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 …

This review article summarizes efforts to use nitrous oxide (N2O,'laughing gas') as a reagent
in synthetic chemistry. The focus will be on reactions which are carried out in homogeneous …

Cyclic structures represent a well-studied structural class due to the novel bonding modes
and reactivity these units possess and the ubiquitous role of cyclic intermediates in a wide …

Silanones 2 substituted by bulky amino‐and phosphonium ylide substituents have been
synthesized and isolated in crystalline form. Thanks to the steric protection and the strong …

An easily isolable silacycloheptatriene (silepin) 1 b was synthesized from the reaction of a N‐
heterocyclic imino (IPrN) substituted tribromosilane IPrNSiBr3 with the sterically congested …

The activation of NH3 and CO2 is still an ambitious target for multiply bonded sub‐valent
silicon compounds. Now, the precise splitting of the N− H bond of ammonia by (Z)‐imino …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) react at ambient conditions with nitrous oxide to give
covalent adducts. In the crystal, all compounds show a bent N2O group connected via the N …

The complete reductive cleavage of the triple bond in carbon monoxide was achieved using
a lithium disilenide at room temperature. The C C‐coupled product can be regarded as a …

Stabilization of an amidinatosilylene with a bulky tris (trimethylsilyl) silyl substituent was
realized with the preparation of PhC (N t Bu) 2Si {Si (SiMe3) 3}(1) from PhC (N t Bu) 2SiHCl2 …

Two novel disilenes of type ABSiSiAB bearing N-heterocyclic imino (A= NItBu) and
trialkylsilyl (B= SitBu31, B= SitBu2Me 2) groups are reported. The reduced steric demand in …