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  Scientific Publications 2010 — 2014

  1. (Review) “Carbodiphosphoranes and Related Ligands.”
    W. Petz, G. Frenking
    Topics in Organometallic Chemistry 30, 49 (2010) online (DOI)

  2. “Quantum Chemical Study on Ethylene Addition to (O=)2Os(=NH)2 and (O=)2Os(=NH)-cyc-(-NHCH2CH2HN-) as Model Complexes for the Osmium-Catalyzed Aminohydroxylation of Olefins.”
    M. A. Celik, R. Haunschild,G. Frenking
    Organometallics 29, 1560 (2010) online (DOI)

  3. “Isolation of crystalline carbene-stabilized P2-radical cations and P2-dications.”
    O. Back, B. Donnadieu, P. Parameswaran, G. Frenking, G. Bertrand
    Nature Chemistry 2, 369 (2010) online (DOI)

  4. “Asymmetric Intramolecular Aldol Reactions of Substituted 1,7-Dicarbonylic Compounds. A Mechanistic Study.”
    F. J. S. Duarte, E. J. Cabrita, G. Frenking, A. G. Santos
    J. Org. Chem. 75, 2546 (2010) online (DOI)

  5. “Rate-Determining Factors in Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions.”
    I. Fernández, G. Frenking, E. Uggerud
    J. Org. Chem. 75, 2971 (2010) online (DOI)

  6. “Response to the Comment on ‘The Interplay between Steric and Electronic Effects in SN2 Reactions’.”
    I. Fernández, G. Frenking, E. Uggerud
    Chem. Eur. J. 16, 5542 (2010) online (DOI)

  7. “Rotational dependence of the proton-transfer reaction HBr+ + CO2 → HOCO+ + Br. 1. Energy versus angular momentum effects.”
    L. Paetow, F. Unger, W. Beichel, G. Frenking, K.-M. Weitzel
    J. Chem. Phys. 132, 174305 (2010) online (DOI)

  8. “Structure and Stability of M6N8 Clusters (M = Si, Ge, Sn, Ti).”
    E. I. Davydova, A. Y. Timoshkin, G. Frenking
    J. Phys. Chem. A. 114, 6408 (2010) online (DOI)

  9. “Structure and Bonding of Metal-Rich Coordination Compounds Containing Low Valent Ga(I) and Zn(I) Ligands.”
    S. Gonzalez-Gallardo, G. Prabusankar, T. Cadenbach, C. Gemel, M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Struct. Bond. 136, 147 (2010) online (DOI)

  10. “A Crystalline Phosphinyl Radical Cation.”
    O. Back, M. A. Celik, G. Frenking, M. Melaimi, B. Donnadieu, G. Bertrand
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 10262 (2010) online (DOI)

  11. “Chemical Bonding in Transition Metal Complexes with Beryllium Ligands [(PMe3)2M-BeCl2], [(PMe3)2M-BeClMe] and [(PMe3)2M-BeMe2] (M = Ni, Pd, Pt).”
    P. Parameswaran, G. Frenking
    J. Phys. Chem. A. 114, 8529 (2010) online (DOI)

  12. “[BeCl2(Ph2PCH2PPh2)2] – A Donor-Acceptor Complex of Beryllium with the Ligand Bis(diphenylphosphanyl)methane.”
    G. Frenking, N. Holzmann, B. Neumüller, K. Dehnicke
    Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 636, 1772 (2010) online (DOI)

  13. “P-Heterocyclic carbenes as effective catalysts for the activation of single and multiple bonds. A theoretical study.”
    M. Rullich, R. Tonner, G. Frenking
    New J. Chem. 34, 1760 (2010) online (DOI)

  14. “Carbodicarbenes and Related Divalent Carbon(0) Compounds.”
    S. Klein, R.Tonner G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 16, 10160 (2010) online (DOI)

  15. “Chiral Salicyloxazolines as Auxiliaries for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complexes.”
    L. Gong, S. P. Mulcahy, D. Devarajan, K. Harms, G. Frenking, E. Meggers
    Inorg. Chem. 49, 7692 (2010) online (DOI)

  16. “Carbodiylides C(ECp*)2 (E = B – Tl): Another Class of Theoretically Predicted Divalent Carbon(0) Compounds.”
    S. Klein, G. Frenking
    Angew. Chem. 122, 7260 (2010) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 7106 (2010) online (DOI)

  17. “Chemical Bonding in ‘early-late’ transition metal complexes [(H2N)3M-M′(CO)4] (M = Ti, Zr, Hf; M′ = Co, Rh, Ir).”
    A. Krapp, G. Frenking
    Theor. Chem. Acc. 127, 141 (2010) online (DOI)

  18. “Synthesis of a stable adduct of dialane(4) (Al2H4) via hydrogenation of a magnesium(I) dimer.”
    S. J. Bonyhady, D. Collis, G. Frenking, N. Holzmann, C. Jones, A. Stasch
    Nature Chemistry 2, 865 (2010) online (DOI)

  19. “Direct 1-3 Metal-Carbon Bonding and Planar Tetracoordinated Carbon in Group 6 Metallacyclobutadienes.”
    C. H. Suresh, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 29, 4766 (2010) online (DOI)

  20. “Gallium Halides as Alternative Ligands to CO and N2 in Transition Metal Complexes – A Bonding Analysis.”
    J. A. Gámez, R. Tonner, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 29, 5676 (2010) online (DOI)

  21. “N-heterocyclic carbenes which readily add ammonia, carbon monoxide and other small molecules.”
    U. Siemeling, C. Färber, C. Bruhn, M. Leibold, D. Selent, W. Baumann, M. v. Hopffgarten, C. Goedecke, G. Frenking
    Chem. Sci. 1, 697 (2010) online (DOI)

