Oxidative addition and reductive elimination at main-group element centers

T Chu, GI Nikonov - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Oxidative addition and reductive elimination are key steps in a wide variety of catalytic
reactions mediated by transition-metal complexes. Historically, this reactivity has been …

Low-valent group 14 element hydride chemistry: towards catalysis

TJ Hadlington, M Driess, C Jones - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of group 14 element (II) hydride complexes has rapidly expanded since the
first stable example of such a compound was reported in 2000. Since that time it has …

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 …

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 …

Dimeric magnesium(I) β-diketiminates: a new class of quasi-universal reducing agent

C Jones - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Since the first report of their isolation in 2007, magnesium (i) dimers have transitioned from
being chemical curiosities to versatile reducing agents that are used by an ever-increasing …

Molecular Catalysts for the Reductive Homocoupling of CO2 towards C2+ Compounds

HQ Liang, T Beweries, R Francke… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of CO2 into multicarbon (C2+) compounds by reductive homocoupling offers
the possibility to transform renewable energy into chemical energy carriers and thereby …

A nucleophilic gold complex

J Hicks, A Mansikkamäki, P Vasko, JM Goicoechea… - Nature Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
Solid-state auride salts featuring the negatively charged Au–ion are known to be stable in
the presence of alkali metal counterions. While such electron-rich species might be …

Compounds with Low‐Valent p‐Block Elements for Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis

S Yadav, S Saha, SS Sen - ChemCatChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The past decade has witnessed staggering progress in the chemistry of compounds with low‐
valent main‐group elements. Although these discoveries are mostly fundamental by nature …

Multi‐Talented Gallaphosphene for Ga−P−Ga Heteroallyl Cation Generation, CO2 Storage, and C(sp3)−H Bond Activation

MK Sharma, C Wölper, G Haberhauer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Gallaphosphene L (Cl) GaPGaL (2; L= HC [C (Me) N (2, 6‐i‐Pr2C6H3)] 2), which is
synthesized by reaction of LGa (Cl) PCO (1) with LGa, reacts with [Na (OCP)(dioxane) 2.5] to …

Diverse activation modes in the hydroboration of aldehydes and ketones with germanium, tin, and lead lewis pairs

J Schneider, CP Sindlinger, SM Freitag… - Angewandte …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Intramolecular germylene, stannylene, and plumbylene Lewis pairs were reacted with
hexanal and yielded the cyclic addition products only with the germanium and tin reagents …