02.05.2023 Small Molecule Activation with Bismuth!

Foto: C. Lichtenberg

Carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide readily insert into the Bi–N bond of cationic bismuth amides and generate isolable, but metastable products. In the case of carbon dioxide, a (formal) carbon dioxide-catalyzed CH activation can be realized. In the case of carbon disulfide, the first example of a light-induced bismuthinidene transfer reaction was uncovered. These results have just been accepted for publication in Chem. Sci. - congratulations to all co-authors!