Olga Bienemann

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of guanidine copper compounds with an emphasis on structural characteristics and their application in bioinorganic chemistry and catalysis is presented. But the focus of this paper is on the use of the guanidines as neutral donor ligands in copper coordination.

TL;DR: For the first time, a biocompatible complex has surpassed Sn(Oct)2 in its polymerization activity under industrially relevant conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, the guanidine hybrid ligands, (tetramethylguanidine)methylenepyridine (TMGpy) and (dimethylethyleneguanidine) methylenepryidine (DMEGpy), were proven to be able to stabilize copper complexes active in the solvent-free polymerization of styrene at 110 °C using 1-phenylthylbromide as the initiator.

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis and copper coordination of the ligandsTMGdipae (L1) and DMEGdipAE (L2) were reported, and the solid-state structures of obtained copper complexes [Cu(TMGdapltae)Cl] (C1), [CU(TMgdapltee)Br](C2), [cu(DMGdine)I](I)I)

TL;DR: It could be proven that complexes featuring DMEGqu possess a lower redox potential and are more active in ATRP, although the tetramethylguanidine moiety represents the stronger donor.