Bismuth Compounds in Radical Reactions: Fundamental Aspects and Synthetic Applications

Project Information

Bismuth Goes Radical

Grant agreement ID: 946184

DOI

10.3030/946184

EC signature date 30 October 2020

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 30 April 2027

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 470 753,00

EU contribution

€ 1 470 753,00

Coordinated by

PHILIPPS UNIVERSITAET MARBURG
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (29)

Between imide, imidyl and nitrene – an imido iron complex in two oxidation states

Author(s): Sascha Reith; Serhiy Demeshko; Beatrice Battistella; Alexander Reckziegel; Christian Schneider; Andreas Stoy; Crispin Lichtenberg; Franc Meyer; Dominik Munz; C. Gunnar Werncke
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2041-6539
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01088g

Insertion of CO₂ and CS₂ into Bi–N bonds enables catalyzed CH-activation and light-induced bismuthinidene transfer

Author(s): Kai Oberdorf; Anna Hanft; Xiulan Xie; F. Matthias Bickelhaupt; Jordi Poater; Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Chemical Science, 2023, ISSN 2041-6539
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01635h

Charge Makes a Difference: Molecular Ionic Bismuth Compounds

Author(s): Johanna Heine, Benjamin Peerless, Stefanie Dehnen, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie, 2023, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218771

A Dibismuthane with Olefin Functional Groups: Towards Tridentate Hybrid Chalcogen/Olefin Ligands

Author(s): Felix Geist, Sebastián Martínez, Jacqueline Ramler, Kai Oberdorf, Lisa Brändler, Sascha Reith, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, ISSN 1434-1948
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202300415

Bismuth Radical Catalysis: Thermally Induced Intramolecular C(sp³)–C(sp) Cyclization of Unactivated Alkyl Iodides and Alkynes

Author(s): Sebastián Martínez, Marius A. Junghanns, Tobias Dunaj, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: ACS Catalysis, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) 14976-14982, ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c02812

Alkyl Bismuth Cations: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application as Z‐Type Ligands

Author(s): Johannes Schwarzmann, Joel Nitzsche, Cissie Slopianka, Liva Hartmann, William Augustinov, Alexandre Gagnon, Carsten von Hänisch, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 32, 2026, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.70803

Bonding in Low-Coordinated Organoarsenic and Organoantimony Compounds: A Threshold Photoelectron Spectroscopic Investigation

Author(s): Emil Karaev, Marius Gerlach, Lukas Faschingbauer, Jacqueline Ramler, Ivo Krummenacher, Crispin Lichtenberg, Patrick Hemberger, Ingo Fischer
Published in: Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023, ISSN 1521-3765
Publisher: Wiley VCH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300637

Bismut in der Dynamisch Kovalenten Chemie: Makrocyclen und Siebenkernige Komplexkationen mit Ungewöhnlichen Strukturen

Author(s): Andreas Stoy; Malte Jürgensen; Christina Millidoni; Chantsalmaa Berthold; Jacqueline Ramler; Sebastián Martínez; Magnus R. Buchner; Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie, 2023, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202308293

Charge Makes a Difference: Molecular Ionic Bismuth Compounds

Author(s): Johanna Heine; Benjamin Peerless; Stefanie Dehnen; Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1521-3757
Publisher: Wiley VCH
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202218771

Cyclic Hydrocarbon Frameworks Containing Two Bismuth Atoms: Towards 9,10‐Dibismaanthracene

Author(s): Dennis Rottschäfer, Sascha Reith, Johannes Schwarzmann, Frank Tambornino, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 30, 2024, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303363

Reductive Aromatization of 5,7,12,14‐Pentacenetetrone: Approach Towards Substituted Pentacenes?

Author(s): Olaf A. Kleykamp, Eugen Sharikow, Andreas Stoy, Xiulan Xie, Crispin Lichtenberg, Jörg Sundermeyer
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403929

Two Faces of the Bi−O Bond: Photochemically and Thermally Induced Dehydrocoupling for Si−O Bond Formation

Author(s): Jacqueline Ramler, Johannes Schwarzmann, Andreas Stoy, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, ISSN 1099-0682
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100934

The bismuth phosphanides Bi(PR ₂ ) ₃ : sources of phosphanyl radicals, P-inversion, and reversible olefin insertion

Author(s): Sascha Reith, Kai Oberdorf, Sebstián Martínez, Jann B. Landgraf, Alena Ahrens, Felix Jakobi, Xiulan Xie, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 17, 2026, Page(s) 5183-5191, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d5sc07240a

Bismuth in Dynamic Covalent Chemistry: Access to a Bowl‐Type Macrocycle and a Barrel‐Type Heptanuclear Complex Cation

Author(s): Andreas Stoy; Malte Jürgensen; Christina Millidoni; Chantsalmaa Berthold; Jacqueline Ramler; Sebastián Martínez; Magnus R. Buchner; Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308293

The Chlorido-Bismuth Dication: A Potent Lewis Acid Captured in a Hepta-Coordinate Species with a Stereochemically Active Lone Pair

