Javier A. Cabeza

🎉 Save the date! XVII International School on Organometallic Chemistry Marcial Moreno Mañas (ISOC‑MMM 2026), taking place 10–12 June 2026 in Zaragoza.
Meet our inspiring plenary speakers: Hartwig, Diao, Schomaker, Casitas, Harder, Cramer and Wenger. isoc-mmm2026.com/home

Atom-swapping in a saturated heterocycle? We report a photocatalytic transmutation strategy in @Nature that exchanges O within an oxetane for N, S, C & even dual atoms, simplifying access to a variety of non-aromatic cyclic pharmacophores & enabling late-stage editing of complex bioactive molecules. Great DFT insights from @XZhangChem. @ChemNUS @ResearchFoS @NUSResearch #skeletalediting #atomswap #photocatalysis #oxetanes #azetidines #thietanes #cyclobutanes #drugdiscovery nature.com/articles/s4158…

The International Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Germanium, Tin & Lead (GTL-18) will take place in Oldenburg (Germany) August 23rd-28th 2026. The webpage gtl18.uol.de has been launched recently

👏👏Eugenio Coronado Receives the JSCC International Award from the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry.   The award was officially presented today, September 16, 2025, during a recognition ceremony held at Nagasaki University (Japan), as part of the 75th Annual Conference of the JSCC. Eugenio Coronado is the first Spanish chemist to receive this distinguished award.

Huge congratulations to John! His latest paper on the neutral alumene obtained via CO reduction by tetra-silyl alumane and subsequent CO homologation is now out in @NatureSynthesis! nature.com/articles/s4416…

A main group metal carbonyl complex! Max, Andrey, Aggy, Surendar et al.’s study of a main group metal carbonyl complex – its synthesis, structure and reactivity – is just out in @ScienceMagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… @OxfordChemistry @OxICFM @maxxdietz

This is what Main Group Chemistry is all about! Great challenges but unbelievable surprises!