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Cover Picture: Isolatable Organophosphorus(III)–Tellurium Heterocycles (Chem. Eur. J. 3/2014)
Author(s) -
Nordheider Andreas,
Chivers Tristram,
Schön Oliver,
Karaghiosoff Konstantin,
Athukorala Arachchige Kasun S.,
Slawin Alexandra M. Z.,
Woollins J. Derek
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490005
Subject(s) - tellurium , chemistry , selenium , phosphorus , sulfur , cover (algebra) , inorganic chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering
Phosphorus sulfides have been known for over 270 years and are familiar to us in strike‐anywhere matches, which contain P 4 S 3 . Many phosphorus–sulfur and phosphorus–selenium compounds have been discovered and characterized but, in contrast, phosphorus–tellurium compounds are quite rare, since it is difficult to stabilise the PTe and PTe bonds. In their Full paper on page 704 ff. J. D. Woollins and co‐workers present the first crystal structures of organophosphorus(III)–tellurium heterocycles, which can be stabilized and structurally characterized by the appropriate choice of bulky substituents or the installation of a P V 2 N 2 anchor.