Subhajit Chakraborty
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Graduate student at IISER TVM Main Group Chemistry @maintvm.bsky.social BS-MS @swadhinmandalgroup.bsky.social
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Our recent work on low-valent phosphorus chemistry in JACS has been highlighted by Nobel laureate Prof. Benjamin List.
Blessed to be a part!
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We thank the editorial team of @daltontrans.rsc.org for inviting us to feature our #OpenAccess perspective article on the inside front cover
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Phosphanides are able to capture nitrous oxide (N2O, #laughinggas). Work by Alex Genoux (@alexgenouxchem.bsky.social ), Dicky Wong (@thwongax.bsky.social ), and Farzaneh Fadaei-Tirani. Now out (#openaccess ) in @chemcomm.rsc.org : pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#chemsky #EPFL
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Here's the latest from Goicoechea Group alumnus and master synthetic chemist Chenyang Hu:

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Some very elegant double-bond metathesis chemistry allows access to a phosphorus(III) telluride completing our collection of phosphorus-chalcogen double bonds.
Synthesis, Isolation, and Reactivity of a Phosphinidene Telluride
We describe the synthesis and isolation of a phosphinidene telluride. This species acts as a versatile phosphinidene transfer reagent accompanied by the extrusion of elemental tellurium.
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In @science.org this week from Simon Aldridge's group, CO is a sneaky thief: binds unexpectedly to tin at low temp, then steals both its ligands to make a carbene 🧪

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Crystal structures of CO bound to a diboryl tin complex on the left, and a tin carbene on the right with the borons migrated to C and O
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CAPTURING CHALCOGENIDES: A soluble Mg(0) metal crown complex reduces and captures chalcogenes. Large anions Se(2-) and Te(2-) need ring enlargement. Highlight: a first molecular s-block metal telluride complex with nearly planar pentacoordinated Te(2-). shorturl.at/n4TUm
Enlightening piece of dictation chemistry from our group!
Serendipitous Isolation of an Aldehyde Stabilised Alkoxyaluminium Dication - now published in ChemComm!
We thank ANRF India for generously supporting unconventional research in traditional areas of synthetic chemistry!
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THIS CHALLENGING SYNTHESIS completes the (BDI)Ae-(benzene)-Ae(BDI) series (Ae = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) with Ba. We show trends in stability, structure, bonding and reactivity. Reacting like (BDI)Ba-Ba(BDI) this is the first Ba(I) synthon. shorturl.at/ZdToA @chemicalscience.rsc.org
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Corina's next paper is out in Austr. J. Chem. The two ions [Fc2PhP]+ and [Fc2PhPH]+ differ only by the mass of a proton. While the molecular structures show very close resemblance, the spectroscopic properties are very different. doi.org/10.1071/CH25087
Our recent work on low-valent phosphorus chemistry in JACS has been highlighted by Nobel laureate Prof. Benjamin List.
Blessed to be a part!
Reposted by Subhajit Chakraborty
P4 REDUCTION generally results in multi-nuclear Zintl anions: P8(2-), P4(2-) or P7(3-). Reaction with a soluble Mg(0) complex gave full reduction to P(3-). Latter anion serves as a triple base, a three-fold nucleophile or 3e-reducing agent. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10