  22. “On the nature of homo- and heterodinuclear metal-metal quadruple bonds – Analysis of the bonding situation and benchmarking DFT against wave function methods.”
    N. Takagi, A. Krapp, G. Frenking
    Can. J. Chem. 88, 1079 (2010) online (DOI)

  23. “Pyridine-Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: An Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation of the Bonding in and Reactivity of Selected Normal and Abnormal Complexes of Nickel (II) and Palladium(II).”
    E. Stander-Grobler, O. Schuster, G. Heydenrych, S. Cronje, E. Tosh, M. Albrecht, G. Frenking, H. G. Raubenheimer
    Organometallics 29, 5821 (2010) online (DOI)

  24. “Molecular Alloys: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on the Substitution of Zinc by Cadmium and Mercury in the Homologous Series [Mo(M′R)12] and [M(M′R)8] (M = Pd, Pt; M′ = Zn, Cd, Hg).”
    T. Bollermann, T. Cadenbach, C. Gemel, M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Chem. Eur. J. 16, 13372 (2010) online (DOI)

  25. “Consistent Aromaticity Evaluations of Methylenecyclopropene Analogues.”
    Y. Wang, I. Fernández, M. Duvall, J. I.-C. Wu, Q. Li, G. Frenking and P.v.R. Schleyer
    J. Org. Chem. 75, 8252 (2010) online (DOI)

  26. “Borylene-Based Functionalization of Iron-Alkynyl-σ-Complexes and Stepwise Reversible Metal-boryl-to-Borirene Transformation: Synthesis, Characterization and Density Functional Theory Studies.”
    H. Braunschweig, Q. Ye, K. Radacki, P. Brenner, G. Frenking , S. De
    Inorg. Chem. 50, 62 (2011) online (DOI)

  27. “The Reactivity of [Zn2Cp*2]: Trapping Monovalent {ZnZnCp*} in the Metal Rich Compounds [(Pd, Pt)(GaCp*)a(ZnCp*)4-a(ZnZnCp*)4-a] (a = 0, 2).”
    T. Bollermann, K. Freitag, C. Gemel, R. W. Seidel, M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Angew. Chem. 123, 798 (2011) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 772 (2011) online (DOI)

  28. “Bonding Analysis of Metal-Metal Multiple Bonds in R3M-M′R3 (M, M′ = Cr, Mo, W; R = Cl, NMe2)+.”
    N. Takagi, A. Krapp, G. Frenking
    Inorg. Chem. 50, 819 (2011) online (DOI)

  29. “Aromaticity in Group 14 Homologues of the Cyclopropenylium Cation.”
    I. Fernández, M. Duvall, J. I-C. Wu, P. v. R. Schleyer, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 17, 2215 (2011) online (DOI)

  30. “Polymer-bound 4-methylcoumarin/1-heptanoyl-5-fluorouracil photodimers: NMR elucidation of dimer-structure.”
    C. Sinkel, M. Schwarzer, G. Frenking, A. Greiner, S. Agarwal
    Magn. Reson. Chem. 49, 70 (2011) online (DOI)

  31. “Asymmetric Coordination Chemistry by Chiral-Auxiliary-Mediated Dynamic Resolution under Thermodynamic Control.”
    Z. Lin, L. Gong, M. A. Celik, K. Harms, G, Frenking, E. Meggers
    Chem. Asian J. 6, 474 (2011) online (DOI)

  32. “Diels-Alder reaction of 2-phosphaindolizines catalysed by organoaluminium reagent: theoretical and experimental results.”
    R. K. Jangid, N. Gupta, R. K. Bansal, M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking
    Tetrahedron Lett. 52, 1721 (2011) online (DOI)

  33. “Antitumor activity of bent metallocenes: An electronic structure analysis using DFT computations.”
    D. Senthilnathan, S. Vaideeswaran, P. Venuvanalingam, G. Frenking
    J. Mol. Model. 17, 465 (2011) online (DOI)

  34. “When Does Carbonylation of Carbenes Yield Ketenes? A Theoretical Study with Implications for Synthesis.”
    C. Goedecke, M. Leibold, U. Siemeling, G. Frenking
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 3557 (2011) online (DOI)

  35. “Unusual mechanism for H3+ formation from ethane as obtained by femtosecond laser pulse ionization and quantum chemical calculations.”
    P. Kraus, M. Schwarzer, N. Schirmel, G. Urbasch, G. Frenking, K.-M. Weitzel
    J. Chem. Phys. 134, 114302 (2011) online (DOI)

  36. “2-Diphenylphosphino-2′-hydroxy-1,1′-binaphthyl as chiral auxiliary for asymmetric coordination chemistry.”
    L. Gong, C. Müller, M. A. Celik, G. Frenking, E. Meggers
    New J. Chem. 35, 788 (2011) online (DOI)

  37. “N-Heterocyclic carbenes versus transition metals for stabilizing phosphinyl radicals.”
    O. Back, B. Donnadieu, M. von Hopffgarten, S. Klein, R. Tonner, G. Frenking, G. Bertrand
    Chem. Sci. 2, 858 (2011) online (DOI)

  38. “Structurally Sophisticated Octahedral Metal Complexes as Highly Selective Protein Kinase Inhibitors.”
    L. Feng, Y. Geisselbrecht, S. Blanck, A. Wilbuer, G. E. Atilla-Gokcumen, P. Filippakopoulos, K. Kräling, M. A. Celik, K. Harms, J. Maksimoska, R. Marmorstein, G. Frenking, S. Knapp, L.-O. Essen, E. Meggers
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 5976 (2011) online (DOI)

