Heavier element-containing aromatics of [4 n+ 2]-electron systems

K Ota, R Kinjo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
While the implication of the aromaticity concept has been dramatically expanded to date
since its emergence in 1865, the classical [4n+ 2]/4n-electron counting protocol still plays an …

Heavier group 13/15 multiple bond systems: synthesis, structure and chemical bond activation

F Dankert, C Hering-Junghans - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Heavier group 13/15 multiple bonds have been under investigation since the late 80s and to
date, several examples have been published, which shows the obsoleteness of the so …

A Free Phosphaborene Stable at Room Temperature

J Li, Z Lu, LL Liu - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
Free phosphaborenes (R–P═ B–R) are PB analogues of alkynes, and their isolation is a
long-sought-after goal. Herein, we demonstrate that the combination of a π-donating and a π …

Anions featuring an aluminium–silicon core with alumanyl silanide and aluminata-silene characteristics

M Ludwig, D Franz, A Espinosa Ferao, M Bolte… - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular species containing multiple bonds to aluminium have long been challenging
synthetic targets. Despite recent landmark discoveries in this area, heterodinuclear Al–E …

A Crystalline Monomeric Phosphaborene

EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report the synthesis of the monomeric phosphaborene Ar* P═ B (TMP)(2)(Ar*= 2, 6-bis
(triisopropylphenyl)-3, 5-diisopropylphenyl) containing 2-coordinate phosphorus and boron …

Generation of a transient base-stabilised arylalumylene for the facile deconstruction of aromatic molecules

D Dhara, A Jayaraman, M Härterich, RD Dewhurst… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
While a stable base-free arylalumylene bearing a sterically encumbered terphenyl
substituent has been reported previously, we herein report that our attempts to form a base …

Metal‐Free N− H Bond Activation by Phospha‐Wittig Reagents

F Dankert, JE Siewert, P Gupta… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
N‐containing molecules are mostly derived from ammonia (NH3). Ammonia activation has
been demonstrated for single transition metal centers as well as for low‐valent main group …

Three-Membered Aluminacycles

C Yan, R Kinjo - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Three-membered-ring scaffolds of carbocycles, namely, cyclopropanes and cyclopropenes,
are ubiquitous in natural products and pharmaceutical molecules. These molecules exhibit a …

Structures, Bonding Analyses and Reactivity of a Dicationic Digallene and Diindene Mimicking trans‐bent Ditetrylenes

A Barthélemy, H Scherer, M Daub… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of bisdicyclohexylphosphinoethane (dcpe) and the subvalent MI sources [MI
(PhF) 2][pf](M= Ga+, In+;[pf]−=[Al (ORF) 4]−; RF= C (CF3) 3) yielded the salts [{M (dcpe)} …

Reversible and Irreversible [2+ 2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Heteroallenes to a Gallaphosphene

MK Sharma, C Wölper, G Haberhauer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cycloaddition reactions of gallaphosphene L (Cl) GaPGaL 1 (L= HC [C (Me) N (2, 6‐i‐
Pr2C6H3)] 2) with carbodiimides [C (NR) 2; R= i‐Pr, Cy] and isocyanates [RNCO; R= Et, i …