Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structures of a Thiophosphinoyl- and Amino-Substituted Metallated Ylide

Mike Jörges; Alexander Kroll; Leif Kelling; Richard Gauld; Bert Mallick; Stefan M Huber; Viktoria H Gessner

doi:10.1002/open.202100242

Synthesis, Crystal and Electronic Structures of a Thiophosphinoyl- and Amino-Substituted Metallated Ylide

ChemistryOpen. 2021 Nov;10(11):1088. doi: 10.1002/open.202100242.

Authors

Mike Jörges¹, Alexander Kroll¹, Leif Kelling¹, Richard Gauld¹, Bert Mallick¹, Stefan M Huber¹, Viktoria H Gessner¹

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Viktoria H. Gessner at the Ruhr-University in Bochum (Germany). The cover shows the structure of the newly reported, isolated metallated ylide. Due to the high negative charge at the ylidic carbon center this compound is "on fire", but can be stabilized by smart molecular design. Structure analyses of the different alkali metal complexes combined with computational studies provide insights into the electronic structure of the compounds Read the full text of their Communication at 10.1002/open.202100178.