Inside Back Cover: Catalysis with Anion-π Interactions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 38/2013)

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The increasing stabilization of an anionic transition state with the increasing p acidity of newly made catalysts provides unprecedented experimental evidence that anion–p interactions can contribute to catalysis. In their Communication (10.1002/anie.201305356), S. Matile et al. further disclose theoretical simulations of anion–p catalysis that illustrate how the negative charge slides over the p-acidic surface of the naphthalenediimide catalyst.

Transcript of Inside Back Cover: Catalysis with Anion-π Interactions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 38/2013)

The increasing stabilization of an anionic transition state with the increasingp acidity of newly made catalysts provides unprecedented experimental evidencethat anion–p interactions can contribute to catalysis. In their Communication(10.1002/anie.201305356), S. Matile et al. further disclose theoretical simulations ofanion–p catalysis that illustrate how the negative charge slides over the p-acidicsurface of the naphthalenediimide catalyst.