Despite the routine employment of Grignard reagents and Hauser bases as stoichiometric
carbanion reagents in organic and inorganic synthesis, a defined reaction chemistry …

Organometallic chemistry is one of the key assets to successfully achieve complex organic
transformations. Numerous tools have been conceived and developed to address problems …

Two series of bulky alkaline earth (Ae) metal amide complexes have been prepared: Ae [N
(TRIP) 2] 2 (1‐Ae) and Ae [N (TRIP)(DIPP)] 2 (2‐Ae)(Ae= Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba; TRIP= SiiPr3 …

The homoleptic alkaline earth hexamethyldisilazides,[M {N (SiMe3) 2} 2] 2 (1: M= Mg; 2: M=
Ca; 3: M= Sr), have been demonstrated as active pre-catalysts for the cross …

Magnesium remains almost unique among the metals in its ability to react directly with a
wide variety of compounds. This organic chemistry field has seen steady progress, and a …

A series of high spin, two-coordinate first row transition metal–amido complexes, M {N
(SiMe3) Dipp} 2 {M= Fe (1), Co (2), or Ni (3); Dipp= C6H3-2, 6-Pri2} and a tetranuclear C–H …

The syntheses of the homoleptic compounds Ae [N (SiMe2H) 2] 2 (THF) x (Ae= Ca, x= 1, 2;
Sr, x= 2/3, 3; Ba, x= 0, 4) are reported. They can be prepared by salt metathesis involving the …

The reactions of the bulky amino-bis (phenol) ligand Me2NCH2CH2N {CH2-3, 5-But2-
C6H2OH-2} 2 (1-H2) with Zn [N (SiMe3) 2] 2 (4),[Mg {N (SiMe3) 2} 2] 2 (5) and Ca [N …

This article provides a concise summary of alkaline earth metal nitrogen chemistry. This
important area of s-block metal chemistry is shedding important light on the recent …

The factors governing the stability and the reactivity towards cyclic esters of heteroleptic
complexes of the large alkaline earth metals (Ae) have been probed. The synthesis and …