Since the discovery of the first stable N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) in the beginning of the
1990s, these divalent carbon species have become a common and available class of …

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 …

Classical N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) featuring the carbene center at the C2‐position
of 1, 3‐imidazole framework (ie C2‐carbenes) are well acknowledged as very versatile …

The chemistry of low-valent main group compounds represents one of the most exciting and
quickly developing areas in the field of organometallic and organoelement chemistry. In this …

The synthesis of stable heavier analogues of nitriles as monomeric tetrylene–
phosphinidenes MesTerEP (IDipp)(E= Ge, Sn; MesTer= 2, 6-Mes2C6H3, IDipp= C ([N-(2, 6-i …

Dipnictenes are molecules comprising a double bond between two Group 15 elements
(referred as pnictogens (Pn)= P, As, Sb, Bi). Over the last decades, the chemistry of …

Syntheses, properties, and reactivity of N‐heterocyclic carbene–phosphinidene adducts are
reviewed. These adducts, formally built by combining a phosphinidene with a carbene, are …

We thank the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (Liebig fellowship for DM), the German‐
American Fulbright Commission (Fulbright‐Cottrell Award for DM) as well as the Bavarian …

The BP unsaturated unit is a very attractive functional group as it provides novel reactivity
and unique physical properties. Nonetheless, applications remain limited so far due to the …

Several pnictogen dihalide complexes of the type (WCA‐IDipp) EX2 (E= P, As, Sb; X= Cl, Br)
that bear an anionic N‐heterocyclic carbene ligand with a weakly coordinating borate moiety …