The aluminyl anion: a new generation of aluminium nucleophile

J Hicks, P Vasko, JM Goicoechea… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Trivalent aluminium compounds are well known for their reactivity as Lewis
acids/electrophiles, a feature that is exploited in many pharmaceutical, industrial and …

Probing the extremes of covalency in M− Al bonds: lithium and zinc aluminyl compounds

MMD Roy, J Hicks, P Vasko, A Heilmann… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic routes to lithium, magnesium, and zinc aluminyl complexes are reported, allowing
for the first structural characterization of an unsupported lithium–aluminium bond …

Bonding relationship between silicon and germanium with group 13 and heavier elements of groups 14–16

A Agarwal, SK Bose - Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The topic of heavier main group compounds possessing multiple bonds is the subject of
momentous interest in modern organometallic chemistry. Importantly, there is an excitement …

Synthesis and coordination behavior of a new hybrid bidentate ligand with phosphine and silylene Donors

M Nazish, MM Siddiqui, S Kumar Sarkar… - … A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This work describes the synthesis and coordination behavior of a new mixed‐donor ligand
PhC (NtBu) 2SiC6H4PPh2 (1) containing both silylene and phosphine donor sites. Ligand 1 …

Facile Bond Activation of Small Molecules by an Acyclic Imino (silyl) silylene

H Zhu, F Hanusch, S Inoue - Israel Journal of Chemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The activation of small molecules by silylenes bearing unique electronic properties has
been well established in the past few decades. Here, we disclose the reactivity study of …

Excellent yield of a variety of silicon-boron radicals and their reactivity

M Nazish, Y Ding, CM Legendre, A Kumar… - Dalton …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein we report stable silicon-boron radicals of composition LSi (NMe2)–B (Br) Tip (1), LSi
(NMe2)–B (I) Tip (2) LSi (tBu)–B (I) Tip (3)[L= PhC (NtBu) 2]. They were prepared in high …

Zinc and Cadmium Complexes of Chelating N-Heterocyclic Silylene and Their Reactivity toward Elemental Chalcogens

X Sun, C Röder, PW Roesky - Inorganic Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The reactions of the pyridine-functionalized silylene LNSi [L= PhC (N t Bu) 2; N= 2-
(methylamido) pyridine] with zinc and cadmium halides are described. These resulted in the …

Ferrocene‐Based N‐Heterocyclic Silylenes: Monomeric Silanechalcogenones, Silanimines, Silirenes, and Insertion Products with P4

HL Jacob, N Weyer, M Leibold, C Bruhn… - … A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The stable ferrocene‐based N‐heterocyclic silylenes fc [(N {B}) 2Si](A; fc= 1, 1'‐
ferrocenylene,{B}=(HCNDipp) 2B, Dipp= 2, 6‐diisopropylphenyl) and fc [(NDipp) 2Si](B) are …

Phosphorus Silicon Compounds from the Reduction of MesP(H)SiCl2Ph/Carbene with and without Metal

Y Liu, H Keil, Z Yang, R Herbst‐Irmer… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
MesP (H) SiCl2Ph (Mes= 2, 4, 6‐Me3C6H2)(7) with a reactive Si–Cl and P–H bond can
easily be reduced by KC8 or alternatively by a carbene to give remarkable phosphorus …

MesPX2/IsPX2 as Precursors for the Preparation of Phosphasilenes

Y Liu, H Keil, M Zhong, J Li, Z Yang… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The one‐pot reaction of L1SiCl (L1= PhC (NtBu) 2) with MesPX2/IsPX2 (X= Cl, Br; Is= 2, 4, 6‐
iPr3C6H2, Mes= 2, 4, 6‐Me3C6H2) in the presence of KC8 yielded two phosphasilene …