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 …

Carbenes have evolved from transient laboratory curiosities to a robust, diverse, and
surprisingly impactful ligand class. A variety of different carbenes have significantly …

Precise modification of a chemical site in a molecule at the single-atom level is one of the
most elegant yet difficult transformations in chemistry. A reagent specifically designed for …

We present a new class of room-temperature stable diazoalkenes featuring a 1, 2, 3-triazole
backbone. Dinitrogen of the diazoalkene moiety can be thermally displaced by an …

Recent theoretical studies are reviewed which show that the naked group 14 atoms E= C–
Pb in the singlet 1D state behave as bidentate Lewis acids that strongly bind two σ donor …

The progress in experimental and theoretical research in the area of main group compounds
that possess dative bonds, which was made in the last decade, is summarized. The focus …

Semantics, definitions? The description of the electronic structure of main‐group compounds
with dative bonds significantly enriched the chemistry of sp block elements. The new …

Substitution of a C= C bond by an isoelectronic B–N bond is a well-established strategy to
alter the electronic structure and stability of acenes. BN-substituted acenes that possess …

Most functional groups, especially those consisting of the abundant elements of organic
matter—carbon, nitrogen and oxygen—have been extensively studied and only very few …

A summary of theoretical and experimental work in the area of low-coordinated compounds
of boron and group-14 atoms C–Sn in the last decade is presented. The focus of the account …