Since the discovery of the first stable N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) in the beginning of the
1990s, these divalent carbon species have become a common and available class of …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable in many
research fields, and it is not possible to imagine modern transition metal and main group …

The energy decomposition analysis (EDA) is a powerful method for a quantitative
interpretation of chemical bonds in terms of three major components. The instantaneous …

The focus of this review is the presentation of the most important aspects of chemical
bonding in molecules of the main group atoms according to the current state of knowledge …

The tetrel bond (TB) recruits an element drawn from the C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb family as electron
acceptor in an interaction with a partner Lewis base. The underlying principles that explain …

The success of homogeneous catalysis can be attributed largely to the development of a
diverse range of ligand frameworks that have been used to tune the behavior of various …

This perspective summarizes recent results, which demonstrate that stable carbenes can
activate small molecules (CO, H2, NH3 and P4) and stabilize highly reactive intermediates …

This personal account summarizes our work, beginning with the discovery of the first stable
carbene in 1988 up until the recent isolation of mesoionic carbenes. It explains why we have …

Recent theoretical studies are reviewed which show that the naked group 14 atoms E= C–
Pb in the singlet 1D state behave as bidentate Lewis acids that strongly bind two σ donor …

The progress in experimental and theoretical research in the area of main group compounds
that possess dative bonds, which was made in the last decade, is summarized. The focus …