Special Issue "Hypervalent Compounds"

Guest Editor
Dr. Naokazu Kano
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Website: http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/people/index.php/KANO,_Naokazu
E-Mail: kano@chem.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Interests: main group chemistry; hypervalent compound; fluorescent compound; structural chemistry; organic chemistry

Dear Colleagues,

There are several compounds from main group elements that have formally more than eight valence electrons, called hypervalent compounds. Some people suggested the use of the term “hypercoordinate”rather than “hypervalent”. Although the hypervalent compounds were previously believed to be unstable species or reaction intermediates, a variety of hypervalent compounds of phosphorus, sulfur, silicon, iodine, and other main group elements have been synthesized as a stable form to date. Their structure, reactivity, and property have been studied both experimentally and theoretically. In addition to such the fundamental studies, several hypervalent iodine compounds are applied effectively to organic synthesis. This special issue of Molecules will consider any aspect associated with hypervalent compounds.

Dr. Naokazu Kano
Guest Editor

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• atrane
• hypercoordination
• hypervalency
• hypervalent compound
• reaction intermediate
• ligand coupling
• main group element
• octet rule
• pseudorotation
• three-center four-electron bond
• silicon
• phosphorus
• sulfur
• iodine
• xenon