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The constitutional dynamic chemistry of Au3(pyrazolate)3 complexes

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Noga Eren

Trinuclear Au3(Pz)3 complexes (Pz = pyrazolate) have been used extensively as components in molecular and polymeric nanostructures. However, the constitutional dynamic chemistry of Au3(Pz)3 complexes remains largely unexplored. We have investigated exchang ...

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)2025

Ambiphilic Reactivity of Iridium Complexes with N-Heterocyclic Vinylidene Ligands

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Paul Varava, Tak Hin Wong

Room-temperature stable diazoolefins provide access to a unique class of carbon-donor ligands: N-heterocyclic vinylidenes. Herein, we describe iridium complexes with terminal N-heterocyclic vinylidene ligands. Cationic complexes of type [Cp*IrClL]X (X = Sb ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2025

Discrete Heterotrimetallic Assemblies Based on Rod‐Shaped FeII‐Metalloligands and a ZnII‐Porphyrin/RuII‐Metallacycle

Kay Severin, Giacomo Cecot, Erica Giraldi

An efficient strategy for the preparation of heterometallic discrete porphyrin assemblies, tuned both in dimensions and number of metal centers, is described. Five rod‐shaped di‐pyridyl FeII‐metalloligands, with varied length (1.5 – 3.2 nm), lateral substi ...

Wiley2025

Palladium-based coordination cages as dynamic crosslinks in acrylamide hydrogels

Kay Severin, Sylvain Alexandre Marie Sudan, Damien Wen Chen, Chaolei Hu

Soft polymer networks with palladium cages as crosslinks can be obtained by combining polymeric N-donor ligands with PdII salts in organic solvents. Herein, we describe an alternative procedure that enables the preparation of hydrogels with PdnL2n-type jun ...

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)2025

Selective Recognition and Extraction of Short‐Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylates by a Supramolecular Receptor

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Damien Wen Chen

A supramolecular receptor for short‐chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylates was developed. The receptor displays a cage‐like geometry, with a defined binding site for the carboxylate head groups and an opening for the perfluoroalkyl side chains. The anionic gues ...

Wiley2025

1,2‐Bis‐Triazenylarenes Enable Vicinal Sandmeyer‐Type Reactions

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Anastasia Gitlina, Christeena Mathew

The introduction of two nucleophiles in the vicinal position of arenes via Sandmeyer‐type reactions is compromised by the problematic diazotization of ortho‐diaminoarenes. Herein, it is shown that vicinal substitution reactions are facilitated by the use ...

Wiley2025

Nano onions based on an amphiphilic Au3(pyrazolate)3 complex

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Atena-Bianca Solea

Multilayer vesicles with an onion-like architecture can form by self-assembly of organic amphiphiles such as dendrimers, small-molecule surfactants, and block copolymers. Thus far, there are limited reports about multilayer vesicles based on coordination c ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2024

Nitrous oxide as diazo transfer reagent

Kay Severin

Nitrous oxide, commonly known as "laughing gas", is formed as a by-product in several industrial processes. It is also readily available by thermal decomposition of ammonium nitrate. Traditionally, the chemical valorization of N 2 O is achieved via oxidati ...

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)2024

Nanogels with Metal‐Organic Cages as Functional Crosslinks

Kay Severin, Chaolei Hu

A dinuclear metal-organic cage with four acrylate side chains was prepared by self-assembly. Precipitation polymerization of the cage with N-isopropylacrylamide yielded a thermoresponsive nanogel. The host properties of the cage were retained within the ge ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2024

Stepwise synthesis of heterotrimetallic FeII/PdII/AuI coordination cages

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Noga Eren

The synthesis of heterotrimetallic molecular cages is reported. The assemblies contain three types of coordination compounds: FeII clathrochelate complexes, AuI3(pyrazolate)3 complexes, and [PdII(pyridine)4]2+ complexes. The cages were obtained in a stepwi ...

2024

Orientational Self-Sorting in Octahedral Palladium Cages: Scope and Limitations of the “cis Rule”

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Atena-Bianca Solea, Damien Wen Chen, Jean Charles Edouard de Montmollin

Octahedral coordination cages of the general formula Pd6L1212 were obtained by combining Pd(CH3CN)42 with heteroditopic N-donor ligands. Four different ligands were employed. These ligands have 3-pyridyl donor groups at one end and 4-pyridyl, ...

2024

Molecular imine cages with π-basic Au3(pyrazolate) faces

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Noga Eren

One tetrahedral and two trigonal prismatic cages with π-basic Au3(pyrazolate)3 faces were obtained by connection of pre-formed gold complexes via dynamic covalent imine chemistry. The parallel arrangement of the Au3(pyrazolate)3 complexes in the prismatic ...

2024

Metal‐Mediated Synthesis of a Mixed Arduengo‐Fischer Carbodicarbene Ligand

Kay Severin, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Damien Wen Chen, Bastiaan Kooij

Carbodicarbenes are strong C‐donor ligands, which have found numerous applications in organometallic and main group element chemistry. Herein, we report a structurally distinct carbodicarbene ligand, which is formed by dinitrogenative coupling of a Fischer ...

Wiley2024

Head‐to‐Tail Dimerization of N‐Heterocyclic Diazoolefins

Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Paul Varava, Zhaowen Dong, Anastasia Gitlina, Wolfram Feuerstein, Tak Hin Wong

The head-to-tail dimerization of N-heterocyclic diazoolefins is described. The products of these formal (3+3) cycloaddition reactions are strongly reducing quinoidal tetrazines. Oxidation of the tetrazines occurs in a stepwise fashion, and we were able to ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Synthesis and Reactivity of an Anionic Diazoolefin

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Zhaowen Dong, Bastiaan Kooij

Bent (hetero)allenes such as carbodicarbenes and carbodiphosphoranes can act as neutral C-donor ligands, and diverse applications in coordination chemistry have been reported. N-Heterocyclic diazoolefins are heterocumulenes, which can function in a similar ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Homogeneous catalysis with nitrous oxide

Kay Severin

Nitrous oxide (N2O; ‘laughing gas’) is a powerful oxidant, but chemical transformations are hampered by the inert character of this gas. Recent advances in using N2O as an oxidant in metal-catalyzed reactions are discussed. The focus will be on reactions t ...

2023

Synthetic Receptors with Micromolar Affinity for Chloride in Water

Kay Severin, Sylvain Alexandre Marie Sudan, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Damien Wen Chen, Cesare Berton

A water-soluble coordination cage was obtained by reaction of Pd(NO3)2 with a 1,3-di(pyridin-3-yl)benzene ligand featuring a short PEG chain. The cavity of the metal-organic cage contains one nitrate anion, which is readily replaced by chloride. The appare ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Construction of Pd-based coordination cages with three geometrically distinct ligands

Kay Severin, Rosario Scopelliti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Rujin Li, Jean Charles Edouard de Montmollin

2023

Synthesis of hyperbranched polyarylethenes by consecutive C–H vinylation reactions

Kay Severin, Albert Ruggi, Anastasia Gitlina

A novel procedure for the synthesis of polyarylethenes is described. Consecutive C–H vinylation reactions of tetraphenylethene with a triphenylethenyl triazene give hyperbranched polyarylethenes of variable sizes. The vinylation reactions are mediated by a ...

2023

A five-stranded heterometallic helicate

Kay Severin, Sylvain Alexandre Marie Sudan, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani

A penta-stranded helicate was obtained by combining Pd(CH3CN)42 with La(NO3)3 and a polydentate ligand. The helicate displays low symmetry, both in solution and in the solid state. A dynamic interconversion between the penta-stranded helicate and a ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2023