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27 Mar 08:29

Recent advances in heavier group 15 (P, As, Sb, Bi) radical chemistry – frameworks, small molecule reactivity, and catalysis

Dalton Trans., 2025, 54,5234-5249
DOI: 10.1039/D4DT03582H, Frontier
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Deana L. G. Symes, Jason D. Masuda
New developments in the area of heavier pnictogen-based radicals continue to be reported, along with small molecule reactivity and newly discovered catalytic reactions.
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27 Mar 08:20

Isolation of the parent triplet titanocene via NHC stabilisation

Dalton Trans., 2025, 54,8035-8040
DOI: 10.1039/D5DT00480B, Communication
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Felix Meyer, Serhiy Demeshko, Christopher Golz, Oliver P. E. Townrow, Malte Fischer
We present the synthesis and characterization of the parent monomeric triplet titanocene, enabled by stabilization with the N-heterocyclic carbene IMe4.
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26 Mar 09:47

Stable crystalline keteniminyl anions

Publication date: 10 July 2025

Source: Chem, Volume 11, Issue 7

Author(s): Xin-Feng Wang, Rui Wei, Qiuming Liang, Chaopeng Hu, Liu Leo Liu

14 Mar 09:22

[ASAP] Alkane Dehydrogenation and H/D Exchange by a Cationic Pincer-Ir(III) Hydride: Cooperative C–H Addition and β-H Elimination Modes Induce Anomalous Selectivity

by Ashish Parihar, Thomas J. Emge, Faraj Hasanayn, and Alan S. Goldman

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c16699
12 Mar 14:09

[ASAP] Activation of B–C Bonds in [BArF24]− (BArF24 = Tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate) By Gold(I) Compounds With 1,1′-bis(phosphino)metallocene Ligands

by Tyler J. Roberts, Ava G. Katz, Anna E. Boggess, Jennifer K. Soika, Eric W. Reinheimer, and Chip Nataro

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00014
12 Mar 14:07

[ASAP] Efficient Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the HCO+ Cation

by Sebastian Steiner, Tobias Kuhn, Christoph Jessen, Valentin Bockmair, Alan Virmani, and Andreas J. Kornath

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c15975
12 Mar 09:56

[ASAP] Crystalline Arylstibinidene Chalcogenides: Heavier Congeners of Aromatic Nitroso Compounds

by Xinyi Li, Yizhen Chen, Shicheng Dong, Dongmin Wang, Lei Xu, Jun Zhu, and Gengwen Tan

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c00328
28 Feb 09:08

[ASAP] Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide by an Anionic Calcium Hydride: A Computational Mechanistic Study

by Alireza Ariafard, Farshad Shiri, Robert Stranger, Liesa Eickhoff, and Jamie Hicks

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00464
28 Feb 09:06

[ASAP] The π-Annulated Carbene 1,3-Di-iso-propylbenzimidazolin-2-ylidene (BIiPr) and Its Application in Nickel(0) Chemistry

by Martin S. Luff, Celine S. Corsei, and Udo Radius

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5c00015
27 Feb 14:21

[ASAP] Multigram-Scale Synthetic Routes to Solvent-Free Common Secondary Dialkylphosphines and Chlorodialkylphosphines

by Amanda A. Fogh, Sara Belazregue, Andrew E. Ashley, and F. Mark Chadwick

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00508
27 Feb 14:17

[ASAP] An Operationally Unsaturated Iridium-Pincer Complex That C–H Activates Methane and Ethane in the Crystalline Solid-State

by Matthew R. Gyton, M. Arif Sajjad, Daniel J. Storm, Kristof M. Altus, Joe C. Goodall, Chloe L. Johnson, Samuel J. Page, Alison J. Edwards, Ross O. Piltz, Simon B. Duckett, Stuart A. Macgregor, and Andrew S. Weller

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c18122
26 Feb 14:25

[ASAP] In Crystallo Wolff Rearrangement of a Metalated Diazoester: Structural Confirmation of the Singlet Carbene Wolff-Intermediate

by Ze-Jie Lv, Arnd Fitterer, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Serhiy Demeshko, Hendrik Verplancke, Max C. Holthausen, and Sven Schneider

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c18289
26 Feb 09:26

[ASAP] Cyclic (Alkenyl)(Amino)Carbene (SMeCAenAC): Introducing a Member to the Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)Carbenes Family Featuring a Narrow Energy Gap

by Chinmoy Majumder, Ankita Sharma, Bindusagar Das, Ritu Yadav, and Subrata Kundu

