Abstract Telluronium salts [Ar2MeTe]X were synthesized and their Lewis acidic properties towards a number of Lewis bases were addressed in solution by physical and theoretical means. The structural X-ray diffraction analysis of 21 different salts revealed the electrophilicity of the Te centers in…
Abstract Chalcogen bonding(ChB)is thenon-covalent interaction occurring between chalcogen atoms as Lewis acid sites and atoms or groups of atoms able to behave as Lewis bases through their lone pair or pelectrons.Analogously to its sister halogen bonding, the high directionality of this interaction…
Abstract Chalcogen bonds (ChBs) occur between molecules containing Lewis acidic chalcogen substituents and Lewis bases. Recently, ChB emerged as a pivotal interaction in solution-based applications such as anion recognition, anion transport and catalysis. However, before moving to applications, the…
Abstract In the field of noncovalent interactions, chalcogen bonding (ChB) involving the tellurium atom is currently attracting much attention in supramolecular chemistry and in catalysis. However, as a prerequisite for its application, the ChB should be studied in solution to assess its formation…
Abstract Telluronium salts bearing electron-withdrawing groups were prepared, and their ability to drive chalcogen bonds with ketones and imines was demonstrated in the solid state and in solution. These strong σ-hole bond donors were able to efficiently catalyze the Povarov reaction through…
Abstract A copper-catalysed three-component coupling reaction between a carbonyl derivative, a terminal ynamide and an amine has been developed for the one-pot green construction of γ-amino-ynamides from simple starting materials and with a broad functional group tolerance.The…
Abstract Diaryl ditelluride derivatives bearing different functional groups were prepared with the aim to study their ability to interact through chalcogen bonding (ChB). Rectangular Te4 and triangular Te3 motifs were observed in the solid-state as a result of intermolecular Te⋅⋅⋅Te ChB. In…
Summary Gold(I) catalysts enable the chemoselective addition of tailor-made N-sulfonylated azetidine derivatives onto alkynes, affording bicyclic vinyl-ammonium gold intermediates. Intramolecularly intercepted by an adequately positioned nucleophilic carbonate or ester function, these ammoniums…
Abstract Chalcogen bonding results from non-covalent interaction occurring between electrodeficient chalcogen atoms and Lewis bases. Among the chalcogens, tellurium is the strongest Lewis acid but Te-based compounds are scarcely used as organocatalyst. For the first time, telluronium cations…
Abstract Commercial 4,4′-bipyridine is a popular scaffold that is primarily employed as a linker in 3D self-assembled architectures such as metallo-organic frameworks or as a connector in 2D networks. The introduction of alkyl substituents on the bipyridine skeleton is instrumental when…
Abstract The copper(I)‐exchanged zeolite CuI‐USY proved to efficiently catalyze the direct azidation of arylboronic acids with sodium azide under simple and practical conditions, namely at room temperature under air with methanol as solvent and without any additive. This easy‐to‐prepare and cheap…
