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Dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine-borane promoted by manganese(II) m-terphenyl complexes (2017)
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Sharpe, H. R., Geer, A. M., Blundell, T. J., Hastings, F. R., Fay, M. W., Rance, G. A., …Kays, D. L. (in press). Dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine-borane promoted by manganese(II) m-terphenyl complexes. Catalysis Science and Technology, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY02086D

Two- and three-coordinate manganese m-terphenyl complexes are precatalysts for the dehydrogenation of dimethylamine-borane (Me2NH·BH3) affording one equivalent of molecular hydrogen and half an equivalent of [Me2N–BH2]2. Experimental studies into the... Read More about Dehydrocoupling of dimethylamine-borane promoted by manganese(II) m-terphenyl complexes.

Total synthesis of (−)-aritasone via the ultra-high pressure hetero-Diels–Alder dimerisation of (−)-pinocarvone (2017)
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Uroos, M., Pitt, P., Harwood, L., Lewis, W., Blake, A. J., & Hayes, C. J. (in press). Total synthesis of (−)-aritasone via the ultra-high pressure hetero-Diels–Alder dimerisation of (−)-pinocarvone. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 15(40), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7OB02204B

This paper describes a total synthesis of the terpene-derived natural product aritasone via the hetero-Diels-Alder [4+2] cyclodimerisation of pinocarvove, which represents the proposed biosyntheic route. The hetero-Diels-Alder dimerisation of pinoca... Read More about Total synthesis of (−)-aritasone via the ultra-high pressure hetero-Diels–Alder dimerisation of (−)-pinocarvone.

Halogen-substituted ureas for anion binding: solid state and solution studies (2017)
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Casula, A., Fornasier, M., Montis, R., Bettoschi, A., Argent, S. P., Blake, A. J., …Caltagirone, C. (in press). Halogen-substituted ureas for anion binding: solid state and solution studies. Supramolecular Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2017.1377343

Herein, we report the synthesis and the anion binding properties of a family of N,N′-diphenylureas L1-L15, bearing on the aromatic ring(s) halogens (chlorine and iodine) and/or nitro or trifluoromethyl electron-withdrawing groups. The analysis of the... Read More about Halogen-substituted ureas for anion binding: solid state and solution studies.

Porous metal–organic polyhedral frameworks with optimal molecular dynamics and pore geometry for methane storage (2017)
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Yan, Y., Kolokolov, D. I., da Silva, I., Stepanov, A. G., Blake, A. J., Dailly, A., …Schröder, M. (2017). Porous metal–organic polyhedral frameworks with optimal molecular dynamics and pore geometry for methane storage. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(38), 13349-13360. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b05453

Natural gas (methane, CH4) is widely considered as a promising energy carrier for mobile applications. Maximising the storage capacity is the primary goal for the design of future storage media. Here we report the CH4 storage properties in a family o... Read More about Porous metal–organic polyhedral frameworks with optimal molecular dynamics and pore geometry for methane storage.

Supramolecular architecture of [AsPh2Br2]2[(Br3)−…(Br2)…(Br3)−] obtained by bromination of (AsPh2)2S (2017)
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Silaghi-Dumitrescu, L., Attia, A. A., Silaghi-Dumitrescu, R., Blake, A. J., & Sowerby, D. B. (2018). Supramolecular architecture of [AsPh2Br2]2[(Br3)−…(Br2)…(Br3)−] obtained by bromination of (AsPh2)2S. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 475, 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2017.08.052

Bromination of (AsPh2)2S leads to cleavage of the sulfide bridge to give AsPh2Br when 1 mol of bromine is used but with 2 mols the product is the polybromide, [AsPh2Br2]2[Br8], containing the previously unknown [AsPh2Br2]+ cation and a rare [(Br3)−…(... Read More about Supramolecular architecture of [AsPh2Br2]2[(Br3)−…(Br2)…(Br3)−] obtained by bromination of (AsPh2)2S.

Structure determination techniques flex their muscles (2017)
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Blake, A. J. (2017). Structure determination techniques flex their muscles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(39), 11697-11698. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706526

A historical challenge: Gas-phase electron diffraction and single-crystal X-ray diffraction are both established techniques, but they were both pushed to their limits by the challenge posed by the highly flexible tetranitromethane molecule. New appro... Read More about Structure determination techniques flex their muscles.

Piperazine-based N4-type 16-membered macroheterocycles and their nickel(II) complexes (2017)
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Vatsadze, S. Z., Krut’ko, D. P., Blake, A. J., & Mountford, P. (2017). Piperazine-based N4-type 16-membered macroheterocycles and their nickel(II) complexes. https://doi.org/10.6060/mhc161179v

Square-planar diamagnetic nickel(II) complexes 5a and 5b containing 16-membered diamino-diimino ligands were prepared from the corresponding open-chain complexes 2a and 2b via condensation with o-phthalic dialdehyde in methanol. The solid-state struc... Read More about Piperazine-based N4-type 16-membered macroheterocycles and their nickel(II) complexes.

Iron(II)-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination of Isocyanates (2017)
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Sharpe, H. R., Geer, A. M., Lewis, W., Blake, A. J., & Kays, D. L. (2017). Iron(II)-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination of Isocyanates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(17), 4845-4848. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201701051

© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim The first transition metal catalyzed hydrophosphination of isocyanates is presented. The use of low-coordinate iron(II) precatalysts leads to an unprecedented catalytic double insertion of isocyanat... Read More about Iron(II)-Catalyzed Hydrophosphination of Isocyanates.

Tailoring porosity and rotational dynamics in a series of octacarboxylate metal-organic frameworks (2017)
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Moreau, F., Kolokolov, D. L., Stepanov, A. G., Easun, T. L., Dailly, A., Lewis, W., …Schröder, M. (2017). Tailoring porosity and rotational dynamics in a series of octacarboxylate metal-organic frameworks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(12), 3056-3061. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1615172114

Modulation and precise control of porosity of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are of critical importance to their materials function. Here we report the first modulation of porosity for a series of isoreticular octacarboxylate MOFs, denoted MFM-180 t... Read More about Tailoring porosity and rotational dynamics in a series of octacarboxylate metal-organic frameworks.

1,8-Bis(silylamido)naphthalene complexes of magnesium and zinc synthesised through alkane elimination reactions (2017)
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Birchall, C., Bradley, M. A., Blake, A. J., Lewis, W., Moxey, G. J., & Kays, D. L. (2017). 1,8-Bis(silylamido)naphthalene complexes of magnesium and zinc synthesised through alkane elimination reactions. Dalton Transactions, 46(12), 4101-4110. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7dt00471k

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. The reactions between magnesium or zinc alkyls and 1,8-bis(triorganosilyl)diaminonaphthalenes afford the 1,8-bis(triorganosilyl)diamidonaphthalene complexes with elimination of alkanes. The reaction between 1,8-C10H6... Read More about 1,8-Bis(silylamido)naphthalene complexes of magnesium and zinc synthesised through alkane elimination reactions.

The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes (2017)
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Gregson, M., Lu, E., Mills, D. P., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., Hennig, C., …Liddle, S. T. (2017). The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes. Nature Communications, 8, Article 14137. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14137

© The Author(s) 2017. Across the periodic table the trans-influence operates, whereby tightly bonded ligands selectively lengthen mutually trans metal-ligand bonds. Conversely, in high oxidation state actinide complexes the inverse-trans-influence op... Read More about The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes.