The Meyer Group

Willkommen bei der Meyer Gruppe!

        Many natural enzymes contain metal ions within their active sites, and such bioinorganic systems provide inspiration for the design of new types of catalysts for small molecule activation, and for substrate transformations relevant to sustainable energy scenarios. Research in our group contributes to understanding the functional principles of metalloenzymes, specifically through the characterization of reactive intermediates. Based on mechanistic insight, new bioinspired metal catalysts are developed, including electro- and photocatalytic systems. While synthesis is the cornerstone of most of our research, we apply a wide range of the state-of-art analytic and spectroscopic tools to address specific scientific questions, as well as for handling highly air-sensitive compounds.


(384) Out-of-equilibrium dynamics of a grid-like Fe(II) spin crossover dimer triggered by a two-photon excitation J. de Jesus Velazquez-Garcia, K. Basuroy, J. Wong, S. Demeshko, F. Meyer, I. Kim, R. Henning, Y. U. Staechelin, H. Lange, S. Techert Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 13531–13540

(383) Cooperative Sulfur Transformations at a Dinickel Site: A Metal Bridging Sulfur Radical and Its H‑Atom Abstraction Thermochemistry V. Tagliavini, P.-C. Duan, S. Chatterjee, E. Ferretti, S. Dechert, S. Demeshko, L. Kang, S. Peredkov, S. DeBeer, F. Meyer J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 23158−23170

(382) Record Quantum Tunneling Time in an Air-Stable Exchange-Bias Dysprosium Macrocycle Z. Zhu, S. Paul, C. Zhao, J. Wu, X. Ying, L. Ungur, W. Wernsdorfer, F. Meyer, J. Tang J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 18899−18904

(381) Hourglass-Shaped Homo- and Heteronuclear Nonanuclear Lanthanide Clusters: Structures, Magnetism, Photoluminescence, and Theoretical Analysis P. Pandey, D. Chauhan, M. G. Walawalkar, S. K. Gupta, F. Meyer, G. Rajaraman, R. Murugavel Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 11963−11976

(380) Ferromagnetically Coupled Chromium(III) Dimer Shows Luminescence and Sensitizes Photon Upconversion S. Trippmacher, S. Demeshko, A. Prescimone, F. Meyer, O. S. Wenger, C. Wang Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202400856

(379) Gradual solid-state redox-isomerism in the lanthanide series D. A. Lukina, A. A. Skatova, R. V. Rumyantcev, S. V. Demeshko, F. Meyer, I. L. Fedushkin Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 9119−9128

(378) Chromium−Thiolate Complex Undergoing C−S Bond Cleavage K. Shen, M. Gennari, C. Philouze, A. Velić, S. Demeshko, F. Meyer, C. Duboc Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 9119−9128

(377) Testing functional anchor groups for the efficient immobilization of molecular catalysts on silver surfaces O. Bunjes, A. Rittmeier, D. Hedman, S.-A. Hua, L. A. Paul, F. Meyer, F. Ding, M. Wenderoth Communications Chemistry 2024, 7, 107