Samantha‘s publication on „Selective Scrambling of Phenyl-Stannanes: Main Group Catalysis With Aromatic Phosphorus Heterocycles“ is now published in Chemistry Europe. We report on the first example of metal-free catalysis using aromatic phosphorus heterocycles that mediates a mutual hydride–phenyl substituent transfer between two tin centers, enabling controlled substituent redistribution. This unique reactivity allows phenylstannanes bearing different numbers of phenyl groups to be selectively and completely converted into the same products, SnPh₄, H₂, and elemental Sn, via transient SnH₄.

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DOI: 10.1002/ceur.202600006