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 …

Hydrido complexes of calcium: a new family of molecular alkaline‐earth‐metal compounds

D Mukherjee, D Schuhknecht… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The application of solid calcium hydride CaH2 has been mostly confined to its use as a
desiccant, although its catalytic activity has long been known. Since the first isolation of a …

Organocalcium-mediated nucleophilic alkylation of benzene

ASS Wilson, MS Hill, MF Mahon, C Dinoi, L Maron - Science, 2017 - science.org
The electrophilic aromatic substitution of a C–H bond of benzene is one of the archetypal
transformations of organic chemistry. In contrast, the electron-rich π-system of benzene is …

Imine hydrogenation with simple alkaline earth metal catalysts

H Bauer, M Alonso, C Färber, H Elsen, J Pahl… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Hydrogenation of unsaturated bonds is dominated by transition metal catalysis. Compared
with transition metals, the use of other metals is less explored, especially so for the s-block …

SuFEx Activation with Ca(NTf2)2: A Unified Strategy to Access Sulfamides, Sulfamates, and Sulfonamides from S(VI) Fluorides

S Mahapatra, CP Woroch, TW Butler, SN Carneiro… - Organic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A method to activate sulfamoyl fluorides, fluorosulfates, and sulfonyl fluorides with calcium
triflimide and DABCO for SuFEx with amines is described. The reaction was applied to a …

Calcium Hydride Cation [CaH]+ Stabilized by an NNNN‐type Macrocyclic Ligand: A Selective Catalyst for Olefin Hydrogenation

D Schuhknecht, C Lhotzky, TP Spaniol… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Reaction of dibenzyl calcium complex [Ca (Me4TACD)(CH2Ph) 2], containing the neutral
NNNN‐type macrocyclic ligand Me4TACD (Me4TACD= 1, 4, 7, 10‐tetramethyl‐1, 4, 7, 10 …

Heterobimetallic alkaline earth metal–metal bonding

J Mai, J Maurer, J Langer, S Harder - Nature Synthesis, 2024 - nature.com
Low-oxidation-state complexes of type (BDI) Mg–Mg (BDI)(BDI, β-diketiminate) show broad
reactivity, finding application as soluble, universal reducing agents, enriching the field of …

Nucleophilic aromatic substitution at benzene with powerful strontium hydride and alkyl complexes

B Rösch, TX Gentner, H Elsen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Key to the isolation of the first alkyl strontium complex was the synthesis of a strontium
hydride complex that is stable towards ligand exchange reactions. This goal was achieved …

Super‐bulky penta‐arylcyclopentadienyl ligands: isolation of the full range of half‐sandwich heavy alkaline‐earth metal hydrides

X Shi, G Qin, Y Wang, L Zhao, Z Liu… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogenolysis of the half‐sandwich penta‐arylcyclopentadienyl‐supported heavy alkaline‐
earth‐metal alkyl complexes (CpAr) Ae [CH (SiMe3) 2](S)(CpAr= C5Ar5, Ar= 3, 5‐iPr2 …

A simple route to calcium and strontium hydride clusters

B Maitland, M Wiesinger, J Langer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The first strontium hydride complex has been obtained by simply treating Sr [N (SiMe3) 2] 2
with PhSiH3 in the presence of PMDTA. The Sr complex Sr6H9 [N (SiMe3) 2] 3⋅(PMDTA) 3 …