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c17319
26 Feb 08:47

[ASAP] Weakly Bound but Strongly Interacting: The Structures, Stabilities, and Dynamics of Osmium(II) Ethane, Propane, and Butane Complexes

by Nicolas E. Capra, Brian B. Trinh, and Gregory S. Girolami

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13921
20 Feb 13:02

[ASAP] Reactivity of Methyl Diruthenium Complexes with the Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) Ligand and Formation of Dinitrogen and Dihydrogen Complexes via Methane Loss

by Suhashini Handunneththige, Ryder Downey, Michael B. Hall, William W. Brennessel, and Robert M. Chin

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00444
20 Feb 12:58

[ASAP] Simultaneous Back-and-Forth Dual Reflux Apparatus for Complete Removal of Water and Alcohol in Equilibrium Systems

by Ju Yong Park, Hye In Seo, Hyeon Jeong Seo, Sangdeok Seo, Hyunjin Kim, Sang Uk Park, and Bun Yeoul Lee

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00481
24 Jan 08:03

[ASAP] Zerovalent Triphosphine Ruthenium Complexes for Coupling Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene

by Tristan T. Adamson, Laura G. Reeder, Steven P. Kelley, and Wesley H. Bernskoetter

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00433
24 Jan 07:49

[ASAP] Tetra-Cationic Distibane Stabilized by Bis(α-iminopyridine) and Its Reactivity

by Hritwik Haldar, Satyabrata Das, Haakon T. A. Wiedemann, Katrin Beuthert, Christopher W. M. Kay, Stefanie Dehnen, Cem B. Yildiz, and Moumita Majumdar

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12354
07 Jan 11:12

[ASAP] A Crystalline NiX6 Complex

by Josef T. Boronski, Agamemnon E. Crumpton, and Simon Aldridge

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12125
07 Jan 11:08

[ASAP] A Crystalline Unsupported Phosphagallene and Phosphaindene

by Álvaro García-Romero, Chenyang Hu, Maren Pink, and Jose M. Goicoechea

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c15041
10 Dec 13:46

[ASAP] Structural Snapshots of Reversible Carbon Dioxide Capture and (De)oxygenation at Group 14 Diradicaloids

by Falk Ebeler, Beate Neumann, Hans-Georg Stammler, Israel Fernández, and Rajendra S. Ghadwal

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c15062
04 Dec 14:24

[ASAP] Structural and Reactivity Implications of Homo- and Heterobimetallic Co(II) Amides Prepared via Trans(amination) Reactions

by Na Jin, Alessandra Logallo, and Eva Hevia

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00425
04 Dec 10:06

[ASAP] N–H Bond Activation of Ammonia by a Redox-Active Carboranyl Diphosphine

by Amanda L. Humphries, Gabrielle A. Tellier, Mark D. Smith, Anthony R. Chianese, and Dmitry V. Peryshkov

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12146
04 Dec 09:17

[ASAP] A Discrete Trialane with a Near-Linear Al3 Axis

by Debabrata Dhara, Lukas Endres, Aritra Roy, Rian D. Dewhurst, Rüdiger Bertermann, Felipe Fantuzzi, and Holger Braunschweig

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c10967
04 Dec 08:09

[ASAP] Isocyanide Ligation Enables Electrochemical Ammonia Formation in a Synthetic Cycle for N2 Fixation

by Jeremy E. Weber, Noah D. McMillion, Alexander S. Hegg, Ashlee E. Wertz, Mehrnaz Aliahmadi, Brandon Q. Mercado, Robert H. Crabtree, Hannah S. Shafaat, Alexander J. M. Miller, and Patrick L. Holland

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Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11187
29 Nov 12:35

[ASAP] Exploring the Site Selectivity of Arene Oxidation in [(η5-C5Me5)Ir(η6-arene)](OTf)2 Complexes

by Carlota Odena, Marina Perez-Jimenez, Ronghui Lin, and Paul J. Chirik

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00421
29 Nov 12:33

[ASAP] Trapping of Key “Ate” Intermediates of NHC-Group IV Relevant to Catalyzing Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with CO2

by Lakshmi Suresh, Ralte Lalrempuia, Torstein Fjermestad, Karl. W. Törnroos, Jérôme Bour, Gilles Frache, Ainara Nova, and Erwan Le Roux

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Organometallics
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00371
21 Nov 08:11

Formal nullwertige Bis(aren)Germylenkomplexe von Zirconium und Hafnium

by Max J. Eberhardt, Mira Baum, Stefan F. Clewing, Hartmut Schubert, Lars Wesemann
Formal nullwertige Bis(aren)Germylenkomplexe von Zirconium und Hafnium

Bis(aren)koordinationsverbindungen von Zirconium und Hafnium wurden in großen Ausbeuten durch 4-Elektronenreduktion von Tetrachloridaddukten mit einem Germylen-Phosphor-Lewis-Paar synthetisiert. Ein gefalteter Koordinationsmodus einer Areneinheit wird im Hinblick auf strukturelle und spektroskopische Daten diskutiert. Carbonylkomplexe wurden hergestellt. Dimethylbutadien reagiert unter Bildung eines Cyclohexadienyl- und Triorganogermatliganden. Diese Addition ist im Falle des Zirconiums bei Raumtemperatur reversibel.


