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Inside Cover: Low‐Coordinate Phosphorus Compounds (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 5/2016)
Author(s) -
Adhikari Anup K.,
Grell Toni,
Lönnecke Peter,
HeyHawkins Evamarie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201690010
Subject(s) - chemistry , adduct , carbene , cover (algebra) , phosphorus , medicinal chemistry , ion , stereochemistry , polymer chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , catalysis , mechanical engineering , engineering
The inside cover picture shows the attempt to stabilize the highly reactive tetramesityltetraphosphanediide anion (P 4 Mes 4 2– , Mes = 2,4,6‐Me 3 C 6 H 2 ) by adduct formation with an N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC). However, rather than forming the expected stable adduct, the attack of the NHCs rips the tetraphosphanediide chain apart to produce two neutral carbene–phosphinidenes and a P 2 Mes 2 2– dianion, which is not “trapped” with NHC. Details are discussed in the Communication by E. Hey‐Hawkins et al. on p. 620 ff .