Main Group Pentafulvenes: Challenges and Opportunities in Heavy Main Group Isolobal Substitution of Pentafulvene

T Bhowmick, A Orthaber - ChemPhysChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Heterofulvenes based on isolobal substitution of carbon fragments by (heavier) main group
motifs provide a rich source of structurally interesting building blocks with electronic …

Expanding the Landscape of Phosphorous‐Based Open Shell Species: Stable Mono‐, Di‐, and Trianionic Radicals Based on a Contorted Triphosphaalkene

MA Ansari, R Deka, A Thapper… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The stepwise reduction of the highly contorted truxene‐based triphosphaalkene 1 using
KC8 led to the isolation of mono‐, di‐, and tri‐anionic species. The solid‐state molecular …

Reversible Metal‐Mediated Molecular Switching of a Phosphaethene Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon

T Bhowmick, JAL Wells, MA Ansari, JD Steen… - … –A European Journal - Wiley Online Library
This experimental and theoretical study illustrates how phosphaalkenes, which are isolobal
to alkenes, can utilize a variety of external triggers for molecular switching. The E/Z …