Although chemically binding interatomic interactions are the basis for chemistry as a whole,
the understanding of the nature of the chemical bond is much less advanced than the …

We begin with a brief historical review of the development of our understanding of the
normal ordering of nd orbitals of a transition metal interacting with ligands, the most common …

The results of an energy decomposition analysis of various classes of donor–acceptor
complexes of transition metals and main-group elements are discussed. It is shown that the …

This article summarizes the development of a new class of very bulky guanidinate ligands.
These have been used to prepare unprecedented examples of heterocycles containing …

The last two decades have seen a renaissance in interest in the chemistry of the main group
elements. In particular research on the metals of group 13 (aluminium, gallium, indium and …

Design and development of synthetic strategies for the isolation of lower-valent compounds
of p-block elements in the 1980s and 1990s marked the arrival of new classes of ligands in …

The results of an energy partitioning analysis of three classes of transition metal complexes
are discussed. They are (i) neutral and charged isoelectronic hexacarbonyls TM (CO) 6q …

The chemistry of low valent aluminum and gallium compounds is a very topical area of
research. Accompanying the preparative challenge in synthesizing novel types of main …

This article summarizes the synthetic strategies that have been used to prepare anionic five-
membered and neutral six-membered heterocycles containing a group 13 metal in the+ 1 …

The metal-ligand bonds of the title compounds have been investigated with the help of an
energy partitioning analysis at the DFT level. It was found that the attractive orbital …