#inorgchem — Public Fediverse posts

#RobSelects paper of the week #J_A_C_S: Synthesis of substituted cycloheptatrienes through insertion of a chromium fluorocarbyne into the adduct of a nucleophile and benzene. #inorgchem https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c16875

#RobSelects paper of the week #angew_chem: Mapping the reactivities of 7-electron-4-center neutral radicals via quantum chemistry and data science. #inorgchem https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202511509

#RobSelects paper of the week #angew_chem: Base mediated nucleophilic germylation of carbon-carbon double and triple bonds to form carbon-germanium bonds. #inorgchem https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202506106

#RobSelects paper of the week #J_A_C_S: Reductive carbon dioxide activation by a dinuclear iron-aluminum complex. #inorgchem https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c00944

Electron Delocalization across a Carborane Bridge

Monoanionic cluster shows unprecedented communication between the boron centers of opposing substituents

https://www.chemistryviews.org/electron-delocalization-across-a-carborane-bridge/

#delocalization #carboranes #inorgchem #inorganicchemistry #chemistry #chemistryviews

Phosphanyl Phosphagermene Synthesized

New compound reacts with CO₂ and nitriles like a frustrated Lewis pair and with amines and metal complexes via 1,2-addition reactions

https://www.chemistryviews.org/phosphanyl-phosphagermene-synthesized/

#smallmoleculeactivation #maingroupchemistry #inorgchem #inorganicchemistry #chemistry #chemistryviews

A Unique Complex with a Mg–Be Bond

Formal Mg(II)–Be(0) complex with a significantly polarized bond

https://chemistryviews.org/a-unique-complex-with-a-mg-be-bond/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #berylliumchemistry #lowvalent #inorganicchemistry #inorgchem