  39. “Synthesis of Highly Stable 1,3-Diaryl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidenes and Their Applications in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis.”
    J. Bouffard, B. K. Keitz, R. Tonner, G. Guisado-Barrios, G. Frenking, R. H. Grubbs, G. Bertrand
    Organometallics 30, 2617 (2011) online (DOI)

  40. “Cationic Gold Carbonyl Complex on a Phosphine Support.”
    H. V. Rasika Dias, C. Dash, M. Yousufuddin, M. A. Celik, G. Frenking
    Inorg. Chem. 50, 4253 (2011) online (DOI)

  41. “A Dimer of Silaisonitrile with Two-Coordinate Silicon Atoms.”
    R. S. Ghadwal, H. W. Roesky, K. Pröpper, B. Dittrich, S. Klein and Gernot Frenking
    Angew. Chem. 123, 5486 (2011) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 5374 (2011) online (DOI)

  42. “Divalent Pb(0) compounds.”
    N. Takagi, G. Frenking
    Theor. Chem. Acc. 129, 615 (2011) online (DOI)

  43. “Syntheses and Crystal Structures of [Hg{C(PPh3)2}2][Hg2I6] and [Cu{C(PPh3)2}2]I and Comparative Theoretical Study of Carbene Complexes [M(NHC)2] with Carbone Complexes [M{C(PH3)2}2] (M = Cu+, Ag+, Au+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+).”
    W. Petz, B. Neumüller, S. Klein, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 30, 3330 (2011) online (DOI)

  44. “Phantom Ring-Closing Condensation Polymerization: Towards Antibacterial Oligoguanidines.”
    C. Mattheis, M. C. Schwarzer, G. Frenking, S. Agarwal
    Macromol. Rapid Commun. 32, 994 (2011) online (DOI)

  45. “Energy decomposition analysis of the metal-oxime bond in [M{RC(NOH)C(NO)R}2] (M = Ni(II), Pd(II), Pt(II), R = CH3, H, F, Cl, Br, Ph, CF3).”
    M. Bayat, M. v. Hopffgarten, S. Salehzadeh, G. Frenking
    J. Organomet. Chem. 696, 2976 (2011) online (DOI)

  46. “Packed to the Rafters: Filling up C60 with Rare Gas Atoms.”
    R. Tonner, G. Frenking, M. Lein, P. Schwerdtfeger
    ChemPhysChem 12, 2081 (2011) online (DOI)

  47. “Synthesis and Characterization of a Neutral Tricoordinate Organoboron Isoelectronic with Amines.”
    R. Kinjo, B. Donnadieu, M. A. Celik, G. Frenking, G. Bertrand
    Science 333, 610 (2011) online (DOI)

  48. “Distinguishing Carbones from Allenes by Complexation to AuCl.”
    C. Esterhuysen, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 17, 9944 (2011) online (DOI)

  49. “1,5-Electrocyclization versus 1,5-proton shift in imidazolium allylides and 2-phosphaallylides: a DFT investigation.”
    N, Gupta, R. K. Bansal, M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking
    J. Phys. Org. Chem. 24, 786 (2011) online (DOI)

  50. “On the Stability, Electronic Structure and Nonlinear Optical Properties of HXeOXeF and FXeOXeF.”
    A. Avramopoulos, J. Lib, N. Holzmann, G. Frenking, M. G. Papadopoulos
    J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 10226 (2011) online (DOI)

  51. (Review) “Direct Estimate of Aromaticity with the Energy Decomposition Analysis.”
    I. Fernández, G. Frenking
    Open Org. Chem. J. 5, 79 (2011) online (DOI)

  52. “The Reaction of BeCl2 with Carbodiphosphorane C(PPh3)2; Experimental and Theoretical Studies.”
    W. Petz, the late K. Dehnicke, N. Holzmann, G. Frenking, and B. Neumüller
    Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 637, 1702 (2011) online (DOI)

  53. “Bonding Situation in ‘Early-Late’ Transition Metal Complexes Cl3M–M′ (PCl3)4 (M = Ti, Zr, Hf; M′ = Co, Rh, Ir) – Theoretical Study for a Ligand Fine Tuning of M–M′ Bonds.”
    N. Takagi, A. Krapp, and G. Frenking
    Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 637, 1728 (2011) online (DOI)

  54. (Review) “Carbodicarbenes—divalent carbon(0) compounds exhibiting carbon–carbon donor–acceptor bonds.”
    G. Frenking, R. Tonner
    WIREs Computational Molecular Science 1, 869 (2011) online (DOI)

  55. “The Rich Chemistry of [Zn2Cp*2]: Trapping Three Different Types of Zinc Ligands in the PdZn7 complex [Pd(ZnCp*)4(ZnMe)2(Zn{tmeda})].”
    T. Bollermann, K. Freitag, C. Gemel, M. Molon, R. W. Seidel, M. von Hopffgarten, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Inorg. Chem. 50, 10486 (2011) online (DOI)

  56. “DFT investigation of the thermodynamics and mechanism of electrophilic chlorination and iodination of arenes.”
    V. D. Filimonov, O. Kh. Poleshchuk, E. A. Krasnokutskaya, G. Frenking
    J. Mol. Model. 17, 2759 (2011) online (DOI)

  57. “Building a Bridge between Coordination Compounds and Clusters: Bonding Analysis of the Icosahedral Molecules [M(ER)12] (M = Cr, Mo, W; E = Zn, Cd, Hg).”
    M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking
    J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 12758 (2011) online (DOI)

  58. “Donor–Acceptor Stabilized Silicon Analogue of an Acid Anhydride.”
    R. S. Ghadwal, R. Azhakar, H. W. Roesky, K. Pröpper, B. Dittrich, S. Klein, G. Frenking
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 17552 (2011) online (DOI)

