@article{RoyTroesterFantuzzietal.2021, author = {Roy, Dipak Kumar and Tr{\"o}ster, Tobias and Fantuzzi, Felipe and Dewhurst, Rian D. and Lenczyk, Carsten and Radacki, Krzysztof and Pranckevicius, Conor and Engels, Bernd and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Isolation and Reactivity of an Antiaromatic s-Block Metal Compound}, series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, volume = {60}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, number = {7}, doi = {10.1002/anie.202014557}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224447}, pages = {3812 -- 3819}, year = {2021}, abstract = {The concepts of aromaticity and antiaromaticity have a long history, and countless demonstrations of these phenomena have been made with molecules based on elements from the p, d, and f blocks of the periodic table. In contrast, the limited oxidation-state flexibility of the s-block metals has long stood in the way of their participation in sophisticated π-bonding arrangements, and truly antiaromatic systems containing s-block metals are altogether absent or remain poorly defined. Using spectroscopic, structural, and computational techniques, we present herein the synthesis and authentication of a heterocyclic compound containing the alkaline earth metal beryllium that exhibits significant antiaromaticity, and detail its chemical reduction and Lewis-base-coordination chemistry.}, language = {en} } @article{HagspielArrowsmithFantuzzietal.2021, author = {Hagspiel, Stephan and Arrowsmith, Merle and Fantuzzi, Felipe and Vargas, Alfredo and Rempel, Anna and Hermann, Alexander and Br{\"u}ckner, Tobias and Braunschweig, Holger}, title = {Highly colored boron-doped thiazolothiazoles from the reductive dimerization of boron isothiocyanates}, series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, volume = {60}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, number = {12}, doi = {10.1002/anie.202015508}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256432}, pages = {6446-6450}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Reduction of (CAAC)BBr\(_2\)(NCS) (CAAC=cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene) in the presence of a Lewis base L yields tricoordinate (CAAC)LB(NCS) borylenes which undergo reversible E/Z-isomerization. The same reduction in the absence of L yields deep blue, bis(CAAC)-stabilized, boron-doped, aromatic thiazolothiazoles resulting from the dimerization of dicoordinate (CAAC)B(NCS) borylene intermediates.}, language = {en} } @article{CrumbachBachmannFritzeetal.2021, author = {Crumbach, Merian and Bachmann, Jonas and Fritze, Lars and Helbig, Andreas and Krummenacher, Ivo and Braunschweig, Holger and Helten, Holger}, title = {Dithiophene-Fused Oxadiborepins and Azadiborepins: A New Class of Highly Fluorescent Heteroaromatics}, series = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, volume = {60}, journal = {Angewandte Chemie International Edition}, number = {17}, doi = {10.1002/anie.202100295}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-238996}, pages = {9290 -- 9295}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Access to dithiophene-fused oxadiborepins and the first azadiborepins attained via a modular synthesis route are presented. The new compounds emit intense blue light, some of which demonstrate fluorescence quantum yields close to unity. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) revealed electrochemically reversible one-electron reduction processes. The weak aromatic character of the novel 1,2,7-azadiborepin ring is demonstrated with in-depth theoretical investigations using nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) scans and anisotropy of the induced current density (ACID) calculations.}, language = {en} }