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Cover Picture: Mononuclear and Terminal Zirconium and Hafnium Methylidenes (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41/2014)
Author(s) -
Kamitani Masahiro,
Pinter Balazs,
Chen ChunHsing,
Pink Maren,
Mindiola Daniel J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201408379
Subject(s) - zirconium , crystallography , supramolecular chemistry , chemistry , molecule , bifunctional , materials science , photochemistry , crystal structure , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry
Kinetically stable methylidene complexes of zirconium and hafnium were prepared through photolysis‐induced α‐H abstraction from the corresponding complexes with aryloxide and two methyl ligands. In their Communication on page 10913 ff., D. J. Mindiola and co‐workers describe their quest for a kinetically more resistant system (structure on top of the compass) by taking advantage of prior systems (old map with drawings), thus finding the target molecule (inside the treasure chest).