[Rev. of: Kafanova O. B., Perevody N. M. Karamzina kak kul’turnyi universum. St. Petersburg: Aleteiia, 2020. 356 p. (in Russian)] B. Kafanova’s monograph «N. Karamzin’s translations as a cultural universe» (2020) is the result of many years comparative studies. Numerous articles on topic preceded this book, which covers period from 1783 to 1800. In beginning Karamzin had good knowledge French a...

The traceless Staudinger ligation can be mediated by phosphinothiols under physiological conditions. Proximal positive charges are necessary to achieve that transformation, presumably because those charges discourage protonation of the key iminophosphorane intermediate. Here, a series of cationic phosphinothiols is used to probe Coulombic effects on the traceless Staudinger ligation in aqueous ...