N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable in many
research fields, and it is not possible to imagine modern transition metal and main group …

Carbenes have evolved from transient laboratory curiosities to a robust, diverse, and
surprisingly impactful ligand class. A variety of different carbenes have significantly …

Various compounds are known for transition metals in their formal zero-oxidation state, while
similar compounds of main-group elements are recently realized and limited to only a few …

We have studied the effect of N-substitution on the course of the reaction of imidazolium
triflate. The reaction of N-heterocyclic carbene with Nt Bu-substituted pyrrolinium triflate …

A Lewis base and acid combination has been effectively employed to stabilize and isolate
the low-valent group 14 compounds. We report DFT studies on stabilizing low-valent group …

We report the first examples of the carbide ligand in (Cy3P) 2Cl2Ru≡ C (RuC) developing
into a μ3 ligand toward metal centers. Conventionally, sterics exclude this coordination …

The reactions of germylone 1 with one equivalent of [M (COD) Cl] 2 (M= Ir, Rh) afforded the
germylone-bridged bimetallic complexes 2 and 3, which have been spectroscopically and …

Binary iron‐germanium phases are promising materials in magnetoelectric, spintronic or
data storage applications due to their unique magnetic properties. Previous protocols for …

X‐ray structural analysis plays an essential role in organogermanium chemistry. Some
structural features of germanium‐containing compounds are summarized in this chapter …

The work described in this thesis is focused on the preparation of a series of novel tetrylones
stabilized by diimino-N-heterocyclic carbene followed by studies on their reactivity. In the …