All anion articles
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ResearchChunky catalyst mimics enzyme to tackle tough reactions
Tricky Diels–Alder reactions or Mukaiyama aldol additions – a bulky chiral catalyst can do them all by squeezing substrates into its chiral pocket
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ResearchThree negative charges crammed onto carbons in a single molecule
The first organic tricarbanion pushes the number of negative charges in one molecule to its limits
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ResearchAnionic aluminium turns textbook knowledge on its head
First stable nucleophilic aluminium(I) compound offers new way to make aluminium–carbon bonds
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ResearchAll-metal ion mimics carbonate
Seven month reaction delivers peculiar tin–bismuth anion that is first solution-stable all-metal carbonate analogue
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ResearchAnion confounds expectations with its electron-loving nature
A boron cluster is the first example of a dipole-distinguishing electrophilic anion