  59. “A Digermyne with a Ge–Ge Single Bond that Activates Dihydrogen in the Solid State.”
    J. Li, C. Schenk, C. Goedecke, G. Frenking, C. Jones
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 18622 (2011) online (DOI)

  60. “N-Sulfinylcarboximidates as a New Class of Chiral Bidentate Ligands: Application to Asymmetric Coordination Chemistry.”
    Z. Lin, M. A. Celik, C. Fu, K. Harms, G. Frenking, E. Meggers
    Chem. Eur. J. 17, 12602 (2011) online (DOI)

  61. “Structures and Stabilities of Group 13 Adducts [(NHC)(EX3)] and [(NHC)2(E2Xn)] (E = B to In; X = H, Cl; n = 4, 2, 0; NHC = N–Heterocyclic Carbene) and the Search for Hydrogen Storage Systems: A Theoretical Study.”
    N. Holzmann, A. Stasch, C. Jones, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 17, 13517 (2011) online (DOI)

  62. “Molecular Hume-Rothery Compounds [M(ZnR)n] and [M(ZnR)a(GaR)b] (a + 2b = n ≥ 8): Relations of Coordination Polyhedra and Electronic Structure.”
    M. Molon, C. Gemel, M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Inorg. Chem. 50, 12296 (2011) online (DOI)

  63. “Preparation, Characterization, and Theoretical Analysis of Group 14 Element(I) Dimers: A Case Study of Magnesium(I) Compounds as Reducing Agents in Inorganic Synthesis.”
    C. Jones, S. Bonyhady, N. Holzmann, G. Frenking, A. Stasch
    Inorg. Chem. 50, 12315 (2011) online (DOI)

  64. “Structures and bonding situation of Pb2X2 (X = H, F, Cl, Br and I).”
    T. Shimizu, G. Frenking
    Theoret. Chem. Acc. 130, 269 (2011) online (DOI)

  65. “Energy decomposition analysis of the metal-imine bond in [(CO)4M–SB] (M = Cr, Mo, W; SB: RHC=N–CH2CH2–N=CHR).”
    M. Bayat, S. Salehzadeh, G. Frenking
    J. Organomet. Chem. 697, 74 (2012) online (DOI)

  66. “Energy decomposition analysis.”
    M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking
    WIREs Comput. Mol. Sci. 2, 43 (2012) online (DOI)

  67. “Design of Neutral Lewis Superacids of Group 13 Elements.”
    L. Mück, A. Y. Timoshkin, G. Frenking
    Inorg. Chem. 51, 640 (2012) online (DOI)

  68. “Carbodiphosphorane Analogues E(PPh3)2 with E=C–Pb: A Theoretical Study with Implications for Ligand Design.”
    N. Takagi, R. Tonner, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 18, 1772 (2012) online (DOI)

  69. “Hunting dimers.”
    Yu. Rogachev, P. Jerabek, S. Klein, G. Frenking, R. Hoffmann
    Theoret. Chem. Acc. 131, 1149 (2012) online (DOI)

  70. “Ligand-Stabilized [P4]2+ Cations.”
    M. Donath, E. Conrad, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking, R. Fröhlich, N. Burford, J. J. Weigand
    Angew. Chem. 124, 3018 (2012) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 2964 (2012) online (DOI)

  71. “Oligonuclear Molecular Models of Intermetallic Phases: A Case Study on [Pd2Zn6Ga2(Cp*)5(CH3)3].”
    T. Bollermann, M. Molon, C. Gemel, K. Freitag, R. W. Seidel, M. von Hopffgarten, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Chem. Eur. J. 18, 4909 (2012) online (DOI)

  72. “Isolable Tris(alkyne) and Bis(alkyne) Complexes of Gold(I).”
    A. Das, C. Dash, M. Yousufuddin, M. A. Celik, G. Frenking, H. V. Rasika Dias
    Angew. Chem. 124, 4006 (2012) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 3940 (2012) online (DOI)

  73. “Borylene Complexes (BH)L2 and Nitrogen Cation Complexes (N+)L2: Isoelectronic Homologues of Carbones CL2.”
    M. A. Celik, R. Sure, S. Klein, R. Kinjo, G. Bertrand, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 18, 5676 (2012) online (DOI)

  74. “Are They Linear, Bent, or Cyclic? Quantum Chemical Investigation of the Heavier Group 14 and Group 15 Homologues of HCN and HNC.”
    D. Devarajan, G. Frenking
    Chem. Asian J. 7, 1296 (2012) online (DOI)

  75. “The nature of Ru–NO bonds in ruthenium tetraazamacrocycle nitrosyl complexes – a computational study.”
    G. F. Caramori, A. G. Kunitz, K. F. Andriani, F. G. Doro, G. Frenking, E. Tfouni
    Dalton Trans. 41, 7327 (2012) online (DOI)

  76. “A Boron-Boron Triple Bond.”
    G. Frenking, N. Holzmann
    Science 336, 1394 (2012) online (DOI)

  77. “Donor-Acceptor Properties of Bidentate Phosphines. DFT Study of Nickel Carbonyls and Molecular Dihydrogen Complexes.”
    C. Flener-Lovitt, G. Frenking, G. S. Girolami
    Organometallics 31, 4122 (2012) online (DOI)

  78. “Donor-acceptor stabilized silaformyl chloride.”
    R. S. Ghadwal, R. Azhakar, H. W. Roesky, K. Pröpper, B. Dittrich, C. Goedecke, G. Frenking
    J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 48, 8186 (2012) online (DOI)

  79. “The Facile Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Carbon Monoxide with an Amido-Digermyne.”
    J. Li, M. Hermann, G. Frenking, C. Jones
    Angew. Chem. 124, 8739 (2012) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51, 8611 (2012) online (DOI)

