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 …

Chemistry of alkaline earth metals: It is not all ionic and definitely not boring!

KM Fromm - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Some scientists might consider group 2 chemistry as “boring, closed shell and all ionic,
aqueous chemistry, where everything is known! It is not worth investigating”. How wrong …

A Planar Nickelaspiropentane Complex with Magnesium-Based Metalloligands: Synthesis, Structure, and Synergistic Dihydrogen Activation

Y Cai, S Jiang, T Rajeshkumar… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The nature of transition-metal–olefin bonding has been explained by the Dewar–Chatt–
Duncanson model within a continuum of two extremes, namely, a π-complex and a …

Molecular magnesium hydrides

D Mukherjee, J Okuda - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Solid magnesium hydride [MgH2]∞ has been pursued as a potential hydrogen‐storage
material. Organic chemists were rather interested in soluble magnesium hydride reagents …

Ring‐Shaped Phosphinoamido‐Magnesium‐Hydride Complexes: Syntheses, Structures, Reactivity, and Catalysis

L Fohlmeister, A Stasch - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A series of magnesium (II) complexes bearing the sterically demanding phosphinoamide
ligand, L−= Ph2PNDip−, Dip= 2, 6‐diisopropylphenyl, including heteroleptic magnesium …

Low oxidation state and hydrido group 2 complexes: synthesis and applications in the activation of gaseous substrates

MJ Evans, C Jones - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous industrial processes utilise gaseous chemical feedstocks to produce useful
chemical products. Atmospheric and other small molecule gases, including anthropogenic …

Stabilization of calcium hydride complexes by fine tuning of amidinate ligands

A Causero, G Ballmann, J Pahl, H Zijlstra… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A range of symmetric amidinate ligands RAmAr (R is backbone substituent, Ar is N
substituent) have been investigated for their ability to stabilize calcium hydride complexes of …

Reduction of cyclic and linear organic carbonates using a readily available magnesium catalyst

M Szewczyk, M Magre, V Zubar, M Rueping - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Efficient reduction of cyclic and linear organic carbonates catalyzed by a readily available
earth alkaline catalyst has been achieved. The described homogenous reaction based on a …

Alkaline earth metal compounds of methylpyridinato β-diketiminate ligands and their catalytic application in hydroboration of aldehydes and ketones

S Yadav, R Dixit, MK Bisai, K Vanka, SS Sen - Organometallics, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ever increasing demand for green and sustainable chemical processes has set up a drive to
replace transition metals with earth-abundant, nontoxic, and environmentally benign …

Molecular Calcium Hydride: Dicalcium Trihydride Cation Stabilized by a Neutral NNNN‐Type Macrocyclic Ligand

V Leich, TP Spaniol, L Maron… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogenolysis of bis (triphenylsilyl) calcium containing the neutral NNNN‐type macrocyclic
amine ligand Me4TACD [Ca (Me4TACD)(SiPh3) 2](2), gave the cationic dinuclear calcium …