Publications 2025


Chem

[764]

E. Beck, I. Krummenacher, T. Kupfer, M. Dietz, M. Michel, K. Hammond, H. Braunschweig

Structural stability of a bent tetra(amino)tetraborane ring across four charge states

Chem 202511, 102338. [pdf]

 

Highlighted in:

"Redox chemistry of cyclotetraborane", Z. Feng, R. Kinjo, Chem 2025, 11, 102433. [pdf]

 

"Redox-Stable Cyclic Tetraborane", D. Zhao , B. Yu, Synfacts 2025, 21, 686. [link]

 



Nat. Commun.

[763]

E. Beck, D. Bröllos, I. Krummenacher, T. Kupfer, M. Dietz, T. Wellnitz, C. Mihm, H. Braunschweig

Boron-chalcogen heterocycles and linear tetraboranes from a cyclic tetra(amino)tetraborane

Nat. Commun. 202516, Article number: 5304. [link]

 

[762]

M. Buckel, J. Klopf, J. S. Schneider, A. Lik, N. A. Riensch, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, B. Engels, H. Helten

A fully conjugated meso-boron-substituted porphyrinoid combining Lewis acidity with redox-switchable aromaticity

Nat. Commun. 202516, Article number: 1775. [link]



J. Am. Chem. Soc.

[761]

M. Müller, J. Klopf, A. Friedrich, S. Lutz, M. Buckel, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, B. Engels, H. Helten

BNB-Modified Perylene, Terrylene, and Quaterrylene Diimides: Introduction of the π-Accepting and Aggregation-Suppressing Diborinic Imide Group in Rylene Dyes

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025147, 28289–28302. [pdf]

 

[760]

M. Neder, M. Arrowsmith, L. Endres, C. Mihm, S. Nees, R. Bertermann, H. Braunschweig

Highly Antiaromatic Naphtho-1,2-Diboretes as Precursors for Tunable, Unsymmetrical 1,4-Diboraanthracenes

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025147, 23034–23048. [pdf]



Angew. Chem.

[759]

T. Wellnitz, E. Zander, L. Wüst, J. Boardman, M. Neubauer, S. Nees, H. Braunschweig, C. Hering-Junghans

Reactivity of Pnictaalumenes Towards 1,3-Dipole Molecules

Angew. Chem. 2025137, e202506356; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202564, e202506356. [pdf]

 

[758]

M. Riethmann, L. Eyßelein, I. Krummenacher, R. Bertermann, H. Braunschweig, M. Gerken, M. Finze, U. Radius

A Joyful Journey: Tungsten(VI) and Tungsten(V) Fluorides Meet N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Cyclic (Alkyl)(Amino)carbenes

Angew. Chem. 2025137, e202504498; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202564, e202504498. [pdf]

 

[757]

Y. Konrad, A. Jayaraman, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig

Formation and Metallomimetic Reactivity of a Transient Dicoordinate Alkylborylene

Angew. Chem. 2025137, e202423669; [pdf] Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202564, e202423669. [pdf]

 

[756]

P. H. R. Oliveira, M. O. Rodrigues, C. D. G. da Silva, J. Bohlen, M. Arrowsmith, A. Jayaraman, L. Lubczyk, F. Fantuzzi, E. N. da Silva Júnior, H. Braunschweig

Straightforward Formation of Borirenes from Boroles and Dialkynes

Angew. Chem. 2025137, e202423391; [pdf] Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202564, e202423391. [pdf]

 

Highlighted in:

"From Boroles to Borirenes", D. Zhao, W. Zhong, Synfacts 2025, 21, 463. [link]

 



Nat. Synth.

[755]

M. Michel, S. Kar, L. Endres, R. D. Dewhurst, B. Engels, H. Braunschweig

The synthesis of a neutral boryne

Nat. Synth. 20254, 869–876. [link]

 

Highlighted in:

"Scientists Defy Chemistry: Boron-Carbon Triple Bond Breaks the Rules", SciTechDaily, March 6 2025. [link]

 

"Synthesizing a Highly Strained Boron-Carbon Triple Bond at Room Temperature", AZoM - MSN, March 6 2025. [link]

 

"Chemistry: Triple Bond Formed Between Boron and Carbon for the First Time", R. Emmerich, Universität Würzburg - News, March 4 2025. [link]

 

"Carbon–boron triple bond formed for the first time in a neutral novel molecule", Z. Khan, Chemistry World, March 13 2025. [link]

 

"A Neutral Boryne", D. Zhao, Y. Cheng, Synfacts 2025, 21, 580. [link]



Chem. Sci.

