Werncke group

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.

Interested students for Bachelor or Master theses as well as "Vertiefungsarbeiten" are highly welcomed and should either contact me directly (via Mail or directly in my office) or my scientific co-workers.

News (also via BlueSky:

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