  80. “An N-heterocyclic carbene adduct of diatomic tin, :Sn=Sn: .”
    C. Jones, A. Sidiropoulos, N. Holzmann, G. Frenking, A. Stasch, Chem. Commun. 48, 9855 (2012) online (DOI)

  81. “Transition-Metal Complexes of Tetrylones [(CO)5W-E(PPh3)2] and Tetrylenes [(CO)5W-NHE] (E=C–Pb): A Theoretical Study.”
    T. A. N. Nguyen, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 18, 12733 (2012) online (DOI)

  82. “A Crystalline Singlet Phosphinonitrene: A Nitrogen Atom-Transfer Agent.”
    F. Dielmann, O. Back, M. Henry-Ellinger, B. Donnadieu, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking, G. Bertrand
    Science 337, 1526 (2012) online (DOI)

  83. “Neutral noble gas compounds exhibiting a Xe–Xe bond: structure, stability and bonding situation.”
    I. Fernández, G. Frenking
    PhysChemChemPhys 14, 14869 (2012) online (DOI)

  84. “Spacer Separated Donor-Acceptor Complexes [D→C6F4→BF3] (D = Xe, CO, N2) and the Dication [Xe→C6F4←Xe]2+. A Theoretical Study.”
    C. Goedecke, R. Sitt, Gernot Frenking
    Inorg. Chem. 51, 11259 (2012) online (DOI)

  85. “1,3-Metal-Carbon Bonding and Alkyne Metathesis: DFT Investigations on Model Complexes of Group 4, 5, and 6 Transition Metals.”
    C. H. Suresh, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 31, 7171 (2012) online (DOI)

  86. “Active versus Passive Substituent Participation in the Auxiliary-Mediated Asymmetric Synthesis of an Octahedral Metal Complex.”
    L.-A. Chen, M. A. Celik, H.-L. Yu, Z. Cao, G. Frenking, L. Gong, E. Meggers
    Chem. Asian J. 7, 2523 (2012) online (DOI)

  87. “Ultrabroadband terahertz spectroscopy of a liquid crystal.”
    N. Vieweg, B. M. Fischer, M. Reuter, P. Kula, R. Dabrowski, M. A. Celik, G. Frenking, M. Koch, P.U. Jepsen
    Optics Expr. 20, 28249 (2012) online (DOI)

  88. “Low-Valent Ge2 and Ge4 Species Trapped by N-Heterocyclic Gallylene.”
    A. Doddi, C. Gemel, K. Freitag, M. Winter, R. A. Fischer, C. Goedecke, H, S. Rzepa, G. Frenking
    Angew. Chem. 125, 468 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 450 (2013) online (DOI)

  89. “Exploring suitable oligoamines for phantom ring-closing condensation polymerization with guanidine hydrochloride.”
    C. Mattheis, H. Wang, M. C. Schwarzer, G. Frenking, S. Agarwal
    Polymer. Chem. 4, 707 (2013) online (DOI)

  90. “Conversion of a Singlet Silylene to a stable Biradical.”
    K. C. Mondal, H. W. Roesky, M. C. Schwarzer, G. Frenking, S. Neudeck, I. Tkach, H. Wolf, D. Kratzert, R. Herbst-Irmer, B. Niepötter, D. Stalke
    Angew. Chem. 125, 1845 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 1801 (2013) online (DOI)

  91. “End-On and Side-On π-Acid Ligand Adducts of Gold(I): Carbonyl, Cyanide, Isocyanide, and Cyclooctyne Gold(I) Complexes Supported by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Phosphines.”
    M. A. Celik, C. Dash, V. A. K. Adiraju, A. Das, M. Yousufuddin, G. Frenking, H. V. R. Dias
    Inorg. Chem. 52, 729 (2013) online (DOI)

  92. “Asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction with >C=P–functionality of the 2-phosphaindolizine-η1-P-aluminium(O-menthoxy) dichloride complex: experimental and theoretical results.”
    R. K. Jangid, N. Sogani, N. Gupta, R. K. Bansal, M. von Hopffgarten, G. Frenking
    Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 9, 392 (2013) online (DOI)

  93. “Protonation of 5-methylhydantoin and its thio derivatives in the gas phase: A theoretical study.”
    Z. S. Safi, G. Frenking
    Int. J. Quantum Chem. 113, 908 (2013) online (DOI)

  94. “A Stable Singlet Biradicaloid Siladicarbene: (L:)2Si.”
    K. C. Mondal, H. W. Roesky, F. Klinke, M. C. Schwarzer, G. Frenking, B. Niepötter, H. Wolf, R. Herbst-Irmer, D. Stalke
    Angew. Chem. 125, 3036 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 2963 (2013) online (DOI)

  95. “Dinitrogen as Double Lewis Acid: Structure and Bonding of Triphenylphosphinazine N2(PPh3)2.”
    N. Holzmann, D. Dange, C. Jones, G. Frenking
    Angew. Chem. 125, 3078 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 3004 (2013) online (DOI)

  96. “Reductive elimination: a pathway to low-valent aluminium species.”
    S. Loerke, C. Gemel, P. Jerabek, M. Winter, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm. 49, 2858 (2013) online (DOI)

  97. “1,3-Metal-Carbon Bonding Predicts Rich Chemistry at the Edges of Aromatic Hydrocarbons.”
    C. H. Suresh, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 32, 1531 (2013) online (DOI)

  98. “Bonding Analysis of the Trimethylenemethane (TMM) Complexes [(η6-C6H6)M-TMM] (M = Fe, Ru, Os), [(η5-C5H5)M-TMM] (M = Co, Rh, Ir), and [(η4-C4H4)M-TMM] (M = Ni, Pd, Pt).”
    M. Mousavi, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 32, 1743 (2013) online (DOI)

