Building blocks for phospha[n]pericyclynes

Acetylenic Coupling: A Powerful Tool in Molecular Construction

Peter Siemsen, R. C. Livingston, François Diederich · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2000 · 1.5K citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, Enantioselective Synthesis, Engineering +13

Synthesis and reactions of phosphine-boranes. Synthesis of new bidentate ligands with homochiral phosphine centers via optically pure phosphine-boranes

Tsuneo Imamoto, Toshiyuki Oshiki, Takashi Onozawa et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1990 · 421 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Homochiral Phosphine Centers, Engineering +12

Carbon-rich acetylenic scaffolding: rods, rings and switches

François Diederich · Chemical Communications · 2001 · 181 citations

Engineering, Material Innovation, Organic Chemistry +17

A Novel Three-Way Chromophoric Molecular Switch: pH and Light Controllable Switching Cycles

Luca Gobbi, Paul Seiler, François Diederich · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 1999 · 179 citations

Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Explosive Decomposition of 1,2:5,6:11,12:15,16- Tetrabenzo-3,7,9,13,17,19-hexadehydro[20]annulene:  Formation of Onion- and Tube-like Closed-Shell Carbon Particles

Roland Boese, Adam J. Matzger, K. Peter C. Vollhardt · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1997 · 136 citations

Materials Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Crystal Structure +11