Martin Lutz

TL;DR: In this article, the potential tridentate P-stereogenic [P*CP*]ligands 1,3-{bis[(tert-butyl)(phenyl) phosphino]methyl}-2bromobenzene have been synthesized as theprotectedphosphine-boraneadducts.

TL;DR: The zinc(II) complexes reported here have been synthesised from the ligand 4-methyl-2-N-(2-pyridylmethyl)aminophenol (Hpyramol) with chloride or acetate counterions and the DNA cleavage is strongly suggested to be oxidative, possibly due to the involvement of a non-diffusible phenoxyl radical mechanism.

TL;DR: Copper(II) nitrate reacts with the rigid polydentate triple-connecting dpyatriz ligand in acetonitrile to an unprecedented infinite molecular ladder in which five-coordinated copper pseudo-dimers are bridged by nitrate anions and the coordination polymer chains are linked by hexacoordinated copper ions leading to the formation of large guest cavities.

TL;DR: The neutral, T-shaped complex Cu(I)(PN(-)P(tBu) (2), featuring a dearomatized 2,6-bis(diphosphino)pyridine (PNP)-pincer ligand, is shown to interact rapidly with electrophiles and show the first case of selective modification of the lutidine-based backbone of such noninnocent PNP ligands.

TL;DR: DFT calculations on the N-heterocyclic carbene containing parent complexes [Cp(NHC)Ir=E] (E=PH, NH, CH(2)) show that the NHC ligand acts as good sigma-donor/weak pi-acceptor ligand and forms strong Ir-C(N HC) single bonds.