2025

 

Mike Jörges, Daniel Knyszek, Manoj Kumar, Varre S.V.S.N Swamy, Viktoria H. Gessner*
Isolation of a Lewis acid-base stabilized stannanone
Chem. Sci. 2025, accepted; DOI: 10.1039/D5SC06549F. ChemRXiv: DOI: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-480c8

P. Duari, A. Linke, M. Shishkova, Q. Le Dé, A. Das, V. H. Gessner
Isolation of Anionic N-Heterocyclic Olefins and their Versatile Reactivity
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202516374;
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202516374

S. Mehrparvar, M. Klinksiek, R. M. Gauld, J. Wolf, M. P. Mohanan, C. Vonnemann, J. Haase, R. Papagna, M. H. H. Volkel, V. H. Gessner, C. Held, S. M. Huber
Halogen Bonding in Solution: Under Pressure
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 33, 29659–29665
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c11036

N. Kaiser, L. Räkow, J. Handelmann, V. H. Gessner
Palladium-Catalyzed Monoarylation of Cyclopropylamine
J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 12153–12162;
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01233

D. Sowa Prendes, J. Löffler‡, I. M. Barreto‡, N. Sankaran, H. Remm, R. N. de Oliveira, V.H. Gessner*, L. J. Gooßen*
Diastereoselective Arylation of Bis-Lactim Ethers Catalyzed by N-coordinating Ylide-Functionalized Phosphine (NYPhos)
Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 14152-14160. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC02814K
Highlighted in SynFacts:
M. Lautens, C. E. Johnson, Synfacts 2025, 21, 907.DOI: 10.1055/a-2653-5429; 

N. Kaiser, A. Alhaddad, J. Löffler, V. H. Gessner*
Impact of the Substitution Pattern in N-heterocyclic Olefin-Substituted Phosphines on Palladium Catalysis
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2025, 367, e202500270; https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202500270 

A. Das‡, Q. Le Dé‡, V. H. Gessner* 
Rethinking Carbanion Chemistry: From Carbanionic Substituents to Weakly Coordinating Carbanions

Nat. Rev. Chem. 2025, 9, 523-536. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-025-00725-3

S. Mondal, Y. Zhang, P. Duari, K.-S. Feichtner, A. Das, L. Zhao, G. Frenking*, V. H. Gessner*
PPh3/Isocyanide and N2/Isocyanide Exchange: Pathways to Isolable Alkali Metal Keteniminyl Anions
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202504325. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202504325 (HOT Paper)  

F. Krischer, S. Mayer, ‡ L. Hensle,‡ D. Knyszek, H. Darmandeh, Viktoria H. Gessner
Base-Stabilized Acyclic Amino(ylidyl)silylenes: Electron-Rich Donors for the Stabilization of Silicon-Element Multiple Bonds
Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 8346-8356. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC01812A 

 

Q. Le Dé, Y. Zhang, L. Zhao, F. Krischer, K.-S. Feichtner, G. Frenking, V. H. Gessner
Isolation and Structure Elucidation of the Heterocumulene Anions [NCC-L]- (L = CO, CS, N2)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202422496. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202422496 (HOT Paper)  

D. Knyszek, J. Löffler, D. E. Anderson, E. Hevia*, V. H. Gessner*

Harnessing Organopotassium Reagents for Cross-Coupling with YPhos-Pd Catalysts: Opportunities, Applications, and Challenges
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 5417-5425. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c18073

L. Kelling, V. H. Gessner*
Coordination Chemistry of a Weakly Coordinating Carbanion
Polyhedron 2025, 265, 117283.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2024.117283  (anniversary issue for Prof. Robert Mulvey)

A. J. Gremillion, I. Del Rosal, S. P. Kelley, L. Maron, Vi. H. Gessner, Justin R. Walensky
Cerium(III) Yldiide Complexes with Divergent CO Reactivity
Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 752-755. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC04562A