London dispersion forces are the weakest component of Van der Waals interactions. They
arise from attractions between instantaneously induced dipoles on neighbouring atoms …

Shortly after their discovery at the end of the 80s, stable singlet carbenes have been
recognized as excellent ligands for transition metal based catalysts, and as organo-catalysts …

This perspective summarizes recent results, which demonstrate that stable carbenes can
activate small molecules (CO, H2, NH3 and P4) and stabilize highly reactive intermediates …

The most striking difference between the chemistries of the main-group and transition
elements is the ability of the latter to form stable complexes in which the oxidation states …

This Award Article targets the evolving, yet surprisingly fruitful, chemistry of N-heterocyclic
carbenes with low-oxidation-state main-group elements. Specifically, the chemistry of …

Conspectus Interactions between sterically crowded hydrocarbon-substituted ligands are
widely considered to be repulsive because of the intrusion of the electron clouds of the …

An update on some recent developments in the bonding of compounds with multiple bonds
between heavier main group elements is the major theme of this review. A brief historical …

The discovery in 1900 by Gomberg that the trityl radical (Ph3C·) exists at room temperature
is often considered to be the beginning of radical chemistry. Since then, persistent and even …

Complexes that could be switched between two electronic states by external stimuli have
attracted much attention for their potential application in molecular devices. However, a …

One-electron oxidation of a readily available phosphaalkene derived from a cyclic
(alkyl)(amino) carbene affords a phosphorus-centered radical cation that is indefinitely …