1,2,3-Triazole-Bridged Binuclear Iridium Pincer Complexes: Comparing Reactivities with Monometallic Analogues

Binuclear iridium–pincer complexes bearing metal centers with different coordination spheres could provide a promising platform for new reactivities and enable cooperative catalytic properties. Herein...

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Germylium Catalyzed Dehydrofluorination Reactions of Fluorinated Alkanes

Dehydrofluorination reactions of fluorinated alkanes catalyzed by germylium ions are reported. Computational studies of the mechanism revealed an E2 type mechanism involving a germane as a base to fa...

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Mechanochemical Upcycling of Polyvinylidene Fluoride: Lewis Acid Induced Generation of Sodium Aluminium Fluorides

A solvent-free mechanochemical process to upcycle PVDF waste into sodium aluminium fluorides, which are essential for aluminium production, was developed. By ball milling PVDF with AlCl3 and NaCl, th...

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Routes to Cyclobutadiene and Cycloallyl Pt(II) Complexes: Dicationic Bis(Alkyne) Species as Intermediates

This work demonstrates the synthesis of cationic Pt(II) η3-cycloallyl complexes, and experimental and computational studies show a ligand bite-angle dependence of their formation rates. The reactivit...

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Iridium Complexes of a Triazole‐Derived Pincer Ligand: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Transfer Dehydrogenation Catalysis

Ir pincer complexes bearing a triazole architecture in the pincer backbone and O-ancillary chelating ligands are presented. These were employed in the catalytic transfer dehydrogenation of alkanes as....

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Trendbericht Anorganische Chemie 2026: Nebengruppen‐ und Koordinationschemie

Im Jahr 2025 waren aller guten Dinge der Hauptgruppenchemie drei: ein dreifach geladenes Triborattrianion, ein Molekül mit linearer Al3-Einheit, das dritte Erdalkalimetall, das Stickstoff bindet, ein...

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Activation and Derivatization of Perfluoro(methyl Vinyl Ether) by a Rh(I) Germyl Complex

Treatment of the rhodium (I) germyl complex [Rh(GePh3)(PEt3)3] with perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) [PMVE] resulted in C<span class='icomoon'></span>O and C<span class='icomoon'></span>F bond cleavage and decarbonylation reactions, to yield trans-[Rh(CFCF2...

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CF and CH Bond Activation Reactions of Fluorinated Molecules at Rhodium Pincer Complexes

Hydrido Rh pincer complexes showed C–F bond activation reactivity with a selectivity at the para position of pentafluoropyridine and octafluorotoluene. The C–H bond activation capability was unleashe...

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A General Approach for the Synthesis of Arylxenonium(II) Tetrafluoroborates

Arylxenonium(II) salts are the most numerous group of organoxenon compounds, i.e., those containing Xe–C bonds, and must be prepared by different routes that lack universality. Here, we present a general synthetic approach to arylxenonium(II) tetrafluoroborates [RXe][BF4] containing different degrees of fluorination at the aryl group R via processes that do not require the use of reactive gases or special equipment. The new synthetic access relies on the generation of aryldifluoroboranes RBF2 in dichloromethane solution by means of the reaction of K[RBF3] and BF3·OEt2, which are then transformed in a subsequent step to [RXe][BF4] salts. This route is not only more accessible than previously existing methods but also yields arylxenonium(II) tetrafluoroborates in higher yield and purity. Nevertheless, for highly acidic aryldifluoroborane species, namely those with R = C6F5, C6HF4, coordination of diethyl ether to the boron center prevents the transfer of the R group to the xenon atom. In these cases, a one-pot procedure starting from BR3, XeF2 and BF3·OEt2 enables their easy synthesis, including that of the novel compound [(2,3,5,6-C6HF4)Xe][BF4]. By means of the analysis of 11B NMR spectra of the aryldifluoroborane mixtures and theoretical calculations, the design of new organoxenonium(II) tetrafluoroborates through one route or the other can be tackled.

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Sequential One-Pot N-Alkylation and Aminocarbonylation of Primary Amines Catalyzed by Heterobimetallic Ir/Pd Complexes

The paper introduces bimetallic Ir/Pd complexes as catalysts to initiate an N-methylation coupled with an aminocarbonylation in a one-pot approach, in order to advance the field of carboxyamide synthe...

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Lewis-acid induced mechanochemical degradation of polyvinylidene fluoride: transformation into valuable products

Polyvinylidene fluoride (–[CH2CF2]n–, PVDF) waste poses significant environmental challenges due to its recalcitrant nature and widespread use. This study addresses the end-of-life management of PVDF ...

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Activation of SOF2 at Rh Pincer Complexes: Ligand Backbone Versus Metal Centred Reactivity

Deprotonated Rh pincer complexes reveals a dual reactivity due to S─F bond activation of SOF2: ligand backbone versus metal centered activation. Ligand supported activation generates a backbone bound....

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Platinum‐Catalysed Hydrofluorination of Alkynes at Room Temperature Promoted by a Fluoride Shuttle

This work presents an air and moisture tolerant platinum-catalysed hydrofluorination system that gives selectively (Z)-fluoroalkenes. Experimental and computational investigation on the mechanism all...

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Activation of Perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether) at Rh(I) Complexes: Metal-Centered Versus Phosphine-Mediated Decarbonylation - Chemical Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D5SC02056E

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