Evidence for Genuine Bimetallic Frustrated Lewis Pair Activation of Dihydrogen with Gold(I)/Platinum(0) Systems
A joint experimental/computational effort to elucidate the mechanism of dihydrogen activation by a gold(I)/platinum(0) metal-only frustrated Lewis pairs is described herein. We have also investigated the drastic effects on H2 activation derived from subtle ligand...
Trehalose-based Siamese twin amphiphiles with tunable self- assembling, DNA nanocomplexing and gene delivery properties
An original family of multivalent vectors encompassing gemini and facial amphiphilicity, namely cationic Siamese twin surfactants, has been prepared from the disaccharide trehalose; molecular engineering lets us modulate the self-assembling properties and the topology...
Reactivity of a gold(I)/platinum(0) frustrated Lewis pair with germanium and tin dihalides
The reactivity of germanium and tin dichlorides with a transition metal-only frustrated Lewis pair based on Au(I) and Pt(0) compounds bearing bulky phosphine ligands is described in this work. We have examined both the reactivity of tetrylene dihalides towards the...
Synthesis, Structure and Nickel Carbonyl Complexes of Dialkylterphenyl Phosphines
The experimental and computational characterization of a series of dialkylterphenyl phosphines, PR2Ar′ is described. The new P‐donors comprise five compounds of general formula PR2ArDtbp2 (R = Me, Et, iPr, c‐C5H9 and c‐C6H11); ArDtbp2 = 2,6‐C6H3‐(3,5‐C6H3‐(CMe3)2)2),...