Navigating transition-metal chemical space: artificial intelligence for first-principles design

JP Janet, C Duan, A Nandy, F Liu… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The variability of chemical bonding in open-shell transition-metal complexes not
only motivates their study as functional materials and catalysts but also challenges …

Taming phosphorus mononitride

AK Eckhardt, MLY Riu, M Ye, P Müller, G Bistoni… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Phosphorus mononitride (PN) only has a fleeting existence on Earth, and molecular
precursors for the release of this molecule under mild conditions in solution have remained …

A Ruthenophosphanorcaradiene as a Synthon for an Ambiphilic Metallophosphinidene

TG Saint-Denis, TA Wheeler, Q Chen… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reaction of the ruthenium carbene complex Cp*(IPr) RuCl (1)(IPr= 1, 3-bis (Dipp) imidazol-2-
ylidene; Dipp= 2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) with sodium phosphaethynolate (NaOCP) led to …

Hydrogen atom abstraction by a high-spin [FeIII= S] complex

JA Valdez-Moreira, DC Wannipurage, M Pink, V Carta… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Iron-sulfur clusters are critical to a plethora of biological processes; however, little is known
about the elementary unit of these clusters, namely, the [Fe= S] n+ fragment. Here, we report …

Selective Preparation of Phosphorus Mononitride (P≡ N) from Phosphinoazide and Reversible Oxidation to Phosphinonitrene

W Qian, RC Wende, PR Schreiner… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The interstellar candidate phosphorus mononitride PN, a metastable species, was
generated through high‐vacuum flash pyrolysis of (o‐phenyldioxyl) phosphinoazide in …

Stabilizing P≡ P: P22–, P2⋅–, and P20 as bridging ligands

J Sun, H Verplancke, JI Schweizer, M Diefenbach… - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
In contrast to its lighter congener N 2, neutral diphosphorus with a P≡ P triple bond is a
highly reactive species observable only in the gas phase and by matrix isolation. Previous …

Synthesis of Carbene-Stabilized PNPN Fragments and Their Carbene-Dependent Redox Properties

EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the synthesis of carbene-stabilized 1, 3-diaza-2, 4-diphosphabutenes
CAACMePNPNCAACMe 4 CAAC (CAACMe= 1-[2, 6-bis (isopropyl) phenyl]-3, 3, 5, 5 …

Panoply of P: An Array of Rhenium–Phosphorus Complexes Generated from a Transition Metal Anion

DP Hales, T Rajeshkumar, AA Shiau, G Rao… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We expand upon the synthetic utility of anionic rhenium complex Na [(BDI) ReCp](1, BDI= N,
N'-bis (2, 6-diisopropylphenyl)-3, 5-dimethyl-β-diketiminate) to generate several rhenium …

Staudinger Reactivity and Click Chemistry of Anthracene (A)-Based Azidophosphine N3PA

AK Eckhardt, MLY Riu, P Muller… - Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
11-Azido-9, 10-dihydro-9, 10-phosphanoanthracene (N3P A) has been demonstrated
recently as a transfer reagent for molecular phosphorus mononitride (PN) because it easily …

Synthesis of a Carbene-Stabilized (Diphospha) aminyl Radical and Its One Electron Oxidation and Reduction to Nonclassical Nitrenium and Amide Species

EA LaPierre, LK Watanabe, BO Patrick… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the synthesis of an acyclic carbene-stabilized diphospha (aminyl) PNP
radical CAACMePNPCAACMe 4 (CAACMe= 1-[2, 6-bis (isopropyl) phenyl]-3, 3, 5, 5 …