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N–H/P–H bond activation of ammonia, amines and phosphines at a transient borylene (@LabBraunschweig): pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… (@ChemicalScience).

Taming of Low-Valent Arsenic Compounds and Transfer of Nascent As2 Facilitated by a Frustrated Lewis Pair (Eric Rivard and co-workers) #openaccess @RivardGroupUofA @LudwigZapf onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

The long-standing challenge of converting alkenes directly to alkynes—classically a harsh two-step halogenation/elimination—is solved by Ning Jiao & team! 🔗nature.com/articles/s4158… #OrganicChemistry #OrganicSynthesis #Alkyne #Nature #Chemistry

Group 13 Metals as L-type Ligands for Transition Metals for Structure and Bonding (@martinez_a_j, @arxiv): arxiv.org/abs/2511.03513 (@SpringerNature, @CamposGroup, @hellen_videa, @geqo_rseq, @CIQSO_UHU).

Zwitterionic Phosphorus(I) Compounds Supported by a Bis(carbene)borate: Synthesis, Protonation, and Thermodynamics of P–H Bonds (@InorgChem): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac….

Synthesis of an o-Benzoquinone Arsenic Mononitride (As≡N) Complex and Its Reaction to Singlet Arsinonitrene | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Potassium N-Borylisocyanamide: Synthesis, Structure, and Its Utilization as an Amino and Cyano Transfer Reagent | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Controlling Redox and Photophysical Properties of First-Row Transition Metal Complexes via Ligand Perhalogenation | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Sellin, Wenger, Malischewski, and co-workers @InorgChem #nickel #perhalogenation #isocyanide #MLCT #DFT

MOLECULAR ZINTL PHASES with tetra-anionic Si, Ge, Sn, Pb accessible using soluble Mg(0). Although all E(4-) anions are full valence-shell octets, they are highly reactive. The Sn(-IV) complex is an 8e-reductant @FAU shorturl.at/InmD6 @NatureSynthesis

A Mixed-Valent and High-Spin Vanadium Phosphide | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

The true size of Portugal compared to Spain

Toguchi, Hamawaki, and Prof. Sakakibara's work is available in @ChemRxiv A Modular Strategy for the Gram-Scale Synthesis of Tetraarylammonium Salts chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…

Last week: homogeneous redox-catalysis with Al(I)-Al(III) @LLL_lab_SUSTech Now: heterogenous alkene hydrogenation with Al(0), earth’s most abundant metal. Observations and calculations point to reactivity at the metal surface. Preprint: shorturl.at/I9R0B Main group power 💪

Nature research paper: Aluminium redox catalysis enables cyclotrimerization of alkynes go.nature.com/4tDiQPF

Wow.

Breaking new ground In(II) the hydride world ⚗️ Excited to share our latest work on In(II) hydride chemistry, now in @J_A_C_S. Huge congrats to Olympia for driving this work from start to finish. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A crystalline isodiazomethyl anion (@LLL_lab_SUSTech): nature.com/articles/s4416… (@NatureSynthesis).

Isolable Cuprocenes: Bis(tri-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl) Complexes of Copper | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A Purely σ-Aromatic, Planar {Ge4}2+-Ring | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

We have a new @ChemRxiv preprint out describing the first silicon containing spiropentane and its rearrangement to a cyclobutane. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26…. Congrats to @yangwenbang0310 and @benedekstdlr