This review article collects and discusses the syntheses of the currently known metal‐free
heavier tetrylenes having a PEP pincer topology (E= tetrel atom) as well as their transition …

Pincer complexes play an important role in organometallic chemistry; in particular, their use
as homogeneous catalysts for organic transformations has increased dramatically in recent …

An efficient catalytic protocol for the three‐component assembly of benzyl bromides, carbon
monoxide, and alkyl zinc reagents to give benzyl alkyl ketones is described, and represents …

To utilize iron complexes as catalysts, the application of a well-designed ligand is critical to
control the reactivity of the iron center. Recently, our group has succeeded in the synthesis …

A series of catalytic C–S coupling reactions utilizing well-defined Ni (II) PNP pincer
complexes as precatalysts are reported (PNP= anion of 2, 5-bis [(dialkyl/aryl-phosphino) …

The organometallic Ni (II) chemistry of the pyrrole-based pincer ligands (P2RPyr)−(P2RPyr=
2, 5-(R2PCH2) 2C4H2N, R= Ph, Cy) is reported. Reactions of Grignard reagents with [NiCl …

A six-membered ring N-heterocyclic germylene flanked by two CH2PiPr2 groups, Ge
(pyrmPiPr2) 2CMe2 (1;(HpyrmPiPr2) 2CMe2= 5, 5-dimethyl-1, 9-bis (di …

Treatment of FeCl2 (thf) 1.5 with the sodium salt of bis (dicyclohexylphosphinomethyl)
pyrrole (NaCyPNP) in the presence of pyridine (py) affords the high-spin, five-coordinate …

Diverse P, N-phosphine ligands reported to date have performed exceptionally well as
auxiliary ligands in organometallic catalysis. Phosphines bearing 2-pyridyl moieties …

Aminodiphosphines and their monoanionic amido derivatives are among the most widely
used tridentate ligands. A good share of these ligands, in particular the ones that are based …