  99. “Comparative Study of Phosphine and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized Group-13 Adducts [L(EH3)] and [L2(E2Hn)] (E=B–In; L=PMe3, NHC; n=4, 2, 0).”
    N. Holzmann, A. Stasch, C. Jones, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 19, 6467 (2013) online (DOI)

  100. “Spirobis(pentagerma[1.1.1]propellane): A Stable Tetraradicaloid.”
    Y. Ito, V. Ya. Lee, H. Gornitzka, C. Goedecke, G. Frenking, A. Sekiguchi
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 6770 (2013) online (DOI)

  101. “A Singlet Biradicaloid Zinc Compound and Its Nonradical Counterpart.”
    A. P. Singh, P. P. Samuel, H. W. Roesky, M. C. Schwarzer, G. Frenking, N. S. Sidhu, B. Dittrich
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 7324 (2013) online (DOI)

  102. “Critical Comments on ‘One Molecule, Two Atoms, Three Views, Four Bonds?’ by S. Shaik, H. S. Rzepa, R. H. Hoffman.”
    G. Frenking, M. Hermann
    Angew. Chem. 125, 6036 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 5922 (2013) online (DOI)

  103. “Tris(alkyne) and Bis(alkyne) Complexes of Coinage Metals: Synthesis and Characterization of (cyclooctyne)3M+ (M = Cu, Ag) and (cyclooctyne)2Au+ and Coinage Metal (M = Cu, Ag, Au) Family Group Trends.”
    A. Das, C. Dash, M. A. Celik, M. Yousufuddin, G. Frenking, H. V. R. Dias
    Organometallics 32, 3135 (2013) online (DOI)

  104. “The Organozinc Rich Compounds [Cp*M(ZnR)5] (M = Fe, Ru; R = Cp*, Me, Cl, Br).”
    M. Molon, C. Gemel, R. W. Seidel, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Inorg. Chem. 52, 7152 (2013) online (DOI)

  105. “Beryllium chemistry the safe way: a theoretical evaluation of low oxidation state beryllium compounds.”
    S. A. Couchman, N. Holzmann, G. Frenking, D. J. D. Wilson, J. L. Dutton
    J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 42, 11375 (2013) online (DOI)

  106. “Isolation of Neutral Mono- and Dinuclear Gold Complexes of Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes.”
    D. Weinberger, M. Melaimi, C. E. Moore, A. L. Rheingold, G. Frenking, P. Jerabek, G. Bertrand
    Angew. Chem. 125, 9134 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 8964 (2013) online (DOI)

  107. “Comparison between Alkalimetal and Group 11 Transition Metal Halide and Hydride Tetramers: Molecular Structure and Bonding.”
    M. El-Hamdi, M. Solà, G. Frenking, J. Poater
    J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 8026 (2013) online (DOI)

  108. “Complexation behavior of two-coordinated carbon compounds containing fluorenyl ligands.”
    C. Esterhuysen, G. Frenking
    J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 42, 13349 (2013) online (DOI)

  109. “Exploiting the Twofold Donor Ability of Carbodiphosphoranes: Theoretical Studies of [(PPh3)2C→EH2]q (Eq=Be, B+, C2+, N3+, O4+) and Synthesis of the Dication [(Ph3P)2C=CH2]2+.”
    M. A. Celik, G. Frenking, B. Neumüller W. Petz
    ChemPlusChem. 78, 1024 (2013) online (DOI)

  110. “Structure and bonding of tetrylone complexes [(CO)4W{E(PPh3)2}] (E = C–Pb).”
    T. A. N. Nguyen, G. Frenking
    Mol. Phys. 111, 2640 (2013) online (DOI)

  111. “Activation of H2 by a Multiply Bonded Amido-Digermyne: Evidence for the Formation of a Hydrido–Germylene.”
    T. J. Hadlington, M. Hermann, J. Li, G. Frenking, C. Jones
    Angew. Chem. 125, 10389 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 10199 (2013) online (DOI)

  112. “Facile access to silyl-functionalized N-heterocyclic olefins with HSiCl3.”
    R. S. Ghadwal, S. O. Reichmann, F. Engelhardt, D. M. Andrada, G. Frenking
    J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 49, 9440 (2013) online (DOI)

  113. “[3+2] Fragmentation of an [RP5Cl]+ Cage Cation Induced by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene.”
    M. H. Holthausen, S. K. Surmiak, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking, J. J. Weigand
    Angew. Chem 125, 11284 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 11078 (2013) online (DOI)

  114. “Reactivity of Dicoordinated Stannylones (Sn0) versus Stannylenes (SnII): An Investigation Using DFT-Based Reactivity Indices”
    L. Broeckaert, G. Frenking, P. Geerlings, F. De Proft
    ChemPhysChem 14, 3233 (2013) online (DOI)

  115. “Cobalt Catalysis in the Gas Phase: Experimental Characterization of Cobalt(I) Complexes as Intermediates in Regioselective Diels-Alder Reactions.”
    L. Fiebig, J. Kuttner, G. Hilt, M. C. Schwarzer, G. Frenking, H.-G. Schmalz, M. Schäfer
    J. Org. Chem. 78, 10485 (2013) online (DOI)

  116. “Synthesis and Characterization of a Two-Coordinate Manganese Complex and its Reaction with Molecular Hydrogen at Room Temperature.”
    P. P. Samuel, K. C. Mondal, H. W. Roesky, M. Hermann, G. Frenking, S. Demeshko, F. Meyer, A. C. Stückl, J. H. Christian, N. S. Dalal, L. Ungur, L. F. Chibotaru, K. Pröpper, A. Meents, B. Dittrich
    Angew. Chem 125, 12033 (2013) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 11817 (2013) online (DOI)