[754]

C. Mihm, S. Kar, A. Sachs, D. Duwe, R. D. Dewhurst, H. Braunschweig

Synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical cyclic diborenes via NHC-directed C–H borylation

Chem. Sci. 202516, 11637-11643. [pdf]

 

[753]

L. Wüst, L. Scheuring, T. Wellnitz, K. Radacki, H. Braunschweig

Alkali metal salts of 1,2,3-benzodiazaborines: platforms for late-stage N-functionalization and metal complexation

Chem. Sci. 202516, 9934-9942. [pdf]

 

[752]

M. Agati, S. Romi, S. Fanetti, K. Radacki, M. Hanfland, H. Braunschweig, T. B. Marder, S. J. Clark, A. Friedrich, R. Bini

Insights into topochemical versus stress-induced high-pressure reactivity of azobenzene by single crystal X-ray diffraction

Chem. Sci. 202516, 9240-9254. [pdf]

 

[751]

M. Jürgensen, T. Kunz, M. Arrowsmith, M. Dietz, S. Hagspiel, H. Braunschweig

Synthesis and reactivity of a parent phosphathioethynolato-borane and a boraarsaketene

Chem. Sci. 202516, 8870-8877. [pdf]

 

[750]

L. Wüst, J. Chorbacher, T. Wellnitz, S. Nees, H. Helten, H. Braunschweig

Synthetic access to organyl-substituted 1,2,3-benzodiazaborines with turn-on fluorescence activity

Chem. Sci. 202516, 7284-7293. [pdf]

 

[749]

M. Michel, L. Endres, F. Fantuzzi, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig

Harnessing transient CAAC-stabilized mesitylborylenes for chalcogen activation

Chem. Sci. 202516, 5632-5639. [pdf]

 

[748]

M. S. Luff, T. M. Filipovic, C. S. Corsei, K. Oppel, I. Krummenacher, R. Bertermann, M. Finze, H. Braunschweig, U. Radius

Azolium-2-dithiocarboxylates as redox active ligands in nickel chemistry

Chem. Sci. 202516, 5142-5154. [pdf]



Biomater. Sci.

[747]

A. V. Hauck, P. Komforth, J. Erlenbusch, J. Stickdorn, K. Radacki, H. Braunschweig, P. Besenius, S. Van Herck, L. Nuhn

Aliphatic polycarbonates with acid degradable ketal side groups as multi-pH-responsive immunodrug nanocarriers

Biomater. Sci. 202513, 1414-1425. [pdf]



Chem. Commun.

[746]

T. Wellnitz, L. Wüst, H. Braunschweig, C. Hering-Junghans

A BNAlP-heterocycle

Chem. Commun. 202561, 4014–4017. [pdf]



Inorg. Chem.

[745]

M. Dietz, M. Arrowsmith, A. Jayaraman, A. Lamprecht, H. Braunschweig

Reactivity of a Stable and Highly Electron-Rich (η6-Diborabenzene)nickel(0) Synthon

Inorg. Chem. 202564, 1788–1797. [pdf]



Chem. Eur. J.

[744]

K. A. M. Maibom, C. Breitenstein, S. Lorenzen, T. Knuplez, L. N. Schneider, Y. B. J. Bejaoui, J. Gierling, K. Radacki, H. Braunschweig, C. Deutsch, M. Shan, T. Fuchß, M. Schulte, N. V. Ignat’ev, M. Finze

N,N-Bis(trifluoromethyl)aminoacetonitrile: A Versatile Building Block for the Introduction of the Bis(trifluoromethyl)amino Group

Chem. Eur. J. 202531, e202501550. [pdf]

 

[743]

J. S. Schneider, V. Zeh, J. Klopf, P. M. Schneider, J. Bachmann, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, H. Helten

Poly(Ferrocenylene Iminoborane) and the Merging of 1,1’-Ferrocenylene with p-Phenylene Iminoborane Building Blocks into Alternating Copolymers, Oligomers, and Macrocycles

Chem. Eur. J. 202531, e202404533. [pdf]

 

[742]

Y. Zhang, A. Matler, J. Krebs, I. Krummenacher, Q. Ye, H. Braunschweig, T. B. Marder, L. Ji

Emission-Tunable B←N Lewis Pair-Functionalized Naphthalenes: Synthesis, Structures, and Properties

Chem. Eur. J. 202531, e202403973. [pdf]



ChemRxiv

[741]

F. Saal, V. Brancaccio, K. Radacki, H. Braunschweig, P. Ravat

Spring-Like Behavior in [8]Helicene Diimides: How Helical Pitch Governs Optical Anisotropy and Electronic Conjugation

ChemRxiv 2025, doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-m6825. [link]



Dalton Trans.

[740]

S. Dotzauer, S. Kar, T. Swoboda, C. Weidemann, A. Häfner, R. D. Dewhurst, H. Braunschweig

Synthesis of base-free boriranes and their conversion to borirenes using strong reductant

Dalton Trans. 202554, 3857–3862. [pdf]

 

[739]

B. Chakraborty, R. R. Hazarika, H. Braunschweig, A. K. Phukan

Binding of base-stabilized borylenes with transition metals and formation of metal only Lewis pairs

Dalton Trans. 202554, 842–850. [pdf]



J. Phys. Chem. B

[738]

L. Euringer, M. Holzapfel, I. Krummenacher, H. Braunschweig, C. Lambert

Switching from Transition-State Theory to Solvent-Controlled Adiabatic Charge-Transfer Regime in Bis-Triarylamine Mixed Valence Radical Cations by Modification of the Bridge Electron Density

J. Phys. Chem. B 2025129, 4197–4206. [pdf]