Dr. Robert M. Edkins

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-1 und Äquivalente
FachgebietAnorganische Molekülchemie,Spektroskopie
Keywordssynthesis, transition metal, boron, photophysics, organometallic

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandVereinigtes Königreich
OrtGlasgow
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Strathclyde
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Todd Benjamin MarderInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.05.2014

Programm(e)

2013Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für Postdocs

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2015R. M. Edkins, E. Hayden, J. W. Steed, and K. Fucke: Conserved hydrogen bonding in tetrahydrocarbazolone derivatives: Influence of solution-state assembly on crystal form nucleation. In: Chemical Communications, 2015, 5314-5317
2015Z. Zhang, R. M. Edkins, J. Nitsch, K. Fucke, A. Eichhorn, A. Steffen, Y. Wang, and T. B. Marder: D-π-A triarylboron compounds with tunable push-pull character achieved by modification of both the donor and acceptor moieties. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2015, 177-190
2015L. Ji, R. M. Edkins, A. Lorbach, I. Krummenacher, C. Brückner, A. Eichhorn, H. Braunschweig, B. Engels, P. J. Low, and T. B. Marder: Electron delocalization in reduced forms of 2-(BMes2)pyrene and 2,7-Bis(BMes2)pyrene. In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 6750-6753
2015Z. Zhang, R. M. Edkins, K. Fucke, J. Nitsch, A. Steffen, L. Longobardi, D. W. Stephan, C. Lambert, and T. B. Marder: Optical and electronic properties of organoboron compounds with strongly electron-accepting bis(fluoromesityl)boryl groups. In: Chemical Science, 2015, 308-321
2015L. Ji, A. Lorbach, R. M. Edkins, and T. B. Marder: Synthesis and photophysics of a 2,7–disubstituted donor-acceptor pyrene derivative: An example of the application of sequential Ir-catalyzed C–H borylation and substitution chemistry. In: Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015, 5658-5665
2015Z. Zhang, R. M. Edkins, M. Haehnel, M. Wehner, A. Eichhorn, L. Mailänder, M. Meier, J. Brand, F. Brede, K. Müller-Buschbaum, H. Braunschweig, and T. B. Marder: Taming the beast: fluoromesityl groups induce a dramatic stability enhancement in boroles. In: Chemical Science, 2015, 5922-5927
2014L. Ji, R. M. Edkins, L. J. Sewell, A. Beeby, A. S. Batsanov, K. Fucke, M. Drafz, J. A. K. Howard, O. Moutounet, F. Ibersiene, A. Boucekkine, E. Furet, Z. Liu, J.-F. Halet, C. Katan, and T. B. Marder: Experimental and theoretical studies of quadrupolar oligothiophene-cored chromophores containing dimesitylboryl moieties as π-accepting end groups: Syntheses, structures, fluorescence, one- and two-photon absorption. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, 13618-13635
2014A. Steffen, R. M. Ward, M. G. Tay, R. M. Edkins, F. Seeler, M. van Leeuwen, L.-O. Pålsson, A. Beeby, A. S. Batsanov, J. A. K. Howard, and T. B. Marder: Regiospecific formation and unusual optical properties of 2,5-bis(arylethynyl)rhodacyclopentadienes: A new class of luminescent organometallic compounds. In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, 3652-3666
2014S. Zhang, X. Qiao, Y. Chen, Y. Wang, R. M. Edkins, Z. Liu, H. Li, and Q. Fang: Synthesis, structure and opto-electronic properties of regioisomeric pyrene-thienoacenes. In: Organic Letters, 2014, 342-345