Chemistry professor (UvA Amsterdam). Research interests: Organometallic Chemistry & Catalysis, Radicals, Carbenes, Nitrenes

Joined December 2013
Delighted to share our recent work published in @J_A_C_S!! In this study, we use pyrido-oxazolone for the very first time as a nitrene surrogate, enabling a photoinduced N–N coupling reaction. Fantastic collaboration with @bruin_bas @ChattopadhyayL1 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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Reversible single-electron-transfer (SET) in #maingroup systems—cyclic pnictogen radicals—analogs of aryl radical anions in Birch reductions—just published in @angew_chem Congratulations to Henric and all @Ghadwal_Group @bruin_bas Thanks @dfg_public onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Geweldig nieuws: hoogleraar Gert-Jan Gruter @HimsUva en @Avantium is benoemd tot Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw voor zijn buitengewone bijdragen aan duurzame chemie en zijn inzet voor innovatie en maatschappelijke impact. Van harte @GJGruter 🎊 go.uva.nl/3BSXE1v
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At last night's Ig Nobel prize ceremony, teams from the UvA took home not one, but TWO prizes 🎉. Read below how drunken worms 🪱🍸and more coin tosses 💰than seems strictly necessary brought the prizes back to the Netherlands. go.uva.nl/3XGCpbB
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Congratulations Henric @HenricSteffen & Dennis @Dennis_Rott on your recent work @Ghadwal_Group on "Non‐Kekulé m‐Quinodimethane Singlet Diradicals" another fruitful collaboration (thanks Bas) with @bruin_bas @UvA_Amsterdam - @dfg_public @AvHStiftung 👉 chemistry-europe.onlinelibra…
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Trots op mijn grote kleine meid, omdat ze haar HBO diploma heeft gehaald
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Didam op stelten 2024
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Check out this interesting approach to generate cobalt carbene radical complexes by our talented PhD student @DemiSnabilie xitter.cf/DemiSnabilie/status/17…
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Check out in @NatureComms our new paper on the photocatalytic C(sp2)–C(sp3) Suzuki−Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl bromides with alkyl boranes: nature.com/articles/s41467-0… Great work by @_lucapaldo, @Ting__Wan, Jonas, Angela, @FelixJdeZwart, @bruin_bas and @tnoel82 #FlowChemistry
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Bas de Bruin retweeted
#ThrowbackThursday! In '2022 at a glance', we placed Marie Brands (@UvA_Amsterdam) in the spotlights! Read more about her research on page 12 of '2022 at a glance': arc-cbbc.nl/uploads/2022-at-… @MarieBrands
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Bas de Bruin retweeted
📍Catalysis: how to replace palladium with greener systems ➡️iscr.univ-rennes.fr/greener-… Congratulations👏 to the teams involved! #ISCR @CNRSchimie @CNRS_dr17 @RennesUniv @ENSCR @INSA_Rennes @bruin_bas @UvA_Amsterdam
#chimie ⚗️ #ResultatScientifique 📕 🔎 l #Catalyse : comment remplacer le palladium par des systèmes plus verts Des catalyseurs à base de cobalt surpassent ses performances... 🤝 @chimie_ISCR @CNRS_dr17 @RennesUniv @ENSCR @INSA_Rennes ➡️ buff.ly/3wFTQyh
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Glad to share Henric's @HenricSteffen work @Ghadwal_Group on "N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Analogues of Wittig Hydrocarbon" great collaboration with @bruin_bas thanks to @AvHStiftung and @dfg_public #BehindtheScene: A story to tell but not in public😉😉 chemistry-europe.onlinelibra…
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Bas de Bruin retweeted
On 15 February, Felix de Zwart (@UvA_Amsterdam) successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations, and good luck with the rest of your career! 🎓 @FelixJdeZwart @bruin_bas
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