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Frontispiece: Phosphorus‐Containing Superbases: Recent Progress in the Chemistry of Electron‐Abundant Phosphines and Phosphazenes
Author(s) -
Weitkamp Robin F.,
Neumann Beate,
Stammler HansGeorg,
Hoge Berthold
Publication year - 2021
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.202184263
Subject(s) - superbase , phosphorus , chemistry , lewis acids and bases , catalysis , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , materials science
Forged in fire . Flaming phosphorus is the hottest element of current Lewis and Brønsted superbase design. The electron abundancy makes these compounds highly important tools as ligands or as auxiliary bases in chemical catalysis and thus enables a great variety of so far unimagined chemical transformations. This synthetically informed minireview gives insight into the recent development of phosphorus‐containing superbases, with especial focus on the past five years. For more information, see the Minireview by R. F. Weitkamp and B. Hoge on page 10807 ff.