Light‐driven Reactivity and Molecular Sensors

Alessandro Bismuto, recipient of the FCI-Dozentenpreis, conducts research on pnictogens at the interface between main-group and transition-metal chemistry—especially antimony and bismuth compounds. He uses them in catalytic and photochemical processes, builds functional materials from them, and employs them for light-induced reactions. Heavy pnictogen double bonds are challenging The synthesis and subsequent activation of multiple bonds between heavy Group 15 elements, specifically antimony and bismuth, have historically posed a remarkable challenge in main-group chemistry.1) While azobenzenes and diphosphenes have been extensively characteri...