Martin Lutz

TL;DR: X-ray crystallographic studies and molecular weight determinations by cryoscopy in benzene showed that, both in the solid state and in apolar, noncoordinating solvents such as benzene, these compounds exist as discrete dimeric aggregates.

TL;DR: The X-ray crystal structure of 2,5-furan-dione (C4H2O3) was determined at 130'2' K as discussed by the authors, which is the standard.

TL;DR: Although 2,4,6-triarylphosphinines undergo facile CH activation with [Cp*IrCl2 ]2 in the presence of NaOAc, this reaction does not proceed with the corresponding pyridine derivatives, and the treatment of phosphinines with Pd(OAc)2 led to the formation of the unusual cofacial oxidative coupling products 16 and 17, which consist of a phosphorus-containing cage structure.

TL;DR: In this paper, a benzimidazole-derived bidentate P,N-ligand and its application in Ir-catalyzed hydrogenation was described, where the ligand backbone was obtained through a one-pot tandem hydroformylation-cyclization sequence and the enantiomers of the generated alcohol were separated by chiral HPLC.

TL;DR: A stoichiometric anti-Markovnikov C-N bond formation involving ligand reactivity in multiple steps along the reaction coordinate is described, which affords a highly unusual four-membered iridacycle bearing an exo-cyclic C=C double bond.