Abstract

Zirconium- und Hafniumtetrachlorid bilden mit einem intramolekularen Germylen-Phosphor-Lewis-Paar Addukte (2, 3). Durch eine Zweielektronenreduktion mittels [MesNacnacMg]2 werden zweiwertige Komplexe mit einer η 6-Trip-Koordination am Zr(II)- und Hf(II)-Metallatom erhalten (4, 5). Die weitere Reduktion dieser M(II)-Komplexe führt zu nullwertigen Komplexen von Zirconium (6) und Hafnium (7), welche strukturell charakterisiert wurden. Zwei Areneinheiten und das Germylen koordinieren am Metall. Für beide Derivate 6 und 7 wurde für die koordinierende P-Phenyleinheit eine gefaltete Konformation festgestellt. Die nullwertigen Komplexe können auch durch die Vierelektronenreduktion eines Reaktionsgemisches der Metalltetrachloride mit dem Germylen-Phosphor-Lewis-Paar in guten Ausbeuten erhalten werden. Durch die Reaktion der nullwertigen Verbindungen mit Kohlenstoffmonoxid wurden Carbonylkomplexe synthetisiert. Dimethylbutadien zeigt eine Reaktion mit einer der koordinierten Areneinheiten und dem Germylenliganden der nullwertigen Komplexe, wodurch ein Cyclohexadienyl- und ein Triorganogermatligand gebildet werden. Im Falle des Zirconiums ist diese Reaktion reversibel.

20 Nov 14:09

Terphenyl‐Ge as μ2‐Ge‐bis(hexahapto‐Trip) Bridging Ligand to Form a New Transition Metal‐Only Chelating Lewis Base

by Johanna Manegold, Adrian Ebisch, Klaus Eichele, Hartmut Schubert, Lars Wesemann
Terphenyl-Ge as μ2-Ge-bis(hexahapto-Trip) Bridging Ligand to Form a New Transition Metal-Only Chelating Lewis Base

An unprecedented bis(hexahapto)-coordination mode for terphenyl substituents was identified in reaction of deprotonated Ar*GeH3 with [(COD)RhCl]2 followed by chloride abstraction. The germanium bridged cationic dirhodium complex features a delocalized [Rh−Ge−Rh] π-system. The [RhGeRh]-cation abstracts a chloride ligand from transition metal chloride complexes and acts as metal-only Lewis base chelating the metal fragments.


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Terphenylgermanium Ar*Ge [Ar*=C6H3(2,6-Trip)2, Trip=2,4,6-C6H2 iPr3] was found to act as a novel μ 2-Ge-bis(hexahapto-Trip) bridging ligand. Deprotonated terphenyl germanium trihydride [Li(thf)3][Ar*GeH2] (1) undergoes reductive elimination and transfer of hydrogen in reaction with dimeric [(COD)RhCl]2 to yield the dinuclear complex [Ar*GeRh(COE)RhCl(COD)] (2). Subsequent chloride abstraction from compound 2 using Na[BArF 4] or Li[Al(O t BuF)4] results in the cationic complexes [Ar*GeRh(COE)Rh(COD)][WCA] (3) {WCA: [BArF 4] (ArF=C6H3–3,5-(CF3)2), [Al(O t BuF)4]}. Ligand exchange of olefin for CO yields the carbonyl complex [Ar*Ge(Rh(CO))2][BArF 4] (4). In an alternative approach to the synthesis of carbonyl complex 4, [Li(thf)3][Ar*GeH2] (1) was treated with [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 leading to the isolation of a hexanuclear rhodium cluster [(μ 3-Ar*Ge)2{Rh(CO)2}6(μ 3-H)2] (5) in reasonable yield. In reactions with [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 or [Ph3PAuCl] complex 4 abstracts the chloride ligand and forms tetranuclear complexes featuring a GeRh3- or GeRh2Au-rectangle, [Ar*GeCl(Rh3(CO)4)][BArF 4] (6), or [Ar*GeCl{Rh2(CO)2}(AuPPh3)][BArF 4] (7).

20 Nov 08:43

Isolation and characterization of a triplet nitrene

by Dongmin Wang

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 19 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41557-024-01669-9

Triplet nitrenes are highly reactive species and thus their isolation and characterization are challenging. Now, a bulky hydrindacene ligand has been used to stabilize a triplet arylnitrene synthesized through photolysis of an azide precursor under mild conditions. The triplet nitrene has been fully characterized by various techniques including single-crystal X-ray diffraction, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and theoretical calculations.