Hexafluorodihalocubanes feature some exceptionally short bonds, including the shortest C(sp3)–I bond found so far

Cubane Derivatives with Unusually Short Carbon–Halogen Bonds
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A Path to Substituted Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanones
Two-step transformation combines a transannular pinacol coupling reaction with a pinacol rearrangement

Fast-Cycling Electrochemistry in Microclouds
Self-electrification by fast phase switching affects redox reactions

Enantioselective Decarboxylative Difluoromethylation
Nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative transformation of alkyl carboxylic acids with good functional group tolerance

Peroxide-Based Coating Approach Gives Nanoshells with Alkali Metals
Difficult-to-achieve uniform coating prepared using hydrogen peroxide as a precipitant

Polarity of Over 550 Radicals Calculated
Electrophilicity/nucleophilicity of common open-shell synthetic intermediates calculated and experimentally validated

Frustrated Lewis Pair Anchored on Copper Nanoclusters for Catalysis
Immobilized catalysts for hydrogenation reactions provide high activity and regioselectivity

Enantioselective Alkylation of Primary Phosphines
Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric transformation using alkyl halides gives P-stereogenic secondary phosphine-boranes with high enantioselectivity

Twisting Planar Aromatic Compounds into a Figure Eight
Oxidative cleavage of an internal double bond of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) gives a figure-eight-shaped macrocycle

Gold(I) Catalysis Provides Access to Alkynyl C-Glycosides
Silyl-assisted, gold(I)-catalyzed transformation gives useful precursors for complex glycosides