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Cover Picture: Ylide‐Functionalized Phosphines: Strong Donor Ligands for Homogeneous Catalysis (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39/2018)
Author(s) -
Scherpf Thorsten,
Schwarz Christopher,
Scharf Lennart T.,
Zur JanaAlina,
Helbig Andreas,
Gessner Viktoria H.
Publication year - 2018
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.201808282
Subject(s) - catalysis , chemistry , ylide , surface modification , combinatorial chemistry , homogeneous catalysis , homogeneous , cover (algebra) , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Power to phosphines Phosphines are one of the most utilized types of ligands in catalysis and their advancement is indispensable for further developments in this field. In their Communication on page 12859 ff., V. H. Gessner et al. demonstrate that ylide functionalization is a powerful tool to increase the donor strength of phosphines. The YPhos ligands obtained are easy to synthesize, more electron‐rich than classical phosphines or even NHCs, and allow for improved catalytic activity in gold catalysis.