Author(s): Ahmed Fetoh, Felipe Fantuzzi, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Inorganic Chemistry, Issue 63, 2024, Page(s) 12089-12099, ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01076

Bismuth Amides Mediate Facile and Highly Selective Pn–Pn Radical-Coupling Reactions (Pn=N, P, As)

Author(s): Kai Oberdorf, Anna Hanft, Jacqueline Ramler, Ivo Krummenacher, Matthias Bickelhaupt, Jordi Poater, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015514

Transition Metal Mimetic π-Activation by Cationic Bismuth(III) Catalysts for Allylic C–H Functionalization of Olefins Using C═O and C═N Electrophiles

Author(s): Ruihan Wang, Sebastián Martínez, Johannes Schwarzmann, Christopher Z. Zhao, Jacqueline Ramler, Crispin Lichtenberg, Yi-Ming Wang
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 146, 2024, Page(s) 22122-22128, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06235

Al( <scp>ii</scp> ) transfer harnessing a well-defined cadmium precursor

Author(s): Dominic Herle, Frerik Wurm, Crispin Lichtenberg, Fabian Dankert
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 17, 2026, Page(s) 7997-8006, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d6sc00437g

Bismutamide als einfache Vermittler hochselektiver Pn−Pn-Radikal-Kupplungsreaktionen (Pn=N, P, As)

Author(s): Kai Oberdorf, Anna Hanft, Jacqueline Ramler, Ivo Krummenacher, Matthias Bickelhaupt, Jordi Poater, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie, 2021, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202015514

The Careful Combination of Bismuth Compounds and CAAC: Formal Halonium and Nitrenium Transfer via Radical Pathways

Author(s): Gargi Kundu, Ahmed Fetoh, Jordi Poater, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 31, 2025, Page(s) e202500913, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500913

Bismuth Cations: Fluoride Ion Abstraction, Isocyanide Coordination, and Impact of Steric Bulk on Lewis Acidity

Author(s): Tobias Dunaj; Johannes Schwarzmann; Jacqueline Ramler; Andreas Stoy; Sascha Reith; Joel Nitzsche; Lena Völlinger; Carsten von Hänisch; Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Chemistry - A European Journal, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1521-3765
Publisher: Wiley VCH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202204012

Bismuth as a Z‐Type Ligand: an Unsupported Pt−Bi Donor‐Acceptor Interaction and its Umpolung by Reaction with H₂

Author(s): Johannes Schwarzmann, Toni Eskelinen, Sascha Reith, Jacqueline Ramler, Antti J. Karttunen, Jordi Poater, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie, Issue 136, 2024, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202410291

The Methylbismuth Dication: Pentagonal Pyramidal Coordination and Ligand‐Induced Lewis Superacidity

Author(s): Johannes Schwarzmann, Tamina Z. Kirsch, Benedikt Narz, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 65, 2026, Page(s) e16140, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202516140

Bismuth Meets Olefins: Ethylene Activation and Reversible Alkene Insertion into Bi─N Bonds

Author(s): Sangeetha Satheesh, Kai Oberdorf, Luis Roeck, Ahmed Fetoh, F. Matthias Bickelhaupt, Jordi Poater, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 64, 2026, Page(s) e202505434, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202505434

Diaryl Bismuthides and Acyl Bismuthanes Enable Visible-Light-Induced Reversible Carbon Monoxide Insertion and Extrusion

Author(s): Felix Geist, Benedikt Narz, Darian Boguslawski, Tobias Dunaj, Sascha Reith, Jordi Poater, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 10234, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66412-5

Bismuth Bound to Transition Metals: Visible‐Light‐Induced Olefin Coordination, Reductive Elimination, and Oxidative Addition

Author(s): Jacqueline Ramler, Felix Geist, Cornelius Mihm, Lukas Lubczyk, Sascha Reith, Christoph Herok, Felipe Fantuzzi, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Chemistry – A European Journal, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403253

Homoleptic Bismuth Alkynes: Isolable Reagents for Selective Alkynyl Radical Transfer

Author(s): Gargi Kundu, Felix Debbeler, Sascha Reith, Frerik Wurm, Alicia Casitas, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 65, 2026, Page(s) e19525, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202519525

Bismuth Compounds React With a Nitrone: Lewis Pair Formation and Quantification of Radical Trapping

Author(s): Andreas Stoy, Johannes Schwarzmann, Felix Geist, Ahmed Fetoh, Malte Jürgensen, Jordi Poater, Istemi Kuzu, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Helvetica Chimica Acta, Issue 109, 2026, Page(s) e00182, ISSN 0018-019X
Publisher: Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta
DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202500182

Reactivity of Diaryl Bismuth Cations toward a Platinum(0) Complex: Oxidative Aryl Transfer

Author(s): Johannes Schwarzmann, Cissie Slopianka, Crispin Lichtenberg
Published in: Organometallics, Issue 45, 2026, Page(s) 188-196, ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00441