Increasing covalency from O to S to Se
Author Archive for: Chemistry – A European Journal (258)
How Bulky Can a Phosphine Ligand Be?
Sterically crowded tris(2-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl)phosphine studied
The Simplest Phosphorus Superbase
Easy and scalable synthesis of tris(1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidinyl)phosphine
Helical Aromatic Ketones
Helically fused anthraquinones with unusually close carbonyl–carbonyl contacts
Late-Stage Amination of Drug-Like Benzoic Acids
Access to anilines and drug conjugates via iridium-catalyzed C−H activation
Non-Aqueous Neptunium(III) Halide Solvates
Three convenient synthetic routes to neptunium compounds
Base-Mediated Radical Borylation of Alkyl Sulfones
Direct access to alkylboronate esters
The Chemical Bond: Failure of the Electronegativity Model
When atom size instead of electronegativity difference determines the trend in bond strength
Benzodiphosphaborolediide Synthesized
First example of a phosphaborolediide as a readily prepared lithium salt
When Longer Bonds Provide Higher Stability
Concept that longer bonds are always weaker challenged using quantum-chemical calculations