Quantification over alternative intensions

Cp2Ti(κ2-tBuNCNtBu): A Complex with an Unusual κ2 Coordination Mode of a Heterocumulene Featuring a Free Carbene

“…The regeneration of 3 via deprotonation of 4-OTf is somewhat reminiscent of some recent examples of formate deprotonation, although a free κ 2 -CO 2 complex analogous to 3 has not been observed. 33,34 2-Electron oxidation of 3 with 0.125 equiv S 8 yields the thioureate complex 5, in accordance with typical reactions of free N-heterocyclic carbenes with S 8 (Figure 11). 97,98 Complex 5 is the only example of a crystallographically characterized Ti thioureate.…”

“…[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Similarly, deprotonation of metal-bound formates has resulted in closely related bridging μ-η 2 ,η 1 -CO 2 moieties (Figure 1c). 33,34 Thus, isolation and characterization of κ 2 -ECE complexes could provide new insights and strategies into CO 2 activation and further reactivity. Group 4 κ 2 -(RNCNR) analogues (e.g.…”

Rule of Law, Contesting and Contested

“…The first finding jurisprudence can formulate is that the rule of law is a contested concept. 19 Inherently, 20 'the meaning of the concept known as the rule of law is always open to debate' 21 as it belongs to those notions whose 'nature and meaning are contested and controversial'. 22 Or again, 'The rule of law is a flexible and contested concept that can be defined in different ways.…”

Reconstructing the syntax of focus operators

“… See Rooth 1985: 85, fn 5 andZimmermann (2017) for some arguments that suggest that the Adverbial Analysis makes the wrong predictions about truth conditions in certain cases, such as Only three is an odd number. This sentence is intuitively false, and yet, if we assume that only ranges over propositional alternatives, it should come out as true.…”