Beyond steric crowding: dispersion energy donor effects in large hydrocarbon ligands

KL Mears, PP Power - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Interactions between sterically crowded hydrocarbon-substituted ligands are
widely considered to be repulsive because of the intrusion of the electron clouds of the …

Low-valent transition metalate anions in synthesis, small molecule activation, and catalysis

VR Landaeta, TM Horsley Downie, R Wolf - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
This review surveys the synthesis and reactivity of low-oxidation state metalate anions of the
d-block elements, with an emphasis on contributions reported between 2006 and 2022 …

Reactions of Tri-tert-Butylphosphatetrahedrane as a Spring-Loaded Phosphinidene Synthon Featuring Nickel-Catalyzed Transfer to Unactivated Alkenes

MLY Riu, AK Eckhardt… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cage-opening reactions of the highly strained tri-tert-butylphosphatetrahedrane (1), shown
here to function as a synthon of (tri-tert-butylcyclopropenyl) phosphinidene, are described …

Isolation of an elusive phosphatetrahedrane

MLY Riu, RL Jones, WJ Transue, P Müller… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
This exploratory synthesis investigation was undertaken to determine the viability of
replacing a single carbon vertex with another p-block element in a highly strained …

Redox‐Active BIAN‐Based Iron Complexes in Catalysis

MA Chacon‐Teran, M Findlater - European Journal of Inorganic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract α‐Diimine ligands have contributed extensively to the coordination chemistry of the
majority of the transition metals; bis (arylimino) acenaphthene ligands (BIANs) have been …

Supramolecular compounds assembled from the heteroleptic tetrahedral complex [{CpMo (CO) 2} 2 (μ, η 2-AsSb)] and metal salts

ME Moussa, PA Shelyganov, M Seidl… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Supramolecular compounds assembled from the heteroleptic tetrahedral complex [{CpMo(CO)
2 } 2 (μ,η 2 -AsSb)] and metal salts - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D4CC01001A …

Cluster Chemistry with (Pseudo-)Tetrahedra Involving Group 13–15 (Semi-)Metal Atoms

F Pan, L Guggolz, S Dehnen - CCS Chemistry, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
Compounds containing (pseudo-) tetrahedral main group (semi-) metal units are
fundamentally important in three aspects. First, they provide new strategies for the …

Structure and photochemistry of di-tert-butyldiphosphatetrahedrane

G Hierlmeier, RJ Kutta, P Coburger, HG Stammler… - Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Di-tert-butyldiphosphatetrahedrane (tBuCP) 2 (1) is a mixed carbon-and phosphorus-based
tetrahedral molecule, isolobal to white phosphorus (P4). However, despite the fundamental …

Synthesis and Reactivity of Hetero‐Pnictogen Diazonium Analogs Stabilized by Transition Metal Units

L Zimmermann, C Riesinger, G Balázs… - … –A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reactivity of the mixed dipnictogen complexes [{CpMo (CO) 2} 2 (μ, η2: 2‐PE)](E= P, As,
Sb) towards different group 14 electrophiles is reported. The resulting library of cationic …

Alleviating strain in organic molecules by incorporation of phosphorus: Synthesis of triphosphatetrahedrane

MLY Riu, M Ye, CC Cummins - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Phosphatetrahedranes (t BuCP) 2 and (t BuC) 3P were recently reported and represent the
first tetrahedranes containing a mixed carbon/phosphorus core. Herein, we report that …