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Inside Cover: Formation of Ruthenium Carbenes by gem ‐Hydrogen Transfer to Internal Alkynes: Implications for Alkyne trans ‐Hydrogenation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42/2015)
Author(s) -
Leutzsch Markus,
Wolf Larry M.,
Gupta Puneet,
Fuchs Michael,
Thiel Walter,
Farès Christophe,
Fürstner Alois
Publication year - 2015
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.201508274
Subject(s) - alkyne , ruthenium , hydrogen atom , hydrogen , carbene , chemistry , transfer hydrogenation , cover (algebra) , carbon fibers , photochemistry , carbon atom , antiparallel (mathematics) , metal , crystallography , polymer chemistry , catalysis , materials science , physics , organic chemistry , ring (chemistry) , mechanical engineering , engineering , alkyl , quantum mechanics , composite number , magnetic field , composite material
How both hydrogen atoms of H 2 are transferred to a single carbon atom of an alkyne while the neighboring carbon atom is converted into a metal carbene is reported for the first time by A. Fürstner et al. in their Communication on page 12431 ff. The antiparallel spins “in the hands” of para‐hydrogen illuminate the otherwise hardly visible gemini within this remarkable constellation.