2020

 K. Dilchert, T. Scherpf, V. H. Gessner
 Carbenoid-Mediated Formation and Activation of Element-Element and Element-Hydrogen Bonds
 Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 4111–4115. doi: 10.1002/ejic.202000860
(VIP: Very Important Paper)

 C. Mohapatra, H. Darmandeh, H. Steinert, B. Mallick, K.-S. Feichtner, V. H. Gessner*
 Low-Valent Dinuclear Group 14 Compounds by Transylidation: Isolation of a Digermavinyl Cation and Chloro(ylide)digermene
 Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 15145-15149. doi: 10.1002/chem.202004242

 I. Rodstein, D.S. Prendes, L. Wickert, M. Paaßen, V.H. Gessner*
 Selective Monoarylation of Small Primary Alkyl Amines through Backbone-Modification in Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines (YPhos)
 J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 14674-14683. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01771

 H. Darmandeh, V.H. Gessner*
 Selective B(C6F5)3-Catalyzed Reactions of α-Diazoesters with Heterocycles and Alkenes
 Chem. 2020, 6, 9, 2364. doi: 10.1016/j.chempr.2020.08.006

A. Kroll, H. Steinert, M. Jörges, T. Steinke, B. Mallick, V.H. Gessner*
 Cationic Phosphorus Compounds Based on a Bis(1-piperidinyl)-Substituted Carbodiphosphorane: Syntheses, Structures, and C sp3–H Activation
 Organometallics 2020, 39, 23, 4312–4319. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00412

 T. Scherpf, H. Steinert, A. Großjohann, K. Dilchert, J. Tappen, I. Rodstein, V.H. Gessner*
 Efficient Pd‐Catalyzed Direct Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Alkyllithium Reagents
 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59,2–10. doi: 10.1002/anie.202008866
Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 2 – 10. doi: 10.1002/ange.202008866

 A. Kroll, H. Steinert, L.T. Scharf, T. Scherpf, B. Mallick and  V.H. Gessner*
 A diamino-substituted carbodiphosphorane as strong C-donor and weak N-donor: isolation of monomeric trigonal-planar L·ZnCl2
 Chem. Commun. 2020,  56, 8051. doi: 10.1039/D0CC02496A

 H. Darmandeh, T. Scherpf, K.-S. Feichtner, C. Schwarz, V.H. Gessner*
 Synthesis, Isolation and Crystal Structures of the Metalated Ylides [Cy3P‐C‐SO2Tol]M (M = Li, Na, K).
 Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2020, 646, 835-841. doi: 10.1002/zaac.201900333

 J. Tappen, I. Rodstein, K. McGuire, A. Großjohann, J. Löffler, T. Scherpf, V.H.Gessner*
 Palladium Complexes Based on Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines(YPhos): Broadly Applicable High-Performance Precatalysts for the Amination of Aryl Halides at Room Temperature
 Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 4281- 4288. doi: doi.org/10.1002/chem.201905535

K.-S. Feichtner, F. Papp, M. Schmidt, M. Paaßen, V.H. Gessner*
 Carbene complex formation versus cyclometallation from a phosphoryl-tethered methanide ruthenium complex
 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2020, 121235. doi: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121235

H. Steinert, C. Schwarz, A. Kroll and V.H. Gessner*
 Towards the Preparation of Stable Cyclic Amino(ylide)Carbenes
 Molecules 2020, 25, 796. doi:10.3390/molecules25040796

L.T. Scharf, I. Rodstein, M. Schmidt, T. Scherpf, V.H. Gessner*
 Unraveling the High Activity of Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines in Palladium-Catalyzed Amination Reactions: A Comparative Study with CyJohnPhos and PtBu3
 ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 999-1009. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04666