Oxidative addition and reductive elimination are key steps in a wide variety of catalytic
reactions mediated by transition-metal complexes. Historically, this reactivity has been …

This review is essentially an update of one entitled “π-Bonding and The Lone Pair Effect in
Multiple Bonds Between Heavier Main Group Elements” which was published more than 10 …

In recent decades, it has generally been recognized that carbenes play an important role as
transient intermediates. As a result of a number of stable carbenes having been isolated and …

Since the discovery that the so‐called “double‐bond” rule could be broken, the field of
molecular main group multiple bonds has expanded rapidly. With the majority of …

For a long time methylene (: CH2), ethylene (H2C CH2), and cyclopropane [(CH2) 3] were
considered as compounds whose higher main group homologues or analogues could not …

Several recent topics in the chemistry of divalent species of heavier Group 14 elements, ie
the heavier congeners of carbenes, are outlined. As the main topics, the synthesis, structure …

Treatment of an overcrowded triselenatribismane, 2, 4, 6-tris (bis (trimethylsilyl) methyl)
phenyl-1, 3, 5-triselena-2, 4, 6-tribismane, with hexamethylphosphorous triamide in toluene …

The carbon–oxygen double bond of ketones (R2C= O) makes them among the most
important organic compounds, but their homologues, heavy ketones with an E= O double …

In contrast to ketones, one of the most important classes of organic compounds, their heavier
element congeners,“heavy ketones”, are much less explored because of their extremely …

In contrast to the well‐established chemistry of ketones (R2C O), the reactivity of the
elusive heavier congeners R2E O (E= Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) is far less explored because of the …