Congratulations to Andrew on his first 1st author PhD paper, published in Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry today! Through the correlation of structural x-ray diffraction data and differential scanning calorimetry / thermogravimetric analysis, Andrew found interesting structure-stability correlations in phosphorus iodonium ylids. We hope that the insights gained from this study will stimulate the design of new hypervalent iodine compounds, expanding the functionalisation reactions currently available through these useful reagents in organic synthesis. Special thanks to our XRD expert Stephen and our collaborator Coby, whose expertise in thermal analysis was instrumental in bringing this project together.

For a link to the paper in Beilstein JOC, click here: https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/articles/20/245

A ChemRxiv preprint of this work is available here: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/66d00fd4a4e53c4876f7d17b