Christopher Cummins

Professor of Chemistry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States

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Christopher Cummins is a Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the properties and reactivity of diazoboranes, ambiphilicity of boryl anions, and photochemical reactions involving alkene hydrophosphination. He has published several articles addressing coordination chemistry and the synthesis of oligophosphorylated peptides, contributing significantly to the field of chemical reactivity and synthesis.

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Martin-Louis Riu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

UNITED STATES

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Manuel Temprado

Universidad de Alcalá

SPAIN

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Matthew Nava

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University of California, Los Angeles

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RACHID TAAKILI

FRANCE

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Feng Zhai

Assistant Professor

Emory University

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Giovanni Bistoni

University of Perugia

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Paul Kögerler

RWTH Aachen University

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Articles (23)

Intramolecular Oxidative Addition Triggered by One-Electron Oxidation of Molybdenum(iii) Tris(anilide): Generation of Molybdenum(v) Imido Aryl Bis(anilide) by Autocatalysis

Impact of Carbene Ligands on the Properties and Reactivity of Diazoboranes

Unlocking the Ambiphilicity of the Boryl Anion: Synthesis and Reactivity of an Anionic Diazoborane

A Remarkable Catalyst-Free Photochemical Alkene Hydrophosphination with Bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphonite

Coordination Chemistry of Small Molecule Activation, Generation, and Transfer

Back Cover: Monodisperse Chemical Oligophosphorylation of Peptides via Protected Oligophosphorimidazolide Reagents (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 11/2025)

Monodisperse Chemical Oligophosphorylation of Peptides via Protected Oligophosphorimidazolide Reagents

Monodisperse Chemical Oligophosphorylation of Peptides via Protected Oligophosphorimidazolide Reagents

Rücktitelbild: Monodisperse Chemical Oligophosphorylation of Peptides via Protected Oligophosphorimidazolide Reagents (Angew. Chem. 11/2025)

Hexamethylbenzene elimination enables the generation of transient, sterically unhindered multiply bonded boron species

Pentaphosphorylation via the Anhydride of Dihydrogen Pentametaphosphate: Access to Nucleoside Hexa- and Heptaphosphates and Study of Their Interaction with Ribonuclease A

Synthesis and reactivity of an N-heterocyclic carbene–stabilized diazoborane

Mechanochemical Phosphorylation of Acetylides Using Condensed Phosphates: A Sustainable Route to Alkynyl Phosphonates

Binding of Nitriles and Isonitriles to V(III) and Mo(III) Complexes: Ligand vs Metal Controlled Mechanism

Stabilized Molecular Diphosphorus Pentoxide, P2O5L2 (L = N-Donor Base), in the Synthesis of Condensed Phosphate–Organic Molecule Conjugates

Synthesis of Phosphet-2-one Derivatives via Phosphinidene Transfer to Cyclopropenones

Chemical Challenges that the Peroxide Dianion Presents to Rechargeable Lithium–Air Batteries

Introducing N-Heterocyclic Iminophosphoranes (NHIPs): Synthesis by [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Azophosphines with Alkynes and Reactivity Studies

Taming phosphorus mononitride

Reactions of Tri-tert-Butylphosphatetrahedrane as a Spring-Loaded Phosphinidene Synthon Featuring Nickel-Catalyzed Transfer to Unactivated Alkenes

Sustainable Production of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds: Mechanochemical Hydride Phosphorylation Using Condensed Phosphates as a Route to Phosphite

Photochemical Alkene Hydrophosphination with Bis(trichlorosilyl)phosphine

Beyond Triphosphates: Reagents and Methods for Chemical Oligophosphorylation

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Martin-Louis Riu

Manuel Temprado

Matthew Nava

RACHID TAAKILI

Feng Zhai

Giovanni Bistoni

Paul Kögerler

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