  117. “Bonding analysis of trimethylenemethane (TMM) complexes [(CO)3M-TMM] (M = Fe, Ru, Os, Rh+). Absence of expected bond paths.”
    M. Mousavi, G. Frenking
    J. Organomet. Chem. 748, 2 (2013) online (DOI)

  118. “Formation of a 1,4-Diamino-2,3-disila-1,3-butadiene Derivative.”
    K. C. Mondal, P. P. Samuel, M. Tretiakov, H. W. Roesky, B. Dittrich N. Holzmann, M. Hermann, G. Frenking, A. Meent
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 15990 (2013) online (DOI)

  119. “Structures and Bonding Situation of the Allyl Systems and Cyclic Isomers [H2E‚Äö√Ñ√¨E(H)‚Äö√Ñ√¨EH2]‚Äö√Ñ√¨,¬¨‚àë,+ (E = C, Si, Ge, Sn).”
    J. Gamez, M. Hermann, G. Frenking Z.
    Anorg. Allg. Chem. 639, 2493 (2013) online (DOI)

  120. “Structures and energies of C4S4q (q = +1, 0, -1) isomers. A theoretical study.”
    P. Jerabek, G. Frenking
    Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 354-355, 342 (2013) online (DOI)

  121. “Nearly Degenerate Isomers of C(BH)2: Cumulene, Carbene, or Carbone?”
    R. Barua, W. D. Allen, E. Kraka, P. Jerabek, R. Sure, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 19, 15941 (2013) online (DOI)

  122. “Reaction Pathways for Addition of H2 to Amido-Ditetrylynes R2N–EE–NR2 (E = Si, Ge, Sn). A Theoretical Study.”
    M. Hermann, C. Goedecke, C. Jones, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 32, 6666 (2013) online (DOI)

  123. “Studies of electronic effects of modified pyridine-imine ligands utilized in cobalt-catalyzed meta-selective Diels–Alder reactions.”
    M. Hermann, C. Goedecke, C. Jones, G. Frenking
    J. Organomet. Chem. 749, 219 (2014) online (DOI)

  124. “Comparative bonding analysis of N2 and P2 versus tetrahedral N4 and P4.”
    P. Jerabek, G. Frenking
    Theoret. Chem. Acc. 133, 1447 (2014) online (DOI)

  125. “Carbodicarbenes”
    G. Frenking, R. Tonner in Contemporary Carbene Chemistry, pp. 216, R. A. Moss, M. P. Doyle (Eds)
    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2013 online (DOI)

  126. “Stabilization of a Cobalt–Cobalt Bond by Two Cyclic Alkyl Amino Carbenes.”
    K. C. Mondal, P. P. Samuel, H. W. Roesky, E. Carl, R. Herbst-Irmer, D. Stalke, B. Schwederski, W. Kaim, L. Ungur, L. F. Chibotaru, M. Hermann, G. Frenking, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 1770 (2014) online (DOI)

  127. “Inorganic Double-Helix Nanotoroid of Simple Lithium–Phosphorus Species.”
    A. S. Ivanov, A. I. Boldyrev, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 20, 2431 (2014) online (DOI)

  128. “Experimental Charge Density Study of a Silylone.”
    B. Niepötter, R. Herbst-Irmer, D. Kratzert, P. P. Samuel, K. C. Mondal, H. W. Roesky, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking, D. Stalke
    Angew. Chem. 126, 2806 (2014) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 2766 (2014) online (DOI)

  129. “Low Coordinate Germanium(II) and Tin(II) Hydride Complexes: Efficient Catalysts for the Hydroboration of Carbonyl Compounds.”
    T. J. Hadlington, M. Hermann, G. Frenking, C. Jones
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 3028 (2014) online (DOI)

  130. “Isolation of Bridging and Terminal Coinage Metal‚Äö√Ñ√¨Nitrene Complexes.”
    F. Dielmann, D. M. Andrada, G. Frenking, G. Bertrand
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 3800 (2014) online (DOI)

  131. “Structure and stability of molecular and ionic complexes of AlCl3 with pyrazine and 4,4′-bipyridyl.”
    E. I. Davydova, A. Yu. Timoshkin, G. Frenking
    J. Struct. Chem. 55, 15 (2014) online (DOI)

  132. “Aminosilanetrithiol RSi(SH)3: an experimental and quantum-chemical study.”
    Y. Li, H. Zhu, D. M. Andrada, G. Frenking, H. W. Roesky
    Chem. Commun. 50, 4628 (2014) online (DOI)

  133. “Isolation of Neutral Mononuclear Copper Complexes Stabilized by Two Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbenes.”
    D. S. Weinberger, N. A. Sk, K. C. Mondal, M. Melaimi, G. Bertrand, A. C. Stückl, H. W. Roesky, B. Dittrich, S. Demeshko, B. Schwederski, W. Kaim, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 6235 (2014) online (DOI)

  134. “The EDA Perspective of Chemical Bonding”
    G. Frenking, F. M. Bickelhaupt in The Chemical Bond – Fundamental Aspects of Chemical Bonding, pp. 121–158, G. Frenking, S. Shaik (Eds)
    Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2014, ISBN-10: 3527333142 / ISBN-13: 978-3-527-33314-1 online (DOI)

  135. “Multiple Bonding of Heavy Main-Group Atoms”
    G. Frenking in The Chemical Bond – Chemical Bonding Across the Periodic Table, pp. 25–48, G. Frenking, S. Shaik (Eds)
    Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2014, ISBN-10: 3527333150 / ISBN-13: 978-3-527-33315-8 online (DOI)

