Cover Feature: Peraryl Arsoles: Practical Synthesis, Electronic Structures, and Solid‐State Emission Behaviors (Chem. Eur. J. 35/2018)

Pentaphenylarsole was synthesized in 1959, but a detailed investigation had not been performed. In this work, peraryl arsoles were synthesized by a practical synthetic route, in contrast to the conventional methods which require dangerous arsenic precursors. The image shows that the combination of experimental and computational studies has successfully elucidated the fascinating nature of the perarylarsoles. More information can be found in the Full Paper by K. Naka, et al. on page 8797.