Advances in Bismuth Chemistry

Crispin Lichtenberg studied chemistry at the universities of Cambridge (UK) and Marburg. Having earned his PhD degree at the RWTH Aachen University, he worked as a postdoc at the ETH Zurich (CH) and finished his habilitation at the University of Würzburg. Scientific awards include an ERC starting grant and a Heisenberg grant (DFG). Since 2022, he is a LOEWE Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Philipps-University of Marburg. His research interests cover molecular bismuth compounds and redox-active ligands aiming at the design of new structural motifs and the exploration of their reactivity towards applications in synthesis, catalysis, and materials science.

• Molecular Bismuth Compounds Ligand Design and Reactivity.- Nitrogen Based Ligands in the Coordination Sphere of Bismuth.- Geometrically Constrained Bismuth Compounds.- Bismuthinidenes.- Low Valent Molecular Bismuth Compounds Neutral Bi(I) and Bi(II) Species, Molecular Bi Clusters and Radicals.- Cationic Species and Catalysis.- Green Chemistry Using Bismuth Compounds.