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Back Cover: Understanding the Origins of Nucleophilic Hydride Reactivity of a Sodium Hydride–Iodide Composite (Chem. Eur. J. 21/2016)
Author(s) -
Hong Zonghan,
Ong Derek Yiren,
Muduli Subas Kumar,
Too Pei Chui,
Chan Guo Hao,
Tnay Ya Lin,
Chiba Shunsuke,
Nishiyama Yusuke,
Hirao Hajime,
Soo Han Sen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201601556
Subject(s) - chemistry , hydride , nucleophile , sodium hydride , iodide , reagent , composite number , lattice energy , inorganic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , polymer chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , crystal structure , materials science , composite material , catalysis , hydrogen
NaH, as taught in organic chemistry textbooks , is typically unsuitable as a hydridic reagent. Like the space shuttle trapped in the cage of our molecular model, NaH is unable to escape the strong ionic lattice. With the help of the NaI booster, NaH forms a novel composite that can overcome a lower energy barrier. This work explains our breakthrough in using NaH as a nucleophilic hydride and—akin to the space shuttle—boldly going where no chemist has gone before. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. Chiba, Y. Nishiyama, H. Hirao, H. S. Soo et al. on page 7108 ff.