Exploiting the Ring Strain of Diphosphetanes: A Synthetic and Computational Approach towards 1,2,5‐Selenadiphospholanes

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Prof. Evamarie Hey‐Hawkins from Leipzig University, Germany. The cover picture, designed by Dr. Christoph Selg, shows two pots on a crowded table planted with bulky tert ‐butyl groups symbolizing the phosphorus atoms in the strained ring system of a carborane‐substituted 1,2‐diphosphetane. However, selenium can still be inserted into the P−P bond, as reported by Hey‐Hawkins et al. in their present publication, which combines experimental and computational studies. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/cplu.201800391 .