  136. “Donor–Acceptor Complexes of Main-Group Elements”
    G. Frenking, R. Tonner in The Chemical Bond – Chemical Bonding Across the Periodic Table, pp. 71–112, G. Frenking, S. Shaik (Eds)
    Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2014, ISBN-10: 3527333150 / ISBN-13: 978-3-527-33315-8 online (DOI)

  137. “Chemical Bonding in Transition Metal Compounds”
    G. Frenking in The Chemical Bond – Chemical Bonding Across the Periodic Table, pp. 175–218, G. Frenking, S. Shaik (Eds)
    Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2014, ISBN-10: 3527333150 / ISBN-13: 978-3-527-33315-8 online (DOI)

  138. “Terahertz Absorption of Nematic Liquid Crystals.”
    N. Vieweg, M. A. Celik, S. Zakell, V. Gupta, G. Frenking, M. Koch
    J. Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 35, 478 (2014) online (DOI)

  139. “A Novel Concept for the Synthesis of Multiply Doped Gold Clusters [(M@AunM′m)Lk]q+.”
    A. Puls, P. Jerabek, W. Kurashige, M. Förster, M. Molon, T. Bollermann, M. Winter, C. Gemel, Y. Negishi, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Angew. Chem. 126, 4415 (2014) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 4327 (2014) online (DOI)

  140. “Ruthenophanes: Evaluating Cation-≈ì√Ñ Interactions in [Ru(η6-C16H12R4)(NH3)3]2+/3+ Complexes. A Computational Insight.”
    G. F. Caramori, L. C. Garcia, D. M. Andrada, G. Frenking
    Organometallics 33, 2301 (2014) online (DOI)

  141. “Dative Bonds in Main-Group Compounds: A Case for More Arrows!”
    G. Frenking
    Angew. Chem. 126, 6152 (2014) online (DOI)
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 6040 (2014) online (DOI)

  142. (Review) “New bonding modes of carbon and heavier group 14 atoms Si–Pb.”
    G. Frenking, R. Tonner, S. Klein, N. Takagi, T. Shimizu, A. Krapp, K. K. Pandey, P. Parameswaran
    Chem. Soc. Rev. 43, 5106 (2014) online (DOI)

  143. “Reaction Mechanisms of Small-Molecule Activation by Amidoditetrylynes R2N‚Äö√Ñ√¨EE‚Äö√Ñ√¨NR2 (E = Si, Ge, Sn).”
    M. Hermann, C. Jones, G. Frenking
    Inorg. Chem. 53, 6482 (2014) online (DOI)

  144. “One-Electron-Mediated Rearrangements of 2,3-Disiladicarbene.”
    K. C. Mondal, P. P. Samuel, H. W. Roesky, R. Aysin, L. Leites, S. Neudeck, J. Lübben, B. Dittrich, N. Holzmann, M. Hermann, G. Frenking
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 8919 (2014) online (DOI)

  145. “Bonding Situation in Dimeric Group 15 Complexes [(NHC)2(E2)] (E = N–Bi)”
    N. Holzmann, G. Frenking
    Z. Naturforsch. A 69, 385 (2014) online (DOI)

  146. “Silavinylidene Stabilized by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene: A Theoretically Predicted Stable Molecule.”
    J. Xu, Y.-H. Ding, D. M. Andrada, G. Frenking
    Chem. Eur. J. 20, 9216 (2014) online (DOI)

  147. (Review) “Hyperfine interections and DFT study of the bonding in complexes of metal halids,interhalogen diatomics and SO3 with Lewis bases.”
    O. Kh. Poleshchuk, A. V. Fateev, A. C. Legon, G. Frenking
    Trends Phys. Chem. 15, 13 (2014) online (Download)

  148. “Stabilization of a Cl-–Cl- Anion Pair in the Gas Phase: Ab Initio Microsolvation Study.”
    A. S. Ivanov, G. Frenking, A. I. Boldyrev
    J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 7375 (2014) online (DOI)

  149. “Competitive Reaction Pathways for the Gas-Phase Reactivity of [Me2AlNH2]3.”
    E. I. Davydova, G. Frenking, A. Y. Timoshkin
    ChemPhysChem. 15, 2774 (2014) online (DOI)

  150. “Ruthenium(II) complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes derived from imidazolium-linked cyclophanes.”
    G. F. Caramori, L. C. Garcia, D. M. Andrada, G. Frenking
    Dalton Trans. 43, 14710 (2014) online (DOI)

  151. “Bonding Analysis of Telluroketones H2A=Te (A = C, Si, Ge).”
    N. B. Jaufeerally, P. Ramasami, P. Jerabek, G. Frenking
    J. Mol. Mod. 20, 2433 (2014) online (DOI)

  152. “Hume–Rothery Phase-Inspired Metal-Rich Molecules: Cluster Expansion of [Ni(ZnMe)6(ZnCp*)2] by Face Capping with Ni0(η6-toluene) and NiI(η5-Cp*).”
    M. Molon, C. Gemel, P. Jerabek, L. Trombach, G. Frenking, R. A. Fischer
    Inorg. Chem. 53, 10403 (2014) online (DOI)

  153. “Coinage Metals Binding as Main Group Elements: Structure and Bonding of the Carbene Complexes [TM(cAAC)2] and [TM(cAAC)2]+ (TM = Cu, Ag, Au).”
    P. Jerabek, H. W. Roesky, G. Bertrand, G. Frenking
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 17123 (2014) online (DOI)

  154. “Analysis of the E–E Bond in Group-13 Complexes [(PMe3)2(E2Hn)] (E = B–In, n = 4, 2, 0).”
    N. Holzmann, G. Frenking
    Croat. Chem. Acta 87, 413 (2014) online (DOI)