

Putting Baird's Rule on Excited State Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity into Action

Defense of Giovanny A. Parada

Wed, 10 Jun 2015 05:13:00 GMT

On Friday June 12th Giovanny will defend his PhD Thesis.

Seminar by Ana Moore

Thu, 04 Jun 2015 06:37:00 GMT

Prof. Ana Moore is giving a seminar on Thursday June 11th 2015, 14.15 in the Fotomol seminar room.

One Five-membered Ring to Rule them all

Mon, 11 May 2015 19:08:00 GMT

Cover Picture of Chem. Com.
Carborane -based alkynyl phosphanes and phospholes

Article in Nature Chemistry

Mon, 11 May 2015 09:51:00 GMT

Together with Leif Hammarström we have recently published an article on Concerted-Proton-Coupled Electron-Transfer in Nature Chemistry.

International Conference on Solar Fuels

Mon, 11 May 2015 09:50:00 GMT

The first ISF took place April 26 - May 1, 2015 in Uppsala, Sweden.

Bis' paper in ChemSusChem: CONGRATS!

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:33:00 GMT

Iron Pentapyridyl Complexes as Molecular Water Oxidation Catalysts: Strong Influence of a Chloride Ligand and pH in Altering the Mechanism

Water oxidation catalysed by a mononuclear Co(II) polypyridine complex; possible reaction intermediates and the role of the chloride ligand

Mon, 10 Aug 2015 08:51:00 GMT

Biswanath's paper is featured on the Cover of Chem. Comm.

Water oxidation catalysed by a mononuclear Co(II) polypyridine complex; possible reaction intermediates and the role of the chloride ligand

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 09:03:00 GMT

The latest paper on our Cobalt water oxidation catalysts has appeared in Chem. Comm.

Dinuclear Cobalt based water oxidation Catalyst

Wed, 27 May 2015 06:37:00 GMT

Recently we have published our dinuclear Cobalt based water oxidation Catalyst in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.

Nya websidor

Fri, 22 May 2015 05:42:00 GMT