Recent advances in stable main group element radicals: preparation and characterization

Z Feng, S Tang, Y Su, X Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radical species are significant in modern chemistry. Their unique chemical bonding and
novel physicochemical properties play significant roles not only in fundamental chemistry …

Compounds with alternating single and double bonds of antimony and silicon; isoelectronic to ethane-1, 2-diimine

M Nazish, CM Legendre, N Graw… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present an approach for preparing chain-type unsaturated molecules with low oxidation
state Si (I) and Sb (I) supported by amidinato ligands that exploit to generate heavy …

A Neutral Borylene and its Conversion to a Radical by Selective Hydrogen Transfer

M Nazish, CM Legendre, Y Ding… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A successful selective reduction of X2B-Tip (Tip= 1, 3, 5-i Pr3-C6H2, X= I, Br) with KC8 and
Mg metal, respectively, in the presence of a hybrid ligand (C6H4 (PPh2) LSi) leads to a …

Coordination and Stabilization of a Lithium Ion with a Silylene

M Nazish, CM Legendre, N Graw… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report the stabilization of lithium‐ion as the source of lithium to use as a trans‐
metalation reagent [{PhC (NtBu) 2Si (tBu) Li} 2I (tBuN) 2CPh](1). The reaction of 3 …

Synthesis and Characterization of Substituted Phosphasilenes and its Rare Homologue Stibasilene> Si= Sb−

M Nazish, CM Legendre, R Herbst‐Irmer… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we report the reduction of R‐EX2 (E= P, Sb) with two equivalents of KC8 in the
presence of silylene (LSiR; L= PhC (NtBu) 2) to give Trip‐P= SiL (C6H4PPh2)(1), TerPh …

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 …

Access to Bis-Silylene-Stabilized Group 13 Cations

M Ghosh, P Panwaria, S Tothadi, S Khan - Inorganic Chemistry, 2025 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the isolation of pyridine moiety-functionalized SiNSi pincer-based bis-
silylene ligand (1) and its reactivity toward various halide precursors (X= Br and I) of group …

Small molecule activation by sila/germa boryne species

HS Karnamkkott, S Das, T Mondal… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The inability of p‐block elements to participate in π‐backbonding restricts them from
activating small molecules like CO, H2, and so forth. However, the development of the main …

Reactivity of Silylene with Gallium‐and Boron Trihalide at Reductive Conditions Resulting in Unforeseen Products

M Nazish, A Harinath, D Lüert, C Köhler… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report a one‐pot reaction of gallium and boron halides with potassium graphite
in the presence of benzamidinate stabilized silylene LSi‐R,(L= PhC (NtBu) 2). The reaction …

Bonding and stability of elusive silaboryne (Si B) and germaboryne (Ge B) with donor base ligands

S Das, K Devi, S Suthar… - Journal of Computational …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stabilizing the exotic chemical species possessing multiple bonds is often extremely
challenging due to insufficient orbital overlap, especially involving one heavier element …