Martyn Coles

Practitioner of Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington.

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

Bimetallic Al–M complexes derived from low-valent aluminium sources (M = s-/p-block metal)
https://t.co/AofMjqgQvt
Hopefully a useful resource for those working with bimetallic Al–M complexes

[Main Group Chemistry @ IISERTVM @MainTvm]

🌐 ICMGSC 2027 website is now LIVE! https://t.co/VcjhOi15PO
Pre-registration for international graduate students & postdocs opens 5 October 2026.
#ICMSGC2027 #MainGroupChemistry #Catalysis
@tvmiiser

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

@clairemcmullin @DrAnkerLab @GuntleyJac96725 @BathChem Nice to see this work published. Things don't always go according to plan - and that's when they can be more interesting. Another example of flexible coordination for out NON-ligand

[Dr Claire McMullin @clairemcmullin]

New paper alert 🚨 from @Coles_lab with @DrAnkerLab and @GuntleyJac96725 (his first @BathChem publication!) looking at bimetallic In-M complexes (M=Fe/Mn) 🧪💻
https://t.co/9SIu1QXafo

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

Heterobimetallic aluminium/group 4 complexes derived from single-electron processes initiated by an aluminyl anion

Things don't always go according to plan... A very challenging study now published in Dalton Trans.

https://t.co/JKoGysZUj9

[Matthew Evans @EvansInorganic]

Reposts greatly appreciated 🙏

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

The aluminyl anion performing as a reducing agent...

Reductive Deamination of a Diaminogermylene Promoted by an Aluminyl Anion: Isolation of Ge(I), Ge(0) and Ge(‐I) Products - Angewandte Chemie International Edition (https://t.co/kTVhDwOcB8)

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

C–C Bond Formation at an Aluminacyclopropane | Organometallics (https://t.co/PUEvrFBtu1).
Published as part of the Organometallics special issue “Organometallic Chemistry Beyond the Transition Metals: Fundamentals and Applications of the P-Block”.

[ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal @ChemEurJ]

Reaction of a Potassium Aluminyl with Sn[N(SiMe3)2]2 - Isolation of a Stable, Trimetallic Sn(I) Radical Anion (@Evansinorganic, N. Cox, C. L. McMullin @clairemcmullin, R. Fulton, M. P. Coles @Coles_lab and co-workers) #openaccess 🔓 https://t.co/4JJPxPGrMO

[Main Group Chemistry @ IISERTVM @MainTvm]

Wrapping up an incredible journey of talks at #ICMGSC2025 with the final talk on the versatility of Aluminyl anion and its role in constructing bimetallic bonds, by Prof. Martyn P Coles from the University of Wellington! @Coles_lab @Chemie_iisertvm @RoySocChem @DaltonTrans

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

Our first report of our [Ga(NON)] anion - not quite the same as the aluminyl...
Started by Matt (@EvansInorganic ) and studied in detail by Andrea (@oreilinorganic)

[Ken Lo @bhkenlo]

Reductive Coupling of Ketones: Contrasting the Reactivity of an Aluminyl and a Gallyl Anion | Inorganic Chemistry https://t.co/lOwiL5g4vY Fulton, Coles and co-workers @InorgChem #gallyl #aluminyl #CDP #reductive_coupling #ketones

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

Great to be back and looking forward to the conference!

[Main Group Chemistry @ IISERTVM @MainTvm]

ICMGSC 2025: Early birds! @Coles_lab @Ghadwal_Group

[Kyle Pearce @KyleGPearce]

We need your help! The Main group Interest group is looking to award the @RoySocChem Main Group PhD Lectureship Prize for the advancement of Main Group chemistry during their PhD. See details below:

[Main Group Chemistry @ IISERTVM @MainTvm]

📢ICMGSC 2025, 13-16th February:
As we approach close to the conference, here is the overview of the speakers!

https://t.co/x93yCPtdGM

@tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm @RoySocChem @DaltonTrans @remulveygroup @Ghadwal_Group
@ChrisSlootweg @Francois_Gabbai @dmresearchgroup @rebecca_melen @harder_research @SangitK35711415 @SDRobertsonChem @KrossingGroup @LabBraunschweig @RiedelLab @scheschkewitz @OrthaberLab @Jones_Research @Moumita_CHEM @organomimetic @Coles_lab

[Main Group Chemistry @ IISERTVM @MainTvm]

📢ICMGSC 2025: Program Schedule Announced! The talks are well spread out from the beginning till the end to keep up the excitement among the audience befitting the conference theme!

https://t.co/BNgxsL73xO

@tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm @RoySocChem @DaltonTrans @remulveygroup @Ghadwal_Group @ChrisSlootweg @Francois_Gabbai @dmresearchgroup @rebecca_melen @harder_research @SangitK35711415 @SDRobertsonChem @KrossingGroup @LabBraunschweig @RiedelLab @scheschkewitz @OrthaberLab @Jones_Research @Moumita_CHEM @organomimetic @Coles_lab

[ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal @ChemEurJ]

Frustrated Lewis Pairs from Al-E{14} Bonds (E{14}=Ge, Sn, Pb) (@EvansInorganic, Claire L. McMullin @clairemcmullin, J. Robin Fulton, Martyn P. Coles @Coles_lab and co-workers) • https://t.co/bcBNHDTHfV

[Dr Claire McMullin @clairemcmullin]

New Computational Chemistry PDRA post available working with the Hill group (ends 09/2026) #chemjobsuk #compchem apply by 11/11 🧪💻 ED12140 Research Associate (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath - Check it out now! 👀

[Martyn Coles @Coles_lab]

Turning up the heat...
1,4-Dialumination of benzene by sodium and potassium aluminyls
https://t.co/3Y8ompo7GY
Turns out our Na / K aluminyls will activate benzene, they just need heating to 100 °C!!
Dedicated to Rab Mulvey - an inspiration to main group chemists worldwide

[Chemical Communications @ChemCommun]

ICYMI, from @Coles_Lab, @oreilinorganic, @Clairemcmullin, @harder_research and co.

"Mixing and matching N,N- and N,O-chelates in anionic Mg(i) compounds: synthesis and reactivity with RN=C=NR and CO"

#OpenAccess 🔓

https://t.co/wZuyc6ikwC

[Chemical Communications @ChemCommun]

Check out "Mixing and matching N,N- and N,O-chelates in anionic Mg(i) compounds: synthesis and reactivity with RN=C=NR and CO" by @Coles_Lab, @oreilinorganic, @Clairemcmullin, @harder_research & co!

Read the #OpenAccess article here 👇
https://t.co/KXMHiQ3Ykm