Outside Back Cover: Stabilization of the Benzene Radical Trianion in an Inverse‐Sandwich Yttrium Complex (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2026)
The cover illustrates the realization of the elusive benzene radical trianion stabilized in an inverse-sandwich yttrium complex. In their Research Article (e21849), Matthias Driess, Selvan Demir, and co-workers present the synthesis along with structural, computational, EPR and UV-Vis spectroscopic data of this unprecedented type of benzene-metal π complex, which features the [YIII–(C6H6)3–•–YIII] electronic structure and weak aromaticity of the benzene unit.
Authors
- Weiqing Mao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6852-5274)
- Selvan Demir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7983-9850)
- Saroshan Deshapriya
- Shenglai Yao
- Matthias Driess
- Christian Lorent
Institutions
- Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-02-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2026-m0402123400
- Primary Topic
- Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00