Publications - Townrow Laboratory

Carbene-activated stannylenes to access selective C(sp3)–H bond scission at the steric limit

J. Klaucke, N. Sinthathurai, C. Golz, O. P. E. Townrow,* M. Fischer,* Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 2657, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57907-2

Isolation of the Parent Triplet Titanocene via NHC Stabilization

F. Meyer, S. Demeshko, C. Golz, O. P. E. Townrow,* M. Fischer,* Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 8035-8040, DOI: 10.1039/D5DT00480B

Tuning the Selectivity of P4 Reduction at Alkaline-Earth Metal Centres

S. Thum, O. P. E. Townrow, J. Langer, S. Harder, Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 4528–4536. DOI: 10.1039/D4SC08502G

A Rare Case of Magnesium Alkyl Mediated CO-to-Alkoxide Conversion

O. P. E. Townrow, T. Richter, J. Langer, S. Harder, Chem. Eur. J., 2024, e202404028, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202404028

Redox-Neutral Ammonia Activation and Lithium Stannylenoid Formation Facilitated by Hemilabile Iminophosphorane-Based Ligands

D. M. J. Krengel, N. Graw, R. Herbst-Irmer, D. Stalke, O. P. E. Townrow,* M. Fischer,* Inorg. Chem. Front. 2024, 11, 8649-8659. DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02202E

Selectivity control in the reactivity of dipyrromethene gallium(I) complexes

T. Richter, S. Thum, O. P. E. Townrow, J. Langer, M. Wiesinger, S. Harder, J. Organomet. Chem. 2024, 1021, 123356. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2024.123356

Dipyrromethene as a Ligand for the Stabilization of Low-Valent Gallium Complexes

T. Richter, S. Thum, T. Vilpas, O. P. E. Townrow, L. Klerner, J. Langer, S. Harder, Organometallics 2024, 43, 1377–1385. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00164

En Route to a Molecular Terminal Tin Oxide

L. Kreßner, D. Duvinage, P. Puylaert, N. Graw, R. Herbst-Irmer, D. Stalke, O. P. E. Townrow,* M. Fischer,* Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 7455–7463. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00598

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of a Superbulky low-Valent beta-diketiminate Ga(I) Complex

T. Richter, S. Thum, O. P. E. Townrow, M. Wiesinger, J. Langer, S. Harder, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2024, 650, e202400044 DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202400044

Metal Vapour Synthesis of an Organometallic Barium(0) Synthon

O. P. E. Townrow, C. Färber, U. Zenneck, S. Harder, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 63, e202318428 (Hot Paper) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318428

Controlled Cluster Expansion at a Zintl Cluster Surface

O. P. E. Townrow, A. S. Weller, J. M. Goicoechea, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 63, e202316120. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316120

Thorium- and Uranium-Mediated C–H Activation of a Silyl-Substituted Cyclobutadienyl Ligand

N. Tsoureas, T. Rajeshkumar, O. P. E. Townrow, L. Maron, R. A. Layfield, Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 20629–20635. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03534