🧪 💬 Behind the Science Interview with S. Frank and C. Müller, FU Berlin. They discuss a new catalytic reaction that uses no transition metals and, for the first time, introduces phosphinines into main-group catalysis doi.org/10.1002/chem...

Main‑Group Catalysis with Aromatic Phosphorus: Phosphinine–Borane Mediated Sn–H and Sn–Ph Transfer - ChemistryViews

Samantha Frank and Christian Müller, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, discuss a new catalytic reaction that uses no transition metals and, for the first time, introduces phosphinines into…

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📣We are happy to announce an interesting publication from @samanthafrank.bsky.social in cooperation with Dr. Zoltán Benkő (University of Budapest) on the C-N single bond activation by a Phosphinine-Borane Lewis pair Congrats to all authors..🎉 chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📢We are excited to announce our new publication on "Di-π-methane rearrangement in 1-phosphabarrelenes: formation and reactivity of an unprecedented 2-phophasemibullvalene" Congratulations to all the authors.... 🥳🍾 @leosteffen.bsky.social Here is the link: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Di-π-methane rearrangement in 1-phosphabarrelenes: formation and reactivity of an unprecedented 2-phosphasemibullvalene

The photolysis of 1-phosphabarrelenes, generated from 3,5-diarylphosphinines and benzyne in a [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction, affords hitherto unknown 2-phosphasemibullvalenes via di-π-methane rearran...

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We are very happy to announce that Prof. Müller has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The collaborations with our friends from Hungary are always very fruitful and interesting!

📢We are here again with a new publication on "Cyclo-P5− Revisited: The Surprisingly Stable Uncoordinated Pentaphospholide Anion" 🥳🎊 Congratulations 👏 @moabit1996.bsky.social Here's the link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Cyclo‐P5− Revisited: The Surprisingly Stable Uncoordinated Pentaphospholide Anion

The addition of [2.2.2]cryptand to alkali metal heptaphosphides M3P7 (M = Na, K) leads to the formation of the salts [M([2.2.2]cryptand)][cyclo-P5]. Although the cyclo-P5− anion is spectroscopically ...

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Congratulations 👏🥳 @sfrank3.bsky.social on winning the best talk price at the Jahrestagung - AG Phosphorchemie, Braunschweig 2025.

📢We are excited to announce our new publication on the facile synthesis of Triazaarsoles. Very hearty congratulations to the authors @lilianszych.bsky.social Here's the link for you to check it out: chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

On the Facile Synthesis of Triazaarsoles Using Acyclic Precursors

Easily accessible dichloroarsanes are suitable precursors for the synthesis of rarely explored triazaarsoles, the arsenic analogues of tetrazoles and triazaphospholes. Calculations on the DFT level g...

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Moritz Ernst has won a poster prize at the European Workshop on Pnictogen Chemistry in Innsbruck last week for his poster on our pulicaton on the polychloride-enabled synthesis of [NEt3Me][PCl6] (doi.org/10.1039/D4CC...). Congratulations! Thanks again to the organisers of this amazing conference!

A polychloride-enabled synthesis of [NEt3Me][PCl6] serving as a potential PCl3-storage and PCl5-reagent

Reaction of the ionic liquid [NEt3Me][Cl3] with white phosphorus (P4) gives, quantitatively, hexachlorophosphate [NEt3Me][PCl6]. This compound shows similar reactivity as PCl5, as confirmed for the re...

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We are happy to present some of our results at the EWPC21 at the University of Innsbruck. Samantha yesterday gave a talk on the reactivity of a phosphinine borane adduct towards isocyanates. Thanks to the organisers for this fantastic conference!