Compounds of the type aryl M X, with M= Ca, Sr, Ba and X as any kind of ligand (such as
halide, phosphanide, amide, aryl), are presented. The low reactivity of the heavy alkaline …

Silyl anions and especially silicon derivatives of group 1, 2, 11 and 12 elements are
important and versatile organometallic reagents in synthesis. The best-studied class of silyl …

First investigations regarding the organic chemistry of the heavy alkaline earth metals
calcium, strontium, and barium date back more than 100 years. However, challenges in the …

The molecular strontium hydride [(Me3TACD) 3Sr3 (μ3-H) 2][SiPh3](2) was isolated as the
dark red benzene solvate 2· C 6 H 6 in 69% yield from the reaction of [Sr (SiPh3) 2 (thf) …

Abstract Alkaline‐earth (Ae= Ca, Sr, Ba) complexes are shown to catalyse the
chemoselective cross‐dehydrocoupling (CDC) of amines and hydrosilanes. Key trends were …

The structures of the N, N′-dimethylpropyleneurea (dmpu) solvated lanthanoid (III) ions
have been studied in dmpu solution (La− Nd, Sm− Lu) and in solid iodide salts (La− Nd, Sm …

The author's rather accidental discovery of the synthesis of [tris (trimethylsilyl) silyl]
potassium by reaction of tetrakis (trimethylsilyl) silane with potassium tert-butoxide in 1996 …

The silanide SiH3–is an archetypical anion. Its metathesis chemistry is, however, still
underdeveloped. We have conveniently prepared the barium silanide complex [(dtbpCbz) …

The redox-transmetalation ligand-exchange reaction of ytterbium or calcium metal with 2
equiv of pentaphenylcyclopentadiene (C5Ph5H) and 1 equiv of HgPh2 in thf afforded the …

The organometallic chemistry of alkali and alkaline-earth metals has been marred by
synthetic setbacks because of their high reactivity. Advances in their synthesis and a better …