Molecular main group metal hydrides

MMD Roy, AA Omana, ASS Wilson, MS Hill… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review serves to document advances in the synthesis, versatile bonding, and reactivity
of molecular main group metal hydrides within Groups 1, 2, and 12–16. Particular attention …

Recent advances of group 14 dimetallenes and dimetallynes in bond activation and catalysis

F Hanusch, L Groll, S Inoue - Chemical Science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the first heavy alkene analogues of germanium and tin were isolated in 1976, followed
by West's disilene in 1981, the chemistry of stable group 14 dimetallenes and dimetallynes …

The road travelled: after main‐group elements as transition metals

C Weetman, S Inoue - ChemCatChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the latter quarter of the twentieth century, main group chemistry has undergone
significant advances. Power's timely review in 2010 highlighted the inherent differences …

Small molecule activation by well-defined compounds of heavy p-block elements

K Oberdorf, C Lichtenberg - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The creative design and exploration of new bonding motifs and molecular architectures in
main group chemistry have pushed the boundaries of reactivity in this field of research. In …

Main group multiple bonds for bond activations and catalysis

C Weetman - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery that the so‐called “double‐bond” rule could be broken, the field of
molecular main group multiple bonds has expanded rapidly. With the majority of …

Diverse Functionality of Molecular Germanium: Emerging Opportunities as Catalysts

N Mukherjee, M Majumdar - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fundamental research on germanium as the central element in compounds for bond
activation chemistry and catalysis has achieved significant feats over the last two decades …

Insertion of CO 2 and CS 2 into Bi–N bonds enables catalyzed CH-activation and light-induced bismuthinidene transfer

K Oberdorf, A Hanft, X Xie, FM Bickelhaupt… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The uptake and release of small molecules continue to be challenging tasks of utmost
importance in synthetic chemistry. The combination of such small molecule activation with …

Reversible [4+ 1] Cycloaddition of Arenes by a “Naked” Acyclic Aluminyl Compound

D Sarkar, P Vasko, AF Roper… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The large steric profile of the N-heterocyclic boryloxy ligand,–OB (NDippCH) 2, and its ability
to stabilize the metal-centered HOMO, are exploited in the synthesis of the first example of a …

Carbon monoxide insertion at a heavy p-block element: unprecedented formation of a cationic bismuth carbamoyl

J Ramler, J Poater, F Hirsch, B Ritschel, I Fischer… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Major advances in the chemistry of 5th and 6th row heavy p-block element compounds have
recently uncovered intriguing reactivity patterns towards small molecules such as H2, CO2 …

Synthesis and Hydrogenation of Heavy Homologues of Rhodium Carbynes: [(Me3P)2(Ph3P)Rh≡E‐Ar*] (E=Sn, Pb)

M Widemann, K Eichele, H Schubert… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Tetrylidynes [(Me3P) 2 (Ph3P) Rh≡ SnAr*](10) and [(Me3P) 2 (Ph3P) Rh≡
PbAr*](11) are accessed for the first time via dehydrogenation of dihydrides [(Ph3P) …