Mikhail Batov

Our chemistry from the recent print issue of @J_A_C_S: six-electron activation of dinitrogen enabled by a uranium bis(anilido)xanthene complex. Was enjoyable to explore this unusual reactivity together with @YPYuePang! @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

@Iris_Illera @J_A_C_S @YPYuePang @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet 🫡

@mikhailbatov @J_A_C_S @YPYuePang @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet Great work, cursed as always!

Our chemistry from the recent print issue of @J_A_C_S: six-electron activation of dinitrogen enabled by a uranium bis(anilido)xanthene complex. Was enjoyable to explore this unusual reactivity together with @YPYuePang! @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

3月に博士を取った学生が4月から渡独して博士研究員をやる予定だったのにビザの予約が全然取れず、本日やっと大使館へ行ったが、直前にキャンセルされて振り出しに戻ってしまった。若手研究者がドイツへ行って研究しようとしているのに大使館のこういう対応は良くない。 @GermanyinJapan

Dinitrogen Cleavage and Hydrogenation by a Uranium Hydride Complex Enabled through Metal–Ligand Cooperativity | Journal of the American Chemical Society @EPFL_en @EPFL pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

In press: Dinitrogen Reduction by Titanium PCP Complexes pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Some fine experimental work by Sara @Mark_Chadders @sarabelazregue @Britovsek_Group @imperialcollege @tcddublin

Diverse N2 Functionalization Enabled by an Unsymmetric Dititanium Complex | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

This exciting host–guest crystal structure showcases a three-armed molecular cage encapsulating two chloride anions, reported by Hao Li’s group at Zhejiang University, recently published in in Organic Letters @ Org. Lett. 🔗 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c03094. 📄 #CCDC: 2463918

Inverse Trans Influence and Uranium-Arene σ-Bonding Drive Molecular Geometry: Ligand Modification from Hard to Soft Flips the Oxide from Axial to Equatorial | Journal of the American Chemical Society @UniFAU @uiowa @usd pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

🇨🇭Lausanne 🤝🏻 Manchester 🇬🇧 An excellent collaboration between the Mazzanti and Liddle groups. Huge congratulations to Mikhail and Heather for this game-changing piece of work ☢️

Now out in @JACS_Au. Dinitrogen cleavage and photo driven hydrogenation of the resulting tungsten nitride. Great work @ChirikGroup's Matt. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Uranium-based catalyst turns air nitrogen into ammonia phys.org/news/2025-07-u…

Wouldn't have been possible without @UoMChemistry's @heatherpartlow1 @Johnseedo @snsf_ch @EPFL_en @EPFL_CHEM_Tweet

#Uranium-catalysed reduction of #dinitrogen to ammonia is now out in @NatureChemistry. Four distinct (and isolable!) intermediates, first time seeing side-on N2 doing N2-to-NH3 catalysis nature.com/articles/s4155…

Second one for the day. Always fun working together with the Song group. Congrats to Jack and Alexis! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Really proud to share that our work on a Dysprosium compound with hysteresis at 100 K has been published in @Nature Lead by @millsgroupchem @nfchilton and Jack Emerson-King with Ben Atkinson, Will Blackmore and @jeff_jeffty_jef nature.com/articles/s4158…

Here’s to more U(II)-s and U(I)-s!

Congrats to Bobby on his great Front Cover artwork for our Featured Article Co/Ni story, out now @Chem_CP ! #closeFullCover" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cell.com/issue/S2451-92…

We discovered an in crystallo organometallic isomerization that shows 4f-orbitals can (uniquely) promote chemical reactions among isostructural 3d, 4d, 5d, 4f, & 5f complexes! Check out our latest paper, out now @NatureChemistry rdcu.be/eiVZw

Kicking off the year in style with a dithorium Sb₂•³⁻ radical trianion complex. This represents the heaviest reported actinide-N₂ radical analogue, and Sb₂ radicals of any type remain unknown as d- or f-block derivatives - until now. Enjoy! @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Check out our latest paper in @NatureChemistry on the capture of (Bi5)-, the heaviest pentapnictogen analog of (C5H5)-, in a unique Co/Bi cluster. Huge thanks to Wernsdorfer & Weigend groups for great collaboration! @KITKarlsruhe @dfg_public @ERC_Research rdcu.be/d6TbD