Although it has been some time since the last interview, we have recently interviewed several famous chemists so we would like to continue onward with this interview series. Interview #13 presents ...
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Metal-Free Hydrogenation Catalyzed by an Air-Stable Borane: Use of Solvent as a Frustrated Lewis Base
Scott, D. J.; Fuchter, M. J.; Ashley, A. E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. 53, 10218. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405531 In recent years “frustrated Lewis pairs” (FLPs) have been shown to be effective ...
Accessing Zinc Monohydride Cations through Coordinative Interactions
Lummis, P. A.; Momeni, M. R.; Lui, M. W.; McDonald, R.;Ferguson, M. J.; Miskolzie, M.; Brown, A.; Rivard, E. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. 9347 – 9351. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404611 We present ...
Persistent Antimony- and Bismuth-Centered Radicals in Solution
Ishida, S.; Hirakawa, F.; Frukawa, K.; Yoza, K.; Iwamoto, T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. Early View. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405509 Stibinyl and bismuthinyl radicals are recognized as representative ...
Synthesis of Cyclic Amine Boranes through Triazole-Gold(I)-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydroboration
Wang, Q.; Motika, S. E.; Akhmedov, N. G.; Petersen, J. L.; Shi, X. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2014. 53, 5418. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201402614 The first catalytic alkyne hydroboration of propargyl amine ...
#12: Professor Hajime Ito: Chemistry that sprouts from metal complexes
For this 12th installment, we are interviewing Professor Hajime Ito from the Faculty of Engineering at Hokkaido University, who was introduced to us by Professor Jun Terao (interview #5). Professor ...
#11: Professor Motomu Kanai: From catalysts to life
In the second interview of this new year, we will interview someone who was recommended to us by Professor Kenichiro Itami (interview #2): Professor Motomu Kanai from the Graduate School of ...
#10: Professor Atsushi Wakamiya: Toward an efficient transformation of solar energy
Happy New Year everybody! I would like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal readers, and I hope you continue reading this interview series as well as Chem-Station this year. Starting this year ...