State-resolved UV photofragmentation spectrum of the metal dication complex [Zn(pyridine)(4)](2+)

A combined theoretical and experimental study of electronic transitions in the complex [Zn(pyridine)(4)](2+) provides the first example of a state-resolved electronic spectrum to be recorded for a dication complex in the gas phase.     

Comment: Electron-transfer reactions in the 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium ion: impurities, triplet states and infinitely long-lived charge-shift states?

The likelihood of an infinitely long-lived, charge-shift state being formed by the target compound is re-assessed in light of persistent claims that such chemistry is both viable and observable.     

Isoselenocarbonyls via acetylenic C-Se activation

The first examples of isoselenocarbonyl linked bimetallics arise from the chemoselective insertion of platinum(0) into the alkynyl-selenium bond of a molybdenum alkynylselenolatoalkyidyne complex.     

Insertion reactions of beta-diketiminate-stabilised calcium amides with 1,3-dialkylcarbodiimides

A series of heteroleptic beta-diketiminate-stabilised calcium amides of the form [{ArNC(Me)CHC(Me)NAr}Ca{NR(1)R(2)}(THF)] (Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl; R(1) = H, R(2) = Ar; R(1) = H, R(2) = CH(2)CH(2)OMe; R(1) = R(2) = Ph) react with 1,3-dialkylcarbodiimides, R(3)N[double bond, length as m-dash]C[double bond, length as m-dash]NR(3) (R(3) = Cy, (i)Pr), to yield the corresponding insertion products [{ArNC(Me)CHC(Me)NAr}Ca{(R(3)N)(2)CNR(1)R(2)}(THF)] at room temperature in hydrocarbon solutions. These latter compounds contain both beta-diketiminate and guanidinate ligands bound to calcium. Solid-state data are consistent with the guanidinate ligands adopting a number of binding modes including kappa(2) through kappa(3) coordination, with varying degrees of delocalisation of the non-bound guanidinate nitrogen lone-pair across the pi-framework of the ligand. DFT computational studies have been conducted to address these variations in coordination behaviour.     

Total synthesis of citrafungin A

The antifungal natural product citrafungin A was synthesized using, as key steps, an asymmetric aldol reaction of a chiral oxazolidinone, diastereoselective alkylation of a chiral 1,3-dioxolan-2-one, semihydrogenation of an enyne, and selective methyl ester deprotection.